Chapter 721: Apocalypse awakens

Cairo, Egypt.

Cairo is one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the few ancient cities today that has suffered the least damage from war. Through continuous construction and expansion, it has become a great city where the ancient and modern coexist and shine upon each other.

Somewhere, underground.

Dark and lightless, with thin oxygen, the messy rubble and ruined walls of buildings are permeated with an ancient, decaying aura.

This is a pyramid ruin buried due to a collapse!

Many, many, many, many years ago, in the First Dynasty of Egypt, there was an abandoned infant with unknown parents, born with gray skin and blue lips, who was adopted by a group of wanderers in the desert.

The leader who adopted him had heard a prophecy and believed he possessed the ability to overthrow the Pharaoh and become the ruler, so he named him En Sabah Nur.

It also carries the meaning of "the first"!

Later, the prophecy came true, and he led the Four Horsemen to become the ruler of humanity: Apocalypse!

Apocalypse can change bodies through a ritual and gain the abilities of that body.

Countless times over countless ages, these countless replacements have given him countless powerful mutant abilities.

Later still, the humans who resisted him destroyed the pyramid while he was changing bodies.

The ritual was disrupted, the Four Horsemen died, and Apocalypse fell into a long slumber.

To this day, he still sleeps in these dark underground ruins.

According to the normal trajectory of development, he would only awaken from his slumber twenty-one years later, when Moira MacTaggert investigates a group of believers who worship Apocalypse.

Su Quan danced his fingers lightly, and the suddenly ignited light made the underground ruins as bright as day. His gaze pierced through layers of compressed stone slabs and saw Apocalypse in his slumber.

"In the comics, the Pharaoh whom Apocalypse was prophesied to overthrow was a time traveler from the 30th century, Kang the Conqueror!"

"He knew of Apocalypse's potential and wanted to control him, but he was forced to leave this era before he could succeed."

"I wonder if the Pharaoh you were originally going to overthrow was him..."

Su Quan looked at Apocalypse sleeping deep within the stone slabs and converted the energy in his body into sunlight, casting it onto the pattern-filled slabs.

Golden light lit up on the slabs, following the winding and rugged patterns, rapidly surging underground.

Golden energy tentacles extended from the slabs, connecting to the slab where Apocalypse lay.

After many years, the interrupted ritual was restarted. Apocalypse, in his slumber, took a sharp breath and opened his eyes.

The dark and cramped environment made Apocalypse, who was unable to move, recall what had happened.

He opened his hands, which trembled slightly.

A ball of purple light lit up around him; this was one of his mutant abilities: teleportation!

"Whoosh—"

Just as the purple light was causing the nearby stone slabs and rubble to levitate, a golden light appeared beneath him.

Immediately after...

A sense of weightlessness arrived, and Apocalypse fell heavily to the ground.

The blinding sunlight made Apocalypse pause slightly; this was not his method of teleportation, nor was it the location he intended to teleport to.

Someone had teleported him away in advance just as his teleportation was about to activate!

The unknown accident did not make Apocalypse feel panicked; his powerful strength gave him the capital to remain calm.

He stood up slowly, and amidst the yellow sand, he saw a man who was sizing him up.

"Child, who rules this world now?" Apocalypse's voice was somewhat hoarse, and the language he used was very ancient.

"Hum!"

Psychic power invaded Apocalypse's mind. Apocalypse paused slightly, a look of amazement appearing in his eyes.

"Child, your talent is very outstanding."

Most mutants only possess one ability; rarely do they have more than two.

Teleportation, psychic ability—the talent the other party displayed was indeed worthy of praise.

"Child? You old guy really dares to call me that. Have you slept too long and become muddled?" Su Quan curled his lips and glanced at the dropped reward. ===== CHAPTER 723 =====