Versatile Mage: Angel of Time, but Emperor of Every Moment

Chapter 229 Dark City, Close Your Eyes When It Gets Dark
"The source? How are we supposed to find the source?" Yuri asked.

These black smog swarms usually only appear at night, never giving them a chance during the day. If An Jing hadn't been so experienced, she might not have been able to find them on her own.

And there is a real risk of death!

If she followed her own logic, Yuri would have stayed in Terror City for a night to understand the situation there, by which time Terror City had already become a branch of the extraterrestrial beings.

Even the greatest kung fu master is afraid of a kitchen knife, and even the most forbidden spells are afraid of being caught off guard and getting close to the face.

An Jing lightly raised his fingertips, and a wisp of dark blue chaotic fire danced in his palm. Within the flame emerged the last fragments of memories that had been purified from the smog—countless thin, hair-like black energy trails, stretching like a spider web towards the northwest.

"The source?" An Jing suddenly spoke, glancing towards the outskirts, his left eye, Zafkiel, spinning rapidly. "They already told us."

The Chaos Trident suddenly pierced the ground, and the energy ripples from its tip traced back along the black trajectory.

In an instant, a huge energy network diagram appeared on the ground of the entire city of terror—each network eventually converged on a valley thirty kilometers away!
Yuri gasped.

She recognized it; it was the direction where the White Sawa Ruins were located. But in her chaotic vision, the ruins had twisted into a huge black vortex, with something suspended at the center.
It was a face that looked exactly like An Jing's!
"The ruins are just a facade." An Jing simply patted the dust off his shoulders. "All these people's memories from their lives point in the direction of the ruins."

If it were anyone else, they probably would have believed it already.

He suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

Yuri followed the gaze, his blood freezing instantly—a blood moon! The blood moon, which should only appear at night, was now hanging high in the midday sky! And what was clearly visible on the moon's surface was composed of countless writhing black crystals.
The Dark Throne.

“Remember, never play by the rules when dealing with these guys.” An Jing’s figure began to blur, and the runes on the trident lit up one after another. “And never follow their rules.”

The moment the last rune lit up, all the sunlight in the City of Terror suddenly distorted, transforming into thousands of golden chains that pierced the blood moon. The chains pulsed with the energy transformed from the purified smog.
"What's the difference?" Yuri scratched his head, completely baffled.

The location shown on the map is still the ruins in the suburbs.

"Then the difference is huge. Is there a big difference between you being dead and not dead?" Nan arrogantly raised his head and looked at Yuri, who looked completely bewildered: "You have to use your brain."

"???"

“I still don’t understand.” Yuri shook his head.

She's not good at using her brain. She's fine for fighting and killing, but when she needs to use her brain, it means everyone else is doomed.
"follow me."

Seeing this, An Jing didn't explain much, but directly led Yuri out of the City of Terror and walked along a road for an unknown amount of time.

"Um, it looks like it's getting dark soon." Yuri pointed to the sky. The sun was about to set, and once it completely disappeared, the extraterrestrial beings would begin to stir.

An Jing's steps suddenly stopped in the middle of a dry riverbed. He looked up at the sky, where the last rays of the setting sun were being swallowed by the surging black mist, and the entire sky quickly darkened as if it had been splashed with ink.

"Just right."

His voice was soft, yet it caused the surrounding temperature to plummet. The tip of the Chaos Trident lightly touched the ground, and a ring of dark blue ripples instantly spread to a radius of a thousand meters. Yuri suddenly realized that the extraterrestrial black mist, which should have become active with the arrival of night, was now frozen in mid-air as if it had been frozen solid!

Don't they prefer the night?

An Jing’s left eye slowly rotated the phantom of the gear of the Emperor, while the chaotic fire in his right eye grew brighter. The shadow beneath his feet suddenly twisted and stretched, transforming into the shape of twelve fallen angel wings, each black feather wrapped with fine time-space chains.

"Then I'll give them to them."

"A 'night' from which we will never awaken."

Before he finished speaking, the trident suddenly pierced the ground!

The entire riverbed was instantly engulfed by a sea of ​​dark blue fire. The frozen black mist twisted and howled in the fire, and was actually refined into liquid chaotic energy!

Even more terrifying, as the fire spread, the outline of the distant ruins began to distort.
Like an oil painting being scorched by flames, the town hidden in the spatial interlayer is being forced to reveal itself!

Yuri rubbed her eyes, staring at the scene before her in disbelief. An Jing wasn't leading her on a real road, but rather along...
The spatial trajectories traced back from the purified black mist particles!
"Stay close." An Jing suddenly turned around, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Since they prefer to dwell in the night, then let them remain in the night forever."

"Incredible!" Yuri's mouth dropped open, and he was stunned for a long time. Even Nan was stunned, and even felt a chill run down his spine!
As night falls, the surrounding environment seems to transform.

The city of terror was completely transformed under the cover of night. The once dilapidated streets were now brand new, and bustling crowds moved through the neon lights. Even the church spires were adorned with festive red lanterns.

Even more strangely, none of the "pedestrians" cast shadows, but the lanterns they carried cast shadows.
It flickered with purple flames just like those of creatures from beyond the realm!

The faces of those "pedestrians" were constantly changing: one moment a laughing child, the next a rotting corpse. The entire city seemed shrouded in a transparent veil, and beneath that veil—

"Fuck!"

An Jing's trident casually swept across a roadside stall. The sugar figurine lifted by the trident tip melted instantly, revealing writhing black tentacles inside. All the pedestrians froze, turning to look at the three in unison. Tens of thousands of faces mirrored each other, displaying the same expression:
A sinister laugh.

"Only when night falls will the true face of the city of terror be revealed." An Jing put away the Chaos Trident and slowly walked towards the market.

Yuri quickly followed, glancing back furtively, only to find that all the "pedestrians" on the street had taken three steps back in unison.

It wasn't out of awe, but because countless purple tentacles were emerging from the shadows beneath their feet, cowering fearfully back into the darkness.

“These strange creatures seem different from the ones I first encountered; they don’t seem to have any fighting ability,” Yuri wondered.

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