After Its corruption of the Black Fog reached a certain point, It began madly absorbing the Black Fog, as if trying to replenish Its missing energy.
Xu Zhi vaguely sensed that perhaps this thing had planned from the beginning to gather the Black Fog in Cloud City partly so It could replenish Its energy more easily.
The speed at which It absorbed energy was visibly astonishing. The Black Fog surrounding It, which had originally been enough to block out Cloud City's light, now seemed to form a massive vortex. Centered on It, it spun rapidly and dwindled.
The corner of Xu Zhi's eye twitched at the sight. Was she seriously supposed to fight a monster like this next?
How could that possibly be done?
When this thought surfaced in Xu Zhi's mind, she did not feel despair. Instead, she wondered what exactly the Narrator meant by [Opportunity], and how it could reduce such a powerful being to a state where she stood a chance of fighting It.
Soon, she saw the shadow of [Opportunity].
Midnight manifesting in Cloud City was no easy matter. As Midnight's image gradually solidified within Cloud City, every eye on Its massive body continuously shed filthy blood. Some eyeballs even seemed unable to withstand the pressure, bursting one after another and turning into chunks of flesh that rolled down Its body.
Although Its body did not tremble in the slightest, Xu Zhi could clearly hear countless "wails" and "cries of pain" beside her ears.
These "eyeballs" seemed to be bearing some sort of torment in Its place. Their shrill screams rang without end, and intense mental contamination followed those screams, wave after wave flooding into Xu Zhi's mind.
Frowning in discomfort, she wanted to cover her ears, but she knew this mental contamination could not be