Purgatory Artist-Chapter 235: Gain Time!

Under the cliff.

The entire frozen world began to distort.

All the ice and frost were like boiling waves, spinning rapidly, turning into a huge whirlpool.

"How can I avoid the prisoners?"

Liu Ping asked loudly as he fell.

The forest banshee said: "In the forest pool, we need to jump through the timeline in the pool to find the next card. You must prevent the prisoners from reaching the pool!"

"Perhaps you should abandon your two companions, or else it will be too late!"

Liu Ping looked at the huge whirlpool below.

"Perhaps there is no need."

He said loudly.

Saying so, he reached out and pulled out a long, dark grey sword.

Yin Insect's Downfall, Green Demon Canyon's Sword of Extinction!

This sword only had one use left, but Liu Ping had fed it enough corpse insects.

It already had the power to kill prisoners!

The next moment.

Liu Ping fell into the huge ice whirlpool.

...

Diving.

Liu Ping felt that he was in a boundless deep sea.

An invisible force pulled him, diving towards a certain place in the depths of the ice.

Countless images of light flashed in all directions.

The forest banshee loudly chanted an obscure and unrecognizable incantation.

Amidst the floating incantation, Liu Ping quietly landed in a light shadow that had already solidified.

He returned to the city.

At the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion's treasury.

The skeleton with three heads released two balls of black light, blasting towards Yana and Zhao Chanyi.

Zhao Chanyi stood in place, trying to block the black light.

Yana turned back to look at Liu Ping, saying reluctantly, "Farewell."

Time stopped at this moment.

Liu Ping landed, standing not far behind the two of them.

This was where he stood when he left.

At the same time.

The forest banshee also landed, saying nervously: "Five seconds later, time will be activated, and everything will start operating again."

"Got it." Liu Ping said.

He held his breath, holding the grey sword horizontally.

Three.

Two.

One.

Time activated!

Buzz.

The halo above Liu Ping's head suddenly released a blazing white light.

The 40-meter summoning halo!

At this very moment, three things happened at the same time.

Firstly, Yana and Zhao Chanyi suddenly disappeared from the dark light.

Secondly, Liu Ping fiercely threw out the gray sword in his hand.

Thirdly, the three-headed skeleton suddenly disappeared and reappeared at a distance of forty meters.

Lines of burning words appeared one after another.

["You've released the 'Forty Meter Summoning Power']

[You moved 'Yana', 'Zhao Chanyi', the dagger: Yin Insect's Downfall, and the prisoner]

[You've expended 4 Soul Points]

[Remaining Soul Power: 16/20]

In a flash

Yana and Zhao Chanyi disappeared from the black light and appeared behind Liu Ping.

The two balls of black light obliterated everything in their path, blasted through the City Lord's Mansion, and flew all the way out of the wall.

A muffled sound was heard.

The short sword pierced the chest of the skeleton.

Liu Ping moved the skeleton in front of the dagger, so that the moment the skeleton appeared, the dagger pierced through its chest!

It took a long time to describe, but all of this happened in the first second after time was restored.

Immediately after.

The second hand ticked slightly.

The second second began.

"Chanyi!"

Liu Ping made a hand gesture and shouted.

Zhao Chanyi and Liu Ping had worked together for many years, and both came from a Cultivation-type world, so as soon as she saw his hand gesture, she immediately understood.

"Meow!"

She didn't even look at the result of the battle, turned into a white cat several meters tall, picked Liu Ping up in its mouth, and flew into the sky.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

Several sounds came from the ground.

Yana, the Forest Banshee, and the evil creature all turned into cards, chased after the white cat, and landed in Liu Ping's card book.

Still the second second.

The skeleton staggered back a step, all three of its heads spoke at the same time: 「What ... is this ...」

It lowered its head to look at its chest.

A sharp grey needle had pierced deeply into its body.

This needle contained some sort of unique power that perfectly countered its body, causing it to be constantly injured, but unable to move at all.

The skeleton went silent for a few moments.

One of its heads suddenly rolled down, opened its mouth to bite the grey needle, and forcefully pulled it out.

One inch.

One inch.

Another inch.

The grey needle was slowly being pulled out from its chest.

The monster's other two heads looked up at the sky.

「Want to run ... in this world, how can you escape from my pursuit?」

The two heads spoke at the same time.

Clang!

The grey needle fell to the ground, breaking into several pieces.

In the sky.

Liu Ping pointed the direction to the white cat, and casually released the others.

"You succeeded!"

The Forest Banshee trembled with excitement, plucked a flower from the flowers on her head, and threw it towards the void behind her.

"This is the Ogre Flower, it might be able to block it, but I ..."

"I thought we were dead for sure, looks like Liu Ping you still thought of a way to save us!"

Yana smiled.

"When time stopped, I went out for a bit."

Saying so, Liu Ping also released the devil lord.

"What happened outside?" the devil lord asked.

"It's a long story."

The Forest Banshee shouted: "Don't be in a hurry to catch up, the situation is urgent, we need to buy some time before we can teleport away."

"If that prisoner catches up, which one of you has a way to delay it?"

The devil lord had just narrowly escaped death, so he understood the situation.

If he doesn't do his best to help, he will definitely die here!

He clenched its teeth and took out a Card from his chest.

The Card depicted a giant wall covered in demonic runes.

The devil lord threw the Card behind himself, saying: "I've kept this Card for countless years, it can turn into an invisible wall to stop the enemy."

"Very good! Now we have a better chance! "the Forest Banshee was overjoyed.

The white cat flew down.

She rolled in front of the pool and turned back into Zhao Chanyi.

The Forest Banshee immediately jumped into the pool and quickly chanted an incantation.

While chanting, she gestured for everyone to enter the pool.

The few of them walked into the pool together and stood still in the middle of the pool.

"Liu Ping, no need to be nervous, if there's no other way, I'll take care of the rear, I have a lot of lives."

Zhao Chanyi said.

Liu Ping flicked her head and said, "Idiot, in front of that monster, no matter how many lives you have, it won't be enough."

Zhao Chanyi covered her forehead and pouted, "You're being mean to me as soon as you come back. I'm just being nice."

"Let's leave immediately. Don't do anything pointless. If that monster comes, I can still block it." Yana said.

"No, none of you can attack." Liu Ping said solemnly. "This is a time node. We have to jump from here to another time node in this world."

The Devil Lord said, "If we leave the pool."

"Then you will be left here. I have no way to save you." Liu Ping said.

The three of them finally understood the current situation.

Together, they stared at the forest banshee.

The banshee's eyes were closed as she chanted an incantation.

The calm pool of water began to tremble.

Like a mirror, it began to show different images of time and space.

Taking this chance, Liu Ping checked his remaining Soul Points.

16 Points.

Hopefully, he'll make it in time.

Boom!!!

In the distance, a series of explosions could be heard.

The devil lord's expression changed as he exclaimed: "Too fast, it's already destroyed my invisible wall!"

At the same time.

Among the banshee's head full of flowers and leaves, a particularly bright flower quickly withered.

One breath.

Two breaths.

The monster's voice came from the sky:

「The pool? I remember now ... this is the banshee's place.」

Liu Ping looked at the banshee, only to see her quickly chanting an incantation with a look of despair.

"How much longer?" he asked.

"Two more minutes! We're out of time! "the banshee replied.

Following that.

A streak of light descended from the sky.

Three-headed skeleton!

While it was still in the air, its hands were already giving off a black glow as it spoke: 「I'd like to see which one of you can block my full power attack!」

Yana shielded Liu Ping behind her.

Zhao Chanyi drew her Blade and slashed non-stop from afar.

A faint black glow appeared around the monster's body, blocking all the attacks.

It sped up and headed straight for the pool of water!

At the very next moment.

The monster suddenly found its vision blurred as the pool of water disappeared from its sight while it was flying towards the sky.

It stopped abruptly and turned around to look down.

「A spatial teleportation ability ... it's been like this since the beginning ...」

The monster's gaze fell onto Liu Ping.

Liu Ping raised his hand and smiled: "I knew I couldn't hide from you, that's indeed the case."

He continued: "This ability is specifically designed to counter you, no matter how many tricks you have, as long as I teleport away, how would you be able to hit us?"

The monster's body was giving off a black glow, hearing that, it couldn't help but sneer: 「This ability of yours has a fatal flaw.」

"Is that so! And what might that be? "Liu Ping asked.

「According to my observations, you need to be at the center of the formation to be able to teleport a certain distance away ... it should be an extremely rare Knight's Halo ...」

The monster gradually exuded killing intent and continued:

"You are unable to move yourself. You are the weakness of the entire Spatial Transference Technique."

"Me?" Liu Ping asked.

「 That's right, only if you have the strength to block my attacks would this power be useful, but you're the weakest among all of us.」the monster mocked him.

One minute.

Liu Ping clapped and said, "That's right. Why don't we have a battle?"

The monster laughed out loud: 「Every single person by your side is much stronger than you are, even they can only die in front of me, let alone you.」

"Since you wanted to kill me, let's have a fight then." Liu Ping said calmly.

He winked at the others and walked to the edge of the pool alone.

"Come, I'll use one hand."

Liu Ping taunted.

The monster was startled, and the killing intent on its body became even stronger.

「DIE...」

It let out a low roar and turned into a surge of black light, charging towards Liu Ping with all its might.

And Liu Ping?

He just stood there without moving.

In the blink of an eye, the black light crashed into Liu Ping and was sent flying, crashing through a few large trees before falling to the ground and turning back into the three-headed skeleton.

It stood up from the ground, and stayed silent for a while before speaking:

「It's as if ... all the Mystic-type powers are trying to stop me from killing you. Is my method wrong?」

"Yes." Liu Ping answered.

He crossed his arms, stood at the edge of the pool and sighed: "From now on, it's going to be a fight to the death."

Lines of burning text appeared in the void of space:

[The other party has agreed to fight you]

[This battle has entered soul gambling mode]

[The souls of those who lose in battle shall belong to the victor]

[Attention:]

[The other party must defeat all the Cards in your hand before they can fight you in the final battle]

[Just like the battle between you and the bartender]

Liu Ping pulled his gaze back.

That's right, before all my Cards are defeated, the prisoner can't attack me!

This is where the Warden's true strength lies.

But if the enemy is too strong, and the difference in power between them is too great, the Warden Knight will also fall into despair.

The monster stayed silent for a few moments, then drew a Card from the void of space and carefully observed it.

「So that's how it is, the rules of the battle state that you must kill all the Cards in your hand. 」it muttered.

"That's right." Liu Ping answered.

The monster looked at Yana, Zhao Chanyi, and the devil lord.

Without waiting for it to say anything else, the halo above Liu Ping's head once again let out a wave of fluctuation that enveloped everyone.

A 40-meter summoning power!

It enveloped everyone, ready to activate at any moment.

The monster glanced at them briefly, then praised: 「This spatial warping power's biggest weakness was originally you, but now that you're in a state where you can't be attacked, this power's weakness has been fixed.」

「 However 」

The monster smirked and spoke with a heavy tone: 「If I destroy the entire pool as well as the entire forest, do you think any of them will be able to survive? 」

Boom!!!

Layers of black light began to exude from its body.

Strands of black light continued to gather, forming a gigantic demonic creature filled with destructive presence behind it.

The monster raised its voice:「 This ability requires charging, I originally didn't like to use it, but now, it's the best way to kill you all. Come, meet your death.」

Liu Ping suddenly raised his hand: "Stop! Aren't you just after the Card? I'll just give it to you."

The monster was surprised.

「You've given up? How regretful ... I still want to kill all of you first, then personally pick up the Card. 」 it asked.

Liu Ping sighed: "Still not done? I feel like this incantation is a bit too long, after all, the time we spent just now was more than enough to eat a bowl of noodles."

Two minutes.

Behind him, the banshee finally let out a long and deep groan. She growled.

" Time Flow, activate! "