Infernal Artist

The wind howled.

Liu Ping kept falling downwards.

The sculptures on the sacred pillars all woke up, opened their eyes and looked at him silently.

There were whispers.

Liu Ping tried hard to listen, but couldn't hear the sounds clearly.

But soon, a realization emerged from his mind:

"In the world system of Purgatory and Eternal Night, the rules of the mysterious side dominate everything, embodied in cards."

"——Now, you have to establish contact with the rules of Eternal Night."

"The first method: Find a being in Eternal Night, or draw the treasures in Eternal Night into cards, sign a summoning contract, and then you can be recognized and accepted by the many rules of Eternal Night."

"If there is no friendship in the eternal night, then the second method will be used."

"The second method: stretch out your hand and randomly draw a card in the void——"

"This card must come from the condensation of the Eternal Night Rules."

"You can choose between the above two methods."

"As long as you successfully establish contact with Yongye, from now on, the endless rules and existence in Yongye will provide you with ready-made cards according to various summoning conditions for you to control."

Liu Ping slowly stretched out his hand to draw a card from the void.

Endless black mist gathered, gradually condensing in the void in front of his hand, and was about to form a card——

Liu Ping suddenly retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted.

Just now, he saw a sculpture while he was falling.

The sculpture is that of a little girl.

She stood alone in a corner with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen into an eternal sleep.

But looking carefully, there was a bit of pain in her expression.

Around her, endless dark atmosphere continued to surge.

——She seemed to be in danger.

Liu Ping fell extremely fast, and he fell down in an instant, and the statue of the little girl could no longer be seen.

——But he couldn't forget the scene just now.

"is her!"

"She fought with me many times and saved me..."

"In this way, I can actually ask her to come, but I don't know if she is willing to accept my call."

Liu Ping silently called out in his heart: "The True Red Lord——"

"Lord of the True Red, if you are willing, please come and join me to build a contract of eternal night!"

On the Eternal Night Pillar, the little girl suddenly opened her eyes.

"Who is calling me? Wait, this is... the Pillar of Eternal Night!"

She suddenly reacted, jumped up, turned into a red light, and chased towards the depths of darkness.

Hongmang's speed reached the extreme.

In just a few breaths, she caught up with Liu Ping.

"You have become a card master!" The little girl looked very happy and said loudly.

"Yes, I must sign a contract with the existence in the eternal night." Liu Ping said as he fell.

"So you found me?" the little girl made a face.

"I thought that we had fought side by side, so I called you here and wanted to ask you if you are willing to sign a contract with me." Liu Ping said.

The little girl sighed and whispered: "Liu Ping, Yongye's surface world is on the verge of destruction. At this moment, I am about to face an unparalleled misfortune. If I can't survive it, I will be eaten."

"What do you want to say?"

"If you sign a contract with me, you will be implicated."

"Little things, I don't care."

"That old god is evolving...it has its sights on me, and we will be eaten together."

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will never let you be eaten."

"are you serious?"

"Look!" Liu Ping pointed at the Eternal Night Divine Pillar.

The little girl followed his hand and saw countless beings on the sacred pillar, staring at the two of them.

Liu Ping said: "They are all here to witness what I said. If I can't do it, if I abandon you and run away, if I let you be eaten by monsters, I will no longer have the shame to seek the approval of these beings in the eternal night - —Because I failed to protect my own people."

He took a breath and said loudly: "Come on! You saved me once, now it's my turn to help you!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand.

The little girl lowered her head, then raised it again, showing a bright smile.

"Okay, at worst, we'll all be eaten together!"

She stretched out her hand and put it together with Liu Ping's.

Yana quietly appeared next to the two of them and whispered: "With my power and the great rules of the Eternal Night Pillar, I will build a shelter for the heroic spirits in the Eternal Night."

She waved her long whip, drawing out shallow dark green light in the void.

These rays of light flew around the little girl and turned into the frame of the card.

"Relax, you'll be fine soon." Yana said.

"Then I am Liu Ping's first heroic spirit. Liu Ping, you have to be kind to me, do you hear me?" The little girl became nervous again.

"Don't worry, I have killed thousands of enemies since I started practicing Taoism, but only fifty-one of them are women." Liu Ping said sincerely.

"...Can I regret it?" the little girl asked.

"Start!" Yana shouted.

Channels of dark green light floated quietly in the air, framing the little girl inside.

In an instant, four green lights turned into the edges of the card, gradually turning into dark color, and the little girl appeared on the paper——

One card is complete!

This card in Eternal Night flew back to Liu Ping's hand.

Liu Ping picked up the new card and took a closer look.

I saw blue sky and white clouds drawn on this card, various flowers blooming on the high green mountains, and the little girl stood beside the flowers with a sweet smile on her face.

Her voice came from the card: "So your deck is called 'Happiness'!"

"Yes, this is my heart's wish." Liu Ping said.

The little girl said: "When you name the card 'Happiness', the card patterns you draw will all be in bright colors, and I will be in the scene that I long for."

After the little girl finished speaking, she looked towards the distant mountains and flowers.

She walked among the flowers, suddenly reached out her hand, picked a flower from the flowers and put it in her hair, turned around and said with a smile: "Thank you, Liu Ping, my real name is Andrea."

In the void, lines of burning small characters quickly appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

"You called the heroic spirit in the eternal night: Andrea."

"She approved of you."

"She agreed to your summons and has since become your first Heroic Spirit Card, fighting for you."

In an instant, all visions disappeared.

Liu Ping found himself back in the wilderness.

In his hand, he held a card he had never seen before.

The little girl stood in the center of the card, smiled lightly at him, turned around and ran towards the canyon in the mountains.

There is a clear spring there.

Liu Ping gently put away the card and stored it carefully in his arms.

"You need a card book - when the matter here is resolved, we will go to the stronghold established by Hellfire Bank and help you buy the best card book." Yana said.

Liu Ping put his hand on his chest and pumped——

The Joker Card was drawn out by him, and he returned to his original appearance.

"Well, let's spend the first half of the night smoothly, then go to the world of cultivation, and try to solve everything tonight." Liu Ping said.

"Then we'll leave immediately." Yana said uneasily.

Liu Ping glanced at her, nodded, took out a headset and put it on, and asked, "Wang Meng, how is the situation?"

"We just returned to Dark Mist Town." Wang Meng's voice sounded.

"Okay, I'll be right back." Liu Ping said.

He flew high into the sky and landed in the square of Dark Mist Town in just a few minutes.

I saw Wang Meng and the leader of the tactical team here.

The two of them looked a little solemn.

"You're back, where are the hyenas?" Wang Meng asked.

"killed."

Liu Ping looked at the team leader and said, "That old god was led away by you?"

"Yes, we used firepower to attract its attention, and then led it in another direction." The team leader said, turning on the holographic image.

I saw the old god walking towards the horizon step by step with heavy steps.

It walked for a while and suddenly stopped in place.

"Why don't you leave?"

Team leader Qi Dao.

The old gods slowly turned around and looked in the direction of Dark Mist Town.

Yana's voice suddenly sounded:

"Be careful, Andrea has become your heroic spirit. All the tracking techniques of this god will fall on you, and it will look for Andrea's whereabouts from you."

"Look at these people, can they stop that monster?" Liu Ping asked.

"Okay." Yana said.

Liu Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay to block for half a minute." Yana added.

Liu Ping: "..."

Yana: "..."

"That won't work, we have to find a way." Liu Ping said.

He passed through steel buildings and came to a remote ruins.

"Put this on."

Liu Ping summoned Andrea, took out the bamboo hat and handed it to her.

"Covering the aura? Although it's a bit crude, it's better than nothing."

Andrea put the bamboo hat on her head as she spoke.

She was suddenly stunned.

After putting on the bamboo hat, his breath completely disappeared, and even the bloody smell from the wounds on his body was completely covered.

"What kind of treasure is this?" the little girl asked uncertainly.

"I added a formation plate to the bamboo hat with the 'Color of Color' on it, so the isolation ability is much stronger." Liu Ping said.

"It's very powerful - but it's useless. That guy used the power of the nightmare era to search for me. Its power suppresses these things in your hand according to the rules." Yana said.

The little girl looked a little dazed, as if she was stuck in some memory of the past.

"Liu Ping, I remember I told you that when the first point of collapse of the world of cultivation comes, I will show you the reality of this world," she said.

"You said it." Liu Ping said.

"That monster... is the ultimate reality." The little girl said.

"What exactly is it?"

"You don't have to know what it is, you just need to know that it comes because Purgatory is in chaos, and countless existences sleeping in the eternal night will have to wake up because of nightmares and fight against it."