There was a lone peak drawn on the card.
Beyond the lone peak was a boundless dark abyss.
— — it was as if there was only this solitary peak in the entire world and nothing else.
The entire peak of the mountain was surrounded by walls.
Inside the walls, people of all shapes and sizes were either sitting, lying, walking, or standing. Each and every one of them had a dull expression on their faces.
Their hands and feet were shackled with heavy shackles.
"What is this?" Liu Ping asked.
Looking at the burning words in the void, he understood what was going on.
This card could send him there for a period of time.
On that lonely peak, the flow of time was different from the flow of time now.
One day over there was only one minute here.
"— — It was also known as the 'Temporary Prison of the Useless', a prison used to imprison Professionists who had completely awakened from the dark play" the lady explained.
"Will they be trapped here forever?" Liu Ping asked.
"No, each of them will have to solve a difficult problem related to their Profession. If they can do it, they will prove that they are worth something and will be released to form an employment relationship with the Divinities, instead of becoming their slaves — — although there isn't much of a difference" the lady replied.
"Did a lot of people go out?" Liu Ping asked.
"Almost no one has been able to do it — — – because those problems were designed to be extremely difficult, even if they were Combatants of various Professions, they still wouldn't be able to solve those kinds of problems" the lady replied.
The people on the card gradually became restless.
They gathered together, shouting and yelling, as if they were about to start something.
Not much later two stepped out, facing each other, and began to throw punches at each other.
Everyone else stood in a circle and cheered loudly.
"That place forbids all supernatural powers, so they can't continue to cultivate. At most, they can only fight — — - for a very long time, these dead people haven't been able to eat drink, or be able to do anything. Besides thinking about their problem, they can only kill time by beating each other up"
"If they go over the wall — — -"
"Outside is an endless cliff, they will fall for eternity"
"Very well, I understand, what do you want me to do?" Liu Ping asked.
"Among them, there's one person whose problem contains a secret that I want to know. You need to find him and find that secret" she replied.
"Who is it?"
"I don't know"
"Any clues?"
"None"
"None at all?"
"That's right, if you can't do it, you don't have to go and we'll part ways here" "Then what if I find that secret?"
"— — I'll become your servant diety"
"Deal" Liu Ping received the Card and lightly held it in his hand.
The Card let out a flash of light that enveloped him.
As if something was pulling him — — - he felt himself being pulled into the endless darkness, quickly flying towards a certain direction.
The world was spinning!
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Bam — — –
Liu Ping fell to the ground.
The sound of fists hitting flesh, angry roars, cheers, and applause resounded in his ears.
He shook his head a bit and stood up.
Not too far away, two people were brawling their eyes out with blood splattering all over the place.
Liu Ping silently stood and watched from afar.
Suddenly, a female voice came: "How do you plan to do this?"
"Lady? Did you follow me here? "Liu Ping asked in surprise.
"That's right, this secret can't be brought out. I have to stay by your side to hear the secret when it's revealed" the female voice replied.
"Very well, let's take a look first" Liu Ping replied.
"This fight has nothing to do with your Quest, I suggest you take this chance to find those with power here and ask for information" she said.
"Let's take a look first" Liu Ping smiled.
He looked at the battlefield, only to see one of the two people had fallen to the ground, unable to stand up for a long time.
The crowd cheered even louder.
The one who could still stand walked forward and helped the person on the ground up.
The two of them laughed heartily and gave each other a high five.
The others were all talking at once.
"Beautifully fought!"
"Second round! second round! "
" Who wants to fight? "
" The day is still young. We can play a few more rounds!"
" I'll go! Who's going to be my opponent? "
Liu Ping watched quietly for a while, a blank look on his face.
Lady Torment sounded again "You can only stay here for ten days. If it was where outside, it would be ten minutes."
"Got it" Liu Ping said.
"Hurry up. I've sent people here to investigate. I can roughly tell you about the forces here," the female voice said.
"Didn't you say that there were no clues?" Liu Ping said.
"That's to see if you have the courage to come" She replied.
"Alright, leave the rest to me" Liu Ping said.
"Of course, I'll leave it to you — — wait a minute, what are you doing?" Torment asked surprise evident in her voice.
Liu Ping took off his shirt, revealing his well-proportioned muscles.
He walked into the crowd step by step.
The crowd looked at him. When they saw that it was a new face, they burst into laughter.
"A newbie!"
"A newbie who just came."
"Haha, he looks so young. He actually wants to fight?"
"Give him a chance, beat him until he cries!"
"Who's going to teach him a lesson?"
A muscular man with tribal tattoos all over his body stepped out from the crowd and waved at Liu Ping, "I'm a martial artist from the ancient martial arts world. Kid, what's your name?"
Liu Ping smiled and asked, "You want to fight with me?"
"You're a newbie, I have to teach you the rules."
"What did you just ask me?"
"Your name."
"Oh, you don't deserve to know."
The crowd burst into laughter.
The martial artist's eyebrows twitched. His expression became ferocious.
"Newbie, don't cry and beg for mercy later!" He strode towards Liu Ping. The crowd immediately parted to make a path for him.
Ten meters.
Seven meters.
Three meters.
The martial artist spun his leg like a steel whip smashed toward Liu Ping's head.
Liu Ping raised his hand to block — — –
"He's done for!" a spectator excitedly shouted.
Someone even began to whistle.
— — – in a situation where no one could use supernatural powers, this attack from the Pugilist was his trump card, one that was extremely powerful.
Even if this brat managed to block it, he would still be sent flying.
Next, the Pugilist would immediately chase after the rookie and unleash a barrage of attacks. The rookie could only take the beating until he fainted.
That was what everyone was thinking.
Sure enough — — this ferocious kick directly hit the rookie!
In that split second, the rookie was sent flying — — he wasn't sent flying, but instead hugged the Pugilist's leg with both hands like a nimble monkey. His entire body danced along with the Pugilist's leg as if he had become an extension of the Pugilist's body.
Crack!
The clear sound of bones breaking resounded.
The Pugilist instantly screamed in pain, fell to the ground while hugging his leg, but quickly tried to stand up again.
Liu Ping clenched his fist and swung it at the opponent's face.
With a dull sound of impact! The Pugilist was knocked back down to the ground.
Just as he was about to stand up, he saw a foot coming closer and closer.
Dong!
Liu Ping stepped on his face again.
The Pugilist still wanted to struggle, but Liu Ping stepped on him again!
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
Liu Ping's expression was indifferent as he stepped on his face again, then suddenly kicked — — bang!
The Pugilist was sent flying by the kick, crashing into the crowd, and causing a large number of Professionists to fall down.
lifting his leg, he patted the dust off it, and coldly said: "Boring"
The crowd went silent.
Liu Ping cleared his throat, then shrugged: "I'm sorry, I've always hated this kind of pure melee combat that doesn't rely on supernatural powers"
"Why?" From the crowd, a tower-like burly man stepped out, staring straight at Liu Ping.
He was almost 4 meters tall, as soon as he spoke, the crowd around him instinctively backed away, while the people further away all stood up and looked over.
The crowd went silent.
Liu Ping looked at the burly man and said, "Two reasons."
"I want to hear them," the burly man said.
Liu Ping raised a finger: "If you have supernatural powers, you can help me relieve my boredom. If you don't even have supernatural powers …"
"Then it's really boring. After all, none of you are a match for me." As he said that, he chuckled.
The burly man's face sank as he slowly asked, "What's the other reason?"
"Although all of you have learned some basic skills, you don't know how to fight at all. That's why I hate all of you." Liu Ping said.
The burly man twisted his neck and looked around.
The crowd burst into an angry clamor.
The brawny man waited for a moment and waved his hand, indicating for everyone to quiet down.
He stared at Liu Ping and couldn't help but laugh: "Fighting is the most primitive behavior. It's the desire that's carved in the deepest part of our bodies. It's the embodiment of natural selection. We find happiness by releasing it."
Liu Ping raised his thumb and praised: "That's right, all beasts think that way."
"You're really looking for death!" The burly man laughed loudly, his figure flashed and rushed towards Liu Ping.
Liu Ping stood still — until the burly man's fist was about to hit him. Only then did he move like lightning and slap his opponent's face.
Two clear sounds of hitting each other could be heard.
Fist!
Slap!
Two completely different attacks hit the same target at the same time!
"Bastard!" the burly man roared.
"Come on." Liu Ping laughed.
The two of them stood still and didn't retreat at all. They waved their fists and attacked each other with all their might!
Numerous sounds of hitting each other could be heard.
Neither defended — — every second, they were enduring each other's punches like raindrops and hitting each other with all their might.
The entire prison quieted down.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths … … It felt like a long time passed, but it also seemed like only a few minutes had passed.
The two of them who were fighting each other were now covered in blood.
Blood mixed with sweat, whenever they hit each other, they would turn into a mist of blood and fly away.
A suffocating atmosphere silently settled in.
All the Professionists kept their mouths shut as if something was strangling their throats so that no one was able to make a single sound.
The only sound that could be heard in the entire prison was the sound of fists hitting flesh and blood.
Suddenly — — Liu Ping burst out laughing and loudly shouted: "So this is your fist? It's not even enough to scratch an itch! Seems like you're still nothing but a beast! "he was covered in blood, but his eyes were filled with contempt.
Dong — — blood flowed.
A figure was sent flying, but lightly spun in the air and landed safely on the ground.
It was Liu Ping!
He stood a few dozen feet away, spat out a mouthful of blood and smirked: "Why did you send me flying? We could have continued fighting, could it be that your animal instincts are scared? "
The muscular man's gaze was complicated as he muttered: "Madman …" his body swayed a few times, finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground.
"Madman?" Liu Ping's gaze became cold.
"Madman — — is actually a high level of praise, it means that there is a huge gap between us, and you will never be able to catch up to me" he slowly turned around and glanced at all the Professionists.
The crowd avoided his gaze.
He spread his arms wide and loudly declared: "From now on, none of you are allowed to fight, or I'll beat you to death"
The crowd once again became rowdy.
Someone loudly shouted: "Let's go together and get rid of this arrogant brat!" Liu Ping didn't even look back as he walked away.
He leapt on top of the wall, glanced at the endless dark abyss behind him and smiled: "Those who don't agree, come and fight me"
"Come, all of you can come at once"
All the noise stopped.
The dark abyss is never ending, once you fall, there will be no more hope, you will forever fall, never to return to land.
This is the deepest despair!
Madman!
He really is a madman!
Everyone thought to themselves.
A figure rushed towards the wall. Halfway there, his speed slowed down and he finally stopped where he was.
It was a young man.
Liu Ping glanced at him and smirked: "Come, come on up"
The young man gritted his teeth and was about to jump up when a voice called out from behind: "Don't do anything stupid, you can't win against him, do you want to fall forever?"
the young man's face paled, his legs gave out and almost fell to the ground.
It was only now that his bravery faded away.
Liu Ping sighed regretfully and looked at the person who spoke.
The muscular man was covered in blood, struggling to stand up with a tired expression on his face.
He couldn't accept it: "You madman! Even if you're the strongest in close combat, you can just be the boss here, what right do you have to deprive us of our only pleasure? What right do you have to call us animals? "
Liu Ping sat down on top of the wall. He pointed at the man with a bloody finger and asked, "What's your name?"
"Qin Bingan," the man replied.
"Profession?"
"Blood Warrior."
"When you reach the peak of this profession, what will you become?"
"… Bloody Battle Sage, why are you asking this?"
Liu Ping seemed to be interested and asked again,
"What about the person I defeated just now? If his strength continues to increase, what will he become? "
" Martial Heavenly King. "
Liu Ping pointed at the crowd and asked," What about you? If you can continue to improve, what will you become in the end? "
Someone who was pointed at said subconsciously,
" Lord Offa. "
Liu Ping clapped his hands, jumped down from the wall, and walked into the crowd.
He walked around everyone and looked at each of them. Finally, he stood in front of the brawny man.
"I'm a cultivator."
He faced everyone and continued: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will continue to ascend until I become a True Immortal"
"As for you, if nothing unexpected happens, you will also continue to move forward on your own path, becoming Bloody Battle Sage, Martial Heavenly King, Lord Offa, or some other supreme existence of your profession."
"Perhaps one day, we will even meet in the void of space, talk to each other, drink together, and count our achievements"
"That's right, we thought we would become such people, we thought that this was our life and prepared ourselves for it, but in the end — — -"
"We didn't become such people."
The crowd was silent.
The wind was silent.
The Professionists' faces were filled with sadness as they silently looked at him.
Liu Ping took a few steps forward, looked around, and said: "In this era, we are the toys of fate, the slaves of Gods. Even if we were lucky enough to see through everything, it wouldn't be of any help. We can only be trapped where we are, this is the truth of life."
"What does this have to do with fighting?" Qin Bingan asked.
"You are all Professionists, yet you're here fighting for fun. If it was in the past, I would've killed all of you if I met such a situation" Liu Ping said.
"Where did we go wrong?" Qin Bingan didn't understand.
Liu Ping explained: "In my opinion, even animals don't fight for fun. Animals fight to vent their thirst for blood. But we are Professionists, people trapped here by Gods. The reason we need to fight isn't because our bodies need it, but because our hearts need it. Our hearts have a reason to fight — —"
"Because we are angry" he took a deep breath, then abruptly roared:
"— — Because we are Furious! Are we Not?!!!"
The crowd became restless.
It was as if an invisible force was shaking their bodies.
Qin Bingan spoke in a low voice: "If we can leave this place and return to the real world, the anger in my heart will naturally awaken — — unfortunately, we've been trapped here for too long, and there's almost no way to solve the problem that the Gods has given us"
Liu Ping looked around, only to see everyone muttering in agreement.
Their gazes carried a faint glow of fire, meeting Liu Ping's gaze without backing down, as if they already had a will in their hearts.
These people.
Their hearts have been ignited.
They originally had a strong will, but they have been trapped here for far too long.
If they were all released, perhaps one day, they would be able to set the world ablaze.
And as a card master, he would need such a group of strong people in the future.
It was time.
Liu Ping pointed at the crowd, then patted his chest and said, "Everyone, this is the reason why I am here."
"What?" Qin Bingan was confused.
Liu Ping walked in front of him, stared at him and said, "All the problems are related to the techniques that you are cultivating, is that right?"
"Yes." Qin Bingan said.
Liu Ping said, "Tell me your techniques, then tell me the problem, I will solve it."
"That's impossible! You are clearly a cultivator, we are in a completely different power system. "Qin Bingan cried out.
Liu Ping laughed silently, then lowered his voice and said, "Listen, in this world, if there is a problem that even I cannot solve, then there is only one reason — —"
"The problem is wrong."