A three-second Third Ring verification trial! A life-or-death crisis! The terrifying Zodiac Challenge!

Locke picked up the colorful magic ball, which was about the size of a billiard ball. A voice sounded in his ear. "Dragon, just smash this magic ball."

Locke picked up the ball and slammed it onto the desk. It bounced a few times across the surface, then rolled back to his fingers.

"Do I need to hit it harder?" Locke picked up the magic billiard ball and hurled it against the desk. In an instant, cracks spread across its surface. Colorful magic pressure billowed out and wound around him, engulfing the entire office.

When the colorful magic pressure vanished, Locke disappeared along with its light.

The next moment, Locke opened his eyes, and dazzling sunlight pierced them.

He found himself sitting atop a sunflower as large as a house, surrounded by towering corn plants the size of mountains.

"This world..."

Locke grew serious. He was wearing the Crocodile Mask, and black magic pressure wreathed his entire body. It resembled liquid, yet drifted upward like gas after winding around his limbs.

Beyond this sunny field stood a manor. Strangely, the plants over there were normal. Many peasants, lords, and knights seemed to live there. Under the bright sunlight, the peasants watered and fertilized the strips of land they tended, while a knightly lord swung his knight's sword in a training yard within the manor.

A farmer's child carrying a hoe passed the training yard and raised his left hand to greet the lord.

"Morning, Lord Luke."

The lord looked at the child with a warm smile. "Yes, good morning."

Meanwhile, Locke looked up at the sky of this world and saw the projection of a witch. She had no eyebrows, and her eyes had no pupils, only whites. Her long, purplish-black hair danced through the air. Raising her hand, she