From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 580: Settlement

Tolina stood quietly on the dry wasteland with a holy expression and her hands clasped together in a prayer posture.

There is a black halo behind its head, emitting a hazy holy light.

The strange wolf as big as a truck not far away was tightly wrapped and entangled by the sudden darkness, forming an even larger mass of deep matter.

Gulu.

Gululu.

The mass of matter was constantly squirming, as if the strange wolf inside was struggling desperately, trying to break free from the shackles of darkness.

Wow! !

Its head suddenly emerged from the darkness, and fear appeared in the asymmetrical eyes on its narrow wolf face.

Along with the row of heads behind their necks, they all roared in unison, producing a resonant tremolo:

"What kind of power is this?!"

But as soon as it finished speaking, the darkness spread again, climbed onto its face, and quickly swallowed it up.

The strange wolf roared:

“No! No no no no!! I am the Father God’s messenger on earth, an invincible existence in the mortal world! How could I be trapped here—”

The roar stopped abruptly.

Obviously, this strange wolf, which brought together the leader and high-ranking members of the "Tian Nie Cult", had tried its best, but still could not break free from the darkness, and finally formed a dark sphere.

Tolina unclasped her hands, raised her right palm, and slowly closed her five fingers into a fist.

hum-

The black sphere that blocked the monster wolf began to change its shape, and within a few seconds, it turned into a huge upright black coffin!

Upon seeing this, Jilan teleported in perfect harmony and stopped in mid-air in front of the coffin.

He pulled out the "Philosopher's Sword", gracefully thrust it forward, and pierced directly through the upper half of the coffin.

bass! !

There was a muffled sound, accompanied by a faint scream.

Gilan let go and tapped the end of the hilt.

"Refine." He said calmly.

Crack!

Silver-white arcs flashed, bursting out from Jilan's fingertips, spreading to the sword body, and reaching the darkness inside the coffin.

Zizizi! !

Instantly, a cruel and piercing scream rang out from the coffin, and the surface of the black coffin seemed to be coated with a layer of silver, shining brightly.

But Jilan raised his eyebrows.

He sensed that the strange wolf trapped inside was not dead yet!
After suffering an alchemical decomposition, the monster wolf's body had clearly collapsed, but it ignited flames in the countless powders and was reborn again.

This was the first time that Jilan had encountered such a strange thing.

This also gives us a glimpse into the complexity of the power of the old gods.

The resurrection of the strange wolf was not without a price. Dense scars appeared on its body, and blood continued to seep out.

"I won't die..."

A muffled roar came from the coffin.

And the roar caused by the struggle and collision.

dong dong dong! !

"Gilan Iros, you can't kill me! You can't trap me! Soon, I will bring the wrath of the Father to every corner of the world, and let everything burn in chaos and slaughter!!"

"Won't die?"

Gillan sneered.

There is no such thing in his case.

"Correcting a mistake cannot be undone."

Jilan raised his index finger and pointed it at the dark coffin. Immediately, countless translucent numbers of "0" and "1" emerged from it and floated straight up.

He stroked the hilt again and said in a deep voice:
"Refining!"

Crack! !
The silver-white electric arc appeared again, spreading along the sword body into the coffin and hitting the strange wolf.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Screams sounded.

Following the other side's hateful shout:
"Everything that doesn't kill me will make me stronger! Gillan Iros!! My wrath will burn you all!!"

But soon, the clamor suddenly stopped.

Immediately everything fell into dead silence.

blah blah...

The arc flickered a few times and eventually dissipated.

Tolina walked over and spoke softly:
“I can no longer sense its presence.”

"Yes, dead." Jilan said, pulling out the scarlet sword stuck in the coffin, and then landed smoothly. "The so-called immortality is only relative... Its power comes from the gift of 'Scar Father', and naturally it cannot transcend the restrictions of the law."

He chuckled and shook his head.

In fact, the strange wolf is not weak, but very powerful.

If any other apostle were to come to this world and fight against him, it would probably be very difficult to kill him.

But unfortunately, I met Gillan.

His ability and status restrained the monster wolf, preventing it from using its full abilities... Moreover, with the help of Tolina, the master of both ends, the opponent's death was already inevitable.

Gulu...

I saw the pitch-black coffin squirming, then melting into a ball like wax, and then floating in the air.

The huge monster wolf that was originally blocked inside has disappeared, leaving only an irregular cross symbol floating in the air, bleeding and dripping continuously.

"Hmm?" Seeing this, Jilan stretched out his hand.

The bleeding cross symbol followed the traction and slowly flew into his hand, where he grabbed it.

The restlessness of "Banlan" and "Bilan" appeared again, and they seemed to be very eager for it.

Soon, a row of colorful, crooked entries emerged:

"Bad scar."

"The unique power imprint within the secret cult 'Tian Nie Cult' comes from the believers' devout prayers to the old god 'Scar Father', and is a reward in exchange for a certain ritual. It is engraved on the flesh and can be exchanged for the residual power of the god for years."

"At the same time, this is also a symbol of the fusion of the leader and the higher-ups of the 'Tian Nie Cult'. It can control all living individuals with the 'Gray Scar' imprinted on them."

"Those who commit the sin of heaven will be connected to the First Si Sui, constantly suffering from traumatic pain, and infected with the gods' strong hatred and murderous intent."

"This is..." Gilan narrowed his eyes. "The superior mark of 'Gray Scar', the highest level gift from 'Scar Father'."

He realized that this was clearly an Old God's Mark of the same level as the "Blood Moon Mark".

Without any hesitation, Jilan immediately let go of his control over "Banlan".

hum! !

The bleeding cross mark on the palm of its hand was then enveloped by a ball of colorful light, which seemed to arouse its anger and it began to vibrate violently.

The confrontation between the two caused strong energy fluctuations, and the mysterious magnetic field radiated irregularly, distorting the surrounding vision.

But the result was just like the "Blood Moon Mark", this "evil scar" was ultimately no match for the "colorful" and was swallowed up by forced corruption.

Gillan's panel changed again.

"Old God believer (owner of the Blood Moon Seal, owner of the Sin Scar)."

After wiping out two high-ranking members of the Old God Cult, and now obtaining two copies of the highest-level Old God Seals, Jilan nodded with satisfaction.

"Only the last 'Golden Bough of Dawn' remains to be settled."

Gillan spoke.

He turned around and said to the girl:
"Without further ado, let's get going."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Tolina smiled slightly, took the initiative to reach out and hold Gillan's arm.

Jilan took a step forward and disappeared instantly with the girl.

...

...

sunset.

It was getting dark. In the northeast of the empire, thousands of kilometers away from the capital, Musciti, in a mountain range, there was a dead silence.

This place is located at the eastern end of the Russell Mountains in the far north of the empire, which is equivalent to the shoulder of the "continental clavicle". It is also the north of the Kawozhou Great Forest Area and is rarely visited by people.

There is no green to be seen in the ice and snow.

There was only the land and dead trees covered with thick white snow, and a few snow finches flapping their chestnut and black-striped wings, flashing through the woods.

Two figures, a man and a woman, shuttled back and forth among them, like two inconspicuous black dots.

"Did the last remaining Old Mystic Cult escape here?"

The black-haired girl exhaled white air, held the young man's hand, looked around, and spoke softly.

"Yes." Jilan nodded. "It seems that the leader and high-ranking officials of the Golden Branch of Dawn stayed in this area. If we continue to go north, we need to cross the Russell Mountains. That is outside the borders of the empire, but there is only a barren land, no country, and no city."

"I see."

Torina nodded.

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At this moment, the two suddenly noticed that a snowflake flying in the air landed on a dead branch, but suddenly fell to the ground without any warning and fell into the snow.

After a muffled sound.

The snowbird's body disappeared.

"Huh?" Jilan teleported over, squatted down to check, and found a finger-sized hole where the snow bird disappeared.

It seemed as if some creature had dragged the snowflake's body away from the ground.

Jilan directly expanded his perception and explored the underground... This exploration surprised him greatly.

Because the land under your feet, although seemingly ordinary, is actually covered with dense golden roots.

These roots seemed to have life, bulging slightly like blood vessels, and a few of them even wriggling like earthworms.

"Golden Branch..."

Gillan murmured.

Tolina came over. She seemed to have sensed something strange in the ground and couldn't help asking:

"We haven't seen any living creatures along the way. Could it be that they were all killed and digested by these golden roots?"

"That is very likely."

Gillan nodded.

Torina asked again:
"Is this the method of that old secret cult?"

“I haven’t seen it, but it’s very similar…”

Gillan said matter-of-factly.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be them."

But he was very confused. He didn't know what the "Golden Branch of Dawn" had done to cause so many golden roots to grow all over the mountains and fields.

All in all, this is not a good thing.

"There seems to be a small village ahead."

At this time, Tolina whispered again.

"Want to take a look?"

"Village..." Jilan frowned. "There are only a few indigenous people in this area. They are a branch of the ancient Xiru people, called the Yad tribe, and they still retain the living habits of the medieval period."

As he spoke, he had a bad feeling.

Because the group of old god believers in the "Golden Branch of Dawn" are not good people. If the natives here meet them, they may encounter unexpected events.

"Go and have a look."

Gillan said.

He took the girl with him, walked across the snow and went straight forward.

Soon.

A small village came into view.

There is only a simple fence here for protection, probably because there are no large wild animals around.

Looking from the outside, one can see some stone and wooden bungalows, but strangely, there is no one in sight.

The two entered the village silently.

There was no sign of living people on the road or in the house.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, as if goose feathers and white fluff were floating all over the sky, as if they were going to bury the village in the winter.

"It seems that these indigenous people are in great danger."

Jilan said solemnly.

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the depths of the village, frowning slightly, as if he had discovered something.

"Something's wrong over there..."

He gestured to the girl.

"Let's go over and take a look."

"it is good."

Torina agreed softly.

The two soon arrived deep into the village.

When Gilan saw the scene here, his pupils shrank, and even Tolina covered her mouth in shock.

I saw a towering "tree" standing in the open space, but its trunk and branches were made up of human corpses.

These corpses included men and women, old and young, but they had no clothes. They had long been frozen into ice sculptures, with strange smiles of joy and satisfaction on their faces.

At the same time, golden blood vessels appeared on the surface of their skin, as if they were parasitized by something.

On this "tree", there are nine huge bulges with yellowish-brown leather texture, like "fruits".

Jilan took a quick look and was stunned.

Because inside each of the bulges, there was actually a curled up dried corpse.

Even though these mummies are dead, they still retain a powerful aura, indicating that they were definitely not weaklings when they were alive.

'He is the leader and high-ranking member of the "Golden Branch of Dawn".'

Gillan thought.

"They are all dead..."

This is really weird.

We had been chasing them all the way here, but we didn't expect that the leader and top brass of "Golden Branch of Dawn" would have died here.

Jilan frowned and walked forward, carefully examining the "corpse tree", and soon discovered something.

The surface of each "skin fruit" is painted with extremely fine symbols and marks, which are difficult to detect without careful observation. These parts belong to a certain ritual, and only when they are put together can they be considered complete.

And under this "corpse tree", countless golden roots spread out and spread out in all directions.

'So all the golden branches found along the way actually originated from here.'

Jilan suddenly understood something.

At the same time, he had even greater doubts.

So what exactly did "Golden Branch of Dawn" do?
The only thing that is certain is that they sacrificed themselves and the entire village, completed some kind of ritual pointing to the "Mother of Reproduction", and created such a strange "tree".

"I can feel that all the creatures in the entire mountain range are in pain, and this pain is spreading outward, constantly absorbing nutrients and continuing to grow..."

Torina's voice came.

Hearing this, Jilan made some guesses.

"You mean, if it's not contained, the roots of this tree will continue to grow outward and spread to more distant areas?"

"Yeah." Torina nodded.

"It seems that all the followers of the old gods are crazy. Not only do they ignore the lives of others, they don't even care about their own lives... They all sacrificed themselves to the 'Farming Mother', trying to use this 'tree' to pollute the world."

Jilan said solemnly.

"If we arrive a little later, the roots will spread beyond our control and it will be difficult to handle."

"What to do now?"

Tolina looked up at the terrifying tree and said.

Gillan said categorically:
"Erase it from this world!"

But just as he finished speaking, hundreds of threads of roots suddenly sprouted out from under their feet, wriggling and swaying like countless parasites, and attacked them—

(End of this chapter)