Liu Ping put the Card away and turned to look at the students.
"You're a Card user that can control corpses, or a Card user with the ability to control souls, is that right?" one of the students bravely asked.
"You're right, a Profession like mine is often feared by others, so I can only hide in the dark to carry out a few missions, I don't usually come out" Liu Ping answered.
Everyone silently nodded.
That makes sense. As a Card user that can control corpses and souls, he usually doesn't show himself, only appearing in a situation like today to carry out a mission and save them all by himself.
— — -what an eye-opener.
Everyone began to cheer and clap.
"Don't let your guard down, prepare to defend against any insects that stray from the pack" Liu Ping warned them.
He walked in front of the hole that was created by the insects and looked outside.
Although this ambush was huge, it was only a diversion to hide the fact that the graveyard's owner had already taken over their souls.
'After this is over, I'll have to ask Qian Wuzhou to see who the owner of the graveyard is.' Liu Ping silently thought.
Not much later. The battle outside was coming to an end.
The number of insects was decreasing rapidly.
Humanity was about to win this sealing war.
Liu Ping's gaze passed through Libertas and Xiao Mengluo, then nodded to everyone: "You're all basically safe now, just wait here for battle results, I'll be going first."
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, he leapt up, landed on the top window of the arena, opened the window and disappeared without a trace.
"That's amazing," Libertas praised.
"Do you think he went to save the dorm first, then came to save us?" Xiao Mengluo thought for a bit.
"Perhaps — — one day, I'll also become such an existence," Libertas said.
On the other side.
Liu Ping flew out of the window and hid in the shadow of the arena.
He quickly formed a hand sign and said in a soft voice, "Listen well, Liu Ping, this is a secret technique of our Cat Demon clan, specifically used to avoid detection, but the prerequisite is to hide in the darkness and not move."
"I understand" Liu Ping spoke in a low voice and silently crouched in the darkness, not moving at all.
Suddenly, the scenery around him slowly disappeared.
Wisps of hazy colors condensed into a ball and quietly appeared in the void. They began to change slowly as if they were about to form a new scene.
Liu Ping was slightly surprised and couldn't help but ask in his heart, "The secret technique of your Cat Demon Clan can create a Grotto-Heaven World?"
No one answered him.
Liu Ping sensed that something was wrong and said, "Zhao Chanyi?"
Still, there was no one.
Lines of burning words quietly appeared in his mind:
[You obtained four Soul Servants in a Soul gamble battle.]
[A special power is being activated.]
[Through this Sequence's judgement, this power comes from your Profession.]
[Please be careful!]
All the small words flashed and disappeared. The hazy ball of light began to change rapidly. Like a destructive storm, it revolved around Liu Ping.
A knight riding a warhorse slowly appeared from the storm and came to the opposite of Liu Ping.
He was wearing a full set of gray armor, and there was a halo above his head. Six mysterious runes appeared on the halo, and it looked like a crown.
A broken mask covered his face.
As Liu Ping stared at him, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Lines of burning words quickly appeared:
[The other party has the same Card Profession as you]
[The flow of time has been distorted]
[The other party is an entity from a certain era in the past]
… That's right.
This knight should be a Warden Knight!
The knight sat on his warhorse and looked down at Liu Ping, speaking with a hoarse voice:
"You are the one who obtained the Warden Knight Profession again at a certain point in the future?"
"I am, may I ask who you are?" Liu Ping asked.
"I am also a Warden Knight, right before my soul dissipated, I used an immense power to travel through Space-Time, following the Causality Line to arrive in front of you" the knight replied.
"For what reason did you expend such a great amount of power to find me?" Liu Ping asked.
"I had to come here to tell you something."
"Please speak, I'm all ear.s"
"You must remember, the entity that allowed you to obtain the Warden Knight Profession — — - regardless of who he is, he definitely doesn't have good intentions."
"Why is that?" Liu Ping asked.
"Ever since my era, the entire Purgatory Divine Pillar had formed a vow: The most powerful and ancient Divinities, upon discovering a Warden Knight, would definitely use all of their power to kill them, never allowing a Warden Knight to appear in this world," the knight explained.
Liu Ping fell silent.
Thinking about it carefully, that entity seems to have been sealed within the 'Temporary Prison of the Useless', if I didn't solve the Trio of the World's Death, he probably wouldn't have shown himself.
And this knight in front of me is indeed a Warden Knight.
Then — — -
"You paid such a great price to come here from a distant era, just to remind me of this?" Liu Ping asked.
The knight replied: "Your strength has only just sprouted, I don't think you understand. Sometimes, it isn't the person who chooses the Profession Card."
"Then what is it?" Liu Ping asked.
"Every Profession Card has the right to choose, it will choose those whose characteristics match it," the knight explained.
"… You mean, it was actually the Card ' Warden Knight ' that chose me, borrowed the hand of that entity and arrived in front of me?"
"I know it's hard to understand, but you have to remember, the Card acts on instinct, it only recognizes your characteristics — — -"
"So this isn't an issue with the Card." The knight's voice suddenly became louder: "What you need to be careful of is the one who gave you this Card."
"Is that so? But that entity is extremely powerful, if it wants to scheme something, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop it "Liu Ping said.
The knight continued: "The only advice I can give you is to use another knight Profession to conceal it — — - keep in mind, only the knight Profession can fuse with the 'Warden Knight ' and successfully conceal the existence of this Profession."
After saying that, the knight's figure began to blur. The storm around them began to accelerate and become even more intense.
"Wait a minute, will this kind of concealment really work? Why do the Old Gods have to deal with the warden Knight? "Liu Ping hurriedly asked.
The knight replied: "This kind of concealment was originally useless, after all, the Old Gods can see through this kind of superficial concealment … but the reason I came here from a distant era is to help you, to prevent you from walking down the same path as me."
The crown of light hovering above his head suddenly scattered, turning into scattered sprites of light that quickly gathered in front of Liu Ping.
— — -It was a Card.
The knight slowly disappeared in front of Liu Ping. His final words resounded in the void of space: "This is a method that I came up with after much thought. It will help you supplement your abilities in other aspects, allowing you to possess the characteristics of another type of knight. Even the Gods will only think that you are another type of knight and not a warden Knight."
Fwoom — — -
The rapidly spinning storm began to let out a thunderous roar, as if urging something.
"I can't stay here any longer, I have to return and accept my failure. I hope you can survive, continue this Profession, and see the ultimate secret — — -"
After saying so, the knight lightly patted his horse. The horse slowly turned around and brought him into the storm.
As soon as the knight left, the storm's spinning speed abruptly slowed down, the destructive roar also slowly calmed down.
Liu Ping looked at the Card in front of him.
There was nothing else on this Card, only an ancient and thick book drawn on it.
When Liu Ping touched the Card with his hand, it let out a small chime and turned back into the heavy book that fell into his hand.
Liu Ping looked at the book's cover and muttered:
[The path of hypocrisy]
[— — Advice from the Divine Knight]
Wait a minute, Yana is a Divine Knight, the Divine Knight's characteristic is Devotion, so why is there another Divine Knight?
Liu Ping doubtfully flipped through the book.
On the first page, a golden thread and cinnamon twigs surrounded a socketed Card, inside the socketed Card was a Card that also gave off a holy glow.
Lines of burning text quickly appeared:
[You've obtained the Card Tome: Tome of the Divine Knight]
[You've obtained the Card: Sacred Meal]
[By using this Card, you will gain the unique ability: Sacred Meal]
[Description: You will be able to create a meal infused with holy power out of thin air, allowing those who eat it to receive the blessing of holy power]
[Detailed description: The first bite of Sacred Meal is free and holy, filled with power, able to replenish all consumption of the soul. The same goes for the rest of the Sacred Meal, until halfway through the entire Sacred Meal. From then on, the user must pay a certain fee before they can continue eating.]
[Further description: The process of Sacred Meal cannot be interrupted, otherwise, the user will fall into a weakened state, becoming dizzy and unable to fight at full strength for a day.]