Purgatory Artist-Chapter 238: The Gamble

The horse carriage was moving forward on the main road.

A few bandits were riding horses, protecting it.

The bandit who was the coachman before was sitting on the horse carriage, proudly whipping his horse.

— — -Liu Ping had issued another Quest.

This Quest was very simple, just bring him to Mi 'er village.

He wanted to see his own territory.

For the bandits, this leader was so generous, and the Quest he issued was so simple, they couldn't ask for anything better.

"Sir, after the bend in the road ahead, we'll be there soon." the coachman loudly said.

"Hm, got it."

Liu Ping sat inside the carriage, bored as he moved the chest of gems and gold coins back and forth, then opened his booklet to check on his friends.

Yana was sitting on the table next to the fountain, seriously reading a book.

Zhao Chanyi was immersed in practicing her spells and Blade techniques.

This time, she couldn't hurt the prisoner even after using all her strength, so she was still quite irritated.

Devil Lord — — -

Seems like he's sleeping, but also unconscious.

A bandit's voice came from outside the carriage:

"Sir, why are you going to Mi 'er village?"

"Just to take a look — — why?" Liu Ping followed up.

"It doesn't seem to be peaceful there recently.the bandit said.

"Look at what you're saying" another bandit laughed,"Aristocrats can never stop, unlike us who just make a living."

"Everyone, about that — — what exactly is' not peaceful '?" Liu Ping hurriedly asked.

The bandits exchanged glances.

"Sir, you're not a Professionist from around here, are you?" the coachman asked.

"Of course not, I'm from York city." Liu Ping replied.

"No wonder." the bandits were relieved.

One of the bandits said, "The Baron of Mi 'er village seemed to have offended the Viscount, so he's been suppressed recently. A lot of things have happened in his village."

"Ah ..."

Liu Ping glanced at the chest full of gems and gold coins next to him.

What does the Viscount being dissatisfied with the previous Baron have to do with me?

At most, I'll just give him a gift and get closer to him.

I'll still have to rely on him for my future promotion — —

But why do I have a bad feeling about this?

"Stop!" Liu Ping immediately shouted.

The horse carriage quickly came to a stop.

"What is it, sir?" one of the bandits asked in surprise.

"Turn back, change direction, let's go!" Liu Ping said.

What a joke, he was only here to look for Sequence Cards, not to be a scapegoat.

It would be best if there was no danger at all.

"But we're already here, Sir." the Thief said from outside.

Suddenly.

Everything around him became silent.

A sharp whistling sound could be heard.

Liu Ping's expression changed. He broke through the carriage door and quickly flew to the side of the road.

Boom!

Flames soared into the sky.

The carriage was blasted into pieces by the fireball. It rolled through the air and landed in the bushes nearby.

The bandits couldn't react in time and were killed along with their horses.

In the sky above the road ahead, a floating giant eyeball appeared.

Below the eyeball stood a man wearing a grey low-brimmed hat.

He stared at Liu Ping and said calmly,

"Lord Baron, I have been ordered to complete your examination."

"Wait." Liu Ping said. "Today is my first day as a Baron. I don't know you at all, and I have no enmity with you. Why are you blocking my way?"

When the man heard this, he carefully sized him up and said in shock, "It's really changed. What should we do?"

He looked up at the giant eyeball in the sky.

A voice could be heard from the eyeball.

"Aiya, I don't care anymore. Our bet today has already begun — 36 High Nobles have opened Rogue's Eye and are watching this fight. Everyone has already placed their bets. How can we give up halfway?"

When the man heard this, he took off his hat and bowed to Liu Ping.

"Did you hear that? Lord Viscount said that today's examination must be completed. " freeweɓnovel.cøm

Liu Ping looked at the eyeball in the sky.

Two lines of small burning words appeared beside the eyeball:

[Rogue's Eye]

[This is one of the Rogue's Eyes. It can be connected to each other from far away and observe the current situation together.]

He looked at the man again.

There was also a line of small words above the man's head:

[Card Master, Level 15]

There was no other way.

It seemed that he had to bear this matter on behalf of the previous Baron.

"What's the examination about?" Liu Ping asked.

"See how many moves you can take before I kill you." the man said.

"Must you kill me?" Liu Ping asked.

"There's no other way. Lord Viscount has invested quite a bit of money tonight, I also hope that lord Viscount can win more." the man said regretfully.

A glowing red card tome appeared in his hand.

Liu Ping mocked: "We're all Nobles. Can a Viscount kill a Baron so casually?"

"I'm sorry, the Baron is the Viscount's dog." the man said.

Liu Ping drew his Blade.

— — Yana and Zhao Chanyi's voices sounded in his ears at the same time:

"Let me do it!"

Liu Ping shook his head: "... Those Nobles are all watching. Who knows what level they are and what methods they have. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I definitely can't expose you."

"Are you confident?" Yana asked.

"I haven't fought with other Card Masters in a long time. Let's give it a try." Liu Ping said.

"Don't die." Zhao Chanyi said.

On the other side.

The man took out a lighter and lit a cigarette: "Now, I'm going to take your life. Lord Baron, I hope you don't die too quickly".

His card tome opened, and a card flew out.

The card turned into a flash of red light and shot through the sky, heading straight for Liu Ping.

So fast!

Liu Ping's pupils constricted and he raised the long saber in his hand.

Countless complex saber gleams suddenly appeared in the void, completely sealing off the surroundings.

"Slash! Slash! Slash!"

The red light hit the wall-like blade aura and bounced back, hovering in the air.

— — It was a falcon covered in flames.

"Aiya, Lord Baron, you do have some skills."

The man turned the lighter again and let the flame come out.

Bang!

Another card flew out from the card tome and turned into a dense cluster of fireballs in the air, spreading all over the place.

In the sky, the Viscount shouted excitedly.

"DIE!"

Huff huff huff huff huff —

Fireballs flew towards Liu Ping from all directions.

Liu Ping shook his head. He held his long saber in a reverse grip and charged towards the fireballs.

After leveling up twice from level 8, all of his stats had increased by 1 point, both his strength and reflexes were a lot stronger than before.

His figure was like an afterimage as he dodged and weaved among the numerous fireballs.

Although the fireballs were blazing hot and fast, none of them managed to hit him.

Inside the card tome. Yana nodded: "In terms of individual combat ability, Liu Ping is quite reliable."

"What do you know? You don't understand him at all. "Zhao Chanyi scoffed:" He had never lost before, it was only because of you that he came to this foreign world and had to start from scratch."

Yana was originally a bit angry, but after hearing that, she went silent.

The next moment.

Liu Ping had already passed through the cluster of fireballs and faced the falcon head-on.

"Don't cause trouble."

He grunted, threw his shield at the falcon, then swung his saber at the card user in front of him.

[Spring Breeze Slash]!

A saber gleam shot up from the ground, hitting the card user.

The card user was caught off guard and quickly turned his lighter — — -

A sphere of flames appeared on his body, protecting him.

But the saber gleam's impact was still too strong, sending the card user flying.

"Good!" Liu Ping's eyes lit up, the saber in his hand turned invisible and swung countless times in the air.

Clang clang clang clang clang!

The sphere of flames on the card user's body kept getting hit, about to shatter — — -

Liu Ping hesitated for a bit.

Spring Breeze Strike's third technique uses a halo, using the saber to cut through space and hit the opponent.

— — -as soon as the halo appears, his Profession will be exposed.

He held the saber close to his chest and jumped up.

The card user on the other side shouted: "Falcon!"

After being hit by the shield, the falcon turned around and flew towards Liu Ping's back.

This is to force Liu Ping to turn around and save himself.

If he turns around, the card user will have more time to breathe.

But how could Liu Ping not know his opponent's intentions?

"You want to draw a card?"

His gaze became sharp, the saber in his hand suddenly disappeared.

In the endless darkness, a blinding saber gleam suddenly appeared, hovering in the air without dispersing.

Liu Ping lightly landed on the ground.

The Fire Falcon let out a blood-curdling screech and scattered into sparks, disappearing into the night sky.

The card user then landed on the ground.

He looked at the broken lighter in his hand and praised: "I've never seen anyone who can use the saber to such an extent, not only did you kill my falcon, you even broke my lighter — —"

"Every time you draw a card, you have to turn the lighter." Liu Ping said.

"That's right, I have to release the flames to be able to make the card exclusive." the card user admitted.

He smiled, then took out a brand new lighter from his chest: "You almost succeeded, unfortunately — — I brought a lot of lighters with me."

Liu Ping said: "I broke your lighter, just in case."

"What do you mean?" the card user asked.

"You're already dead, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to accept this fact and release a few mutual destruction cards." While saying so, Liu Ping took a few steps back.

The card user was stunned.

A line of blood appeared on his neck.

Liu Ping sighed in relief, muttering: "There are also drawbacks to being too fast, it's a good thing you didn't make it in time"

Bang — —

The card user's head flew up, blood spurting out from his neck a few meters high.

Liu Ping slowly put his saber away, looking up at the giant eyeball in the sky.

The giant eyeball was also looking down at him.

Sounds of discussion could be heard from the giant eyeball.

"The bet ... failed ..."

"Completely lost ..."

"Who would've thought ..."

Suddenly.

The Viscount's angry voice suppressed all the discussions, resounding in the sky:

"Damn it, you dared to kill my card user ..."

Liu Ping was so scared his legs went soft, almost falling to the ground, quickly saying: "That's not right, sir, didn't you secretly tell me that I had to win no matter what?"

In the giant eyeball, all the voices went silent.

Liu Ping showed a terrified expression, slowly saying: "Sir Viscount, please don't burn the bridge after crossing it, I know that you secretly bet a lot of money on me to win"

Dead silence.

The entire world was dead silent.