Purgatory Artist-Chapter 248: Monastery!

The caravan and the evil creatures were fighting one another.

Liu Ping lightly dodged an evil creature's slash, leaned forward, and stabbed his dagger into its neck — — -

"The Soul Points are mine!" Liu Ping silently said.

— — -sha!

Caught off guard, a large saber flew over from not far away and cut the demon in half.

Liu Ping was surprised and turned his gaze towards the owner of the Blade.

It was a burly warrior with a long beard.

The warrior held the Blade and smiled kindly at Liu Ping: "Don't be afraid, we're all part of the same team, so we should help each other on the battlefield"

Liu Ping slowly regained his senses.

Fine.

They think I'm retarded, so they're helping me on the battlefield.

Although I lost Soul Points — — -

I really can't blame them.

"... Very well" Liu Ping could only nod.

He turned around and silently tailed an evil creature covered in grey armor, drew his dagger, and stabbed it into the gap between the other party's armor!

At the very next moment.

The warrior swung his Blade and sent the evil creature flying. Then — — -

A fireball came from afar and blew up the evil creature into a ball of fire.

The evil creature is dead!

Liu Ping glanced at the warrior, then turned to where the fireball came from.

A female wizard wielding a wooden staff told him: "Be bold and kill, we'll face the enemy with you!"

"Got it" Liu Ping could only answer.

— — still no Soul Points.

You're being too sympathetic to the weak, can't you let me kill an evil creature with my own hands?

Without Soul Points, how am I supposed to continue leveling up?

Liu Ping silently sighed, his gaze scanned through the group of evil creatures and finally found an inconspicuous thin evil creature.

He took a few steps forward, picked a hidden spot, drew his bow, and nocked an arrow — — -

Sha!

The arrow flew.

A fireball and a Blade phantom were the first to strike the evil creature's body, followed by another melee combatant who stepped forward, struck it a few times, and broke the evil creature's neck.

The evil creature was dead.

No Soul Points, not even a single strand of hair.

— — -thanks to Yana's continuous healing, everyone was enveloped in a golden glow, so there was no need to fear death.

This was all thanks to the Holy Knight's care!

Liu Ping looked at Yana, only to see the halo below her feet spreading in all directions as she loudly declared: "Everyone, I've protected you!"

Halo of Protection!

Everyone's hearts were filled with gratitude for Yana. Since there was nothing they could do to help her, they all joined in the battle to help Liu Ping.

He was Yana's attendant.

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Liu Ping slowly lowered his bow.

Protective Halo ... Wasn't it supposed to protect herself?

Yana stood among the devils and casually waved her holy light. Those devils' attacks were unable to shake her body at all.

Liu Ping looked around and saw that the devils were almost completely wiped out.

Alright ... it seems like I really don't have any more soul power to take.

Then what was the point of fighting?

Go ahead and fight.

He sighed and simply left the group. He walked to the bushes on the other side of the road and prepared to relieve himself.

Several Professionists approached — — -

"Stop! I can settle this myself! "Liu Ping immediately shouted.

Seeing that there was nothing they could do to help, they left and returned to the caravan to attack the remaining Evil Demons.

A few minutes later.

Liu Ping returned to the caravan and saw that the battle had ended.

The leader of the caravan, Lorenzo, as well as the leaders of the Professionists gathered together to discuss their next course of action.

"I've sent a Wind Bird to investigate the situation and found that the Devils didn't attack the capital. Instead, they turned to an abandoned monastery on the outskirts" Lorenzo reported.

"Then are we still going to the capital?" one of the Professionists asked.

"That's very troublesome, no one knows if the Evil Creatures will attack the capital halfway through" the leader of the caravan hesitantly replied.

"I think we still have to go, because only the capital has enough Card masters and Professionists to deal with the Evil Creatures' attacks, the other cities won't be able to" Lorenzo replied.

"Then let's go to the capital, what do you think?"

"Alright!"

The group continued on their journey.

...

On the horse carriage.

Liu Ping silently muttered: "Level up"

The aura on his body began to rise, gradually becoming a few notches stronger.

Lines of burning text appeared in front of his eyes:

[You've leveled up to LV11]

[All stats increased by 1]

[Remaining EXP: 15%]

[You've learned a brand new Skill: Levitation (primary)]

[Note: Knights are one of the first Professions to learn the art of flight, but because knights normally wear heavy armor in battle, their flight skill needs to go through several levels before they can be on par with other Professions]

Liu Ping only needed a bit of time to understand the theory behind Levitation.

He controlled his body to lightly float.

Seeing that, Yana smiled: "So you've learned how to fly"

"I wanted to earn a bit more Soul Points, but those people were kill stealing my targets, so I can only level up first" Liu Ping begrudgingly replied.

"Continue to level up Levitation at your next level — — - a knight's flight is different from other Professions, it can be continuously leveled up as long as your body can handle it — — if you level it up to a high enough level, it can help you escape from a lot of hopeless situations" Yana told him.

"That's interesting, are we knights good at running away?" Liu Ping asked.

The carriage went silent.

"We knights are better at strategic maneuvers compared to other Professions" Yana lightly coughed.

"That's right" Liu Ping agreed, "Flying faster allows us to save others more easily"

The two of them exchanged glances and smiled.

"What do we do next?" Yana asked.

"When we're about to reach the monastery, we'll leave the caravan" Liu Ping answered.

The two of them suddenly sensed something at the same time and opened the window to look outside.

Only to see a group of human-headed insect-bodied monsters flying across the sky towards the monastery.

These insects didn't seem to have any intention of attacking the caravan.

Their target was the monastery!

"Seems like there's a new contender" Yana commented.

"They all want the core Card of that Sequence ..."

Liu Ping muttered.

How can this go on?

If those evil creatures and insects take the Witch's Book first — — -

"No need to worry"

The forest banshee's voice came.

"Why not?" Liu Ping asked.

"The monastery isn't that easy to enter. Before the world was destroyed, that was the place where Holy Card users cultivated, it used to be the Card User Academy" the forest banshee answered.

Liu Ping and Yana exchanged glances, both interested.

"If they can't enter, then what about me?" Liu Ping asked.

"As long as you take out your card book, you will be able to enter the Mystic Sect. However, you must remember that everything after entering may be dangerous. Only by reaching the end will you be able to obtain the core card of that place," the Forest Banshee said.

At this point, another insect flew across the sky.

When this insect flew past, the entire caravan went silent.

— — -the power waves it gave off were terrifying, almost surpassing Yana's.

"Not good, I remember that some of the insects in the prison room were extremely powerful, comparable to Deities!" Liu Ping said.

"Should we move out now?" the forest banshee asked.

"Before the evil creatures and insects completely surround the monastery, we must enter immediately!" Liu Ping replied.

"That's fine, while we enter the monastery, I'll think of a way to recover my strength" Yana replied.

"Let's go!" Liu Ping said.

Yana lifted him up and flew out of the carriage.

A golden streak of light shot forward, instantly leaving the caravan behind, even catching up to the terrifying insect.

The insect turned around to attack.

A voice suddenly came from the golden streak of light: "Stop! Listen to me! "

The insect paused in mid-air and listened attentively.

The golden streak of light abruptly sped up, overtook the insect, and disappeared on the horizon.

It took the insect a while to realize what happened.

It uttered a furious roar and chased after the golden streak of light with all its might.

At this point, the golden streak of light was still speeding up.

— — -the insect couldn't even see its tail anymore.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

A sonic boom suddenly resounded from the sky.

The golden streak of light had overtaken the evil creatures' army and landed in front of the monastery's gate.

As Liu Ping looked closer, he saw several large, crooked words hanging above the monastery's gate:

[Card Master Monastery]

CardMaster...

"Those evil creatures are about to reach us" Yana turned around.

A few hundred meters behind them, the evil creatures' vanguard was charging forward.

"Come, let's go in"

Liu Ping stepped through the monastery's gate.

Instantly, a gentle voice sounded in Liu Ping's mind:

[Please show me your Card Tome]

Liu Ping took out his Death Puppet.

The gentle voice sounded again:

[Verification complete, you are a rare Death-type Card Master, please sign your enrollment application]

Parent signature?

Liu Ping was stunned, then quickly asked: "I can't enroll without a parent's signature?"

[Your age is 14 years old, so you will need your guardian's consent] the gentle voice replied.

Yana's hands glowed with holy light as she unleashed her attacks on the incoming evil creatures.

"I'm an orphan, I've always been wandering outside" Liu Ping quickly replied.

The gentle voice paused for a bit, then spoke again:

[Please enter the institute]

Numerous runes appeared from the void of space, then parted to both sides.

Liu Ping stepped into the Mystic Monastery.

Yana followed him.

The gentle voice replied: [Please do not worry, fellow orphan, you are currently under the protection of the institute, no danger outside the institute will be able to harm you]

Liu Ping and Yana turned around.

The evil creatures had already reached the monastery's gate — — -

A cold ray of light swept through the monastery's gate like a bolt of lightning.

All the evil creatures on the plains were frozen into ice statues.

At the very next moment.

The Card Tome in Liu Ping's hand suddenly flew up and disappeared.

Liu Ping was surprised.

Lilith, who was hiding in my hair, had disappeared.

— — -my Card Tome and all the Cards inside had been taken away!

Only Yana was still standing behind me.

The gentle voice sounded again:

[The Death-type Card Book contains a certain degree of danger, you must go through a series of studies in order to continue using it]

[Considering your status as an orphan, in order to ensure your physical and mental health, the Holy Knight will remain as your only Card to assist you]

[Next, the entrance exam will begin]

Light flashed all around.

Numerous evil creatures once again appeared around Liu Ping.

But unlike the ice statues outside — — -

These evil creatures were all restricted to level 15 or below.

The gentle voice sounded again:

[Before becoming a Card User, you must have learned some basic combat techniques, please defeat these inferior creatures from the Purgatory and Evernight worlds to complete this entrance exam]