Purgatory Artist-Chapter 243: The Sealed Gate

The Titled Assassin was dead.

And his soul had been sacrificed to the Devil's Gate.

"You're in too much of a hurry, I didn't say anything about sacrificing his soul to the gate"

Liu Ping sighed.

"I saw that he was already on his way, so ..." the Devil Lord said.

"I'll let it go this time, but don't act without my orders next time" Liu Ping said.

That Assassin.

If his soul was still here, I could turn him into a Death Puppet and ask him why he wanted to kill me, as well as where the others went.

But now, the Assassin's soul has already been sacrificed.

Even if I turn him into a Death Puppet, I'll only get an empty shell, unable to get anything out of him.

The Devil Lord smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'll definitely listen to your orders next time"

"Since it's already like this, let's go in and take a look."

Saying so, Liu Ping headed towards the church.

Yana and Zhao Chanyi stood on either side of him.

Seeing this, the Devil Lord's eyes flickered and silently followed.

Everyone entered the church.

The entire church was empty, the ground was covered in old black blood stains as well as some unknown corpses.

A gate of light was hovering in the middle of the hall.

A line of text appeared on top of the gate:

[The Gate of Sealing]

Liu Ping thought for a bit, then summoned the Devil Lord and asked: "What is this gate of light used for?"

The Devil Lord stared at it for a bit, then replied: "I'm not sure either, you can try touching it, perhaps you'll find something."

Liu Ping squinted his eyes.

The Devil Lord's soul was fluctuating a bit.

This meant that it was lying.

It had already become my Card, but it still wasn't telling the truth.

Perhaps it doesn't understand my current situation?

Suddenly, a weak voice sounded in Liu Ping's mind:

"There's an extremely powerful spell behind that gate, you must not touch it at all costs."

Liu Ping was a bit surprised, then drew a Card.

A Forest Banshee!

She floated on the surface of the water, her face full of fatigue as she spoke: "The evil creature isn't honest, it must have its own considerations for rushing to open this gate for you. What I'm about to say cannot be known to it."

Liu Ping nodded: "I understand."

Yana suddenly reached her hand out and tapped the Devil Lord's body.

A long thread emitting golden light quickly circled around the Devil lord and tied it up.

"Holy Knight, what are you doing?" The Devil Lord's expression changed.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Yana smiled.

A saber light flashed.

The Devil Lord was sent flying, turning into a fragmented corpse in midair.

Zhao Chanyi stood to the side and sheathed her long blade. She smiled and said, "The one who killed you is me."

She suddenly turned to the void of space.

"Liu Ping, I seem to have gained quite a bit of soul power from killing one of these evil creatures. I'm going to level up now."

Zhao Chanyi said.

An abundant spiritual light radiated from her body, condensing into a natural and complex spiritual pattern in midair.

"Spiritual runes are naturally formed. This proves that your cultivation level has increased by another level. However, there is no Heavenly Tribulation in Eternal Night. This is interesting." Liu Ping laughed.

"According to the records, this is the Thousand Tribulation realm ..."

Zhao Chanyi closed her eyes and silently sensed for a few breaths: "My strength is growing, my energy has doubled, my previous Divine Arts are also beginning to evolve."

She suddenly realized something and appeared annoyed:

"I shouldn't have killed it, Liu Ping, I should've let you kill it. That way, you would've been able to increase your strength."

Liu Ping shook his head: "Truthfully, my safety isn't that important, because my enemies must first defeat you to harm me. On the other hand, the two of you need to quickly increase your strength."

"Not to mention ..."

He glanced at the void of space again.

Lines of burning text were hovering there:

[Your Card: Zhao Chanyi has leveled up, becoming a level 31 Tribulation realm cat demon]

[Due to the increase in strength of your high-level Card, your EXP has also greatly increased]

[Your EXP has increased to: 60%]

Zhao Chanyi is a level 30 Card.

Her leveling up would give me so much EXP.

If this continues, I'll be able to level up very soon as well!

The only problem is ...

Tribulation realm.

Liu Ping pondered for a bit and said: "Oh no, I suddenly remembered. The records of the Upper Realm's cultivation said that when a cultivator breaks through the Thousand Tribulation realm, they will have to deal with countless tribulations until they reach the Tribulation realm."

"Tribulation realm? But I'm standing here perfectly fine, what kind of tribulations could there be? "Zhao Chanyi asked in confusion.

"I heard that it's a completely unpredictable tribulation, you can even choke to death while drinking water" Liu Ping replied.

From the void of space, a voice suddenly resounded:

"Who killed a member of our Supervisory Council!? YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE!!! "

Indiscernible runes appeared from the void of space around Zhao Chanyi. These runes formed a large skull above Zhao Chanyi's head.

She continuously formed hand seals to cast spells and swung her Blade at it, but the skull wasn't damaged at all.

"No, I can't hit it!"

Zhao Chanyi hurriedly said.

In the blink of an eye.

Yana took a step forward, her hands glowed with holy light as she pressed them against Zhao Chanyi's back.

"Don't move!"

Yana shouted in a low voice.

"You dare to use such a shadowy technique in front of me? Scatter! "

Yana's body gave off a blinding holy light that was absorbed into Zhao Chanyi's body.

The skull was instantly destroyed by the blinding light.

A sharp scream resounded:

"I've remembered your presence ... I WILL HAVE VENGEANCE!"

All the runes slowly faded away in the light.

Everything returned to silence.

Zhao Chanyi glanced at Liu Ping, only to see that he had a subtle expression as he gestured towards Yana with his mouth.

Zhao Chanyi had no choice but to clasp her fist: "Yana, thank you, I didn't know how to block that attack just now."

"It's a super long-range evil technique, only a few Professions can deal with it, and Holy Knights happen to be one of them." Yana replied.

"Chanyi, you have to be careful from now on, there will be countless tribulations coming for you." Liu Ping warned her.

"That was because I killed that evil creature, from now on, it should be fine." Zhao Chanyi said.

She instinctively took a step forward.

Crack crack.

With a soft sound, the stone floor under her feet caved in.

Zhao Chanyi slowly closed her mouth and covered her face: "Liu Ping, I think I stepped on something."

"A mechanism." Liu Ping answered blankly.

Rumble rumble rumble

The entire floor of the hall quickly caved in.

Liu Ping waved his hand and loudly said: "Chanyi, go back to your card and rest first, once we reach a safe place, I'll let you out to face the tribulation."

"Alright." Zhao Chanyi replied.

She turned into a Card and was put away by Liu Ping.

Yana took two steps forward, hugged Liu Ping and lightly hovered in the air.

She brought Liu Ping to the ceiling of the cathedral and placed him on a colorful windowsill.

The two of them looked down at the same time.

The entire cathedral had turned into a bottomless abyss, only the gate of light was still hovering in the air.

Numerous noises could be heard coming from the depths of the abyss.

Yana casually took out a ray of light and threw it down into the abyss below.

The light illuminated the depths of the abyss.

Skeletons could be seen crawling all over the ground, climbing up one after another.

They quickly filled up the entire abyss and began to climb along the wall towards Liu Ping.

"What do we do now?" Yana asked.

"We first need to understand the situation of that gate, Lady Yana, you can tell me now."

Liu Ping said.

The Forest Banshee's voice suddenly came: "This gate is the Gate of Seals, a Sequence Core Card that the evil creatures couldn't conquer is sealed inside, once someone enters, they will be attacked."

"You mean there's a Sequence Core Card inside this gate?" Liu Ping happily asked.

"That's right, you need to prove your identity in order to not be attacked by that Card."

While saying so, the Forest Banshee pulled out a green leaf from the flowers and branches above her head.

"Put this leaf into the gate of light first, once the other side knows it's me, they won't attack you." the Forest Banshee said.

"Alright"

Liu Ping received the leaf and gave it to Yana.

Yana flew over and put the leaf into the gate of light.

A few moments later.

A voice came from inside the gate:

"Is it the Forest Banshee?"

"It's me." the Forest Banshee replied.

"What are you doing here? Only evil creatures can enter this cathedral, did you surrender to the evil creatures? "the voice asked.

"Of course not, we only caught an evil creature and forced it to open the gate of the cathedral." the Forest Banshee smiled and replied.

"Very good, I can sense that your powers aren't being corroded at all, seems like you're telling the truth." the voice said.

"A human Card master has obtained the initial Card of 'Land of Exile', he's looking for us!" the Forest Banshee replied.

At this point, numerous skeletons had climbed up the windowsill.

Yana flew back and killed the skeletons together with Liu Ping.

"Hurry, tell us the way to save you!"

The Forest Banshee said.

The voice from inside the gate of light went silent for a few moments before it spoke again:

"There's only one chance, Banshee."

The Forest Banshee continued: "Don't hesitate anymore, after a million years, or even ten million years, there might not be another human coming here, this is your only chance."

"Alright! Listen up," the voice continued "At the top of the cathedral, there is a crimson gem; you need to infuse it with Soul Points to open a passage."

"That passage leads to the secret room where the evil creatures keep the Key of the Seal."

"A monster is guarding the Key."

"If you can get the Key, you can open the seal and release me"