Purgatory Artist-Chapter 258: A Strange Technique

The entire world of light disappeared.

Only the perfect picture remained in the void of space.

In the deep and gloomy world of darkness, white flowers bloomed as far as the eye could see.

Within the black and white background.

A heavy wooden coffin was displayed within the cluster of flowers.

The coffin had been pushed open.

A skeletal hand reached out from the coffin and lifted the weapon up high.

— — -it was a purplish black long-handled weapon with a rotating vertical pupil at the tip.

Lines of burning words appeared one after another:

[Using the Card deck, Card Tome, and the power of Sequences, you've unleashed the Occultism technique:]

[Dark Death Puppet (passive)]

[When you receive fatal damage, this technique will immediately activate]

[The target you choose will become a puppet and be sealed within your body]

[The puppet is connected to your soul, when you die, it will bear the brunt of your death, and you will borrow the power of its death to temporarily obtain the effect: Resurrection]

[Resurrection: All damage taken will be reduced by 90%, all wounds will begin to heal, and you will temporarily not be consumed by death]

[— — this technique will not stop until you die, there is no end to it]

[— — When your wounds are healed, this technique will automatically dispel]

Liu Ping skimmed through it all.

On the picture, the skeletal hand had already grasped the tip of the scepter and pinched the vertical pupil in its hand.

The vertical pupil was silently crushed.

[You are currently in a state of imminent death]

[Automatically activated Occultism technique: Dark Death Puppet!]

[You will need to choose your target]

Liu Ping slowly looked up at the three-headed skeleton in front of him.

"Choose — — it!"

Liu Ping struggled to speak.

At the very next moment.

The tentacle that pierced through his chest suddenly disappeared.

The three-headed skeleton held a Card in its hand and exclaimed in shock: "No — — this is a power above the Mystics!"

It was about to throw the Card out, but it was already too late.

Countless white flowers manifested from the void of space, surrounding it, trapping it, and drowning it.

The three-headed skeleton couldn't move anymore.

Following that.

All the white flowers faded away to reveal a black coffin.

Boom — —

The lid of the coffin opened.

A black string that gave off a faint glow flew in front of Liu Ping and twisted into a palm-sized puppet.

The three-headed skeleton.

It had turned into a puppet.

Liu Ping smiled and closed his eyes: "You're going to die first"

The puppet screamed in pain.

In the void.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.

[The Dark Death Puppet is dead]

[Borrowing its power of death, you've obtained the effect: Resurrection!]

[All the damage you received has been reduced by 90%. Your wounds are currently healing, you will temporarily not be engulfed by death.]

Liu Ping opened his eyes.

— — I really didn't die.

However, the terrifying wound on his chest was still there.

It was healing at a slow rate.

Yana suddenly appeared with holy light shining from her hands.

"Wait!"

Liu Ping yelled.

"What? Hurry up and heal him. Be careful or he might really die "Yana said anxiously.

"Don't worry, that monster died just like that? Why do I find it hard to believe? "

As Liu Ping spoke, he looked at the doll on the ground.

The doll continued to tremble and struggle. Suddenly, it burst into laughter.

"This strange power is your final trump card?"

Yana's face changed. She exclaimed, "It's not dead yet!"

Liu Ping didn't say anything and just looked at the void.

Lines of burning words appeared in his mind:

[Your target has an uncountable number of individual lives. Just now, one individual's life has been sacrificed]

[— It has countless lives]

Liu Ping finished reading it at a glance.

The three-headed skeleton said sternly, "I've devoured countless living beings, I have countless lives, you can't kill me — — no one can!"

Liu Ping was silent for a few breaths. He swept his gaze across the void and stopped at the last two lines of the spell's explanation.

[— — This technique will not stop until one is dead, there is no end to it]

[— — When your wounds are healed, this technique will automatically dispel]

He suddenly smiled: "Killing you is very difficult, but it won't be easy for you to escape from my technique either."

A dagger appeared in Liu Ping's hand.

He raised the dagger and stabbed himself with all his might!

A notification popped up from the void of space:

[You are in a state of imminent death]

[Occultism: Dark Death Puppet remains active!]

[The target is still alive]

[The target will die for you again!]

The three skeleton dolls suddenly screamed, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.

[The Dark Death Puppet paid another life]

[Borrowing its power of death, you've obtained the effect: Resurrection!]

[All the damage you received has been reduced by 90%. Your wounds are currently healing, you will temporarily not be engulfed by death]

Liu Ping finished reading and picked up the three skeleton dolls on the ground.

"How does it feel?" he asked.

"Quick, quick, quick! Pull the dagger out of your chest! I'm dying for you! It hurts, it hurts so much! "The doll screamed crazily.

"Don't you have countless lives? Why are you afraid of this? "Liu Ping asked.

"You'll regret this — I'll kill you! Once this technique disappears, I will use endless methods to torture you! "the doll roared.

Liu Ping looked down.

The wound that was pierced by the tentacle had already healed, and the dagger that was stuck in his chest had already begun to scab.

"I'm sorry." Liu Ping smiled, revealing his white teeth. "I plan to make sure this technique never ends."

He gripped the dagger and twisted it forcefully!

The doll immediately let out a series of screams.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Lines of burning text appeared in the void of space again:

[It paid with another life]

[Congratulations, you've discovered the value of this Occultism technique]

[From now on, you and your doll can play until the end of time]

After all the small words were displayed, a new prompt appeared:

[You've learned the secret: the details of this unspeakable monster]

[Your experience bar has increased to 95%.]

[Your role has increased]

[Current role points: 7/10]

Liu Ping thought about it and came to a realization.

The Trifecta Upgrade Method had evolved.

Now, as long as he obtained information that he had never heard of before, he could gain experience.

That was a good thing.

He pulled the dagger out of his chest and put it back in.

"Ahhhhh! Bastard! I'll kill you! "

The doll twitched and roared angrily.

Liu Ping shook his head and said, "You probably won't have the chance."

He looked to one side, only to see that Yana's beautiful eyes were opened wide.

"You — — this — —"

Yana stuttered.

Zhao Chanyi also flew out from the card book, evaluated Liu Ping from head to toe and doubtfully asked: "Liu Ping, you couldn't have been taken over, right? You're still not dead even after that?"

"This is not a matter of dying or not." Liu Ping coughed softly and said, "This is a very serious battle. If I don't do this, that monster will regain its true form. By then, it will be troublesome."

"So, this is the technique you gained using the core Cards?" Yana asked.

"That's right."

Liu Ping explained this Occultism technique to them.

The two girls quickly digested it.

"So that's how it is — — - in that case, you'll have to constantly maintain a near-death state in order to suppress that monster" Zhao Chanyi pondered.

"That's right."

Liu Ping pulled the dagger out and put it back in another position.

Everything around them slowly returned to normal.

The Card master war was over.

As they returned to the plains, all the insects and infected people around them had disappeared.

"Where are those people?" Yana couldn't help but ask.

"That monster is very strange, all the individuals here don't have any consciousness, they're all a part of it, so those insects and people have already become one with it" Liu Ping replied.

He bent down, picked up the three-headed skeleton doll, and casually tied it to his waist with a string.

"Are we going to bring it with us from now on?" Yana asked.

"Let's do that for now, since the prison space is already damaged, I'll need 9 core Cards to repair it, but the 9 core Cards are currently using Occultism, so they can't be used" Liu Ping replied.

"Then — —" Zhao Chanyi said.

Yana appeared anxious, drew her Shadow Blade, and slashed Liu Ping's body.

Zhao Chanyi also gritted her teeth, turned her hand into a claw, and slapped Liu Ping.

The doll instantly screamed in pain.

Liu Ping couldn't help but look at the two girls.

"Your wounds were about to heal!"

Yana and Zhao Chanyi both spoke.

"... Hah, no need to be nervous, I know what I'm doing" Liu Ping helplessly said.

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(TN: aww such caring companions XD)