Zhou Qingfeng re-lit a torch to illuminate the prison hall.

Under the firelight, the white ghost looked dull, no longer the fierce appearance it had just been. After being critted by the archer golem, its momentum was greatly reduced, and the offering of the soul contract made it lose its ability to resist.

But Zhou Qingfeng didn't plan to sign a soul contract with a half-demon. Although after signing the contract, he will get no small benefits. But no one who is tied to a demon will end well - even if the other party is a half-demon, it is very dangerous.

The most common thing a demon slave does is to devour his master.

According to the Abyssal Horse, its condition is not far from what Ciric guessed. The elves of Silver Leaf City captured a large number of demonic minions in the war against the demons, most of whom were directly executed, and a few were imprisoned for study.

"Study what?" Zhou Qingfeng held the torch and asked curiously.

The Abyss Demon Horse snorted and said, "Study how to fight the demons." We captives are test subjects, to train a new generation of elven warriors. As a result, they retreated when they found that they could not win, but left us buried alive in prison.

Over the past few decades, I have prayed countless times that someone would come to my rescue. I'm just a half-demon, I don't do anything evil. The war is over, why can't you let me go?

But my prayer was not answered, and I was angry, angry, and angry, and ....... irascient, and I swore that if anyone dared to save me, I would devour him.

Master, you fell through that hole above, and I noticed it, and I waited for you to come down. But I didn't expect you to bring an elven golem, this thing is quite powerful. Therefore I would like to serve you as Lord. ”

After the abyss demon horse finished speaking, he wilted and drooped, lost his temper, and looked very well-behaved.

Zhou Qingfeng now seriously suspects that it is Ciric who is cheating on himself, but he has no choice. He and the mad god are using each other, and it is no wonder that they are not cheated - they can only make a few more notes in the small book.

What about the contract?

"I don't sign a soul contract with you." Zhou Qingfeng modified the contract offered by the Abyss Demon Horse, "But I can sign an employment contract with you." ”

"Employment contract?" The Ghost of the Magic Horse retrieved the soul fragment he had given away and carefully read the revised terms on it. It was surprised to find that Zhou Qingfeng gave up becoming his absolute master, and instead hired a relatively equal master.

The advantage of such a change is that the relationship between the master and the servant is not so close, and Zhou Qingfeng reserves the right to dismiss the other party at any time.

"But master, you won't be able to enjoy the enhancement brought by the soul contract." The Magic Horse Ghost said. Its bloodline comes from the Abyssal Nightmare, and its form is that of a large, strong, dark black horse.

Flames enveloped Nightmare's iron hooves, negative energy erupted from its nostrils, and an aura of fear surrounded it. Any enemy who looks at it will be subjected to a psychic shock, and if it can't resist it, it will eat away at the soul.

This terrifying monster is rarely allowed to be ridden, and only the most powerful evil beings can use it as a mount.

As a descendant of the 'Nightmare', signing a soul contract with the Abyss Demon Horse can enjoy the attribute bonus of strength, allowing Zhou Qingfeng to wrestle with the barbarians. But he refused without hesitation, "Do you sign it or not?" ”

The employment contract stipulates that the magic horse cannot attack Zhou Qingfeng and his allies, cannot betray, and obeys orders. As for the rights and obligations, the contractual provisions are quite detailed. The benefit it gets is to escape from the elven prison, and don't think about flesh and soul or anything.

The employment period is only two years, and it is up to both parties to renew the contract upon expiration.

The Abyss Demon Horse didn't expect Zhou Qingfeng's vigilance to be so strong. But it had no choice but to accept the contract and hand over its soul fragments again.

"Since you are a horse, and your bloodline comes from 'Nightmare', you should run fast if you want to run, so I will call you 'Swift Shadow' in the future."

The Abyssal Demon Horse has no problem with that.

The contract was established, and Zhou Qingfeng immediately sensed his control over this half-demon. He breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the torch, and returned to the entrance of the dungeon.

The rusted bronze door was still blocked there, and there was no way to open it by normal means. However, a burst arrow from the archer golem still worked, directly shattering the door frame and making it crumble.

Zhou Qingfeng kicked the door of the cell until he knocked it down.

Behind the cell door is a pitch-black walkway that slopes downward. Narrow, dry, and extremely coarse. 'Swift Shadow' wanted to lead the way, but Zhou Qingfeng let the archer golem go down first, with instructions - don't be polite when you encounter any target with malicious intent, just bombard.

"There are only a few bones left down there except me, and there is no danger." 'Shadow' muttered.

"What bones?"

"My bones, and the remains of other demonic minions. At that time, many of my own people were imprisoned at the bottom, but I was the only one who managed to transform into a ghost. Everything else dissipated. The master went down and took a look and understood. ”

The archer golem slipped around and came back unharmed. So Zhou Qingfeng went down with a torch, stepped on the stone steps, listened to the monotonous echo, and walked along the spiral walkway to the underground prison.

This underground space is filled with free negative energy, which makes it even more cold and biting. Zhou Qingfeng held the torch high and moved his steps carefully. In front of him were seven or eight dark cells, with the remains of monsters locked up behind arm-thick iron bars.

"It's a hunting spider." Shadow explained in front of a cell, "It's a scout of the demon army, skilled in stealth, concealment, and assassination. The elves hated it so much that they experimented with it in many ways before dismembering it. ”

The first cell contained a massive spider that had been dismantled in pieces, its bones covered with the marks of weapon slashing and arcane bombardment. Every part of it has been dismantled, studied, and completely destroyed.

"Is there any use for its remains?" Zhou Qingfeng only cares about this.

"Its bones can still be sold for some money." 'Shadow' said, "There may be wizards who will be interested. ”

Looking at the dismantled spider skeleton, Zhou Qingfeng sighed a few times, "Wizard? I know an apprentice wizard. Maybe you can knock him off. ”

In the second cell, there was a minotaur, the skeleton of which was soft and turned to ashes. 'Shadow' said that this thing used to be the main infantry force of the Demon Servant Army, fearless of life and death, not afraid of pain, and relatively easy to command.

Elven wizards experimented with a lot of arcane magic on the Minotaur, causing their souls to dissipate directly after death, and even their bones could not be retained. Uncle Zhou pointed to the flying ashes on the ground through the fence of the cell and asked, "Is the ashes of the minotaur any use?" ”

"Maybe the witch doctor will like it." Shadow shook his head, "Actually, I don't quite understand. ”

The third and fourth cells were empty, and the fifth was locked up in the 'Shadow'. Zhou Qingfeng saw the bones left behind after his death, which was an extremely tall horse-like monster.

It was a man tall and had thick bones and bone spurs all over its body. Transformed into a ghost, the 'Swift Shadow' returned to his bones, his hollow eyes glowing red, his jaws open, and his fangs exposed, making his head particularly hideous.

"Master, please remove the shackles that bind me. I'll go with you. "Shadow lifted its hooves, its boneless thighs bound by four thick chains, restricting its movement. Because of this, it has been held here for more than fifty years.

The four chains are unusual, they were specially created by the elves to imprison demons. The Shadow was helpless against them.

Zhou Qingfeng stood outside the cell, pleased with the appearance of his new mount. He instructed the Golem archers to blast through the bars of the cell, and then to blast the chains off the walls of the cell.

As for the chain itself, it can only be wrapped around the bone leg of the 'Shadow' for the time being, and I will find a way to remove it when I get back. However, after the chains were broken, some kind of prohibition imposed on them was also broken, and the negative energy that was free in the entire dungeon was converging towards the 'Shadow'.

The freed Abyss Demon Horse immediately roared, and the gathered negative energy tumbled and overflowed from its body. It stomped on the ground with all four hooves, slamming the floor of the cell, and then slammed its head down against the iron bars of the cell.

The arm-thick iron fence couldn't resist its charged impact and bent rapidly. One of them was even pierced by the sharp spike on its forehead, piercing it directly. It slammed it a few more times, rumbling and shaking the entire dungeon.

This abyss demon horse only has a skeleton left, but after it gets out of trouble, it absorbs a large amount of negative energy from the prison, quickly recovers its strength, and faintly loses control. "Stop, do you want to rebel?" Zhou Qingfeng manipulated the soul fragments and forcibly ordered the 'Swift Shadow' to calm down.

The red light in the eyes of the 'Swift Shadow' was sheng, and he glared at Zhou Qingfeng with extremely hateful eyes. It kept stomping on the ground with its hooves, its nostrils spewing out a rich flow of negative energy, and the spikes on the top of its head shone with black light, as if it was about to rush over and kill its owner.

"I'll tell you to stop." Zhou Qingfeng quickly analyzed the soul fragments of the 'Rapid Shadow' in his mind and grabbed the supreme control authority. After a few breaths, the skeleton war horse suddenly let out a mournful roar, its front hooves became weak, and it knelt down directly.

"Put away your negative energy, and don't use it on me in the future." Zhou Qingfeng ordered.

Swift Shadow is using negative energy to refine the chains that bind its hooves, and those chains have some kind of arcane pattern attached to them, all the while fighting the erosion of negative energy.

But these prohibitions that controlled the 'Rapid Shadow' were destroyed by Zhou Qingfeng, and under the erosion of negative energy, they became like scrap iron in a steelmaking furnace, gradually red-hot, and even liquefied.

'Shadow' manipulated the liquefied metal to cover his bones, strengthening his defenses against several key points. After more than a dozen breaths, its body turned into a mixture of metal and bone, and its appearance became even more brutal and terrifying.

After completing its self-evolution, this abyssal demon horse became a little more honest. It walked to Zhou Qingfeng's side and rubbed against each other, pleasing its master.

Zhou Qingfeng was too lazy to talk nonsense, and he continued to walk to the cell in the back. Some were empty, others were locked up with a skeleton. The last room was a little different, with a translucent drop of water floating in the cell.

"What is this?"

"There was originally a demonic spirit imprisoned here. After the elves evacuated the Black Forest, I had to talk to them every day. But as we chatted, it suddenly blew itself up, leaving this thing behind. I don't know what it is, it's useless to me anyway. ”

When Zhou Qingfeng looked at this translucent water droplet, the water drop floated over and took the initiative to approach him. A virtual panel pops up and says "Discover the essence of life, which can be used to level up."