From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 420 Winter Snake

Chapter 420 Winter Snake
Jilan slapped the hanging man on the forehead!
Bang! !

His terrifying palm power smashed the nightmare guard's head into pieces. With a loud bang, brain matter and blood splattered everywhere.

There were a few spots of blood on Gillan's cheeks.

But he didn't even blink.

The upside-down man, whose head was shot by a palm, swung back and forth on the rope like a piece of rotten meat.

Gillan soon realized something was wrong.

"Not dead yet..."

He secretly said.

Suddenly, Jilan's spiritual awareness gave a warning, and the cross sword bonfire in front of his eyes burned even more vigorously.

In the "Guidance Tips", the Nightmare Core was not destroyed, but existed behind Gillan.

But just now, Jilan had clearly crushed the other person's heart...

Without time to think, he took a step forward.

There was a gust of wind behind his head, and Jilan bent down with a cold face.

blow--

Several sharp cold rays swept past Jilan's hair.

In his peripheral vision, Jilan saw that Kuole and the miners appeared behind him at some point, holding sharp blades and looking ferocious.

The location of the nightmare core appeared on Kuole's left chest.

"Is it a diversion or a sleight of hand..."

Ji Lan's heart sank.

'Or am I not actually immune to the Nightmare Guardian's influence, and this is all just an illusion?'

His eyes turned fierce and he reached out his hand.

In the blink of an eye.

A few jingle sounds.

With just one hand, Jilan easily deflected the knives of Kuole and the miners.

He swung his hand, preparing to pierce Kuole's chest and explode his heart.

'wrong……'

Jilan stopped suddenly and narrowed his eyes.

'The nightmare is not powerful enough to overwhelm my mind, so how can I have hallucinations?'

'It didn't affect me, but everything in this space! So much so that the incongruity I felt was actually a deliberately created "pseudo-illusion"! '

After Jilan thought about this clearly, his eyes fixed.

He turned around quickly, grabbed the "corpse" of the hanged man with one hand, and performed alchemy directly.

Crack!

Silver arcs burst out from Jilan's palm.

However, the headless body of the Hanged Man did not decompose, but exploded like foam and disappeared without a trace.

Jilan thought to himself, as expected.

Then he took a quick look with his spiritual vision.

He noticed that Kuole and the miners behind him were also disappearing like bubbles.

The entire environment we live in has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

The circular platform that was originally located high in the sky was replaced by a barren hill.

The gallows appeared again in front of Gillan.

It was just a row of a dozen gallows with Kuole and the miners hanging upside down on them.

They were looking at Jilan with horror on their faces, and there was a look of pleading in their eyes.

Gillan ignored these people.

Turn around and look.

Not far away, a man in a white robe and with long brown hair draped over his shoulders was standing quietly with his hands behind his back, staring at Jilan.

"Amazing mental strength..."

The man laughed.

“And keen insight.”

"It's hard to believe that you are just a 4th-level Jiushi... It seems that the little power I have left can't do anything to you."

"Mr. 'Farmer'?"

Gillan narrowed his eyes.

"You still have your sanity?"

"You know me?" The farmer raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. He shook his head again and said, "Forget it, it's not important..."

The farmer was silent for a few seconds in response to Gilan's question.

"The original level of the 6th level is 'Power', which means the true power of the 'Path of the Fire Sword'. The mysterious person who can reach this level has already stood at the pinnacle of the world. It is not surprising that he can retain a trace of humanity and reason after death..."

He said lightly.

Hearing this, Jilan was secretly surprised.

Then the farmer said:

"Young man, I don't think you have strayed into a nightmare... Are you here for these people?"

He raised his head slightly and signaled to Kuole and the miners behind Jilan.

"Not exactly," Gillan said.

"How about we make a deal?" The farmer thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"What deal?" Jilan frowned slightly.

"Help me kill one person, and I will let these people go... and I will give you the nightmare monument and disc stone that I left behind."

"Hmm?" Jilan raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect the other party to propose such a deal. "Tell me about it."

"Nobus Sulu, a member of the secret society 'White Dove Tower', codenamed 'Winter Snake'."

The farmer said calmly.

"Perhaps, he has now become one of the new 'Three Fables' as my successor."

"'Winter Snake' is not very powerful, but he is very good at manipulating behind the scenes. This is why he was able to rise to a high position in the tower so quickly."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Gillan.

A cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The reason why this nightmare tablet left behind after my death has not been dealt with is actually very simple... because it is a test for my successor, the Winter Snake, and also serves as nourishment for his promotion."

"The spiritual secret disc stone of the 6th level Jiu Shi is engraved with the mark of the kingdom in his lifetime. The residual power contained in it is enough to allow him to make further progress."

"But I don't have the habit of being a stepping stone for others."

The farmer's eyes were deep.

"Besides, my death is also closely related to him."

"Help me kill him, I won't make things difficult for these people, and I'll give you everything I have left. How about that?"

Gillan did not immediately answer.

He pondered silently for a few seconds.

Ding!
At this moment, a crisp sound rang in my ears.

The essence ability "Golden Exclamation" is triggered:

"Mission: Winter Snake."

"In the Nightmare Monument, you met the 'Farmer' Jason Bane, who still had some humanity and reason. Your strength was recognized by him, so he proposed a deal to you."

"He needs you to help him kill his enemy, Nobus Sulu, the 'Winter Snake'. In return, the 'Farmer' will let Kuole and the rest of the miners go, and give you everything left in the Nightmare Monument."

"Time limit: None."

"Reward: Moderate improvement in spiritual knowledge, spirituality, or physical body (choose one of the three)."

There is no penalty for failure in the task triggered by "Golden Sigh", so Jilan naturally has no reason not to accept it.

He accepted the task silently, and the colorful words disappeared from his sight.

"Can you give me some more information about the 'Winter Snake'?"

Jilan said calmly.

Hearing this, the "farmer" smiled.

Because when the other party says this, it means that he or she has tacitly accepted the transaction.

"Of course." He said. "'Winter Snake' has been lurking in the Stuttgart Empire for three years. He has been planning for a long time. I think he has infiltrated and controlled some dignitaries or forces." "I can tell you directly that my nightmare monument must be under his secret surveillance... From the moment you stepped into the mine, you have appeared in his sight."

"Especially after my nightmare monument collapses, I will be included in his enemy list."

The farmer laughed.

"Even if you don't want to be his enemy, he will try his best to kill you."

Gillan's face was expressionless.

The other party said this because he naturally hoped that he would try his best to complete the transaction. But Gillan also knew that the "farmer" was probably telling the truth.

"I'll give you another hint."

The "farmer" stood straight and raised his head slightly.

"In the past six months, Stuttgart's mysterious executive agency, 'Desert Hunt', has explored the mine more than once, but each time, by a very 'coincidental' coincidence, it did not find the existence of the Nightmare Monument."

"But today, the nightmare energy was deliberately guided to explode by them. As for the reason... I think you should know it better than me."

Ji Lan frowned.

He immediately smelled a strong scent of conspiracy.

The nightmare didn't break out earlier or later, but just happened to break out after he led the envoys to the Dukedom of Hawkes...

According to the "farmer", this was still manually guided by official personnel from the "Iron-Blooded Royal Court".

"It seems that I was plotted against... not against me personally, but against my identity."

Ji Lan secretly thought.

'Whether it's the Winter Snake or some noble forces, they don't want to see the Bremen Empire and the Stuttgart Empire get closer.'

He has a strong intuition.

From the moment they first arrived at the border and were harassed by Prosecutor Mahas, their delegation was drawn into the conspiracy.

The appearance of Duke Hawkes was probably also within the other party's expectations, because the Duke was also the target of the other party's calculations.

Including this outbreak of nightmare.

The third-level nightmare monument of the "farmer" has not only become a useful time bomb, but also a key chess piece in the chess game.

"If Duke Hawkes dies, it will provoke conflicts between moderates and hardliners, making the situation even more chaotic."

Gillan figured this out.

He felt that the person with the greatest suspicion was the "White Dove Tower" member named "Winter Snake".

Since this person is regarded as an enemy by the "farmer" in one of the first "three fables", he should not be underestimated.

However, no one would have thought that the "farmer" inside the Nightmare Monument would actually take the initiative to propose a deal and reveal all this important information to Jilan.

This allowed Gillan to roughly see the outline of the chessboard.

"Okay, I understand." Gilan nodded to the Nightmare Guard. "I'll take this deal."

"Although I can't see the final result, I think you will succeed..."

The farmer chuckled.

After saying this, his entire body shattered like a bubble.

With a puff, it turned into powder.

The entire nightmare scene began to shake violently, causing Kuole and the miners hanging on the gallows to scream in fear.

hum-

After a burst of high-frequency tinnitus, vision became blurred.

Jilan was distracted for a moment, and then he found himself returning to reality, standing in an open space in the mine.

Directly in front of him, the nightmare monument standing on the rock wall shattered with a slight bang.

A black disc of stone the size of a dinner plate rolled down from the rock wall.

Jilan grabbed it and refined it in an instant.

The "Philosopher's Stone" in his body burst out with terrifying energy, activating the "Sage's Secret Mark" on his palm. With the leap of silver arcs, this 6th-level spiritual secret disc stone was instantly turned into powder in Jilan's palm.

In the corner of my sight, the number "1139" suddenly changed to "1639". Next to it, a complicated colorful pattern appeared.

It is a circle with an equilateral triangle embedded in it, symbolizing a furnace spiral, with a star coin in the center and the outline of a grinning mask emerging.

This is the kingdom mark of the 6th-level essence "traitor".

'Unfortunately, the "farmer" has been dead for three years, and the Nightmare Monument only retains a part of his power. The energy after decomposition is greatly reduced...'

Jilan threw the powder away casually.

"Fortunately, I got his kingdom's mark. This is the first time I have obtained a rank 6 mark."

He smiled.

At this time, Kuole and the surviving miners had woken up from their sleep and stood up in a daze.

When Kuole saw Jilan standing not far from them, he was startled at first, then asked in doubt:
"Is it the one in my dream just now...?"

“You… who are you?!”

Jilan turned around and said calmly:
"I am the leader of the Bremen envoys. I am here to rescue you at the request of Duke Hawkes."

"follow me."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to everyone and walked out of the mine on his own.

Kuole opened his mouth and wanted to ask a question, but seeing that the long-haired young man was walking further and further away, he had no choice but to call the miners and hurried to catch up.

Jilan led this group of people and successfully left the mine and went to the outside world.

Then he met Duke Hawkes in an open space a thousand meters away.

When Duke Hawkes saw Kuolei come out alive, he could not hide his joy. But considering that the identity of his eldest son should not be exposed, he had to suppress his emotions and turned to look at Jilan.

"Mr. Gillan, thank you so much!"

Duke Hawkes said quickly.

"How's the situation in the mines?"

"It's not optimistic." Gilan shook his head. "Except for Sheriff Kuole and these miners, the rest of them should be..."

"This..." Duke Hawkes and even the captain of the guard beside him were shocked.

"However, I have already eradicated the 'Nightmare Monument', so the crisis has been resolved for the time being."

Jilan looked back at the dark mine and said casually.

Upon hearing this, Duke Hawkes was shocked.

"Eliminate...eliminate?!"

He sounded incredulous.

"You removed it all by yourself?!"

"Yeah." Gillan said.

He didn't seem to care about it and gestured to Duke Hawkes again.

"Duke."

Seeing Gillan's gesture, Hawkes immediately understood, nodded, walked away from the crowd with the other party, and walked to the side.

"Mr. Gillan, did you find anything?"

"I guess so." Jilan nodded and said in a deep voice: "This accident was deliberately guided by humans... I suspect that someone secretly does not want our envoys to come."

"Besides, I'm afraid the Duke is also part of this plan."

"Huh?!" Hawks was stunned.

Soon, his face became solemn and thoughtful.

"Mr. Gilan, if this is true, then I should know which force is responsible..."

"Can you tell me?" Jilan asked softly.

"The most suspected ones are probably the nobles on the hard-line side... and among them, Elder Planck is definitely involved."

Duke Hawkes's face was gloomy.

"He is in charge of 'Desert Safari'!"

Gillan had an epiphany.

Obviously, the Duke also noticed that something was wrong.

There is clearly a high-risk "nightmare monument" in the mine, but the "Desert Patrol" has not discovered it after repeated explorations.

There is obviously something fishy about this.