Road Encounter

A statue of a pair of coiled snakes stood in the middle of the square.

It symbolized love and longing, as well as the twin of Torment and Agony, a metaphor for the birth of all life.

Yang Wentian and his wife were kneeling in front of the statues of the two Goddesses in the Holy Church, sincerely begging.

A dignified female voice came from the Holy Church statue:

"You have done many good deeds in the past years, benefiting all living beings with sufficient Merit. Now, you shall live in the Holy Church for a while, until new life is born."

The power of life radiated from the Holy Church statue, enveloping Yang Wentian and his wife.

The two of them kowtowed: "We thank the Goddess for her grace."

At this point, a Divine Servant came forward to lead them to a room at the back of the Holy Church.

Everything was ready.

In this era of destruction, in this land of slumber and death, new life was about to arrive.

Outside the Holy Church.

Someone was saying goodbye.

"I thought you'd be sending me off, but it seems like I'll be sending everyone off first." Liu Ping smiled.

"You're right — — - I need to quickly accumulate Merit, then earn some money. Only then will I be able to ask you to create a new Skill for me, right?" Libertas said.

Everyone else nodded.

"You seem to be very motivated." Liu Ping commented.

"Ever since I found out that all of our abilities were created by the nightmare monsters, I couldn't wait to jump out, obtain abilities that they don't understand, and beat the shit out of them" Norton clenched his fist and said.

Everyone nodded again.

Liu Ping chuckled: "Alright, I'll be waiting for you — — Yana, Maria, Zhangxue, Chanyi, go and build this kingdom as well. Once you've accumulated enough Merit, return to my side and I'll create new abilities for you."

"I'll be going first."

Li Zhangxue's figure flashed and disappeared in front of everyone.

Yana came forward to hug him and whispered, "I'll be back as soon as possible."

"The Tide of Nightmares is about to arrive, I need to catch up to you as soon as possible" Zhao Chanyi hurriedly said.

'Yana is a Goddess, presiding over the birth of living beings, so she'll be able to obtain a lot of Merit. I can't compare to her. I need to quickly find a way to catch up to her!'

Seeing her hurried expression, everyone chuckled.

A dog covered in flames entered the crowd and laid down next to Liu Ping's feet.

Fire Fang!

It wagged its tail happily and bared its sharp teeth, as if it was trying to please Liu Ping.

"Are you going to accumulate merit too?" Liu Ping asked.

"As a vicious hunting dog from hell, it's hard for me to gain the trust of the humans here. It's better for me to follow you. Perhaps I'll be able to accumulate merits faster," Fire Fang said.

"How cowardly." Libertas sighed.

"That's a good idea. As long as there's a chance, I'll help you accumulate some merit. Come with me later." Liu Ping said.

Fire Fang became happy and asked, "Where is Master going?"

"The deepest part of Evernight."

"The deepest place? That's not an ordinary danger. "

"That's right."

"… Master, I suddenly remembered that there are many wild dogs in this country. They might need my help."

"Go ahead then."

Fire Fang drilled out of the crowd and ran off to an unknown place. Other than him, the others were also preparing to leave.

Time was of the essence. He needed to quickly accumulate merit points and exchange them for new abilities.

"Remember, if there is a battle, summon us back into the book at any time. Do you understand?" Yana reminded.

"Got it." Liu Ping replied.

"Alright, then I'll be going!" Yana was reluctant to leave.

"Go, do your best." Liu Ping smiled.

Yana flew into the sky and turned into a streak of light before leaving.

Zhao Chanyi didn't want to fall behind, so her figure flashed and flew in another direction.

One figure after another disappeared from outside the Holy Church.

Finally.

Liu Ping was the only one left.

He opened the book and looked down, only to see that all the slots were empty.

Everyone was trying their best to accumulate merit.

Liu Ping smiled and muttered: "Actually, I also need to accumulate merit …"

He looked at the void of space.

Lines of burning words floated motionlessly in front of him:

[You've officially awakened the Occultism ability: Creation]

[From now on, please try not to use any non-creation-type abilities. Otherwise, the nightmare monsters will follow their settings and search for you.]

[Your companions will also expose your whereabouts.]

— — Seems like the nightmare monster that was squashed to death by the giant armor is still quite influential in the nightmare layer.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have received such treatment.

Only by breaking away from their settings would I not be found.

Liu Ping couldn't help but sigh.

That's why I told everyone to accumulate merit and quickly obtain new abilities.

And I — — -

"Is the acting ability part of the settings?" he asked.

[No, it's part of 'Deception', you can use it] the Sequence answered.

That's fine.

I still have a few trump cards that can save my life.

Now that I need to find Andrea and accumulate merit at the same time, relying only on my acting skills won't be enough to survive in a place like Eternal Night …

Liu Ping closed his eyes and muttered: "I remember that it's a native spirit of Eternal Night — — - it shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of nightmares."

"Then I'll summon it!"

…

A few hours later.

Under the dark sky.

Liu Ping was riding a mechanical horse, galloping across the vast and boundless land.

This place had already left the majestic human city and was now in the endless land of Eternal Night.

A mass of white light was floating, following behind the horse at a steady pace.

It was a snow-white rabbit.

It seemed to be very happy, landing on the horse's head and asked:

"Liu Ping, am I the only native spirit of Eternal Night that isn't affected by the settings of the monsters of nightmares?"

"Yes, according to my memory, before they take down the Eternal Night Divine Pillar, they can't obtain your ability." Liu Ping said.

"I see, I was wondering why the spirits on the Eternal Night Divine Pillar were so polite to me recently." the rabbit muttered.

"Most of the spirits are spirits that escaped after the other pillars were destroyed, they temporarily reside on the Eternal Night Divine Pillar — — you're different, you're even a part of the Eternal Night Divine Pillar, so at this critical moment, they naturally have to rely on you" Liu Ping explained.

"Wow, it feels so good."

The rabbit let out a whistle, rushed into the sky, and began to roam the night sky.

In the sky, an Eternal Night Strange Bird emitting a terrifying aura almost crashed into it.

The strange bird was about to get angry, but when it saw that it was the rabbit, it immediately retreated.

The rabbit roared: "Are you f * cking blind? How dare you offend me? "

The strange bird let out a low cry and hurriedly flew away.

The rabbit put on airs, waited for the strange bird to leave, then laughed and said: "So good! So good! No one dares to offend me."

Liu Ping waved his hand at it.

It immediately flew down and landed next to Liu Ping.

"What is it?"

"Although you're the owner and the other spirits are guests, the nightmare monster wants to destroy the entire Eternal Night Divine Pillar. At that time, the other spirits can escape, but you'll be in trouble. After all, your body is a part of the Divine Pillar — — so it's best to be polite to others, don't go around offending people, be careful that they don't hit you when you're down." Liu Ping said.

The rabbit immediately became nervous.

It suddenly rushed into the sky and shouted towards the direction where the strange bird disappeared:

"Hey, brother! I'm sorry about just now, I wasn't careful, don't take it to heart! "

Its roar spread far and wide in the night sky.

Liu Ping helplessly shook his head.

I don't know if it's the right thing to ask the rabbit for help. Forget it, forget it, let's hurry on our way.

He rode his horse and continued forward.

Suddenly.

The surrounding light scattered.

A completely different world appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes.

He found himself standing at the entrance of an ancient castle. In the castle, a banquet had just begun.

Two attendants stood at the entrance and bowed to him:

"Welcome, Your Excellency."

"This is the Heroic Spirit's Phase Realm, is there something you need from me?" Liu Ping sat on his mechanical horse and asked.

"Our master has invited you to take a seat." the attendants politely replied.

The rabbit landed on his shoulder and whispered, "I know this guy, he's a very powerful spirit, it's best to meet him."

"Is he a native spirit of the Eternal Night Divine Pillar?" Liu Ping asked.

"No, he's from another Divine Pillar, he's very powerful, enough to stand on equal ground with me" the rabbit quickly answered.

Liu Ping dismounted from his horse and entered the castle.

The candlelight illuminated the exquisite tableware on the long table, as well as the people sitting there.

Liu Ping looked at them one by one, only to see that these entities that had taken human form were all spirits of the Eternal Night Divine Pillar.

Now that he had awakened his past memories, he was no longer confused by their physical forms, able to see through their true identities with a single glance.

At the end of the long table sat a man in red armor.

"Welcome — — - let us welcome the Spirit King and his contractor." the man raised his glass and said.

Everyone raised their glasses one by one.

Liu Ping stood there without moving, but someone had already brought him a glass of wine.

Liu Ping picked up the glass and smiled: "Is this a treat?"

"Of course, we were just about to start our banquet, when we were talking about the Spirit Lord and his contractor, we happened to sense your presence within Eternal Night, so we invited you here for a chat." The man also smiled.

"My apologies," Liu Ping put the glass of wine back on the table, "we still have important matters to attend to, please inform us in advance the next time you're treating us, I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain you with such a sudden invitation."

He turned around and walked out the door.

Seeing him about to leave, the rabbit immediately followed him, landed on his shoulder and hurriedly asked:

"What's going on? What's going on? He's a very powerful person, and he's treating us to a meal — — if you want to insist, you should tell me in advance."

Liu Ping sent his voice: "Rabbit, you probably don't participate in their matters much."

"That's right, I usually just sleep, then play around as I please." the rabbit replied.

"If he really wants to treat us to a meal, why did he only call us here after the banquet has already started and we're halfway done drinking?" Liu Ping asked.

The rabbit was stunned.

"He's not treating us to a meal, he's just pulling us into this banquet to amuse us, do you understand?" Liu Ping said.

He brought the rabbit out of the door.

At this point, the man's voice came from afar:

"Wait a minute, I don't think I gave you permission to leave."