Infernal Artist

One month later.

A whole formation of twelve interstellar battleships flew from the sky.

An electronic voice sounded from the combined battleship formation:

"General, we are about to arrive at the battlefield."

A deep voice then sounded: "Very good, everyone is ready to fight. This place has become a legendary killing battlefield."

"Brave warriors, remember, this is the time to sacrifice everything for the master."

"The master will be in the sky, watching your fight!"

"we want--"

Before he finished speaking, blazing rays of light appeared on the ground, penetrating the blue sky and directly hitting the battleship formation.

"Landing in!" the general roared.

Barriers of light appeared on all the battleships, protecting the battleships from diving downward.

Another battle began.

On the earth.

the other side.

A large mountain hundreds of miles away from the battlefield.

Liu Ping squatted on the ground, took a piece of snack handed by the green-dressed fairy, threw it into his mouth and said, "Is it true that no other nightmare lords are coming?"

"Yes, it is said that everyone who can come has come..."

The fairy in green skirt looked at him with admiration.

Although the hide-and-seek contest has always been popular among fairies, it has never been as grand as it is now.

This is no longer a fair for goblins.

This has simply crossed the boundaries of race and become a super competition related to the past and future, the safety of all heavens and worlds, and all sentient beings!

All of this is thanks to the man in front of me——

This is a man who is born to create big scenes!

"It seems that this is almost the number of participants. Now let them hide and look for each other." Liu Ping said.

"Okay, are you going to start hiding too? I have an exclusive interview here. It's from the Fairy Daily. Do you want to answer it?" asked the green skirt fairy.

Liu Ping stood up, stretched and said:

"Let's talk about it when I get back - I'm going to do something else."

The fairy in green skirt was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands quickly and said: "Wait, wait! Are you going to give up and withdraw from the game?"

"Of course not, I'm going to find a hiding place. After all, this is an unprecedented competition." Liu Ping said.

"I see, I'll interview you after the competition is over." The fairy in green skirt breathed a sigh of relief.

"good."

Liu Ping smiled slightly and disappeared directly from the green skirt fairy.

He slowly moved forward in countless illusions until he came to a remote place. Suddenly, he moved and flew into the sky, gradually reaching the edge of the world.

"You want to leave here?" Mother Earth asked in surprise.

"Yes, no one knows I'm gone anyway," Liu Ping said.

"The Four Laws - how could they let you go?" asked the female God of Death.

"As the Lords of Nightmares, they must make a reasonable connection between this blank history and the future - whether I am here or not, things will continue to develop like this until two thousand years later." Liu Pingdao.

God also spoke: "As for Liu Ping - the Nightmare Lord he plays will be the vanguard to attack Purgatory and the Pillar of Eternal Night two thousand years later - there are so many powerful Nightmare Lords, why does it take his turn to appear? "

"Because I'm not here, I can be a pioneer. This is the most reasonable explanation." Liu Ping said.

"So, the Four Laws will not make things difficult for you, but - how can you leave? The rules of the goblin competition do not allow it!" Mother Earth said in confusion.

Liu Ping didn't answer and jumped forward slightly.

A line of small burning words suddenly appeared in the void: "You have reached the edge of the arena. If you cross here, you will be considered to have given up the game, and the fairies will notice it immediately."

Liu Ping took out the seal belonging to the goblin from his arms and pressed it hard in the void.

In an instant, lines of burning small characters appeared:

"You used the goblin's seal."

"The current boundary rules of the competition will be explained exclusively by the handsome young man Liu Ping."

Liu Ping coughed lightly and said: "Because I introduced a large number of contestants when there were only three contestants left in the competition, I will not come back until there are only three contestants left in the competition."

"The above are secret terms and only the parties involved can know them."

A secret door quietly appeared in the void.

——This is the special channel under the secret clause.

"It's established." God praised.

Liu Ping put away the seal, flew out of the sky, and took a look back.

Ruined world.

It is already teeming with active life again.

Humans, monsters, protoss, elemental beings, giants, elves... countless races have come to this world.

They represent the nightmare lords, searching and fighting.

The search is for other Nightmare Lords.

The battle is to kill other Nightmare Lord's minions in order to expand the Master's territory.

Anyway——

One fight after another started.

Gunsmoke filled the sky, and there were roars everywhere. If there were no accidents——

The battle will continue until Liu Ping comes here two thousand years later.

As for those nightmare lords...

He couldn't even put on a Nightmare Embrace, let alone kill them.

"I hope it will be different next time I come back."

Liu Ping's eyes became dark, and his body moved and disappeared from the depths of the sky.

…

Some unknown world.

It seemed as if a war had just happened here, and the whole city looked quite depressed.

There are few people on the street.

A cold breeze blew.

Under night.

Liu Ping fell gently into the world.

After briefly feeling the atmosphere around him, he raised his feet and walked towards a large building.

That's a bar.

Through the glass window, you can see the bright orange lights inside, as well as the neatly arranged, colorful wine bottles.

Maybe it was too cold, maybe it was the wrong time, but in short, there were only a few people in the bar.

Liu Ping pushed the door open and went in.

The bell rings.

A waitress stood behind the bar, lowered her head to clean the wine glass, and said:

"welcome!"

Liu Ping walked straight to the bar and sat down, saying, "Have a drink of your signature drink."

"OK, just a second."

"Also, buy this old gentleman a drink."

"Ah, okay."

Liu Ping turned his head and looked at the old man beside him.

He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, was well-dressed, had a gentle expression, and was reading the newspaper in his hand.

"Young man, an old guy like me with one foot in the grave is not worthy of your glass of wine." The old man said with a smile.

"You don't have to belittle yourself." Liu Ping said.

He placed a piece of letter paper directly in front of the old man.

The old man picked it up and whispered: "On the edge of the stars, in that country on the verge of collapse, there are people you want to get to know. If you don't open your heart, it may lead to countless misunderstandings and battles, so Face it honestly, that's the only way."

After reading, he played with the letter and asked, "What kind of magic is this?"

"Preaching - this is a divination power born from the fusion of 'sacred' and 'creation'." Liu Ping said.

"What do you want to do with me?" the old man asked.

"I want to fight the nightmare." Liu Ping said.

The old man frowned, but shook his head and said: "Mortals fighting against nightmares will not end well."

Then the wine was served.

"Here's a toast to you." Liu Ping raised his glass.

"Thank you." The old man picked up the wine glass and clinked it with him.

The two drank it all in one gulp.

Liu Ping put down his wine glass, directly equipped the title of "Prison King" and said:

"Let me tell you straight, I have killed one nightmare lord, and I will kill more nightmare lords in the future."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised his head and glanced at the top of his head.

"This title is really rare, I have never seen it before," he said.

"The name should not be fake. It represents our words, deeds and past. It is a medal recognized by the law - I just want you to know me better." Liu Ping said.

The old man lowered his head and said: "But my era has long ended. My methods have been thoroughly studied by them and put into the set collection - I can no longer pose any threat to them and can only survive here. do you understand?"

"In the beginning, we were all like this." Liu Ping said.

He raised his hand to let the other person see the rings on his hand.

The old man narrowed his eyes and said: "The broken earth and the weak God of Death, oh, and a dead Lord of Creation... So you want to form the Four Holy Pillars so that you can wear their armor."

"If we unite, we can definitely defeat them." Liu Ping said.

"But when the time comes, how will you be different from them?" the old man asked.

"I don't eat souls." Liu Ping said.

"Every being who wears the Embrace of Nightmare says this, but when they become the world, they don't want to give up this way of obtaining power. After all, cannibalism is the simplest and most direct way to become stronger." The old man said.

"I won't eat people." Liu Ping shook his head.

"Humans are the most greedy. There is endless greed hidden in your nature. If you change from sentient beings to world-like life forms, you will even eat us." The old man said.

"No, I still have some confidence." Liu Ping said with a smile.

"I am the first generation of gods. Over a long period of time, I have seen too many strong men who immediately surrendered and fell after becoming world-like life forms, thus becoming extremely powerful. No one has ever been able to do so. Deal with them." The old man said.

"I want to kill all the nightmare lords, so this is a path that must be taken." Liu Ping said.

The old man hesitated for a moment, looked up at his title, and then said:

"Then give it a try. If you can withstand the next test, I will help you - after all, your name is really a headache. If I don't help you, the law of cause and effect will bring me trouble - "

"This name is so rare, it's even my first time seeing it."

He couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Ping raised his head and glanced at the name above his head.

"The King of Hell."

"Title Effect 1: All spiritual beings and gods will sense your power and make due contributions to you to gain their own merit and evolution, otherwise they will suffer the consequences of karma."

——This title is indeed quite powerful when it comes to living beings and gods.

"What test is it?" Liu Ping asked.

The old man stretched out his hand and gently pulled it out of the void, pulled out a card and placed it on the bar table.

Liu Ping looked at the card and saw an endless dark universe painted on it, with a blue planet constantly orbiting the star.

Lines of small burning characters appeared in the void:

"The body of the world."

"Transformation card, one of the Ancient God decks."

"Using it will turn you into a world-like life form, and you will have the characteristics and perceptions of all world-like life forms."

"——This is a test. If you fail, this ancient god will leave immediately and will never have hope for you again."

"start!"