Layton woke up suddenly, rubbing his still aching head with his hand. Looking up, he was in a dark dungeon.

A thin layer of black mist shrouded his body, like a shackle that was firmly trapped and immobilized. The only relic left by the old man, the dry tobacco stick, was on his waist at the moment, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of grief again.

At this time, Layton noticed that there were shadowy shadows around him, and he couldn't see too clearly in the dark. After careful observation, through the faint light, he found that it was some teenagers of his age, most of whom were dull-eyed, trapped in the black fog.

Leighton called out to them, but received no response.

At this moment, the door of the dungeon opened, and a dark warrior entered. The boys retreated in horror as if they had seen an evil spirit.

The Dark Warrior stared at the men indifferently, then led Layton and some of the teenagers out of the dungeon and towards an empty hall.

In the center of the main hall is a huge bluestone altar, surrounded by four stout black stone pillars, each carved with strange beasts. Layton recognized that one of them resembled a legendary dragon.

Above the bluestone platform was a broken black stele, tightly locked by four icy chains that shimmered with starlight.

Layton stared at the carved dragon on the stone pillar, and had a feeling that the dragon seemed to be a living thing, as if it was also looking at him, more precisely, looking at the dragon-shaped jade pendant on Layton's chest, and his body inexplicably felt a sad aura of the twilight of the trapped beast.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, looked over again, and saw that the dragon was just a carving on a black stone pillar. Shook his head and put aside these chaotic feelings.

Above the bluestone platform, a cyan magic shield was sealed, and a black stone tablet hung in the air, and there was constantly dead air floating out of the black stone tablet, but it was firmly gathered within the range of the bluestone platform magic shield.

There were ten black-robed mages standing outside the altar, chanting incantations and constantly blessing their magic power into the shield of the bluestone platform.

In front of the altar stood a man wearing a red grimace mask, followed by several dark warriors.

Seeing the dark warrior, Layton couldn't help but think of the old man's tragic death, clenched his fists, his eyes widened, and he stared viciously.

As if sensing Layton's gaze, the Grimace Masked Man turned his head to look at Layton, snorted coldly, and a black lightning bolt flashed in the Grimace Masked Man's pupils.

It was as if Layton had seen the most evil thing in the world, and a bolt of lightning struck his soul, howling in pain as if it had been torn apart.

"Ahh

After a while, Layton finally felt better, but he didn't take it lightly to look at the Grimace Mask Man.

The Ghostface Mask Man cast a number of elaborate spells on everyone one by one, including Layton. A dark purple mark imprinted on his body, as if something had penetrated into his bloodstream.

After casting these spells, the Grimace Mask Man seemed to be a little weak and unsteady on his feet.

At this time, the Dark Warrior brought one of the teenagers to the bluestone platform.

The Ghostface Mask Man began to chant incantations loudly, and Layton noticed a large black phantom rising from behind the Ghostface Maskete, with several large tentacles dancing wildly.

A gap was opened from the bluestone platform shield, and the dead air emitted by the black stone tablet poured into the young man's body frantically as if he had found prey.

The boy suffered a great pain, let out a series of terrible wails, the dead air spread all over his body, his body dried up and down, and his life passed quickly.

Eventually, the boy's voice gradually weakened, like burned firewood, burning out the last fire of life, and fell heavily to the ground.

When other teenagers saw this kind of scene, they were already stunned, and even worse, they passed out directly.

Suddenly, the entire altar hall was as silent as death, and the sound of breathing and pounding heartbeats could be heard.

At this time, Layton found that the young man's body shook slightly, and suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a faint green flame in his eye socket. Slowly got up from the ground and let out a low roar.

Hearing this, Layton remembered that it was no different from the voice of the dark warrior of that day. When the boy stood up again, two ghostly fires burned in his skull, announcing that the boy was no longer human.

I saw the young man slowly walk to the feet of the ghost-faced masked man, kneel on one knee, and say, "Meet the master." ”

The grimace mask figure was very satisfied with the success of this sacrificial ceremony, and with a wave of his hand, a set of horn armor appeared from the air and put it on the boy's body with the wind.

"Perfect, you have successfully passed the Dark Necromancy Ritual, and from today you are a Dark Knight, forever loyal to me. The grimace-masked man's soft and hoarse voice sounded, and it was difficult to hear the men and women, but it made people feel in a trance for a moment.

"Yes, master. ”

The boy then slowly stood up behind the Grimace Mask Man.

Layton had understood at this moment that I was afraid that all those present would face such a fate.

Then another teenager with a glazed gaze as if he had been scared out of his soul, and finally failed to pass the Dark Necromancy Ritual, and was reduced to a pile of dry ashes under the corrosion of the dead air.

A group of people trembled like lambs to the slaughter, quietly waiting for fate to come under the watchful eye of the dark warriors.

Finally, it was Layton's turn to be the last one.

Layton couldn't move at the moment, and could only watch as the terrifying death qi entered his body inch by inch like a poisonous snake.

Layton could clearly feel that wherever the dead qi passed, all the flesh and blood in his body withered, and the life force was quickly devoured.

The pain from the passage of life was constantly tormenting, and his soul had gradually been corroded.

Layton fell to the ground, bearing all this with a sense of nothingness.

"Is this the end of my life? No, I still have the old man's revenge unavenged, how can I fall now. Leighton's will was rising in defiance.

At this moment, an earth-shattering roar of a giant beast was faintly heard in the distance.

Immediately after that, from the ceiling of the dungeon hall, with a huge bombardment sound, a huge beast claw covered with purple gold hair pierced through the dungeon hall. The entire bluestone altar was shrouded in the claws of the beast, and countless thunderbolts burst out and smashed into the black stone tablet.

The Grimace Masked Man shouted angrily, "Bold." With a wave of his right hand, he summoned a dark purple magic wand and quickly recited the incantation. A black phantom appeared from behind him, reaching out in the distance to wrap its tentacles around the beast's claws.

The beast only had time to scream before retracting its claws. The claws of the purple-haired giant beast were instantly corroded, leaving a pitch-black wound that lingered around the wound and did not disperse, preventing the wound from healing.

Probably the purple gold-haired giant beast didn't expect that under its hard blow, the bluestone platform altar didn't move at all, only the four cold starry sky chains kept shaking and loosening.

The black-robed mages around him didn't have time to dodge, and under the pressure of the beast's claws, they were crushed alive, and the bluestone altar immediately lost the magic shield seal.

At this moment, no one noticed that Leighton was still alive and was struggling to make a final battle against the death qi in his body.

The Ghost-Face Mask Man instructed the Dark Warrior behind him, "Hold the Four Beast Sealing Table, and go and lure it away." As soon as he finished speaking, a huge black bird flew out of nowhere to carry him, through the big hole in the dungeon hall, and rose into the sky.

Several dark warriors behind him quickly stood in front of the altar of the bluestone platform and stood guard in a circle.

Outside the main hall, there were earth-shattering roars and spell explosions from time to time. The voice grew farther and farther away, and it seemed that the Grimace Mask Man had succeeded in luring the purple-gold-haired beast away.

The dungeon hall was still shaking and shaking, and the rubble from the ceiling fell from time to time. The black stone tablet under the sealing table of the four beasts continued to impact the seal of the starry sky chain for some reason.

Several dark warriors stared at the black stone tablet on the altar of the bluestone platform with worried expressions.

One, two, three......

With a crisp cracking sound, the black stone tablet successfully broke through the sealing platform of the four beasts, humming in the air.

A group of dark warriors looked at each other, bewildered. One of them reached out to grab it, but instead seemed to provoke it. A black light flashed, and all the dark warriors around them fell straight to the ground, and the soul fire in their horn armor had long since been extinguished.

The black stele was still silently suspended in the air, as if it had absorbed some of the soul fire and appeared more condensed.

"Success or failure is here, fast, now. On the altar of the bluestone platform, a weak voice came.

Four stone beasts carved from four black stone pillars on the altar, three of which opened their eyes at the same time. In an instant, three huge beams of light, black, white, and red shot up into the sky, causing the heavens and the earth to change color in an instant, and the wind and clouds surged.

The grimace masked man in the distance saw this vision of heaven and earth, and said in his heart: "It's not good, the bluestone altar has changed." ”