Chapter 34: The Martyrs

"Bang-bang-" The sound of the iron striking was getting closer and closer, and it sounded the same as the one he had heard when he went to visit Uncle Yi Zhen.

We held our breath and stared at the black hole from which the sound came.

Finally, as the sound got closer, a human form loomed into the black hole.

"They...... Who are they?" I slowly stood up, the cold and fear making me shiver.

"Don't panic. Wen Lin helped Zhang Yi, turned his head and whispered to me, but Zhang Yi just looked at those people and didn't say a word.

As I got closer, I could see the people clearly.

They were all wearing the same iron shoes as Uncle Yi Zhen, and they were holding all kinds of iron tools in their hands, but they all had fatal wounds on their bodies, some of them had ice picks pierced in their chests, some of them had mutilated limbs, and some of them had missing a piece of their heads, but they still walked towards us step by step with dull eyes.

"This should be the legendary mass grave cave of those who visit their relatives, these people should be dead martyrs. Zhang Yi said weakly.

"Will they hurt us?" Wen Lin said, clenching the dragon's whip in his hand.

"I don't know, but I haven't heard of these martyrs hurting people before. Ahem......"

The men came to a stop a few meters across from us, the crowd gave way and a rickety old man approached us on crutches. He was just as glazed as those men.

We didn't act rashly, and quietly watched as the old man walked into us.

The old man walked up to us and stopped, looked up at us for a moment, and then suddenly spoke, "It's been a long time. ”

We didn't know how to answer, we were all silent, and the old man continued, "Yi Zhen, you said that everyone didn't believe you, did they forget about us. If it weren't for our sacrifice, where would Huai Xue Gu be today?" the old man turned his back to us on crutches, "You see these people are all sacrificed for Huai Xue Valley, how can you forget us?"

"The people of Huaixue Valley...... And I have not forgotten you. Zhang Yi suddenly raised his head and said to the old man, "The snow mountain is dangerous, they can't come to visit you at all." ”

"Dangerous? hahaha, if it weren't for their ruthlessness, how could we have made this snowy mountain so dangerous? Since they forgot us, we wanted them to come, and they all died without a place to be buried. ”

"But among them are your relatives and descendants. ”

"Relatives, descendants, if you are not filial, how can you talk about relatives?" the old man turned around again, "Yi Zhen, you are an understanding person, only you have not forgotten us, you brought the things I asked you to bring for me last time, right?"

"What, what?" I couldn't help but ask.

"What is it? You forgot what I asked you to bring? We waited for so many years, thinking that you could put on new iron clothes and tools for us this time, and you forgot?" the old man became furious when he realized that they couldn't get what they wanted, "Yi Zhen, I still believe in you, it turns out that even you have forgotten us. Hahaha, then I'm going to let all of you ruthless descendants die. ”

"Hey, hey, old man, we're not Uncle Yi Zhen! We're not from Huaixue Valley! You've mistaken someone!" I saw that the old man was angry, and hurriedly went up to explain.

"Not from Huaixue Valley, damn it!" the old man struck his cane on the ground, and the men behind him raised their iron weapons and rushed towards us.

"Hey, you old man, why are you unreasonable!"

Before I could react, the group had already rushed over, and only the old man was left standing and laughing.

"Roar-" Seeing that the situation was not right, the white tiger and Jairus jumped in front of us to block us, and the wound on Jairus's leg was still icy, and when it landed, the ice of the wound shattered, and blood flowed out again, and Jairus's leg softened, but she still held on and stood firm.

When those people saw that the white tiger and Jairus had no intention of retreating, they rushed over more fiercely, and the white tiger and Jairus also pounced on them together.

"Liu Xi, you are optimistic about Zhang Yi, I will deal with them. "Wen Lin handed Zhang Yi to me, threw out the dragon whip and rushed over.

"Give me the sword. Zhang Yi said to me weakly.

"No, you're too weak to go, you're going to die here. I held Zhang Yi and held him tightly.

"I said, give me the sword!" Zhang Yi suddenly roared, broke free from me, picked up his long sword from the ground, and rushed forward, and the wound on his body began to ooze blood from the exertion.

When I saw that they all rushed up, I also picked up the long sword that Zhang Yi's uncle gave me and rushed forward.

The white tiger and Jairus can slap down many people with one palm, pounce and bite, but even if those people are physically disabled, they still hold iron tools and slash and beat on the white tiger and Jairus. Many wounds left by blunt objects suddenly appeared on the bodies of the white tiger and Jairus.

The old man saw that these people couldn't beat the white tiger and Jairus, and struck his crutches to the ground again, and a biting cold wind suddenly blew out of the black hole, mixed with a strong smell of blood, followed by a burst of snow, caught in the wind and blocking the view.

I shielded my arm from the wind, and before I could put my hand down, I heard the familiar roar – it was the giant lion.

The giant lion was still glowing with a pale blue light, roaring in the sky, and the people who had been pounced on just now also stood up beside him one by one, picked up the blunt weapon again and prepared to attack.

White Tiger and Jairus were bleeding, but they still stood in front of us, confronting the giant lion.

With the last roar of the great lion, it and the group attacked.

We clenched our weapons and rushed over, and the giant lion was not aimed at us, but at the White Tiger and Jairus.

After the appearance of the giant lion, the combat effectiveness of those people seemed to have been improved, their strength became greater, and the attack became more strategic, Zhang Yi was surrounded by three people, covered with bruises; Wen Lin said that his physical strength was better, but he could not withstand the fight with this group of people, and there were several blunt injuries on his back; and I listened to the mask commanding in my ear, and the injuries on my body were much less, but I was finally knocked to the ground due to physical exhaustion.

Looking at the white tiger and Jairus's side, the giant lion's beast palm was the size of the white tiger's head, and the white tiger and Jairus were not the opponent of the giant lion, the giant lion threw the white tiger and Jairus to the ground, and stomped the beast's paw hard, and the whole body of the white tiger and Jairus instantly froze.

"White Tiger!"

"Jairus!"

Wen Lin and I saw that the white tiger and Jairus were frozen, so we desperately broke through the crowd around us and ran towards the white tiger Jairus under the hands of the giant lion.

When the giant lion saw me and Wen Lin running, he didn't stop us, but lowered his head and watched us quietly, and the crowd around him didn't chase after us.

"White Tiger!"

"Jairus!"

Wen Lin and I were holding our respective divine beasts, while the White Tiger and Jairus were frozen in ice like statues, unable to move at all.

I thought Jairus was dead, but I couldn't control my emotions for a moment when I thought of the parting of life and death just after being reunited, "Ah! I'm fighting with you!" I picked up my sword and swung it at the giant lion, and when the giant lion saw me slashing at it with my sword, he roared at me and opened his mouth to bite me, and the people behind him also raised their blunt objects and rushed towards me. I closed my eyes, clenched my sword tightly in both hands, and slashed hard. "If you want to die, let's die together. I thought to myself.

But the sword slashed into the air, and I stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

I opened my eyes, and there was a sudden dark golden glow on the ground.

"Crossing the Soul River, crossing the Soul Weng, crossing the Soul Bridge, the Soul River flows. Crossing the Soul River, crossing the Soul Weng, walking on the Soul Bridge, the River of Resentment ......"

A clear river appeared in the air, and there was a wooden bridge over the river.

"It's the Soul Wanderer!" I shouted.

And the people who had been rushing towards me all walked to the bridge, and they were no longer mutilated, but they were all dressed in coarse cloth, strong and strong, and carried iron tools, talking and laughing across the bridge.

At the back of the crowd, followed by a docile blue-haired giant lion, walking quietly.

And in the clear river, there are ripples from time to time, as if something has fallen into the river, but it is still very clear.

We just watched from the bottom of the river as they all crossed the bridge.

The dark golden light vanished, and I looked down to see only a dark gold dragon scale on the ground.

The ice and wounds on the White Tiger and Jairus were gone, and the wounds on our bodies were healed.

The ice wall behind us suddenly collapsed and shattered, and the sun shone in, and on the opposite side of this cave was the Huaixue Valley.

I bent down to pick up the dark gold dragon scales on the ground, "Thank you, Demon King. "I said to myself, and the dragon scales shone again.

I smiled and put it back in my arms.

"Those people and the giant lion are all made of the souls of the martyrs. Zhang Yi came over and said, "After crossing the Soul River, their unjust souls will disappear, and they will be able to enter reincarnation." Zhang Yi lowered his head and smiled, "It turns out that after waiting for so many years, they just lack people who can surpass them." ”

"It's Huaixue Valley on the other side, let's go back quickly. Wen Lin said.

I sat on Jair's back, Wen Lin rode the White Tiger, Zhang Yi Imperial Sword, and returned to Huaixue Valley.