the last king of darkness

Chapter 590 The Lost Ancient City (Part [-])
Under the thick black mist, a majestic ancient city appeared in front of us.

It sits in a depression surrounded by the Blade's Edge Mountains.

Countless huge stone swords are pointing upside down at it, which looks very strange.

Liszt lost his voice: "This is a city of gods!"

Shencheng is the city where the gods lived in the ancient era. Its status is equivalent to the city of the king of fire in the era of fire and the era of darkness. The tower in the center is equivalent to the holy fire sacrifice ground.

This city of gods is larger than the ancient city of Sagus, and its architectural style is completely different.

Even the iconic divine tower is unrecognizable under the cover of black fog and surrounded by numerous buildings.

"Liszt recognized at a glance that it was the city of God. The members of the investigative legion are indeed very rich in knowledge."

Rhodes thought to himself, and when he looked around, he realized that the black mist around him had faded. The thick black mist surrounded the ancient city and spread out in the northeast direction, forming a wall of black mist connecting the sky and the earth. .

"What is this? The black mist... seems to have formed some kind of barrier?"

Liszt pondered for a moment: "This seems to be some kind of special phenomenon. The black mist is attracted here, gathering in large numbers, and unfolding around the ancient city as the axis, like a Great Wall to resist invasion."

No. 7 suddenly said: "I see, why we have not been able to find other Fire King City is because of this wall of black mist! It isolates the natural distribution of black mist, making it impossible for us to find out whether there is a holy fire on the other side Mark of."

The extremely high-intensity sacred fire can disperse the black mist in a huge range and affect the distribution of the black mist within thousands of yards.

The scope of its indirect impact is usually more than ten times that of the direct impact, or even higher.

Taking the King City of Trorian as an example, even if it is more than a thousand yards away from the holy flame of the King City, unnatural changes in the concentration and stratification of the black mist can be found.

"Did you find out?"

No. 9 also said.

"These monsters with strong perception seem to be distributed in the Jianfeng Mountains with this unknown city as the center."

Rhodes nodded, he also felt this way.

"I have a guess, they are defending this ancient city."

Liszt nodded: "There may be some secrets hidden in the ancient city."

Number 19 asked: "Your Excellency Number 1, can we bypass the ancient city?"

Liszt shook his head: "I'm afraid not, look at the wall of black mist, its concentration has reached the level of three extensions, no matter it is the red tearstone, afterglow or embers, it can't resist its erosion, if you force it through, We will be severely corrupted."

Rhodes frowned. He knew that the black mist they had come into contact with was just a derivative of the real black mist.

The real black mist is the black mist of the source that can corrupt and erode even gods. After its first derivation and dissociation, it forms black water. This is the "first evolution" of the black mist of the source.

The secondary black mist formed by the derivation and dissociation of the black water is the "secondary generation", and so on, until it covers the whole world.

The black mist after "Three Evolutions" has no specific characteristics, and can only be distinguished by density.

The black mist that most people come into contact with is just a thin mist derived from the black mist of the source after countless times of dissociation.

But even such a black mist is fatal to the erosion of human beings.

As for the black mist above the level of "San Yan", only the fire of protection can disperse it, and all other creations of fire cannot form effective protection.

Liszt did not carry the guardian fire with him on this trip.

It is impossible to carry fire on a long journey in the dark world. Doing so is not only extremely dangerous, but also may cause the precious fire to be lost in the darkness.

Rhode looked around, and the height of the wall of black mist was at least 500 yards.

In the dark world, altitudes exceeding 500 yards are restricted to the sky, and if you break into it rashly, you may encounter indescribable horrors.

It is also very difficult to bypass the wall of black mist. It does not seem to be very short. They may have to open up a very long new route, which cannot be completed in a day or two.

No. 7 shook his beard and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency No. 1, do you want to try to enter the ancient city?"

Number 9 asked back: "Can we go in?"

No. 7 explained: "Look carefully, the wall of black mist did not invade the ancient city, but fell along its surface. Although the concentration of black mist in the ancient city is high, it has not reached the level of Sanyan."

Rhode looked over, and sure enough, the wall of deep black mist did not fall into the ancient city as he said, but only submerged a part of its top.

But Liszt didn't immediately agree. Based on the principles of the investigation legion, when encountering such an incomprehensible and extremely dangerous situation, the investigation team would usually choose to return the same way and would not take any risks.

No. 9 said worriedly: "Let's go back, this is an unexpected situation, we are not fully prepared."

This is the safest approach, but No. 19 strongly objected: "We have finally come here. Maybe after passing the ancient city, we can see the traces of the black mist being dispersed and weakened by the holy fire!"

"But it's too dangerous! To explore the ancient god city, you must form the highest-level combat group, and we only have one super combatant!"

"No." No. 7 said suddenly: "This city of gods is likely to have been abandoned."

"how do you know?"

"Think about the ancient city of Sagus. When we first discovered it, what did it look like? The thick black mist, the domain well formed by powerful spiritual energy distorted the space, and the surrounding black mist gathered inward, forming a black Domain, but this ancient city has nothing, so quiet and scary."

"But that doesn't explain the problem. Look at the surrounding high-sensitivity monsters, and look at this unprecedented wall of black mist..."

"Number 7 is right."

Liszt said suddenly.

"I have confirmed that there is no king-level existence in this ancient city."

Rhode's heart was shocked. As expected, he is the head of the investigation legion. He really has special reconnaissance ability. He also completed the preliminary investigation of Starry Sky City.

"But..." Number 9 wanted to say something, but suddenly found that the monsters around were gathering towards them.

Their retreat has been closed unconsciously.

Not only that, the monsters in the entire area began to move towards them.

"It seems that we have alarmed these monsters, and they may be a whole."

Liszt smiled and didn't look nervous.

"We have only one way to enter the ancient city. The movement of fighting so many monsters is too great, and the Bell of Silence can't cover it."

"move."

Liszt strode forward and took the lead.

Rhodes followed behind, a little nervous in his heart, but more excited about facing the unknown. As long as there are no king-level monsters, there is no threat to him.

After killing three vigilant monsters, they came under the ancient city.

From this point of view, the Wall of Black Mist is even more majestic, and the huge ancient city also looks small against it.

Liszt quickly found a gap in the tall city wall, and the team stepped into the ancient city through the gap.

The moment they crossed the ancient city, Rhodes felt as if he had come to a new space, and he couldn't feel the monsters approaching them from the outside world.

From a distance, the black mist in the ancient city is far darker than imagined. Almost all the buildings in the city are square, large or small, stacked on top of everything, like a city made of building blocks.

But most of them are intact and do not appear to have been in battle.

Thick dust covered every street and building, and there was an indescribably stale feeling in the air. This unknown god city seemed to be frozen out of time.

Liszt closed his eyes, pressed his hands on the ground, and began to explore the ancient city with his special ability.

After a while, he opened his eyes, and said with some doubts: "There is no suspicious spiritual energy fluctuation."

They went forward and searched, but they didn't find anything, valuable or worthless, all the buildings were empty, some buildings, even the gates were pried gone.

Didn't meet any monsters either.

This is the case after exploring several areas in a row.

Rhodes asked suspiciously: "Is this an empty city?"

Liszt was not surprised: "There is such a possibility."

"Your Excellency No. 0, you must know that the city of God existed in the ancient era. It was an era when gods were active. After that, it was the era of fire when humans were active. During the period when humans were strong, these ancient ruins , how could it not be looted?"

Rhodes was stunned, and asked again: "Why hasn't the ancient city of Sagus been raided?"

"Because it's too far away. In the Age of Fire, humans were mainly active on another continent. The gray soil continent we are in is an extremely remote place, and few people come here."

"Our original hero, Trorian, also came here with the seed of the holy fire to escape the disaster."

"The ancient city of Sagus is still thousands of yards to the west of us. Although the human beings were strong at that time, the fire might not be able to find such a remote area, so it was left to us."

Rhodes felt certain, and felt a little regretful. The danger was gone, but so was the gain.

But he suddenly thought: "Why do the wall of black mist and the vigilant monster still exist?"

Liszt pondered: "This may be some kind of facility unique to the ancient city, which cannot be moved, just like the Wanxing instrument in Starry Sky City. It is harmless and even beneficial to human beings, so it has not been destroyed or plundered."

Number 7 said: "Find it, and we may be able to find a way through the strength of the black fog."

This inference was approved by all.

But Liszt searched the entire ancient city meticulously, but still found nothing.

This completely proved his guess.

So, they set their sights on the divine tower in the center of the ancient city.

All secrets can only be found in it.

It says it's a tower, but it's more like a giant square fortress.

There are no gates, no entrances, and the outer layer of the fortress is wrapped in thick black mist, which is the thickest place in the city.

Rhode immediately had an ominous premonition.

Soon, this premonition came true—Liszt found the entrance to the sewer.

"Your Excellency No. 0, let's go in from here, this is what you are good at..."

"Okay! You don't need to say anything."

Rhodes interrupted him.

"We'll go in here, but I have nothing to do with the sewer."

Liszt glanced at him suspiciously, not understanding why the well-known sewer king said that.

After another replacement of the red tearstone, they went into the sewers.

The complicated sewers made them dizzy at once, but under the leadership of Rhodes, they successfully entered the underground of the tower.

(End of this chapter)