Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

This little thing in front of us is a high-level Frost Beast?

Not to mention the four hundred-plus people below, even Yue Feng, standing next to Yu Wentao, was dumbfounded.

"Are you all deaf? Run!"

But Yue Feng was still the quickest to react.

Realizing that Yu Wentao had no reason to deceive them, Yue Feng quickly drew his iron-core bow from behind. While nocking an arrow, he shouted loudly at the bottom again.

The four hundred-plus people below finally reacted at this moment.

"Run!"

"Run! Scatter and run!"

Breaking windows, climbing over walls…

The people on the first floor, despite already scattering quickly, numbered over four hundred. It wasn't easy to escape the wooden house all at once.

"Hmph…"

The Snow Mane, barely a meter long, then made a snorting sound.

Its crystalline, jade-like cyan pupils lightly swept over the scattering crowd, a hint of human-like cruel amusement appearing on its face.

The next second, it gently shook its body.

Swish…

A rustling sound arose. The barbs on the Snow Mane's back, only a few dozen centimeters long, flew out of its body like steel needles, so fast they created sparks in the air.

Shoo, shoo, shoo…

Hundreds of barbs bloomed like a rain of pear blossoms. The originally dark wooden house was lit up by the sparks created by the barbs, creating a bizarre and terrifying beauty.

Pfft… Pfft… Shoo…

Following the sparks, countless sounds of sharp thorns piercing human flesh rang out.

"Ah…"

"Ah!"

"Run! Run! You can't dodge those steel thorns!"

"Ah, run!"

…

The continuous screams ultimately echoed throughout the entire wooden house.

Blood splattered, and shattered limbs mixed with blood. The wooden house, originally meant as a shelter, instantly transformed into a living hell.

The sharp thorns shot out by the Snow Mane possessed astonishing power and speed. They didn't stop after hitting one person but passed straight through. If someone unlucky stood in front, they would also be pierced through.

After piercing through a person, the force of the thorns remained undiminished, directly piercing through the walls and flying outside the wooden house.

The entire wooden house's four walls instantly became riddled with holes.

Of the four hundred-plus people here tonight, besides the members of the three hunting teams and a few miners who were at the Earth-Digging Realm, the vast majority were Wood-Cutting Realm personnel from the harvesting department.

Even those at the Earth-Digging Realm were powerless to resist the sharp thorns shot by the Snow Mane, let alone these weak Wood-Cutting Realm individuals.

"Break through the walls and escape! Don't look back!"

Yu Wentao's bow and arrow didn't stop, and he didn't forget to remind everyone to break through the walls and escape. However, his voice was now full of panic and even some despair.

From the Snow Mane shaking its body until now, only five or six breaths had passed.

In just this short moment, at least a hundred people were lying on the ground.

Regardless of how many had died, the problem was that after the barbs on the Snow Mane's back were shot out, a new batch quickly grew out.

This new batch of thorns looked even sharper and denser than before.

Even more deadly was that the iron arrows shot by him, Yue Feng, Hong Guang, and Meng Yi had no effect at all on the Snow Mane.

Clang… Clang…

Keep in mind that among the four, Yue Feng's basic strength was slightly weaker, only a little over twenty thousand pounds. The other three had all exceeded the limit of the Earth-Digging Realm, with Yu Wentao reaching over fifty thousand pounds.

Even the iron arrows shot by Yu Wentao couldn't graze a bit of the opponent's skin, let alone those of Hong Guang and the others.

"This thirty-stone iron-core bow made with bamboo silk and Tengjiao tendon has a pulling force of up to thirty thousand pounds, yet it can't even break through its outer skin…"

Yu Wentao's voice trembled slightly. In just this short time, the four of them had almost emptied their iron arrows.

But the Snow Mane hadn't even moved its body.

Not only hadn't its body moved, the Snow Mane even raised its head and looked towards the second floor, where the four of them were standing.

Perhaps because of the bloody atmosphere permeating the wooden house, the Snow Mane looked at the four of them, its cyan jade-colored pupils now filled with violence, and a very obvious sense of enjoyment and greed.

Swish…

The Snow Mane shook its body again.

However, unlike before, this time its shaking direction was clearly upwards.

"Scatter and run!"

Yu Wentao shouted sharply, even throwing away the bow and arrow in his hand, quickly escaping towards the back.

Hong Guang, Meng Yi, and Yue Feng acted upon hearing the sound, scattering in different directions.

Shoo, shoo, shoo…

The Snow Mane shot out another round of thorns from its back, more numerous and wider in range, suddenly spreading in all directions.

The first round had just passed, and less than ten breaths had elapsed. Everything happened too quickly. By the time this second round of thorns was shot out, only less than one-tenth of the four hundred-plus people had truly escaped the wooden house.

The first round had already felled more than a hundred people. As the new round of thorns approached, despair instantly crept onto the faces of those in the back.

A few individuals even gave up escaping, simply closing their eyes and waiting to die on the spot.

This time, neither Yu Wentao nor Yue Feng had the mind or the strength to offer any more reminders, because they were already struggling to protect themselves.

Bang…

Yu Wentao smashed the window head-on and jumped out directly. Turning back and seeing that Hong Guang and Meng Yi on the other side had escaped, joy appeared in his eyes, but then he looked at Yue Feng and his pupils tightened again.

Yue Feng was too slow.

Not only was he slow, but his movements were also clearly more sluggish than the three of them. He failed to avoid the thorns shot by the Snow Mane, his shoulder and left calf were pierced through, and he had already fallen by the windowsill on the west side of the second floor.

Shoo…

"Save him!"

Seeing a sharp thorn shooting towards Yue Feng's brow, Yu Wentao showed no hesitation in his eyes. With a sharp shout, he actually turned back and rushed towards Yue Feng.

Hong Guang and Meng Yi immediately turned around upon hearing this. Yu Wentao had just discarded his bow, but they hadn't. The two raised their bows and shot three or four arrows at the thorn.

Clang…

Two of the iron arrows actually accurately hit the thorn.

Unfortunately, the power of the thorn was simply too strong.

The two iron arrows only slightly changed the direction of the thorn.

Clang…

At the critical moment, a giant broadsword suddenly slashed down.

Yu Wentao had arrived.

Not only was there no joy on his face, but it was full of horror.

Bang…

The next second, the broadsword shattered, Yu Wentao's hands split open, and his entire person was directly sent flying backward more than ten meters.

"The impact of this thorn is at least several times mine, how is that possible!"

At this moment, Yu Wentao's face was horrified. He now realized what kind of despair the four hundred-plus people below had just encountered.

An ordinary thorn on the Snow Mane's back, shot out tens of meters away, he slashed down horizontally, and not only did the broadsword shatter, but he was also sent flying!

This broadsword in his hand was left behind after his father Yuwen Hu died. It was a solid, hundred-forged weapon, of the same grade as the ceremonial blade in the hands of Commander Xia Hong, and one of the few hundred-forged weapons still in Great Xia.

Pfft…

Before Yu Wentao could recover from the shock of the weapon breaking, the sound of a thorn piercing flesh came. He hurriedly looked up at Yue Feng.

Yue Feng's right forehead was directly pierced through, and a large piece of scalp flew out.

"Lord Director, you run! Don't worry about me!"

Yue Feng wasn't dead. Although Yu Wentao's sword had failed to cut down the thorn, it had changed its direction, preventing it from piercing Yue Feng's brow and only scraping off a large piece of his scalp.

Hearing Yue Feng's shout, Yu Wentao gritted his teeth and still rushed forward to help him up. The two quickly ran towards the outside of the house.

"Lord, look downstairs!"

Yu Wentao swayed left and right, narrowly dodging the thorns behind him. Just as he jumped out of the windowsill, he heard the reminder from Hong Guang on the other side and hurriedly turned his head to look.

At this sight, both he and Yue Feng beside him were filled with terror.

The Snow Mane had grown another layer of dense barbs on its back, but this time it didn't shake its body to release the thorns, but opened its mouth.

A thick, long tongue flew out of its mouth, suddenly splitting into nine in mid-air, writhing wildly in the house like a chaotic dance of demons.

The long tongue was soft when writhing, but it would suddenly stiffen and harden upon contact with a human body, and sharp edges would also shrink out on both sides of the tongue.

Those on the first floor who had not yet escaped died almost instantly upon touching it. Even if they were lucky enough to dodge once, they would soon be cut down again; some even more unlucky people were wrapped around the body by the long tongue and swallowed into the belly by the Snow Mane before they could even scream.

The Snow Mane, which was only a little over a meter long, had already swallowed at least a dozen people in just this short time, but its abdomen didn't bulge at all, as if nothing had gone in.

"Hmph… Hmph…"

Hearing the Snow Mane make a sound again, Yu Wentao no longer had any intention of staying. Although he knew that there were still nearly two hundred people on the first floor who hadn't escaped, he had no mind or strength to care anymore.

The Snow Mane hadn't even moved its legs from beginning to end!

It just shook its body twice and opened its mouth, and they were already like this.

This was the strength of a high-level Frost Beast!

If they didn't run, they would all die here.

Facts proved that Yu Wentao's idea was correct.

A long tongue suddenly attacked from behind him.

The Snow Mane had long noticed the four people on the second floor. Realizing that all four had escaped the house, it actually began to attack them.

Yu Wentao now only had half a broadsword in his hand. In a panic, he could only turn around and raise his sword to resist, a hint of despair flashing in his eyes.

Even the barbs that the Snow Mane had just shot from its back, he couldn't withstand. Not to mention this long tongue.

The long tongue's sharp tip directly pierced through half of his broadsword, heading straight for his brow.

Although Yu Wentao was already retreating with all his might, the long tongue's speed was simply too fast. In an instant, it pierced his brow, about to penetrate his skull.

Hong Guang, Meng Yi, and even Yue Feng, who was closest to him, were all sprinting towards him, wanting to save him, but their speed was simply not enough.

Chī… … … …

A sharp pain came from his brow bone, and Yu Wentao's expression instantly dimmed.

His death was imminent!

At the critical moment, a slender ceremonial saber came into view.

Yu Wentao's pupils instantly lit up, and his expression became extremely excited.

Kāchā… … … …

"Retreat quickly!"

Xia Hong's voice resounded throughout Mirror Valley. Not only Yu Wentao, but all the terrified people inside and outside the wooden house, instantly had hope rise on their faces.

"The leader is here!"

"There's hope, there's hope… …"

… … … …

Xia Hong, dressed in black, held the saber with both hands, maintaining a slashing posture. The blade was stuck on the side of the long tongue in front of Yu Wentao.

Xia Hong's eyes glanced at the Snow Mane on the first floor, his pupils extremely solemn.

The "Kāchā" sound just now was not the sound of the long tongue being cut off.

But rather, his ceremonial saber had been broken.

"Leader, this is a high-level Snow Mane. Barbs can be continuously shot from its back. The nine long tongues can be soft or hard, can swallow people, and ordinary weapons can't break through its defense. Its strength is at least ten times mine or more."

Yu Wentao quickly retreated, wiped away the blood from his brow, and quickly told Xia Hong the situation in brief.

"Ten times? More than that!"

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Xia Hong thought to himself, looking at the cracked blade, his expression slightly stern.

Although the front end of the blade had broken, his slash just now had truly broken through the Snow Mane's tongue. The flesh of the tongue's wound was different from other cold beasts; it was not azure blue, but rather a pure white, crystalline ice color.

Not only was the color of the flesh different.

Beneath the flesh of the tongue's wound, there was actually a bone.

That bone was also not normal white, but rather cyan, with a crystalline jade-like texture, the same color as the Snow Mane's eyes.

Cīliū… … … …

It sounds like a long time, but from Xia Hong's appearance to rescuing Yu Wentao, it only took three or four breaths.

The Snow Mane's long tongue was cut to the bone by Xia Hong, and it was obviously in pain. With a "cīliū" sound, it tried to retract its tongue into its mouth.

However, Xia Hong's slash just now was not light. Although the front end of the ceremonial saber was broken, there was still half of the blade stuck in the long tongue's bone.

As the Snow Mane retracted its long tongue, half of the blade went back with it.

Xia Hong, from beginning to end, had not let go of the handle of the ceremonial saber.

Thus, along with it, he was also pulled down.

In the gap of flying towards the Snow Mane, seeing the tragic scene on the first floor of the wooden house, anger flashed on Xia Hong's face, and the killing intent in his eyes instantly rose.

In just a short while, two or three hundred people were lying on the ground.

If he had come later, it was likely that everyone would have died.

Here in Mirror Valley, in addition to the members of the Yu Wentao, Meng Yi, and Yue Feng hunting teams, there were also many Earth Digging Realm cultivators who came to mine; those who were willing to travel far to come here were likely elites in the Collection Department.

These were all the backbone of Great Xia at present. So many had died at once, and Xia Hong, looking at this Snow Mane again, was filled with killing intent in his heart.

Hū… … … …

Before Xia Hong could be pulled to the Snow Mane, the other eight long tongues attacked him from all directions, either stabbing or缠绕.

The Snow Mane was obviously not stupid either, knowing that Xia Hong wanted to get close to it. When the long tongues were still more than ten meters away from its body, it stopped and controlled the other eight tongues to attack him.

How could Xia Hong let it have its way?

He drew out the half of the ceremonial saber, and while the eight long tongues had not yet reached him, his body was as swift as thunder, turning into a black whirlwind, and charged directly towards the Snow Mane.

Was the Snow Mane's action of retracting its tongue faster, or Xia Hong's charge speed faster?

This question was quickly answered.

Xia Hong charged directly towards it, and the Snow Mane was obviously caught off guard. While the nine long tongues changed direction and retracted into its mouth, it tried to缠住 Xia Hong along the way.

But Xia Hong's speed was so fast that it was somewhat unexpected.

Its nine long tongues had only retracted less than half the distance when Xia Hong had already arrived.

Only a slight panic flashed in the Snow Mane's eyes. Realizing something, a hint of cruel smile appeared on its face, and its body suddenly shook.

Sùsù… … … …

Xia Hong, who was almost close to the Snow Mane's body, saw countless sharp thorns shooting towards him. His pupils only slightly narrowed, but he still continued to raise the half of the ceremonial saber in his right hand and thrust forward fiercely.

He didn't make any evasive movements.

Kēng… … Kēng… … Sīlā… … … …

Because the distance was too close, almost 90% of the dense sharp thorns hit Xia Hong, but without exception, these sharp thorns all seemed to have hit a copper wall and iron wall. After touching Xia Hong's body, they all fell to the ground.

Only a few occasional thorns could leave a small wound on some of Xia Hong's fragile parts, leaving a bloody mark.

Seeing this scene, the Snow Mane's pupils condensed, and its expression instantly changed.

It had already realized that the strength of the person in front of it far exceeded its imagination.

But realizing it now was obviously a little late!

A cold light reflected in its left eye, and the Snow Mane's expression finally became panicked.

Pūchī… … … …

"Can't break through your outer skin, can't I still stab through your eyes, you beast!"

The ceremonial saber was 1.7 meters long, and excluding the handle, the blade alone was 1.5 meters.

The broken front end of the first slash was at most 60-70 centimeters.

Xia Hong directly used the remaining half as a short sword.

He didn't attack the Snow Mane's other parts, but jumped up and rode on the Snow Mane's neck, then held the broken saber in reverse and inserted it into the Snow Mane's left eye.

How great was the power that Xia Hong exploded with all his strength? At this moment, perhaps only this Snow Mane knew.

More than 70 centimeters of the broken blade were all inserted into its left eye, and the tip of the blade directly pierced out from the back of its head.

"Hǒu… Hǒu… … …"

The eyeball, along with the skull, was pierced through, and intense pain entered its mind. The Snow Mane let out two rapid roars, and then its whole body began to tremble, followed by an even more terrifying and violent roar.

"Hǒu… … … …"

Along with this angry roar, its limbs quickly swelled, and its body continued to expand.

In just a few breaths, its body, which was more than one meter long, quickly soared to more than 20 meters; that head was also rapidly expanding, and the dense, permeating fangs in its mouth frantically lengthened; even the newly grown barbs on its back continued to expand and extend.

In an instant, this Snow Mane actually transformed into a behemoth more than 20 meters long and more than ten meters high.

The only thing that remained unchanged was that its left eye still had that broken saber inserted in it, and the handle of the broken saber was still firmly held in Xia Hong's hand.

It was just that Xia Hong, who had just been riding on its neck, was now lying prostrate on its forehead.

"This… This is a high-level cold beast… …"

"Is this its true form?"

"What was that just now?"

"Gūdōng… … … …"

… … … …

The people who had just scattered and fled hadn't gone too far. Everyone, including Yu Wentao, turned their heads along with the Snow Mane's roar. Seeing the behemoth whose size had already covered the wooden house, their eyes were filled with horror and fear.

"Xiū… … … …"

These people had time to be shocked, but Xia Hong didn't!

The moment the Snow Mane's body grew larger, Xia Hong's heart also trembled slightly, but realizing that the part where the broken saber was inserted had not changed in any way, he still reacted quickly, drew out the broken saber, and stabbed towards the other eye.

Pēng… … … …

But this time, the Snow Mane didn't give him a chance.

It suddenly shook its head, throwing Xia Hong into the high sky, and two sharp fangs suddenly rushed towards Xia Hong's body.

Hū… … … …

The fierce wind caused by the Snow Mane's huge body impact made Xia Hong's expression tense in mid-air. He forcibly stabilized his falling posture, aimed at the Snow Mane's fangs, chopped the broken saber on it to borrow strength, his body flipped, and he grabbed the Snow Mane's right forelimb with one hand.

If I can't break it open, then I'll use brute force!

A fierce look flashed in Xia Hong's eyes. He bit the broken saber in his mouth, stepped his feet on the ground, held his breath, and suddenly exerted force with both hands at the same time.

"Hē… … … … Ā… … … …"

With a violent roar, Xia Hong's eyes were about to split, his whole body's veins bulged, and he actually dragged the Snow Mane's huge body forward.

"Gūdōng… … … … Leader… … The leader's… … strength… …"

"This Snow Mane, its weight alone must be fifty to sixty thousand catties, right?"

"Even if it's dead, none of us can move it, let alone alive."

"Look at that Snow Mane, its other three legs are struggling on the ground, but it's useless."

"The leader's strength… …"

… … … … … …

The crowd's shock was temporarily not mentioned.

The Snow Mane's other three limbs were constantly struggling and thrashing on the ground, but no matter what, it couldn't break free from Xia Hong's hands.

After more than ten breaths, realizing that it was fruitless, the Snow Mane's face was finally covered with panic and fear.

And Xia Hong here had already begun his devastation.

He suddenly exerted force, flipping the Snow Mane's huge body from the air and smashing it directly forward.

Pēng… … … …

After a shocking loud noise, the Snow Mane's body flipped over and fell to the ground, lying on the ground with its four feet facing the sky, and Xia Hong's hands were still firmly clamping its right forelimb, not only not letting go, but also starting to use the ground's strength to tear it apart.

"Hǒu… Hǒu… … …"

The Snow Mane certainly wouldn't be captured without a fight. Its body frantically thrashed on the ground, trying to turn over, and the other three limbs constantly attacked Xia Hong, trying to break free.

Xia Hong swayed left and right, just managing to evade its grasp.

Moreover, while dodging, Xia Hong freed a hand to continuously strike the Snowmane's arm joints with his fist.

Bang… Bang… Bang…

The terror of Xia Hong's fist needed no description; one could see it with their own eyes.

The terrifying shockwaves created by his fist not only caused the thirty-odd houses within Mirror Valley to shake violently, but even the crowd, over a hundred meters away, could clearly feel the ground trembling.

"Who was it that said before that we are like five or six-year-old children in front of the Chieftain? I didn't believe it at the time."

"More than five or six-year-olds, we're practically like infants."

"I reckon the Chieftain could kill us with a single punch from a distance."

"The Chieftain is too strong."

… … … … … …

"So, this is the Chieftain's true strength!"

If the others in the Lumbering and Burrowing Realms felt only respect and excitement upon witnessing Xia Hong's divine might at that moment,

then Yu Wentao felt only horror and shock.

The weaker one's cultivation, the less clear their perception of strength.

Others might not have clearly understood just how terrifying the strength Xia Hong displayed at that moment was, but Yu Wentao did.

"He Yuanhun also forced Chen Yingyuan and the others to retreat before, but he didn't have the ability to fight high-level frost beasts alone. The Chieftain's strength… … … …"

For the first time directly experiencing Xia Hong's true strength, Yu Wentao's pupils contained not only horror and shock, but also deep respect and admiration.

Even he, like the rest of the Great Xia camp, for the first time, felt a trace of fervent zeal towards Xia Hong…