Chapter 420 Winter Snake

Ji Lan came out with a palm and pressed it on the hanging man's head!

Bang! !

His terrifying palm force directly smashed the nightmare guard's head to pieces. With a loud noise, brain plasma and blood splattered everywhere.

Jilan's cheeks were stained with a few blood spots.

But he didn't even blink.

The hanging man, whose head was shot by a palm, was swinging back and forth on the noose, like a piece of rotten meat hanging down.

Gillan quickly sensed something was wrong.

'Not dead yet...'

He secretly said.

Suddenly, Jilan's gnosis warned, and the cross sword bonfire in his eyes burned even more vigorously.

In the "Guidance Prompt", the core of the nightmare was not destroyed, but existed behind Gillan.

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

Without time to think about it, he took a step forward.

There was wind in the back of his head, Ji Lan bent down and lowered his head with a cold face.

blow--

Several sharp rays of cold light swept past the tips of Jilan's hair.

In his peripheral vision, Gilan actually saw Kuolai and the miners appearing behind him at some point, holding sharp blades and looking menacing.

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

'Is it a diversion or a cover-up...'

Ji Lan's heart sank.

‘Or is it that I haven’t actually resisted the influence of the Nightmare Guard and everything is just my illusion? ’

He looked hard and stretched out his hand to explore.

In the blink of an eye.

A few jingles.

With just one palm of his hand, Gilan easily deflected the knives of Kuolai and the miners.

He flicked his hand, preparing to pierce Kuole's chest and blow out the opponent's heart.

'wrong……'

Ji Lan suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes.

‘The power of nightmares is not enough to break my mind, so how can I have hallucinations? ’

‘What it affects is not me, but everything in this space! So much so that the violation I perceived was actually a "pseudo-illusion" deliberately created! ’

After Jilan thought about this clearly, his eyes narrowed.

He quickly turned around, grabbed the "corpse" of the Hanged Man with one hand, and directly used alchemy.

Crack!

Silver arcs of electricity burst out from Jilan's palm.

However, the Hanged Man's headless body was not decomposed, but exploded like a bubble and disappeared without a trace.

Ji Lan secretly thought that it was true.

Immediately, his spiritual vision swept away.

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

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

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

In front of Gillan, the gallows appeared again.

It was just a row of more than a dozen gallows, with Kuole and the miners hanging upside down.

They were looking at Gilan in horror, with pleading in their eyes.

Gillan ignored the men.

Turn around and look.

Not far away, a man wearing a white robe and long brown hair shawl was standing quietly with his hands behind his back, staring at Gilan.

"Amazing psychic intensity..."

The man laughed.

“And a keen sense of perspective.”

"It's hard to believe that you are only a fourth-level Kusei... It seems that the remaining power I have cannot do anything to you."

"Mr. Farmer?"

Jilan narrowed his eyes.

"Do 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..."

In response to Gillan's question, the farmer was silent for a few seconds.

"The original level of level 6 is 'power', which means the true power of the 'Way of the Fire Sword'. Mystics who can reach this level have already stood at the pinnacle of the world. It is not surprising that they can retain a trace of humanity and reason after death. …”

He said calmly.

Hearing this, Ji Lan was secretly surprised.

Then I heard the farmer say:

"Young man, I don't think you seem to have fallen into a nightmare...are you here for these people?"

He raised his head slightly and looked at Kuole and the miners behind Gilan.

"Not exactly." Gillan said.

"How about we make a deal?" The farmer thought for a while and smiled.

"What deal?" Ji Lan frowned slightly.

"Kill someone for me, and I will let these people go... and I will give you the nightmare tablet and disc stone I left behind."

"Huh?" Ji Lan raised his brows, but he didn't expect that the other party would propose such a deal. "Tell me and listen."

"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 strong, but he is very good at behind-the-scenes manipulation. This is why he can quickly rise to the top in the tower."

He said, raising his eyes to look at Gilan.

A cold smile appeared on his lips.

"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 the successor, the 'Winter Snake', and it is also the nourishment for his promotion. "

"The spiritual secret disc stone of the sixth-level Kusei is engraved with the mark of the kingdom during his lifetime, and contains enough residual power to allow him to go further."

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

The farmer's eyes were deep.

"What's more, my death is inseparable from him."

"Kill him for me, I won't embarrass these people, and everything I leave behind will be given to you, how about that?"

Gillan didn't answer immediately.

He pondered silently for a few seconds.

Ding!

At this time, a crisp sound rang in his ears.

The essence ability "Golden Sigh" was triggered:

"Mission: Winter Snake."

"You met Jason Bane, the farmer, who still had humanity and reason in the Nightmare Monument. 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 other miners go, and give you everything left in the Nightmare Monument."

"Time limit: None."

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

The mission triggered by "Golden Sigh" has no failure penalty, and Jilan naturally has no reason not to accept it.

He silently accepted the mission, and the colorful words disappeared from his eyes.

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

Jilan said lightly.

Hearing this, the "farmer" smiled.

Because the other party said this, it was equivalent to tacitly accepting the deal.

"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 believe that 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 collapsed, he will be included in the enemy list."

"Farmer" smiled.

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

Jilan had no expression on his face.

The other party said this, naturally hoping that he would try his best to complete the transaction. But Jilan also knew that "Farmer" might be right.

"Give you another hint."

"Farmer" stood straight and raised his head slightly.

"In the past six months, Stuttgart's mysterious executive agency 'Desert Hunting' has explored the mine more than once, but each time it was very 'coincidental' that it did not find the existence of the nightmare monument."

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

Gilan frowned.

He immediately smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.

The nightmare did not explode earlier or later, but it just happened to explode after he led the envoys to the Duke of Hawkes...

According to the "farmer", this was still guided by the official staff of the "Iron Blood Royal Court".

'It seems that I should have been calculated... Not against me personally, but against my identity. '

Gilan thought to himself.

'Whether it is 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 time they first arrived at the border and were harassed by Prosecutor Mahas, their envoys were involved in the conspiracy.

The appearance of Duke Hawkes was probably also within the opponent's expectations. Because the Duke was also the target of the opponent's calculation.

Including this outbreak of nightmare energy.

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

'If Duke Hawkes dies, it can also trigger the conflict between the moderates and the hardliners, making the situation more chaotic. '

Gilan figured this out.

He thinks the most suspicious person is the member of "White Dove Tower" named "Winter Snake".

Being regarded as an enemy by "Farmer", one of the former "Three Fables", this person should not be underestimated.

However, no one would have thought that the "Farmer" in the nightmare monument would take the initiative to propose a deal and reveal all these important information to Gilan.

Thus, Gilan roughly saw the outline of the chessboard.

"Well, I know." 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 that, his whole body shattered like a bubble.

With a puff, it turned into powder.

The whole nightmare scene shook with the earth, and Kuole and the miners hanging on the gallows screamed in fear.

Buzz——

After a high-frequency tinnitus, the vision blurred.

Jilan was distracted and found that his consciousness returned to reality. He was standing in the open space of the mine.

In front of him, the nightmare monument standing on the rock wall broke with a light bang.

A black disc 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 pattern" on his palm. With the leap of silver electric arc, this 6th-level spiritual secret disc stone was instantly turned into powder in Jilan's palm.

In the corner of his sight, the number "1139" jumped and turned into "1639". And next to it, there was a complicated colorful pattern.

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

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

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

Jilan casually threw it away and scattered the powder.

'Fortunately, I got his kingdom mark. This is the first time I have obtained a 6th-level mark. '

He smiled slightly.

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

When he saw Jilan standing not far from them, Kuole was startled at first, and then asked in doubt:

"Is it the one in the dream just now...?"

"You... who are you?!"

Jilan turned around and said calmly:

"I am the leader of the Bremen envoys, and I am entrusted by Duke Hawkes to come and rescue you."

"Follow me."

After saying that, he ignored everyone and walked out of the mine on his own.

Kuole opened his mouth and wanted to ask more questions, but seeing that the long-haired young man was walking farther and farther, he had to call the miners and hurried to follow.

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 seeing Kuole come out alive, Duke Hawkes couldn't hide his joy. But considering that the identity of the eldest son should not be exposed, he had to suppress his emotions and turned his head to look at Jilan.

"Mr. Jilan, thank you so much!"

Duke Hawkes said hurriedly.

"What is the situation in the mine?"

"Not optimistic." Jilan shook his head. "Except for Sheriff Kuole and these miners, the rest of the people should be..."

"This..." Duke Hawkes and even the captain of the guards around him were shocked.

"However, the 'Nightmare Monument' has been eradicated by me, and this crisis is temporarily resolved."

Jilan looked back at the dark mine and said casually.

Hearing this, Duke Hawkes was shocked.

"Eradicated... eradicated?!"

His tone was unbelievable.

"You eliminated it alone?!"

"Yeah." Jilan said.

He didn't seem to care about this matter, and gestured to Duke Hawkes again.

"Duke."

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

"Mr. Gilan, have you found anything?"

"I guess so." Gilan 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."

"In addition, I am afraid that the Duke is also part of this calculation."

"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?" Gilan asked softly.

"The most suspicious one should be the nobles on the hard-line side... Among them, Elder Planck is definitely involved."

Duke Hawks' face was gloomy.

"'Desert Hunting' is in charge of him!"

Gilan understood something.

Obviously, the Duke also noticed something wrong.

There is clearly a high-risk "Nightmare Monument" in the mine, but the "Desert Hunting" has not found it after repeated explorations.

This is obviously a trick.

"Thank you again for your help."

Soon, Duke Hawkes regained his thoughts and bowed to Gillan solemnly.

"Mr. Gillan, from now on, you are a friend of my Barbaroche family. If you need anything, just let me know."