From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 411 Demon Hunting

"So far, I have left the "footprints" of the three elements of wind, water, and earth in the "lower layer" of the God's Hometown. The only thing missing is the last element of fire, which will meet the key condition for promotion to the fifth level..."

Gilan rode on a wild goat, galloping through the dense forest. He looked thoughtful, thinking in his heart.

A strong breeze blew across his face, lifting the ends of his gradient hair.

'With the help of the meditation method "Flower Dream" and the improved secret medicine "Lava Balm", the strength of spiritual knowledge and spirituality can be achieved in a month at most.'

"We still need 2000 points of mysterious energy. Then, let "Banlan" deduce the fifth-order essence of the player's path..."

"This way, you can successfully advance to level 5!"

Jilan was planning in his mind and was looking forward to it.

Not long after.

He returned to the vicinity of the pool.

The caracal, which was more than two meters tall at the shoulder, slowly slowed down and finally stopped at the edge of the pool.

It ran all the way without even a breath, and still kept its ferocious mouth open, looking calm and composed.

Jilan turned over and patted the sheep's belly gently.

"What—"

To his surprise, the caracal's cry was completely different from its terrifying appearance. It sounded very docile and gentle, which formed a huge contrast.

Jilan couldn't help but chuckle and sent the wild sheep away.

The mount turned into a ball of green fire, which drifted away in the wind and disappeared without a trace.

"Ms. Ye Funi." Jilan took two steps forward and called out to the tranquil pond.

Soon, a streak of golden hair emerged from the water.

The fairy Ye Funi in the pond appeared again.

"Sir, you're back so soon?" she asked curiously.

"Yes." Jilan nodded. "I plan to use the entrance of the 'corridor' under your pool to enter it."

Ye Funi smiled and said:
"If you please, sir."

Jilan said no more, but held down his hat with one hand, held up the gray cane with the other, and jumped directly into the pond.

thump!
He sank completely into the water.

Water splashes everywhere.

The water was quite cold, but that was nothing to Gillan. He adjusted his position, head down, and swam to the bottom.

I didn't notice it when I was on the shore, but once I got into the water I discovered that the pool was actually very deep, at least dozens or even hundreds of meters.

As we dive deeper, the light gets dimmer.

Jilan used his clairvoyance to explore the way ahead.

But he was soon stunned.

Because within the range of his spiritual vision, he captured an extremely huge body.

It is over ten meters long and three or four meters wide. Its body is smooth green and covered with dazzling and strange patterns. It has four legs, webbed claws, and a long tail. It looks like a salamander that has been magnified countless times...

Ji Lan's heart trembled.

He expanded his spiritual vision, swept across the body of the "giant salamander", and looked up. Immediately, he was surprised to find that its head was connected to Ye Funi's upper body.

'So, this is the true face of the "Fairy in the Pond"...'

The image of a beautiful woman emerging from the water is just the "head" of this salamander monster!
Jilan withdrew his perception and couldn't help but sigh that everything in the "lower level" of the God's Land was indeed as absurd as the rumors.

He continued to swim toward the dark and cold bottom of the pool.

Not for a moment.

Gilan's vision revealed a rotten wooden door, standing in the mud at the bottom. Its door frame was intact, but covered with moss and algae, and the brass ball door handle still emitted a faint light.

'That should be the entrance to the Corridor.'

Jilan found the target and swam faster.

He came to the wooden door and reached out to grab the door handle.

Twist and push.

wow——

Suddenly, a vortex appeared from the crack of the door.

A powerful suction force pulled Jilan in directly.

After a dizzying moment, Jilan suddenly felt a strong wind with a rotten smell blowing towards him.

His body staggered forward a few steps uncontrollably before he finally stood firm.

pat!

Looking up, Jilan was surprised to see that he had come to a desolate plain.

Turned around and looked back.

The wooden door was still standing there, but it had closed by itself.

'It seems that Ye Funi did not lie to me...'

Jilan thought to himself and looked around.

As far as the eye can see, there is only yellow-brown land. The sky is dim, like a moldy gray curtain. In the distance, you can see a lot of jagged red rocks, scattered here and there.

There is no one here, not even a single lizard can be seen.

However, there were some huge skeletons as big as houses scattered everywhere. In particular, some of the skeletons were bent upwards and gathered in an arch shape, which clearly looked like the ribs of some giant creature.

There was dead silence all around.

The horizon in the distance looks like a canvas erased by an eraser, blurry, dirty, and full of illusions.

Gillan took a deep breath and smelled the rotten smell that permeated the environment.

He thought of some of the mystical knowledge taught by his teacher Pala.

There is actually a "transition zone" between the "lower level" and the "corridor" of the God's Homeland.

Compared to the "lower level", this area is more disorderly and dangerous. It is also where demons often appear.

"Vivi." Jilan touched the sapphire ring on the middle finger of his right hand and summoned his little familiar.

The enchanting little figure flapped its bat wings and flew to Jilan's shoulder.

"Eh." It looked around in surprise. "Master, this seems to be the 'border of hell'!"

"Borderland?" Gillan raised his eyebrows.

He was not unfamiliar with this place name.

The book that guided him on the "Path of the Fire Sword" at the beginning of the time travel was described in "The Secret Records of the Branding Iron" written by Sadeh Balbina.

The ceremony that summoned Vivi was called "The Temptation of Hell's Border".

"Have you been here?" Gillan asked.

"Hmm..." Weiwei was stunned for a moment, then answered. "It was here that Weiwei received the call of the master's ritual and went to the mortal world."

"I see." Jilan understood.

The demon summoning ritual doesn't seem to be able to communicate with hell directly, as it is interfered by some invisible force.

Only by leaving hell and coming to this transitional zone can one receive the call from the mortal world...

At this time, Weiwei looked into the distance and said:
"After losing her territory, Weiwei has been wandering in hell, from the 'Green Grassland' all the way across the 'Corridor' and 'Castle', and finally arrived at the 'Border Tribunal'."

"Because of my status as a noble, the Judge did not make things difficult for me and let me leave Hell... Then, I came here."

After Vivi's story, Gillan learned some information about hell.

Just as teacher Pala said, "Hell" does exist in the "Corridor", the hometown of God, but Vivi doesn't know this.

It doesn't even know what a "corridor" is.

In hell, there is a strict hierarchy.

The lord must be a noble, and the nobles are divided into different levels, and strength is a hard requirement.

Ordinary devils obeyed the lords and feared the nobles. The lower-ranking nobles obeyed the higher-ranking nobles.

The higher the power and status of the devil nobles, the larger their territory is and the deeper it is in hell. According to Weiwei, there are nine levels of hell. The first seven levels are inhabited by a large number of men, sons, and earls, while the eighth and ninth levels are the residences of marquises and grand dukes.

And Weiwei’s former territory was on the second floor.

Hearing this, Gillan couldn't help but think of "Dog Uncle" Schnauzer and "Fen Hou" Joe.

These two are both powerful men in hell.

Of course, the famous evil god "Lord Sulfur" cannot be missed.

According to legend, he is the king of hell, the source of all disasters, and the mortal enemy of "Noon Dawn" Omer.

"Weiwei, since you are familiar with this place, can you help me find the other demons wandering around here?"

Gilan asked the little familiar.

Weiwei nodded obediently and said:

"No problem, Master."

After saying that, it flew up from Jilan's shoulder and led the way in the air.

During the half year that Weiwei followed Jilan, she swallowed the evil sand of her own kind several times, and her strength improved a lot. She has grown from the original "Second Ring Baron" to the current "First Ring Viscount".

Even in hell, he is not considered a weakling.

Relying on her own uniqueness, she can sense the breath of her own kind.

Soon, Weiwei found the right direction.

"I smell the devil, Master, follow me."

Gillan nodded, held up his hat, picked up his cane, and hurried after him.

A man and his familiar traveled through the dead silent wasteland. After walking for several miles, Jilan saw four or five slender black figures from afar, sitting or standing beside a pile of red rocks, looking bored.

"Five demons..."

Jilan took a quick look and was quite disappointed.

Because in his opinion, these demons were weak and were not at the level of nobles or lords at all.

According to teacher Pala, the souls of ordinary demons are not strong enough and are not suitable as materials for the "philosopher's stone".

"Kill them all." Jilan said calmly.

"Yes, master!" Weiwei agreed, then flapped her wings and flew towards the five devils.

In the process, it was restored to its original appearance.

A sinister smile appeared on the beautiful face, the arrow tail swayed, caressing the sharp claws.

The five demons also discovered Jilan and Weiwei at the same time. They were startled at first, and then fled in all directions.

In the eyes of the demons, humans who could reach the border of hell were definitely not good people. And the one flying straight towards them was a demon viscount. The noble's natural sense of oppression made them instinctively feel fear.

However, Vivi's speed was several times faster than theirs. In just a few breaths, her sharp claws tore the devils into pieces.

The sharp arrow tail pierced the chest of the last demon, causing it to spontaneously combust into a handful of black sand in pain and wailing.

Soon.

Weiwei held the five-in-one "Sand of Evil" and flew directly to Jilan, asking for credit:

"Master, Weiwei killed them all."

"Well done." Jilan said calmly. "Here are the 'Evil Sands' for you. Eat them all."

"Thank you, Master!" Weiwei was delighted.

It could no longer contain its hunger, so it lowered its head and sucked up all the "evil sand" in its hand.

After eating all of this, Weiwei stuck out her long black tongue and licked her lips, feeling a little unsatisfied.

"Let's go and continue hunting."

Gillan adjusted his hat and said.

"This time I'll let you eat your fill."

"Yes! Master!" Weiwei was very happy and said quickly.

Just like that, the man and his familiar headed in another direction, searching for the devil's traces.

In the following period of time, Weiwei followed the scent and found places where demons gathered one after another.

There were more than a dozen of them gathered together, and as few as two or three, but without exception, they all died under Weiwei's sharp claws and arrow tails.

Unfortunately for Gillan, these were just ordinary demons and were useless to him.

Therefore, he gave all the "evil sand" left by the devil's death and burning to Vivi to take.

After eating all this, Weiwei was finally full.

According to it, after this meal, it will not be long before its next strength improvement.

Gillan was also quite satisfied with this.

After that, the man and his servant hunted many more demons, totaling about twenty or thirty.

The "evil sand" left by the devil was packed by Gillan in small bottles.

He followed Weiwei to the next location while playing with a bottle of "Evil Sand".

Suddenly, Jilan thought of something.

'Since the "Sage's Secret Mark" can be refined into mysterious materials by consuming points... then can the mysterious materials be decomposed into points in reverse?'

Thinking of this, he was eager to try it.

Jilan held the glass bottle in his hand and directly activated the brand on his palm.

Crack!

Dense silver arcs suddenly appeared and jumped on Jilan's palm.

A full bottle, a full standard unit of "Sand of Evil" was instantly decomposed, turned into powder, and flew away from Jilan's fingers.

In the corner of Gillan's sight, the mysterious number that was originally "62" suddenly jumped and became "82".

Seeing this, Jilan showed joy.

'It really works!'

He thought again.

"Yes... In a sense, "Colorful" is similar to alchemy. It is also about decomposition and reconstruction, but it is limited to corrupting mysterious creatures and then strengthening myself."

'And the "Sage's Secret Mark" is like adding a "plug-in" to it, providing another optional direction.'

Jilan immediately took out the rest of the "Sand of Evil" he had collected, and broke them all down in his hands.

Logically speaking, as a spirit, the devil cannot be corrupted into points by "Banlan". But through this tricky method, Jilan still achieved his goal of obtaining energy.

Dozens of bottles of "Sand of Evil" were decomposed.

Jilan obtained 560 points of mysterious energy, and the color number on his fundus showed "622" points.

Jilan was in a very good mood after further developing the method of combining "Sage's Secret Pattern" with "Colorful".

The smile on his face became brighter.

Just at this time, Weiwei also brought good news.

Suddenly, he stopped in mid-air, turned around, and said to Jilan:
"Master, Weiwei smelled a strong scent, which should belong to the devil nobles."

"Finally found it?" Jilan raised his eyebrows. "Can you estimate the opponent's strength and rank?"

"Um……"

Weiwei pondered for a moment, closed her eyes again, and tilted her head back to sniff.

After a while, it opened its eyes again.

"Not much different from Weiwei, probably a viscount level one... But there are other devils around him, and there are quite a few of them, so he must be a lord."

"The more the merrier!"

Gillan grinned.

"This time, I'll do it myself."

(End of this chapter)