Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

At first glance, this Ice Shuo Tree looked no different from the other trees nearby.

Its trunk was covered in white snow, and its crown was also adorned in silver, with thousands of icicles hanging from the intersecting branches, like curtains.

But upon closer inspection, one would notice that on one thick branch, dozens of icicles, over a meter long, were strangely hanging upside down.

Xia Hong stared intently at that section of the trunk and immediately recognized what it was.

That was not icicles at all; it was clearly a giant, snow-white creature resting on the tree trunk.

A tongue, fully four or five meters long, was hanging down from its mouth.

Its tongue was also white, and its surface was covered in a layer of frost, so if one didn't look carefully, they would think it was just a particularly long icicle.

And those upside-down "icicles" were actually the barbs on its back.

Because it was nighttime, it would be impossible to see without careful observation.

Xia Hong was fortunate to be extra cautious on his first outing, allowing him to discover it.

Under the cover of night, it was impossible to see the exact size of the creature, but with its long tongue and the barbs on its back, Xia Hong had already recognized it.

"Long-Tongue Snow Bristle, only two meters long, it must be a juvenile!"

The Cold Beasts on the outskirts of Red Wood Ridge were not very diverse.

Two of the most common were the Bone-Spike Frost Wolf and the Long-Tongue Snow Bristle.

According to what he had heard from the lumber team members, the Long-Tongue Snow Bristle was a low-level Cold Beast resembling a wild boar.

The Long-Tongue Snow Bristle was extremely large, even juveniles weighed three or four hundred pounds; adults generally weighed over a thousand pounds.

The Snow Bristle was incredibly strong and liked to attack with the spikes on its back and forehead. More importantly, its several-meter-long tongue was not only long, sharp, and keen, but also could be both hard and soft, making it difficult to defend against.

"If you encounter a young Snow Bristle, and there is a very strong archer, along with a dozen Lumbering Realm experts to deal with it, there is a chance to hunt it down, otherwise, if you encounter one in the wild, there's no question, just run."

Remembering what he had heard before, Xia Hong took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.

Although he was tempted by the Snow Bristle's good meat, he still had to face reality.

Fortunately, it was night, and the Snow Bristle was asleep.

If it were daytime and he encountered an awake one, his survival would be questionable.

"Be quiet, don't disturb it, pick some Crystal Fruit and leave."

"The Long-Tongue Snow Bristle's biggest characteristic is that it becomes extremely sleepy at night; as long as you don't attack it, it basically won't wake up."

Although the lumber team members wouldn't lie to him, Xia Hong naturally wouldn't risk his life. He first picked up a stone from the ground, then climbed up a tree and threw it with all his might towards a tree a hundred meters away.

The stone hit the tree, only shaking it slightly, without causing much commotion.

But the icicles on that tree rustled and fell because of the vibration.

The sound of the icicles hitting the ground was exceptionally clear in the silent forest, and Xia Hong held his breath, carefully observing the Snow Bristle.

The Snow Bristle ignored the loud noise and remained fast asleep.

This scene truly put Xia Hong at ease.

"Picking the fruit quietly shouldn't be a problem."

However, just as Xia Hong was preparing to climb down from the tree…

Whoosh…

The sound of an arrow slicing through the air suddenly came from the opposite side.

Although Xia Hong couldn't see the arrow clearly in the dark night, based on the direction of the sound, he could basically determine that it was aimed at the Snow Bristle in the tree.

"Roar…"

Sure enough, as the sound of the arrow disappeared, an angry roar suddenly came from the Ice Shuo Tree.

The sound shook the heavens and the earth, the entire tree began to tremble, the icicles on the branches were scattered, and even the snowflakes on the ground were blown in all directions.

Even Xia Hong's tree was shaking wildly.

"Are they crazy? Are they from the Great Stone Camp?"

Xia Hong cried out in his heart, but his body didn't dare to move at all.

The several camps around Red Wood Ridge, under the leadership of Rogue Camp in the early years, had divided their respective territories.

To the west of Great Xia's territory in Red Wood Ridge was the territory of Great Stone Camp.

At this moment, Xia Hong certainly wouldn't care about Great Stone Camp trespassing.

He was just curious, where did Great Stone Camp get the courage to attack a Long-Tongue Snow Bristle?

Although he didn't know the specific strength of Great Stone Camp, he could be sure that they, like Great Xia, were also a small camp, at most having a few more Lumbering level combatants than Great Xia.

With such strength, could they hunt a Snow Bristle?

Soon, Xia Hong realized he was wrong.

Great Stone Camp seemed to have something.

"Shi Dong, its left eye has been shot by me, aim for its right eye with me, everyone else, quickly use the ropes to snare it!"

A sharp voice came from the west side of the Ice Shuo Tree.

Seventeen people followed closely behind the voice, all wearing animal skin skirts and holding stone axes in their hands, except for the first one in the lead, who was holding a gleaming broadsword.

"Ironware, they must have bought it from Rogue Camp."

Xia Hong looked at the broadsword, a look of envy in his eyes.

In the extremely cold weather, both stone and iron had undergone great changes.

Great Xia originally had a piece and a half of ironware, which was Xia Ding's axe.

The "half" was added because only the blade of the axe was made of iron, the axe body was still stone and a wooden handle.

But even with half ironware, its sharpness far exceeded that of a stone axe.

Xia Hong had personally used a stone axe to chop against that iron axe, and the stone axe was chipped, while the iron axe was unscathed.

If just the axe blade made of iron was so strong, not to mention the gleaming broadsword in the other party's hand.

Ignoring Xia Hong's envy, under the Ice Shuo Tree, the people from Great Stone Camp had already engaged with the Snow Bristle.

The Snow Bristle's left eye had indeed been shot, with a dark arrow still stuck in it.

The Snow Bristle probably felt the pain. After coming down from the tree, although the roar had stopped, its breathing became unusually heavy.

The only remaining small eye on the right had already become bloodshot, staring intently at the group from Great Stone Camp.

Its hind legs pawed at the snow twice, and then it suddenly charged forward.

As fast as a white arrow leaving the string, as fierce as a collapsing mountain.

Looking at the Snow Bristle's huge body, it was impossible to imagine that its speed could be so fast.

The huge body combined with extreme speed, the cold air was even dispersed, and the impact of this strike was imaginable.

"Quickly dodge, release the noose, quick!"

That sharp voice sounded again, and Xia Hong turned his gaze to behind a tree on the west side.

The one giving orders should be the archer, and another one named Shi Dong was also an archer, and should also be hiding on the other side.

That person directed while he and the other archer frantically shot arrows.

It's just that those arrows didn't hit the Snow Bristle's vitals.

Although they didn't hit, they successfully interfered with the Snow Bristle's forward charge.

While the Snow Bristle was being interfered with, the fourteen people under the Ice Shuo Tree all scattered, dodging the Snow Bristle while placing more than a dozen nooses on the ground.

The leader holding the broadsword even dodged while throwing the noose directly onto the Snow Bristle's neck.

The Snow Bristle couldn't stop its momentum and crashed into the ground full of nooses.

The Snow Bristle's limbs and head were indeed all caught.

"Pull hard, pull!"

The sharp command sounded from behind the tree, and the fourteen scattered people quickly gathered together, divided into five groups, grabbed the ropes on the ground, and ran in five directions with all their might.

Roar…

The Snow Bristle roared angrily, but unfortunately, it still staggered and was pulled directly over, smashing to the ground with a loud bang.

At the same time, two arrows shot from behind the tree like shooting stars.

Directly piercing the Snow Bristle's bloodshot right eye.

Puchi…

Both arrows actually hit.

The Snow Bristle let out an even more painful and angry roar.

"It's done!"

"Hahahaha, the boss is amazing."

"This beast, let it die in pain."

…

The laughter of the Great Stone Camp people formed a stark contrast to the Snow Bristle's angry and painful cries.

Although the Great Stone Camp people were happy, they didn't approach because they saw the Snow Bristle still rolling around.

The two archers in the distance also didn't come out, hiding behind the tree and continuously shooting arrows to finish it off.

As time passed, the Snow Bristle's rolling movements became smaller and smaller, until it finally stopped moving.

The people from Great Stone Camp seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The leader holding the knife threw stones from a distance several times to confirm the Snow Bristle's death, and finally spoke to the forest.

"Boss, it's dead."

Two middle-aged men walked out from behind the tree on the west side, leading the crowd towards the Snow Bristle's corpse.

Seeing the crowd beginning to harvest their prey, Xia Hong, who had been hiding in the tree, frowned slightly.