I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 1655: Chapter 1656: Special Effects Chapter 1655: Chapter 1656: Special Effects The dark gold light curtain enveloped the entire City of Hope. Soon, each node within the magic array burst forth with a beam of light, which, upon reaching its zenith, suddenly exploded into countless rays. These rays interwove with one another, forming a web-like network of light that clung tightly to the inner side of the dark gold curtain.

“The special effects are about to be stimulated!” The youth said nervously, his gaze fixed on the sky.

This young man seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was the highest-level builder among all the mages. Whenever a problem arose in a certain area, he would always notice it first and promptly assist with repairs. Seeing that the magic array had entered its second phase, the young man was just as tense, his body surging with magical power, ready to deal with any issues that might arise.

Roar~
An inexplicable roar of a wild beast resounded, and a surge of black mist began swirling within the entire magic array. These mists did not fall towards the city but instead rose upward, infiltrating the dark gold curtain.

“Black mist?” The young man’s brow furrowed slightly, a hint of disappointment on his face as he muttered to himself, “Is it just a simple maze effect?”

The young man had not originally planned to come to the City of Hope to construct a defensive magic array, but his interest was piqued when he heard that the core of the city’s defense array was a god-level core of an ocean creature.

As it was known, for most legendary-level arrays, a legendary-level core was usually sufficient as the core of the array. However, for the “Blessing of the Ocean God” magic array, a divine realm ocean creature core was required, and this fact alone had surprised the young man.

He had thought that the City of Hope would at most obtain a demi-god level ocean creature core, but unexpectedly, they had acquired a genuine god-level ocean creature core. This completely piqued the young man’s curiosity, and he wanted to see what kind of special effects an array with the core of an oceanic deity would evolve into.

The result…

“Just a black mist maze effect, sigh~” The youth shook his head, his face full of disappointment.

The magic array kept generating dense black mist from afar, similar to ink, almost rendering the entire sky black. Then, these black mists coalesced and intertwined with each other to form twisted demonic figures, howling and spreading out in all directions. Soon the black mists began to intertwine with the city’s original Protection Black Mist on the outskirts, slowly starting to merge.

In no time, from within the original Protection Black Mist Array, sounds like the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves began to emerge, similar to those of wild beasts!

“What’s going on?” The young man’s previously disappointed eyes now showed a hint of surprise. He was aware of the Protection Black Mist Array, and after arriving in the City of Hope, he had even spent time studying it, capturing an earth elemental from within the array to research.

“An earth elemental that wouldn’t possibly make such a roar!” he murmured softly.

Before long, out of the Protection Black Mist emerged a towering giant over five meters tall. This giant was pitch-black, his body gleaming with a metallic sheen, and from his back and elbows protruded blades over three feet long, resembling bone spurs.

The giant’s eyes were blood-red, emitting a crimson glow, his body enshrouded by the swirling black mist, much like a demon.

“This, this is an earth elemental?” The young man’s face displayed a look of terror; he could feel a touch of the original essence of an earth elemental from this towering giant. However, that faint essence was quickly obliterated, as the giant’s body completely turned into black rock, emitting thunderous, grinding noises with each movement.

In no time at all, the second, the third, the fourth…

Countless black giants, looming within the Protection Black Mist, their heights ranging from over three meters to more than ten, let out frenzied roars as they flailed their fists, like a horde of demons.

But without exception, these black giants were all shrouded within the mist, occasionally appearing at its edges, visible to people, yet they dared not step out of its bounds, as if something was restraining them!

“A mutation? Could it be that the effect of the Magic Array is not merely a simple Black Mist Maze?” the young man pondered. Deep down, he did not believe that a Magic Array, with a core made from a real Divine-Level ocean creature’s nucleus, would have such a simplistic effect!

However, once the Magic Array was fully established, the young man would naturally be able to check its properties and discover what the effects truly were.

At this moment, his heart felt as if it were being incessantly scratched by a cat, eager to know what this effect was!

“I’ve never encountered such a situation before, this is definitely not the normal effect of a Black Mist Maze. Perhaps, the Black Mist Maze is just the most inconspicuous effect within this array…” the young man thought to himself. Biting his teeth, his right hand moved quickly, forming spells as magic glimmers emanated from his fingertips.

Moments later, a wisp of magic essence shot upward from his fingertips toward the sky, like a nimble hand, gently touching the edge of the Black Mist and swiftly returning.

This wisp of black essence, barely one ten-thousandth of the mist, writhed and struggled under the constraint of the magic essence, looking like a tiny snake as thick as a finger.

“Interesting, very interesting~” the young man said, looking at the black serpent with an excited expression, and couldn’t help but reach out to touch it.

“Be careful!” Song Jian’s brow furrowed, and he glanced at the young man inadvertently. Seeing his action, he couldn’t help but voice a warning.

Indeed, from the moment the black fog appeared, Song Jian’s attention was captured by it, sensing a familiar scent within the fog.

“The Magic Dragon Turtle once emitted such an aura. When the black fog appeared, it was to open the Dark Gate!” Song Jian’s heart leaped at the thought.

The opening of the Dark Gate, which connected to the Abyssal Hell, had cost the Sea Clan a great price to reseal after the Magic Dragon Turtle was killed.

Keep in mind, this place was the City of Hope. Should the Dark Gate appear once again, even with Song Jian’s strength to eventually kill all the invading abyssal monsters, the damage to the City of Hope would be irreparable.

Song Jian was fully alert to the threat of the Dark Gate’s emergence and did not expect that the young man beside him would be bold enough to absorb a wisp of abyssal essence.

Hiss~
The young man suddenly inhaled sharply, his finger retracting quickly as if electrocuted.

“Dem, demonized, this is the aura of abyssal demonization, damn it, how could such an effect appear…” the young man’s face turned ugly, his eyes filled with intense fear and dread.

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