Chapter 543: Chapter 314: Loyalty That Is Not Absolute Is Absolutely Disloyal
Hong Mingtian also summoned a fierce resolve, biting into his own eyeball with sudden force, breaking his second son’s arms and legs.
Thus, what appeared before Duan Yun was Hong Mingtian, holding his second son and now with only one eye.
At first glance, Duan Yun thought it was Xia Houdun reborn, unable to suppress a sigh of admiration, "Whose subordinate is this, so brave."
At this moment, Duan Yun finally saw clearly that it was Hong Mingtian.
Even with one eye missing, Hong Mingtian instantly changed his expression to that of a good son and said, "Young Hero, this troublesome son has been brought to you."
Duan Yun couldn’t help but ask, "What happened to your eye?"
Hong Mingtian quickly sought credit, recounting the experience of losing his eye to capture the village chief’s second son.
Duan Yun marveled, "Did you really chew your eyeball?"
Hong Mingtian hurriedly nodded.
Duan Yun said, "What a pity."
"Ah?"
Hong Mingtian was a bit confused, thinking to himself, "Isn’t this brave enough?"
Duan Yun explained, "If you hadn’t chewed it, I might have been able to save it."
Hong Mingtian was shocked, "It could still be saved?"
Duan Yun said, "Once you’ve chewed it, there’s no saving it."
A look of pain crossed Hong Mingtian’s face, for he knew Duan Yun was not lying.
That night at the Night of Azure Dragon in the graveyard, Red Tower Mountain also participated, Old Demon Duan did not personally join the battle, but stirred up a commotion afterward.
The commotion was about healing.
Old Demon Duan treated many people that day, his methods included attaching a woman’s buttocks to a man, attaching legs backward, and so on.
This was Old Demon Duan’s twisted sense of fun, yet it also showed his remarkable medical skills; despite the chaotic reattachments, no one died, and it’s said one Jianghu guest with reversed buttocks later ran faster than before, even mastering a unique "Butt Skill," greatly increasing his power.
It was also known that when Old Demon Duan debuted, he was merely a gynecologist.
Thinking about how his eye could have been saved but wasn’t, Hong Mingtian felt deeply troubled.
Yet troubled as he was, even with one eye, he couldn’t stop watching the show, for at this time, Duan Yun had already made a move against the second son.
Duan Yun held the second son’s head and said, "What’s with the Golden Tree and Valkyrie? Why do those corpses look so alike?"
The second son steadfastly replied, "I swear loyalty to the Valkyrie unto death!"
Duan Yun wasted no time, tightening his right hand and generating a terrifying suction force.
If you won’t speak, then I’ll ask myself!
The village chief’s only hope, having had his arms and legs broken, was also in a state of Bone Shrinking Skills, looking extremely short, and under Duan Yun’s strong suction, his form changed once more.
In the eyes of Hong Mingtian and others, he was sucked into a ball.
"I want to be a great hero!"
Suddenly, the second son shouted.
Hearing this voice, everyone present felt inexplicably terrified.
It wasn’t the first time they’d heard this voice, just like Wang Dihua and others had shouted before, yet when the voice emerged, it still gave a chilling feeling.
"Swear loyalty to Young Hero Duan unto death!"
The second son, who had just pledged undying loyalty to the Valkyrie, suddenly had a face full of heroic spirit.
Hearing this, Hong Mingtian and the others couldn’t hold it back.
Your slavish surname changed sides too quickly.
After that, the second son, now loyal to Young Hero Duan, began answering Duan Yun’s questions.
This son didn’t know much in depth, but Duan Yun still gained many details from it.
Indeed, the village chief’s family had ties to the Valkyrie, or rather, the whole village was connected to the Martial God.
They were hereditary vassals of the Martial God, and because of consuming golden leaves, they could be controlled through golden leaves, thereby guarding the secrets of the Martial God.
The reason golden leaves could control the villagers, making them live and die at the whim of the flute sound, was because it was inherently a living thing.
As for why the Valkyrie-controlled corpses had similar appearances, it was because they were actually blood relatives.
According to what the second son understood, the Mountain Martial God had always been a family.
Whether it was the first-generation Martial God who first appeared in Jianghu or the later notorious Valkyrie, they were all family.
The Golden Tree is a very magical tree, its leaves are living beings, and the tree itself is alive too.
The first-generation Martial God originally came from a Martial Arts family in You State, later finding the Golden Tree, and by comprehending within it, he eventually evolved his martial arts to an unbelievable level.
In the words of the vassal second son, the first-generation Martial God is actually still alive, merely becoming a part of the Golden Tree, or rather, an organ of the Golden Tree.
The Valkyrie was one of the strongest offspring born from a female boxer mating with the Golden Tree.
Only those Martial Gods strong enough, reaching the level where they could leave the Golden Tree, had the opportunity to venture into Jianghu.
Because weaker offspring would age rapidly and die if they left the Golden Tree.
Therefore, the Martial Gods who appeared throughout Jianghu were terrifyingly strong because they were the strongest progeny born from the Golden Tree.
And in recent centuries, the strongest is the Valkyrie.
The Valkyrie has become so powerful she could leave the Golden Tree to roam Jianghu, but once she leaves it, she also ages.
So during her aging, she returns under the Golden Tree to extend her life.
The way to extend life is by continually mating with the first-generation Martial God inside the Golden Tree, giving birth to new offspring, until a new offspring defeats the Valkyrie mother to become the new Martial God.
But over the years, whether the Valkyrie is too strong or the Golden Tree has weakened, the newly born offspring are no match for the Valkyrie.
They all died at the hands of the Valkyrie mother, turning into mummies under the tree, resembling each other because they were the Valkyrie’s offspring.
Hearing this answer, Duan Yun couldn’t help but quip, "So, the Valkyrie is like a sow that both births and kills? Playing with a tree like this, even among the Evil Demon Outsiders, counts as perverted, she truly deserves to die!"
Under the tree there were at least dozens of corpses, thinking that they were all born from the Valkyrie, then died in mother-offspring conflict, turning into mummies, becoming part of the Valkyrie’s array, isn’t that perverted and terrifying enough?
This is simply another realm of killing and immorality.
The second son was thunderstruck by Duan Yun’s words, shouting, "Do not insult the Valkyrie!"
"I want to be a great hero!"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was again infected by Duan Yun’s pure white heroic spirit, with a face full of heroism.
At that moment, the second son shouted again, "Valkyrie, my heavens!"
His internal heroic spirit had not dissipated, so he shouted again, "Swear loyalty to Young Hero Duan unto death!"
The second son became as if driven to madness, twisting his body, wanting to respect the Valkyrie on one hand, and swear allegiance to the Young Hero on the other.
"Am I someone who belongs to the Young Hero, or the Valkyrie?"
"The Valkyrie is heaven!"
"Young Hero Duan wants to pierce heaven!"
"Who should I help?"
"No, the Valkyrie is a sow, who naturally likes to be pierced, then I should help the Young Hero pierce the sow!"
Hearing this, Duan Yun’s face darkened, not knowing whether to say his awareness was high or his emotional intelligence low.
What does it mean for the Young Hero to pierce the sow?
But in the overall sense, he leaned towards the heroic side, making Duan Yun feel rather relieved.
His Supreme Heroic Spirit still moved him.
"Hahaha... I understand now!"
"I really understand! I should help the Young Hero pierce the mother!"
With a bang, before he could finish, his skull flew off, and yellowish brain matter splattered all over.
The golden part was still writhing.
This was the first time Duan Yun felt the truth of the phrase—"The golden leaf is a living thing."
This leaf was like a kind of insect.
This insect would control the human mind, making them swear absolute allegiance to the Valkyrie, and if ever violated, it would cause the infected to die by brain explosion.
"Damn it, to stand against the heroic spirit of this Young Hero to such an extent, such an awakened Heroic Knight was killed just like that, truly the Evil Demon Outsiders!"
A firm resolve formed in Young Hero Duan’s mind.
He felt that he was just like the enraged Sun Wukong from Wuzhuang Temple, determined not to rest until this damned tree and the sow Valkyrie were uprooted!
Almost at the same moment, the Murong brothers, who were washing clothes for Ning Qing, suddenly stood there motionless.
Ning Qing frowned and said, "What’s going on?"
"Did you hear something?"
"What sound?"
"The voice of Old Demon Duan calling me."
Ning Qing looked around left and right, seeing no one, only feeling a chill, and said, "What is he calling you for?"
"He said, return to your position!"
"Jade Pearl Heroes, return to your place, to slay the demon extermination’s fangs!"