Infernal Artist

"Very good, very good!" God praised.

"What's good?" the female Death God asked doubtfully.

"The goblin is the darling of all laws. If you have a grudge against it, you will never find its whereabouts. This is because the laws are helping it." God said.

Liu Ping held the picture with two fingers and said, "Then since the sermon revealed this picture——"

"Prove that the goblins welcome you." God said.

"In this world line, I don't seem to have much interaction with them." Liu Ping shrugged.

"Maybe it's not just you..." God said in a weird tone.

The words just fell.

A strange thing happened.

The paper with the castle on it broke free from Liu Ping's hand and folded into a small door in mid-air.

The little door opens. .

A little goblin in a green skirt jumped out and waved at Liu Ping: "You found our castle? Great, according to one of the 33 million goblin laws, you are playing hide and seek. If there are guests watching the ceremony during the process, then we will invite the guests to come and participate in the competition!”

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Ping asked.

"I'm talking about a certain point. If anyone doesn't believe it, please go find it yourself." The goblin said.

"But... I want to compete?" Liu Ping pointed at his nose.

The goblin didn't give in at all. He jumped up on Liu Ping's shoulder and said, "You smell like one of our goblins, so you must be friends with a certain goblin, right?"

"Yes." Liu Ping admitted.

The fairy in green skirt lay next to his ear and whispered: "This final is too fierce. We have to seek the intervention of friends. Can you help?"

"Why is it so intense? Are there any casualties?" Liu Ping asked.

"The finals have been going on for six thousand years - no contestant has noticed anyone else, so we need someone to break this situation." said the green-dressed fairy.

"Six thousand years..." Liu Ping groaned.

"Ah, it's quite thrilling. This is a classic stalemate worthy of being recorded in history, isn't it?" the fairy in green skirt said in an exclamation tone.

"What should I do?" Liu Ping asked.

"Whatever, as long as you come to compete, even if you are eliminated, there will be popcorn and strawberry pie as encouragement prizes after the game." The goblin said happily.

"...I actually...have something to ask you for help with," Liu Ping said.

"Everyone is watching the battle, and we have to wait until the end of the game before we can deal with various matters. Why don't you stay and watch the battle? It will definitely be over after a few thousand years?" said the goblin.

For thousands of years……

Liu Ping sighed involuntarily and said, "Let's compete, right? Come on, take me to the competition."

"good!"

The goblin took out a wooden staff and pointed lightly towards Liu Ping.

Liu Ping suddenly shrank to the size of a goblin. He was held by the other party's hand and rushed into the door.

…

Liu Ping stood on the carpet in the castle hall.

A goblin stood next to him, holding a big loudspeaker in his hand and saying: "Contestants, please pay attention, we have new contestants!"

It nodded towards Liu Ping and said, "You have three minutes to hide. During this process, everyone will cover their eyes."

After saying that, he turned around and disappeared.

Now.

Liu Ping was left standing alone.

There was complete silence.

There was a crackling log burning in the fireplace, and the table next to it was filled with fragrant sweets.

So--

Where are you going to hide?

Liu Ping groaned, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself.

Damn it!

I was almost led astray by the goblin.

Hide away!

If he really participated in the hide-and-seek finals here, thousands of years would have passed in a blink of an eye, and the Purgatory Pillar would have been destroyed long ago, with not even the dregs left.

no!

You have to find a way to end this game!

God's voice suddenly sounded: "Remember, you can't mess up the goblins' party, otherwise you will turn against each other."

"What is the correct method?" Liu Ping asked.

"No one can do anything about the goblins," God said with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "otherwise you just follow the goblins, at least the nightmare monsters won't come to provoke them."

"Are you kidding?" Liu Ping said.

He walked back and forth on the carpet.

A minute passed.

Liu Ping suddenly stopped and whispered: "The most important thing to do now is to stop this final."

"Don't screw up their game, otherwise they will be angry." God said.

"I know... I want to defeat them in this matter of peek-a-boo, so that they have nothing to say." Liu Ping said.

He glanced around and activated the power of "seeing and hearing like a god".

pity--

No name flashed in the void.

But there were two lines of small burning characters floating in front of his eyes:

“You can’t discover the hidden genie by ‘seeing and hearing like a god’.”

"They often lose the opportunity to have a name because they are not dignified enough, and they don't care."

"Defeat them? Hide and seek? That's unlikely. This is their racial advantage." The female Death God interjected.

"I know... Isn't there no other way but to defeat them?" Liu Ping said.

"Are you serious? Hide-and-seek is a goblin's specialty." Mother Earth said in a disapproving tone.

Liu Ping snapped his fingers and said, "But I also have something good to do -"

"What?" the two goddesses asked in unison.

"He is a liar." God replied for Liu Ping in a deep tone.

"No, I understand them. They all have a childlike heart." Liu Ping corrected.

The next moment.

Clusters of flowers bloomed in the entire hall, followed by salutes one after another and countless cheers.

——Liu Ping once saw goblins having carnival parties, so he learned this skill well.

Then a goblin's voice was heard:

"Now all the fairies have been disqualified due to fouls, except for the last one."

"It hasn't shown up until now, and we haven't found it!"

"Come out, champion of this competition!"

The cheers were even louder.

Not even taking a breath——

I saw goblins emerging from all corners of the hall one after another.

"I'm the champion?"

They shouted in unison.

There were bursts of chaos and noise in the void, which were the ridicule of the goblins watching the battle.

The fairy in green skirt jumped out and waved her hand: "Guys who jumped out on your own, you have been discovered and are now officially eliminated from the finals!"

The goblins in the hall flew into the void dejectedly and left the competition venue.

"There are three more contestants, let's continue the game!" the fairy in green skirt announced.

She gave Liu Ping a thumbs up and lowered her voice: "It's so wonderful, you shameless liar."

"It's hard to find the rest," Liu Ping said.

"According to the rules, you still have five seconds to hide, hurry!" said the fairy in green skirt.

"What, only five seconds?" Liu Ping asked.

"Hide quickly!" the fairy in green skirt said anxiously.

Suddenly, a small hand emerged from under the carpet and grabbed Liu Ping's feet.

"I found you! Let me get carried away, haha!" the goblin said proudly.

Liu Ping's expression remained unchanged and he praised: "You're so well hidden! You were right under my nose, and I didn't even notice you."

"Admit defeat! Human!" said the goblin.

"But you were also discovered." Liu Ping said.

"Looking for someone doesn't count - I found you, so I can hide you again." The goblin said.

"Who said you found me?" Liu Ping smiled.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned into nothingness and disappeared.

——It turns out that this is just an illusion he released!

The goblin was stunned.

The fairy in green skirt reacted very quickly and immediately shouted: "You jumped out on your own and didn't catch the hiding person. You are out!"

"What! Why is this happening?" the goblin said in shock.

Thunderous applause sounded in the void all around, and the hands of many of the fairies watching turned red.

Some goblins even cheered loudly: "A truly shameless liar! I haven't seen such a powerful swindler in many years!"

"Yeah! How despicable!" other goblins echoed.

The fairy in green skirt raised her hand to signal all the audience to quiet down and said loudly:

"And the last two contestants!"

"——The battle for the championship and runner-up begins!"

All sounds suddenly disappeared.

The last two contestants!

One of them is naturally Liu Ping, and the other is a goblin who never showed up from beginning to end.

——Who will win the game?

The entire castle hall became quiet again.

However, there are various invisible distortion phenomena in the void.

This is because the game was so exciting and tense that many goblins were so excited that they fainted and were carried out of the auditorium.