Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

"Forget the Teng Jiao, shoot those two idiots first, don't let them lure the cold beasts over!"

Whoosh…

An iron arrow suddenly came, and Xia Chuan jerked his head to the side.

The iron arrow almost grazed his scalp.

Looking back, he saw a large tree behind him pierced by the iron arrow.

Cold sweat also beaded on Xia Chuan's forehead, and he felt a wave of lingering fear.

Fortunately, after throwing the torch, he immediately turned east and ran towards Xia Hong's location.

Otherwise, the one pierced by this arrow would have been him.

This He Meng actually planned to kill someone directly!

Not only He Meng, but those archers who had been besieging the Teng Jiao, upon hearing the order, really ignored the Teng Jiao and all changed direction.

Their targets became Luo Yuan and Xia Chuan on the north and south sides.

Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

In an instant, iron arrows rained down on the two of them like meteors.

These were more than twenty Earth Burrowing Realm cultivators shooting arrows.

Moreover, the distance between the two sides was only a hundred meters.

Just like the Great Xia camp valued archery, this group from the Mirror Immortal camp also had extremely high archery skills.

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan instantly became flustered.

The two weaved left and right between the trees, constantly dodging the iron arrows coming from behind, but because there were cold beasts chasing behind them, they couldn't hide behind the trees and stay still, nor could they retreat, so they could only keep fleeing east.

In this way, their escape direction was restricted.

The group from the Mirror Immortal camp obviously realized this, and the positions they predicted when shooting arrows became more and more accurate, and the hit rate was astonishingly high.

"Don't shoot to kill, drive them eastward, let them lure the cold beasts away…"

Xia Chuan, who was dodging dangerously, originally had an extremely ugly expression, but upon hearing He Meng's order to the others, he was immediately overjoyed.

"This idiot, hahahaha!"

In just a short while, he had already been grazed by arrows in several places. If the other party continued to shoot like this, he and Luo Yuan, not to mention suffering more injuries, might even lose their lives.

He never expected that at this time, He Meng would be so clever.

"Not shooting to kill, wanting to force us to continue running east, to lure the cold beasts away, he thinks what's attracting the cold beasts is me and Xia Chuan…"

Luo Yuan, on the south side, felt the arrows coming from behind, no longer aiming at his vitals, but constantly restricting his escape direction, and a relaxed look appeared on his face.

He just lowered his head and glanced at his calf, his expression somewhat gloomy.

An iron arrow had already pierced through the outer flesh, and was stuck there, with blood flowing from the wound.

He and Xia Chuan threw the torches at the same time, and the number of people shooting arrows at him was actually less than Xia Chuan's side, so he shouldn't have been hit.

The problem was that behind him was an intermediate Frost Wolf!

Low-level Frost Wolves were already more agile and faster than other cold beasts.

Moreover, what he attracted with the torch was an intermediate Frost Wolf.

Being chased by the Frost Wolf, he was already extremely flustered, and naturally didn't have much energy to take care of the iron arrows shot by He Meng and others.

Although the arrow that pierced his calf only injured the flesh, he could temporarily suppress the pain, but as time passed, the wound tore bigger and bigger, and it had gradually begun to affect his speed.

"Woof…"

Knowing that He Meng and others were no longer focused on shooting to kill him, Luo Yuan only cared about rushing forward, and the howling of the Frost Wolf behind him was getting closer and closer, and he could even smell the breath exhaled from the Frost Wolf's mouth.

Whoosh…

A sound echoed in his ears, and a sense of crisis suddenly rose in his back. Luo Yuan's pupils suddenly shrank, realizing that an arrow was about to hit him, and he subconsciously wanted to move to the left to dodge.

Unfortunately, the speed of the iron arrow was astonishingly fast.

Before he could completely move his body to the left, Luo Yuan had already sensed the sharp touch of the arrowhead from his right waist.

A dim light flashed in his eyes. Judging from the fact that those iron arrows could pierce through large trees, most of He Meng's group probably had more basic strength than him, and the iron arrows they shot were extremely powerful.

The arrow that pierced his calf only injured the flesh, which was not a big problem;

But this arrow was aimed at his waist.

Being pierced through the body by such terrifying power would probably not just leave a big hole. If his internal organs were damaged, he might even lose his life…

Clang… Clang… Clang…

In a flash of lightning, several sounds of metal clashing echoed in his ears, followed by Xia Hong's incredibly reassuring voice.

"Hide behind me, no need to run, apply Gold Wound Powder first!"

Xia Hong drew out his ceremonial saber and waved it rapidly behind Luo Yuan, quickly forming a saber screen. The ceremonial saber was too long, so the range of the saber screen was also wide, and all the arrows shot by He Meng's group were blocked and fell to the ground.

Luo Yuan quickly pulled out the arrow from his calf, then applied Gold Wound Powder. Seeing that the Frost Wolf that had been following him was already running towards the torch, that is, the location of He Meng and others, a look of joy appeared on his face.

Not only the Frost Wolf, but the Snow Mane behind Xia Chuan also rushed towards the Mirror Immortal camp.

With two intermediate cold beasts charging at the same time, He Meng's group naturally had no time to shoot arrows in this direction.

Luo Yuan, whose injuries had eased, laughed triumphantly at this moment:

"Hahahaha, they're gone, that group probably doesn't even know who did it."

"They already know, He Meng has seen me, and my saber!"

Xia Hong inserted the ceremonial saber into its sheath, and his gaze passed through the Frost Wolf, and he made eye contact with He Meng, who was a hundred or two hundred meters away.

"It's that bunch of bastards, daring to scheme against me!"

He Meng under the tree was now full of anger, and the hand holding the longbow trembled uncontrollably.

Previously, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, he had not seen their appearances clearly, but he could vaguely judge from their clothing that they should be from Great Xia, but he was not sure.

But seeing Xia Hong, who was wearing a black cloak, appearing next to Luo Yuan at the end, and the slender long saber in Xia Hong's hand, he immediately understood:

He had been schemed against.

"Boss, those two beasts are almost here, it'll be too late if we don't retreat!"

Hearing his teammate's shout, He Meng first lowered his head and glanced at the two torches on the ground, then turned his head and glanced at the dying Teng Jiao and the dead Thunder Kui, gritting his teeth and saying hatefully:

"Forget about these, everyone scatter and run outwards!"

If the Frost Wolf and Snow Mane came alone, he would not be afraid at any time. If the hunting team was in its prime, even if two came at the same time, he would dare to lead these people and try to deal with them.

But it just so happened that they came at this time!

The hunting team members had already fought three battles in a row, and not only had a few been sacrificed, but most of them also had injuries, and supplies and arrows were seriously insufficient.

No matter how confident He Meng was, he didn't dare to stay here any longer.

After saying that, he took the lead and ran to the north side.

The remaining twenty or so people also scattered and fled to the north or south, and seven or eight of them were carrying a person on their backs, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

"Great Xia, Great Xia, I will definitely make you pay the price, ah…"

He Meng roared as he ran, and couldn't help but look back a few times at the direction where Xia Hong and the others were on the east side, his eyes full of anger and hatred.

This was a night that could have yielded four intermediate cold beast prey.

Now, it had all been ruined by Xia Hong and his group.

…

Not far away, watching He Meng order people to flee separately, not even wanting the prey on the ground, smiles appeared on the faces of Xia Hong and the others.

"Sure enough, he thought the two cold beasts were coming for the Thunder Kui and Teng Jiao."

"Hahahaha, this torch is definitely the ultimate artifact of our camp!"

Hearing the teasing of Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, Xia Hong couldn't help but smile.

However, seeing that He Meng and others had all scattered and fled far away, and the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf had also each caught up with the torch, he immediately said to the two people behind him:

"Go to the flanks, and use the same method to lure away the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf."

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan nodded and took orders, and immediately separated, one to the south and one to the north, and detoured to the flanks of the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf respectively.

Because the positions where the two torches landed were very close just now, the two cold beasts that had already come into contact with the torches were now almost in a state of meeting.

"Woof…"

"Roar…"

The Snow Mane and Frost Wolf had obvious hostility towards each other. The moment they came into contact with the torch, expressions of enjoyment appeared on their faces, but they quickly woke up, quickly picked up the torch, then looked up at each other, and at the same time let out a low growl.

This voice carried obvious threat.

Obviously, they were both expressing their ownership of the torch.

"Roar…"

However, a third voice sounded at this time.

It was just that this third voice was very different from the imposing manner of the previous two. It was clearly very weak, with a feeling of powerlessness, and even a bit of bluster.

It was the severely injured, dying Teng Jiao.

Strangely, although the Teng Jiao was issuing a warning to the two cold beasts, its gaze was also fixed on the torches held in the mouths of the two cold beasts, and there was also an obvious look of desire in it.

The Snow Mane and Frost Wolf turned their heads at the same time, staring at the Teng Jiao and the dead Thunder Kui behind it, and a look of bloodthirsty desire appeared in their eyes.

Obviously, they both realized that the Teng Jiao's condition was very bad.

The dead Thunder Kui behind the Teng Jiao also had an attraction to them.

"The attraction of the torch to you should be stronger than this Teng Jiao, right?"

Xia Hong, standing on top of a large tree not far away, first glanced at the three cold beasts, then turned his gaze to the sides, with a look of anticipation on his face.

As He Meng and his group fled, the surrounding snow forest fell silent. Besides the low growls of the three frost beasts cautiously probing each other, there were no other sounds.

Suddenly, behind the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf, about a hundred meters away, two small fires rose up.

The moment the two flames appeared, the two frost beasts seemed to sense something, quickly turning their heads to look, their pupils instantly gleaming with greed.

Even the dying Teng Jiao couldn't help but turn its head to look.

"It's stable!"

Seeing the reactions of the three frost beasts, Xia Hong knew the plan had succeeded.

The small fires on the north and south sides suddenly seemed to have been fueled with a large pile of firewood, abruptly leaping up two or three meters, the light suddenly growing larger, exceptionally conspicuous in the silent snow forest.

More importantly, those two fires were rapidly fleeing further south and north.

The Frost Wolf and Snow Mane, already tempted by the sight of a torch, could no longer restrain the greed in their hearts, both turning their heads and quickly running towards the large fires behind them.

"Everyone, shoot the Teng Jiao! Its body surface should be poisonous, don't get too close!"

The moment the Snow Mane and Frost Wolf ran off, Xia Hong immediately rushed forward. While drawing his bow and nocking an arrow, he didn't forget to call out to Zhao Long and the other hunting team members scattered in the surrounding trees to shoot the Teng Jiao together.

Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…

Zhao Long and the others, who had been ready and waiting for so long, had thought they were going to attack the Mirror Immortal Camp and had been waiting for Xia Hong's command.

Having hunted with Xia Hong so many times, they already had a tacit understanding, and having observed in secret for so long, they naturally knew Xia Hong's plan.

At Xia Hong's command, everyone drew their bows and nocked arrows without the slightest hesitation.

Fifteen Earth Realm cultivators, fifteen ten-stone iron-backed bows.

Adding to the fact that everyone knew time was limited, they increased their firing speed to near the limit.

Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh… whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…

Fifteen arrows at a time, in less than thirty breaths, everyone had already fired more than a dozen volleys, totaling nearly two hundred arrows.

The Teng Jiao was already severely injured and dying, and trapped under the Thunder Kui Swamp, it had little energy to escape, let alone dodge, and could only obediently stand above the swamp, acting as everyone's living target!

More than two hundred arrows directly submerged the Teng Jiao's head.

Under this round of almost carpet-bombing-style iron arrow baptism, let alone its eyes, the Teng Jiao's facial features were no longer visible.

Its entire head was directly shot into a hedgehog.

"Roar…"

At this time, the roar emitted by the Teng Jiao was already extremely weak.

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Zhao Long and the others surrounding it suddenly stopped shooting arrows.

The Teng Jiao, thinking it had gotten a chance to breathe, immediately straightened its body, desperately twisting its lower body, trying to escape from the swamp.

Without the attack of the iron arrows, coupled with the extreme power erupted under the state of intense desire to survive, it really pulled its body out of the swamp.

Crack…

Unfortunately, the moment it successfully pulled out its body and was about to escape.

Xia Hong, who had been hiding above the Ice Shuo tree, seized the opportunity and moved.

His eyes wide open, he held a double-edged giant axe, jumped down from the tree, exerted force with both hands, and using the potential energy of the fall, drew a circle from behind to the front with the giant axe, aiming at the bulge on the Teng Jiao's forehead, and slammed down.

Clang…

As the giant axe struck, many of the iron arrows stuck in the Teng Jiao's head were instantly knocked away.

The friction between the iron weapons sparked several sparks.

Swoosh…

The iron arrows that were merely knocked away directly pierced the Ice Shuo tree on the side.

The power of Xia Hong's axe can be imagined.

Boom… crack…

The axe struck down, the Teng Jiao's flesh and blood broke open, the bulge on its forehead shattered, and the bones inside were instantly crushed by the tremendous force. The bones in the Teng Jiao's head were as fragile as tofu in front of this giant axe, unable to resist even a little bit.

The giant axe actually split downwards for two or three meters.

The huge Teng Jiao's head was split in half from the middle.

If Xia Hong hadn't restrained a bit of his strength at the last moment, the entire upper body of the Teng Jiao would probably have been split in two.

"Hiss…"

"Leader's strength!"

"How much strength is that?"

Xia Hong didn't have the mind to listen to everyone's exclamations. In order not to get contaminated by the Teng Jiao, he didn't even take the giant axe away, but jumped down directly from mid-air, and quickly ordered everyone:

"Hurry up and clean up, bring back both the Thunder Kui and the Teng Jiao. The Teng Jiao's skin is poisonous, don't touch it!"

Everyone wasn't handling prey for the first time, knowing that time was limited, they immediately obeyed the order and cut down a slightly thinner tree, fiddled with it for a while, made a simple stretcher, and tied the Thunder Kui and Teng Jiao together.

In the interval of making the stretcher, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan, who were responsible for luring away the frost beasts, also detoured and ran back from the east side one after another.

Xia Chuan came back first, walking to Xia Hong's side with a very nervous expression, with lingering fear:

"If I didn't see it wrong, when I threw away the torch, a Magic Goat and two Frost Wolves nearby seemed to be alarmed. The Snow Mane should have felt it too, and didn't dare to chase me, grabbing the torch and running away."

Luo Yuan, who came back later, had a similar expression to Xia Chuan, and said in a deep voice:

"Before I ran to the east side, there was also a lot of movement on the west side. Some frost beast in the depths should have been alarmed too. Lighting five torches at once, the power is so great!"

Xia Hong nodded. The small torches were originally supplies produced by the system, and he had tested them on many low-level frost beasts many times.

In terms of understanding, others were naturally not as good as him.

The reason why torches are attractive to frost beasts is because frost beasts can use the light to heal and recover, and improve their strength.

Since this is the case, the greater the light, the greater the attraction to the frost beasts. The reason why the flames grew larger just now was because he instructed Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan to light five torches at the same time.

However, thinking of something, Xia Hong still turned to look at everyone and warned in a deep voice: "You all must remember that torches must be used with caution!"

"Yes, Leader!"

Hearing Xia Hong's solemn tone, everyone nodded in agreement, firmly remembering this matter in their hearts.

"Alright, let's go back quickly!"

At Xia Hong's command, he went directly to clear the way ahead, and the remaining seventeen people lifted the stretcher together, quickly following him and returning towards the eastern periphery.

Although the two prey were heavy together, it was not a problem at all for seventeen Earth Realm cultivators to lift them together.

Everyone strode like flying, and soon left Redwood Ridge and returned to the valley.

Seeing the intermediate Teng Jiao and intermediate Thunder Kui for the first time, the people in the camp naturally burst into another exclamation. Almost everyone gathered around to watch these two ferocious prey.

"Did the leader hunt two new frost beasts back?"

"Weren't the ones brought back some time ago all Snow Manes?"

"And they are all intermediate level!"

"This is called Thunder Kui, tsk, it's too big, how many pounds of meat can it produce?"

"Don't touch the Teng Jiao, it's poisonous!"

"The hunting team's strength is getting stronger and stronger."

"Hahahaha, I guess they never dreamed that our two prey were picked up for nothing. Oh right, there's also the blood of a Magic Goat, haha!"

In the main hall on the second floor of the wooden house, hearing the heated discussions of the crowd downstairs, Yuan Cheng looked down at the prey downstairs, couldn't help but laugh out loud, his face full of pride.

The others also laughed heartily when they heard this.

"Hahaha, the Mirror Immortal Camp has worked for us for nothing tonight!"

"Aren't they arrogant? They should be punished like this."

"They were the first to ignore the leader's warning and hunt recklessly across the border, they deserve it!"

"Isn't it right that they should work for us when they come to our Redwood Ridge to hunt?"

"If we encounter them next time, we have to continue to do this to them."

Hearing the joy in everyone's laughter, Xia Hong's expression also relaxed a little.

Doing things that harm others and benefit oneself, according to reason, does not conform to his values.

But that also depends on the specific situation.

Since the Mirror Immortal Camp ignored his warning and肆意invaded the territory of Great Xia, hunting across the border first, then he couldn't blame himself.

"Leader, let's go north for the hunting every three days in the future. If we encounter them once, let them go back empty-handed once, until they don't dare to set foot in Redwood Ridge!"

Hearing Yuan Cheng's proposal, the others immediately nodded in approval.

Xia Hong's face also showed a hint of interest, but after thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said in a deep voice: "If there are no accidents, He Meng is probably furious right now. Let's see how the Mirror Immortal Camp reacts after he goes back. We will still hunt normally later, and go to the north from time to time to take a look!"

Hearing the Mirror Immortal Camp, everyone immediately calmed down.

Indeed, one He Meng is nothing, what really needs to be worried about is the Mirror Immortal Camp behind him.

The number of Earth Realm cultivators far exceeds that of Great Xia, and there are also two Sea-Stabilizing Needle-like Frost Resistance level experts. No matter from which aspect, the current Great Xia is not suitable to tear face with the Mirror Immortal Camp.

Even if they know that the other party is invading their territory, they can only endure it.

Just like tonight, judging from the strength Xia Hong showed when he finally beheaded the Teng Jiao, they could have directly killed He Meng and his group.

The reason why Xia Hong didn't choose to do this is this.

The current strength of Great Xia is not enough to support them to completely tear face with the Mirror Immortal Camp. If the two Frost Resistance level experts really take action, the result will not be good.

"Let's just leave it like this for now, don't completely anger them, but we can't turn a blind eye to their cross-border behavior. We will go to the north from time to time to take a look!"

"Watching," of course, isn't just the literal meaning. If they could gain three prey items without doing anything, like tonight, they certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

The entire hunting team wore knowing smiles.

"Profiting at others' expense is indeed comfortable. It's much easier than risking our lives against those cold beasts!"

Xia Hong's eyes flickered slightly. If he wasn't worried about offending the Mirror Immortal camp too much and provoking those two cold resistance-level experts to take action, he would have really liked to exploit He Meng like this a few more times.

The feeling of gaining without effort is indeed great.

But increasing strength should still be the top priority!

"Bleed them and send it to my room."

"Yes, leader."

Xia Hong turned and instructed Xia Chuan before heading upstairs.

There was still the blood of three snow mane beasts from last time, plus the Teng Jiao, Thunder Kui, and Demon Sheep collected this time, totaling six. That should be at least three to four hundred pounds.

At a progress rate of fifty pounds per point, this should raise it by 7 to 8 points. The basic strength should increase by about ten thousand pounds.

"More importantly, this time I also figured out how to hunt the Teng Jiao. I also saw Yu Wentao hunt the Demon Sheep last time. Demon Sheep and Teng Jiao can both be hunted in the future. This way, the hunting efficiency can be improved even further, and my skin membrane progress can be faster..."

...

Inside Red Wood Ridge, He Meng and the others who had scattered and fled gradually returned to the location where they had hunted the Teng Jiao earlier.

Looking at the empty ground and the large pool of blood from the Teng Jiao overflowing near the swamp, He Meng and the others instantly turned ashen.

The ground was so clean, it was clearly not cold beasts preying on each other. That is to say, both prey items were taken away by the people of Great Xia.

"You dog bastards, not only did you screw me over, but you also took away the Thunder Kui and Teng Jiao!"

He Meng's chest heaved with anger, his eyes fixed on the south side of Red Wood Ridge, as if weighing something.

"Boss, something bad happened!"

Suddenly, a shout came from the east.

Everyone turned to look.

The newcomer also looked furious, walking to He Meng's side and saying:

"Boss, the blood of that Demon Sheep has been completely drained!"

Upon hearing this, He Meng's expression first stiffened, then anger instantly surged into his brain, and he drew the large saber from his waist.

"Everyone, go south and find it! Find the Great Xia's camp! We must find Great Xia's camp! If I don't kill these dogs, I won't be named He!"

Sorry, I got sick and had an injection today, and I was drowsy, so it's even later!