Infernal Artist

In the alley.

All the movement calmed down.

Except for the corpses on the ground, only Yun Xi was still standing there.

The yellow dog huddled in the darkness and watched her cry quietly.

suddenly.

It moved its paws.

All the blood stains on Yun Xi's body were immediately washed away.

An unprecedented power fell from the sky and fell on her, making her energetic.

Lines of burning small characters appeared:

"You've accomplished your mission: First Blood."

"Complete rating: perfect."

"You have obtained a new reward: Blood Heart Style: Demon-Slaying Hand Knife."

"This is an advanced fighting technique that the sequence has gathered its own martial arts knowledge and tailored for you. With the help of the 'Five Elements Blessing', it will increase your combat effectiveness by a huge margin."

"In addition, you have received the joint reward of the Six Paths of Reincarnation..."

"Your strength has risen to a new level."

"Strength Measure: None."

"-In short, your strength has improved, but since there is no strength system designed by predecessors as a reference, in many battles, you need to fight once to know whether you can win."

Yun Xi looked a little confused.

Gouzi also knew what she saw——

But there is no way to do this. Now Yunxi is the object of joint training between Gouzi and Liudao Samsara.

Truly unprecedented.

"Woof!"

The dog ran out of the darkness, stopped next to Yun Xi, stood up, and put his paw on her hand.

"Good boy, I didn't scare you just now."

Yun Xi squatted down and hugged the yellow dog, feeling the warmth on its body and looking at the tail that kept wagging behind its butt.

A dog wagging its tail means it is happy.

The dog started yelling, and then he realized that there was a person hiding in the dark corner of the alley.

Now, it feels happy when I defeat the bad guys.

What a good dog.

Yun Xi touched the dog's head, put away the sadness in her heart, stood up and said: "We are going to continue our journey. There are gods in the Chenghuang Temple, so it must be safe."

A cold wind blew.

Yun Xi couldn't help but look up and saw a long tentacle emerging from the depths of the gray sky.

The tentacle was like a skyscraper, but it floated in the air a few times with great flexibility and then retracted.

——I have no idea how huge its body is.

"What is that!"

Yun Xi's heart tightened, she picked up the dog and ran straight towards the City God's Temple.

…

It gets dark.

Yun Xi arrived at the Chenghuang Temple with the yellow dog in her arms.

Compared to the chaos elsewhere, it's fairly orderly here.

Many people took refuge here, and there were even patrols formed spontaneously to maintain order.

The yellow dog released his spiritual thoughts and scanned the entire City God's Temple.

——It doesn’t seem like there’s anything special about it.

etc!

The yellow dog looked towards the statue of the City God in the temple.

Strange... there seems to be wisps of light on this statue.

This is the divine light that embodies merit.

Are there really gods?

Huang Quan thought silently, and suddenly saw two lines of small words appearing above the statue:

"City God (No.: 0023365721)"

"With various merits, you can call the City God to come and protect a place."

Speaking carefully, it seems that I also have a side mission of saving animals, but unfortunately when the end comes, I have no chance to do it.

Merit...

The yellow dog stared at the statue, savoring it carefully, and always felt that something was wrong.

Sudden.

The divine light on the statue gradually dimmed and eventually disappeared into nothing.

The divine light of merit is gone!

The small words that appeared above the statue also changed:

"Divine position: empty."

"The position is vacant."

What does it mean?

The gods are gone?

Huang Quan couldn't think of an answer for a while.

It turned back and looked into the darkness in the distance outside the City God's Temple, only to see some strange black shadows peeking out from the dark.

Jingle Bell--

Yun Xi answered the phone and said, "Sir."

"I'm at the City God's Temple...what? Staying where I am?"

The voice on the phone said: "Every part of the city has fallen. Only the City God's Temple is protected by the gods. It is temporarily stable. The army is coming to the City God's Temple soon - everyone is going to your side. You must maintain order on the scene first."

"Yes!" Yun Xi said.

The phone hangs up.

Suddenly there was a noise outside.

The patrol retreated in panic, and someone shouted: "It's a monster! The monster is eating people outside the temple!"

Yun Xi's expression condensed.

She squatted down, touched the yellow dog's head, and warned: "Master, don't run around here. I will be back in a moment."

"Woof!" the dog barked in unison.

Yun Xi nodded slightly.

This dog is still very spiritual, otherwise how could he save himself?

She took big steps and rushed towards the outside of the temple.

Gouzi squatted in the corner, thinking secretly.

The monster that just appeared was a test.

If no gods appear to protect all living beings here - I am afraid that even this place will soon fall into chaos.

In fact, this is bound to happen.

Because the divine seats are all empty, the gods are really no longer here.

A subtle voice suddenly sounded:

"Gouzi, here's your chance."

The dog's ears stood up and then slowly closed.

At some point, Rita appeared quietly, landed on its head again, and rolled around comfortably.

"Aren't you in the dark room?" Huang Quan asked via voice transmission.

"Hey, I'm the strongest among the fairies. I'm the champion of hide-and-seek. I found a mistake and slipped back." Rita said proudly.

As soon as she finished feeling proud, she immediately said aggrievedly: "Is there anything to eat? I'm almost starving to death."

Huang Quan released his spiritual thoughts and found that in a shop that had been closed hastily on the street opposite the Chenghuang Temple, the ice cream machine was still open.

It stretched out its claws to make a gesture, and remotely controlled it to make a small cup of ice cream.

Swish——

Ice cream appears in front of Rita.

"Wow! Gouzi - no, Liu Ping, you are awesome!" Rita happily took the ice cream and started eating it.

"What did you mean when you said the opportunity has come?" Liu Ping asked.

Rita said: "Six Paths of Reincarnation originally prepared a mission to save animals for you, but now the doomsday suddenly breaks out, disrupting everything——"

"Why did the apocalypse suddenly break out?" Liu Ping interrupted her and asked.

"I don't know. Anyway, the world of six reincarnations is like this. There are always countless doomsdays raging." Rita said, licking the ice cream.

"So the Six Paths of Reincarnation has taken advantage of the situation and used the Doomsday to cause catastrophe to the world's life forms?" Liu Ping said.

"That's pretty much what it means. It's looking for world-like life forms that can deal with the end of the world."

"The chance you're talking about is——"

"Look at that god's seat. The gods ran away as soon as they saw the apocalypse. Wouldn't the empty seat be just for you to use?"

"what is the benefit?"

"Good merit, Liu Ping! I remember that you seem to need merit."

Liu Ping was silent for a moment and looked at the statue again.

"The position is vacant and waiting".

This is really——

The six realms of reincarnation are trying their best to cooperate with themselves.

——Perhaps it also longs for the emergence of a being that can defeat these doomsdays.

"How do I inherit that divine position?" Liu Ping asked.

"You are a world-like life form, at a very high level, and you have the tacit approval of the Six Paths of Reincarnation - when someone calls for the City God, if you fulfill his wish, it is equivalent to claiming the status of a god." Rita said.

Liu Ping looked around.

I saw that many people had already ran into the temple and knelt down in front of the statue.

"The City God bless you."

"Keep our family safe."

"The gods appear and drive away the monsters!"

"City God bless you!"

"..."

Rita seemed to have remembered something and added: "But being a god also has risks. Once you are unable to protect this temple, you will fall from the throne and your merits will be greatly damaged."

"It doesn't matter. If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I'm afraid I will die here. By then, I won't care about merit." Liu Ping said.

He suddenly felt something and looked outside the Chenghuang Temple.

On the street outside the temple——

Yun Xi stood on the edge of darkness, holding fists with her hands and looking around nervously.

There was something hiding in the darkness, peering into the City God's Temple behind her.

With the improvement in strength, Yun Xi can now also sense the malice and danger in the darkness.

She suddenly took a few steps back.

In the darkness, a huge human head comparable to the entire City God's Temple appeared.

For a moment everyone saw it, and there were waves of panic screams from far and near.

Then there was silence.

——This is a deep-seated fear that tightly strangles the throats of all living beings, making people unable to make a sound because of fear, as if they are suffocated.

The head of the person poked forward, and the entire huge body appeared.

It was like a giant, overlooking Yunxi, looking beyond her to the City God's Temple across the street, and uttered an indistinct whisper.

A line of small words appeared above this person's head:

"Evil works evil."

"This is a monster that mutated from a heinous person. The power of doomsday has blessed him, making him continue to become stronger in the process of committing evil, so that he has achieved such a name."

"Name power: shock."

"When mortals fight against it, they will be frightened physically and mentally, and will not be able to use their full strength."

Huang Quan's eyes jumped.

It's a little too early for Yun Xi to confront that guy...

"Rita, is there any way to cover up your figure?" it said.

"I'm the champion of hide and seek, and you actually asked me if there's any way to hide my figure? What, do you want to fight?" Rita waved her short staff excitedly.

A stream of colorful starlight spurted out from the short staff and enveloped the yellow dog.

The yellow dog suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

It opened its mouth and bit it lightly, put the Baina knife in its mouth, and muttered: "Sit down, I'm going to kill that monster."

"You want to be the city god?" the goblin asked expectantly.

"Yes, use it to earn some merit. It doesn't matter if you fail - failure means death." Huang Quan said in a low voice.

"Haha - that's so fun. I've never seen a dog act like that - ah!!!" the goblin suddenly screamed.

I saw the yellow dog suddenly turning into an afterimage, flying out from the window of the City God's Temple, rushing through the crowd like a violent wind, and passing through the waiting clouds——

"Oh yeah! So exciting!"

The goblin grabbed the dog's ears tightly and cheered in the air.

The next moment.

The light of the sword was like a waterfall, illuminating the surrounding dark night and passing through the monster's body like a torrent.

Lines of burning small characters suddenly jumped out:

"You are blessing all living beings."

"Current location: City God's Temple."

"As a world-like life form, you can become a city god."

"You have obtained this divine position."

Collect all the fine print.

The monster was slashed and flew out, smashing into large pieces of buildings and making a deafening roar.