The black-clothed old man's expression changed and shouted: "Deprive!"
— — -power of Condemnation!
A long string of countless colors pierced through the wind of chaotic tribulation and struck the old man's body.
"Hehe" the finger said: "It's useless, your power of Occultism is only the fusion of 2-3 Laws, the level of [Emergence] is too low, while my power is something you can't even imagine — — -"
The black-clothed old man placed the Blade of Nihility in front of himself and manifested a halo below his feet.
40 meters of darkness.
Under the halo of darkness, the string of countless colors continued to move, but still managed to strike the old man's chest at the very last moment.
Clang!
The sound of something breaking resounded from the void of space.
The Blade broke.
The black-clothed old man took the chance to spin a few times, brushing past the string and shouted:
"Let's fight!"
Warden Mode activated!
Almost at the same time, the colorful string struck him.
The finger lightly exclaimed in surprise and smiled: "Interesting, how very interesting, I have to defeat all of your Cards before I can kill you?"
The long thread retracted gently and returned to his finger, twisting into a long snake that emitted a myriad of colors.
The snake coiled around the finger with its head at the tip, flicking its tongue at Liu Ping.
The black-clothed old man silently sighed.
Within the Void World Battle Arena, if you lose, you'll be devoured by the arena.
And now, Warden Mode has been activated.
If I lose this battle, I'll be dead for sure.
He calmed down and took out a Card Tome: "Did you come looking for trouble with us just to kill us?"
The snake on the finger flicked its tongue: "In truth, I don't have any ill intentions towards you, I only came to kill you"
The black-clothed old man said: "What a unique way of putting it. I can see that you only have one finger left, so the entity that killed you probably doesn't have any ill intentions, is that right?"
"That is indeed malicious, because our strength is similar" the colorful snake replied.
"But to living beings like us, even if you don't have any ill intentions, there must be a reason" the black-clothed old man said.
"If there must be a reason, it may be that I'm too bored," the colorful snake said lazily. "Your use of the Occult is too clumsy, causing the beautiful 'emergence' to become detached from its own beauty. I was bored, so I wanted to erase this incongruity."
The black-clothed old man said, "Perhaps you can teach us the mysteries of Occultism. That way, we can also present the 'emergence' in your sense of aesthetics."
"No, you can't do it."
"What if we succeed?"
"Then I would have left a long time ago — — as for now, I feel like killing you is quite interesting, just like when I faced the King of Occultism."
The colorful snake was silent for a moment before she spoke again, "Wait, who exactly are you?"
"What do you think?"
The black-clothed old man drew a card.
…
On the other side.
Liu Ping stood on an empty street.
Everyone had gone to reincarnate, but no gods had come to cause trouble.
Looks like my parallel world self is doing pretty well.
The Warden Saber suddenly shook.
"What?" Liu Ping asked.
"Your other self is about to die, if you don't want him to be devoured by that monster, deactivate the Phantom" the Warden Saber replied.
"Deactivate!" Liu Ping replied.
He waited for a few moments before looking up at the void of space.
Lines of burning text quickly appeared in front of him:
[One hour has passed]
[The power of the Earth Saint Pillar has begun to dissipate, a new cycle has been created]
[Please draw a card]
Liu Ping shrugged.
He took the time to steal a lot of souls to return to the real world, but the power of the Earth Card is no longer usable.
What are the new four Saint powers?
He reached his hand out and lightly drew a card from the void of space.
A Card appeared in his hand.
The Card depicted two clocks, one big and one small. The small clock's minute hand was quickly moving, while the big clock's hand was completely still.
Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind:
[Based on the time in the sealed world, you can activate the Wind Card: Chaotic Two Worlds at any time]
[It can cause the flow of time in the two worlds to be different, one hour in the sealed world is equal to one year in the real world]
Without hesitation, Liu Ping tossed the Card out.
Bam!
The two clocks on the Card jumped out. The big clock quickly sank into the ground, while the small clock quickly flew into the sky and disappeared without a trace.
"Come to think of it, I've stayed in this sealed world for quite some time already, it's time for me to return to the real world"
Liu Ping leapt into the air and flew at full speed towards the sky.
He quickly sensed the three-headed Banshee's coffin.
Entering from the back of the coffin, after lying down for a few minutes, Liu Ping returned to his original appearance.
Instantly, lines of burning text appeared:
[You've returned to your original appearance]
[You don't belong to the sealed world, about to be kicked out by the sealer's power]
[Prepare — —]
A strong force attacked and Liu Ping was instantly pulled out of Sealed World.
The scenery around him blurred.
He found himself back in the royal palace, resting on a chair in his own room.
"What a long battle"
Liu Ping sighed, stood up and paced around his room.
In the void of space, lines of burning text appeared one after another:
[The power of Earth has been greatly improved]
[You've won a year's time to enhance the power of the other three Saint Laws]
[Please continue to supplement your knowledge and inheritance, this is the best way to strengthen the Law of Water as well as your own power]
Liu Ping suddenly stopped.
He drew the Warden Blade and asked, "Did the other 'me' survive?"
"It was a close call, but you made it in time. His Cards were almost all used up, fortunately, you dispelled the technique" the Warden Blade replied.
"Can you show me what happened to him?" Liu Ping asked.
"Of course."
The Warden Blade swung in the air to show a screen of light.
The scene of the black-clothed old man fighting against the finger appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes.
"I even used my newly comprehended Winds of Chaotic Tribulation, but I still couldn't do anything to that guy …"
Liu Ping murmured softly.
"That's right, the other party was very powerful, you still couldn't win against him even after using everything you had" the Warden Blade replied.
"At least I haven't used the Warden Blade yet, that's something unique to me, as well as the Acting ability — —"
Liu Ping suddenly felt dejected: "Even if I use both of them, I'm still no match for that guy."
A bolt of lightning flashed through his mind.
Wait a minute.
Baina Blade!
He grabbed the Baina Blade with both hands.
How strange, ever since I got this blade, it hasn't spoken to me at all.
This is the blade that I used to carry around!
It should have a weapon spirit as well, so why hasn't it spoken?
Could it be — — -
Liu Ping thought for a bit, then spoke to the blade: "Hello, can you talk to me for a bit?"
A courteous voice rang out from the Baina Saber, "Since you are so polite, of course."
Liu Ping silently lowered his head.
First it was the Warden Blade, now it's the Baina Blade — — -
You blades are used to kill people, why are you so polite!?
"Can I ask how I lost to that monster back then?" Liu Ping asked.
"Lost? No, don't be kidding. You were a one-in-a-million martial arts master back then. You stepped into the void from your own world and comprehended countless fighting methods among the millions of strange things. You created the Wuji Scripture, the most powerful Gui Cang. How could you lose to it? "Baina Dao said disdainfully.
"Then why did I reincarnate so many times?" Liu Ping didn't understand.
"That's a secret, I'm afraid you'll be scared to death if I tell you" the Baina Blade replied.
"Don't worry, just tell me, I have the Warden Blade, I won't be killed in secret" Liu Ping said.
"Alright, then I'll tell you"
"Go ahead"
"You didn't lose, you successfully escaped."
"… What's the difference between this and losing?"
"Of course there's a difference. Ever since living beings started to come into contact with Occultism, many of them turned into Occultism monsters and forgot that they were originally humans. They feed on souls, causing those terrifying nightmares that ended the Age of Gods."
"If you had let everything go on like this, the civilization and world on the Divine Pillar will be destroyed sooner or later."
"You want to solve this problem."
"— — -That's why you've been delaying the entire battle"