"I'm glad you're all here, but I have some unfortunate news to share with you." Councilman Zhu said expressionlessly.
While saying this, he walked toward the edge of the hall in his tall black boots and stood by the railing with the carvings of dragons and phoenixes.
He paused for a moment, leaving the crowd with a dispirited look.
"A Dark Abyss has appeared thirty kilometers to the north!" Councilman Zhu Meng finally blurted out the rest of the information.
Councilman Zhu Meng let out a sigh when he mentioned the Dark Abyss, as if he was not willing to mention it himself.
"Dark Abyss?"
"Why would something like this appear so close to the city? Is there a mistake?" a Hunter Magician asked loudly.
"My Heavens, it's only thirty kilometers away. Are we seriously going to face an invasion of the undead!?" exclaimed a middle-aged Magician.
Mofan scanned his surroundings and saw everyone's expression changing. It went without saying that he had no idea what a Dark Abyss was, since he was from another city. He could only ask the leader, Zhong Zishan, with a confused look.
"What's a Dark Abyss? Why are these people panicking when they hear it?" asked Mofan.
It took Zhong Zishan a while to collect his thoughts. It was obvious that he was having a hard time believing it, just like the people around him.
"Do you know what I first thought was the scariest thing in the world?" Zhong Zishan asked Mofan in return.
"What?" replied Mofan.
"It was a Commander-level undead that bit off one of my arms and almost killed me …" Zhong Zishan's lips twitched bitterly as he continued, "However, I don't think so anymore after seeing the Dark Abyss.
Zhong Zishan recalled the past. The scene was still vivid in his mind, so much so that his eyes were bloodshot from fear!
"The Dark Abyss is also known as the Hell Boiler with the dirt covering it removed. You can clearly see the scenery of Hell when you stand on the Dark Abyss. Hundreds of demons uttered furious cries, thousands of corpses gnawing at anything that moved, including themselves. Thousands of demons extended their claws, waiting for blood to pour onto them … Unfortunately, not long after I became a Hunter, I saw the smallest Dark Abyss. My friend who grew up with me fell into it. I watched him fall into it, and watched him being devoured by thousands of demon hands. I watched the demon corpses crawling onto his body and forming a giant ball of corpses. I was sure that going to Hell was the worst punishment and curse for the dead, so falling into the Dark Abyss was definitely on the same level. I couldn't help but feel relieved that I was still alive. I just prayed that I wouldn't fall into it."
Mofan could feel his hair standing on end when he heard Zhong Zishan's description!
"The Dark Abyss is a portal to Hell. If it were there, it wouldn't be as scary as everyone described it to be, but it also has a terrifying characteristic," added Mubai.
"What characteristic?" asked Mofan.
"Apart from its ability to devour everything, it also has the ability to predict the space around it," said Mubai.
"What do you mean by controlling the unknown?"
"It means that you have no idea where it will appear, and where it will appear in the next second!" said Zhong Zishan.
"What … what's going on?" Mo Fan's eyes widened as he listened.
Mofan could understand the theory behind the Dark Abyss being a crater filled with undead. It was reasonable for the Dark Abyss to devour everything around it. However, it was unbelievable that the Dark Abyss was able to drift through space. It didn't make any sense at all!
"When the aura of hatred reaches a certain level, even the space around it will be overwhelmed. As such, when the space is twisted and shattered, the Dark Abyss will travel through space. As for how it can travel through space, we still have no clue. Not many people have ever walked out of the Dark Abyss alive. Even a Forbidden Mage might die in the furnace of Hell," said a deep voice. The person speaking was none other than Councilman Zhu Meng, whose face was filled with sorrow.
"The energy is so strong that it can affect space …" Mofan fell into deep thought after hearing the words.
It was Mofan's first time hearing about the concept of space. However, since the Space Element existed, it implied that it was possible for the Dark Abyss to drift through space.
He did not expect the Land of the Undead to have a Dark Abyss that could not be explained by magic. On second thought, there were a lot of things that science could not explain in his previous world, too …
"If the Dark Abyss is an unpredictable space, why are you worried? Are you worried that the Dark Abyss will expand to eight kilometers and devour this place too? Are you kidding me? "said Mofan.
"It's impossible for it to expand to thirty kilometers. That way, it won't be the entrance to Hell, but the last time the Dark Abyss appeared …" said Zhong Zishan.
"That's right, the last time the Dark Abyss appeared, it was around a hundred kilometers away from this city." Councilman Zhu Meng heard the conversation between the people standing at the front. He turned around and continued, "As a matter of fact, around half a year ago, the Dark Abyss appeared in a valley around six hundred kilometers away from here. It was quite far away, and it was close to the Drifting Sand River, so not many people knew about its appearance."
Mofan was startled. He immediately asked Councilman Zhu Meng for the exact time.
"It was on that day!" Mofan was astounded.
Around half a year ago, Mofan was at the North Burning Valley to the northwest of the Drifting Sand River.
The appearance of the Fire Calamity had cleansed the Burning Valley once again, but at the same time, the Drifting Sand River became restless!
Initially, everyone thought it was the side effect of the Fire Calamity. However, as a Psychic Magician, Xinxia was confident that the Fire Calamity was not the cause of the Drifting Sand River's restlessness!
It turned out to be the Dark Abyss, the furnace of Hell!
The day the Dark Abyss appeared at the western end of the Drifting Sand River was the day Mofan and the others went to the Drifting Sand River in the North Burning Valley!
How terrifying was the Drifting Sand River? No one knew how many White Sand Demons were buried under the fine white sand. Mo Fan's heart skipped a beat when he realized that the tiny Dark Abyss had caused the Drifting Sand River, which was almost half a province long, to become restless!
"So the second time it appeared …" asked Mofan.
"Three months ago, at Xianchi. Unfortunately, my student happened to be there." At the top of the stairs, a Battlemage wearing a black cloak slowly walked over, his gaze fixed on Mo Fan.
"You are?" Mofan was confused when he saw the man looking at him.
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