Chapter 8 The atmosphere has been set up to this point (Reupdate)

Hazy clouds enveloped the city, and huge lead-gray clouds covered the sky. Gothic-style buildings rose from the ground, forming a continuous outline under the haze, as if shrouded by dark magic. The iron-like gray air filled the entire city, as if slowly engulfing the tired and fallen soul.

This is Gotham, a city that is always dark even in the daytime.

Shen You changed into night clothes and followed the direction marked on his bracelet, arriving at a dark and dirty alley.

Sewage overflowed into the streets, and the fragile windows were covered in thick dust that looked like an eon of accumulation. Even the lights at the alley entrances seemed dim and bleak.

A dead end.

Shen You stopped in front of the alley and confirmed the coordinates again. The marked location was indeed here, and he had not found the wrong place.

"I'd get out of there if I were you, kid."

An old voice sounded behind him. Shen You turned around and saw an old man appear at the alley behind him.

With a skinny body and a dirty coat, he stood there as if blending into the shadows. His face was thin and old, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to silently tell of his weathered past. His deeply hooked nose was covered with traces of erosion by time.

On the surface, he looked like a homeless man, but he exuded an indescribable aura of majesty.

"Get out of here, now."

The old man said sternly, his tone sounding more like an order than a request.

"Leave now while you still can, kid. Otherwise."

Before he could finish his words, a strange laugh of "hehehehe" echoed from the shadows.

"Oh hell," the old man frowned, "it's too late."

I saw the shadow at the entrance of the alley surging like fluid, and soon it rose up to form a strange black shadow.

The creature had a human-like body, but it had a huge black-green carapace on its back, covered with dense thorns. Its fluorite-like eyes flickered in the darkness, and its legs and feet were like hundreds of slender silver tentacles, which was chilling.

"A demon, a lackey of the dark arts." The old man snorted disdainfully, "Since when did a nobody like you dare to confront me?"

"Since you're too weak to even sit on the Rock of Eternity, old man."

The evil spirit laughed strangely twice.

"For nine thousand years, you've been getting older and weaker every day. Finally, you're not as good at fighting now? Old man?"

Wow, he's nine thousand years old, even older than me, an Ultraman. Shen You thought.

The Rock of Eternity, the wizard. He seemed to have guessed it vaguely.

This old man is probably the old wizard in the movie "Shazam!" who gave Batson seven divine powers, the first generation Shazam.

This old guy is really a big shot, he is the best wizard in the world. In the original novel and the movie, he is too old, so he searches the world for an heir who meets his requirements and has the purest heart to take over his power.

It's basically an American comic magic version of the traditional fairy tale of "a master is about to die and is in a hurry to find a disciple to give him 9,000 years of cultivation for free."

The wizard snorted in a deep voice: "I may be old, but I am still the guardian of the Eternal Rock, the commander of all magic in the world, and the suppressor of ancient monsters!

Who are you to dare to come and fight against me? Get out of here!"

With a loud shout, the wizard raised his right hand, and light and electricity suddenly appeared in his palm!

It was as if he had caught the real thunder in his hand and threw it like a piercing javelin. The golden lightning illuminated the entire alley in an instant, and all the darkness was dispelled, just like Zeus throwing lightning from the top of Olympus, or like Odin riding an eight-legged horse and throwing his eternal spear!

And

then nothing happened.

Lightning struck the monster, probably creating a "HP-1" effect.

Even Shen You was silent when he saw this.

It turns out that although the special effects look so brilliant, the output is actually almost non-

existent. The opponent was unharmed, but the wizard bent his knees and half-knelt on the ground as if his kidneys were hollowed out.

"I'm too weak," he gasped, "I've defeated ancient demons and suppressed countless disasters. I never thought I would end up like this."

"Hahahaha, I told you, your time is over, old man. The Rock of Eternity is already in our possession, and by then all magic in the world will be controlled by us!"

"Don't even think about it!"

The old man stood up stubbornly, and his skinny body revealed a tenacity that was different from his image, like a green bamboo that refused to break in the wind.

He took a deep breath and used his body to block Shen You.

"Go away, young man, stay away from this place." He said with difficulty, "I may be old, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. It's not easy for a mere demon to take me down.

You take advantage of the opportunity. Woohoo! "

As he spoke, he vomited another mouthful of blood.

Shen You: "."

No wonder the old man was so anxious to find an heir, he must be dying soon. But then again, he was still just a mortal, and his life was extended to over 9,000 years by the power of Shazam, which was already amazing enough, and he should have died long ago.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said stubbornly: "I have protected this world for nine thousand years. Even if my fate ends here, I will never regret it.

Even if you step over my corpse, you will find that this world will always have its protectors. Today, I will use the blood of the wizard Shazam to make you evil spirits understand.

However, the old wizard was unable to finish his words.

Just as he said this, a burst of strong light suddenly burst out from the direction he was protecting with his body.

Shining in the sky, tearing apart the darkness.

Specium Rays!

The demon spirit was also stunned for a moment.

It had not expected this attack at all, or even if it had expected it, it would have been powerless to stop it.

The beam of light that was coming towards him contained great terror!

It was just a low-level demon spirit, and had never seen such an exaggerated battle in its entire life. It could hardly imagine what level of magic could match such power.

MDs are all liars! What happened to the old wizard who was still alive that anyone could step on him? Where did this monster come from?

A thought flashed through its mind at the last moment of its death.

The world is so scary, I want to go back to hell.

Then I will be filled with light.

As the shot landed, the light from the star points dissipated, leaving behind radiant traces of ionization in the air, and electric snakes flickered and jumped.

Shen You retracted his right hand, and the light energy hand cannon on his arm automatically deformed and folded, shrinking and returning to the bracelet.

Another wonderful use of the bracelet is the four-dimensional storage box. Just like the glasses used by Zero to transform are hidden in the bracelet, Shen You's bracelet also has a storage function.

Shen You turned to look at the old wizard: "What did you want to say just now?"

The old wizard opened his mouth halfway through his impassioned speech, but swallowed back the rest of his fiery and tear-jerking words.

The atmosphere was set at this point, but in the end he didn't die and the opponent was killed instantly.

There was a sense of awkwardness in the air for a moment.