Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 64: Dead… Dead?

Although the wooden puppet ghoul had increased in size, its appearance still resembled Luo Feng.

The screams and roars didn't deter Xia Hong; instead, they fueled his strength in shoving the torch. Simultaneously, the other five people also approached with their torches.

Instead of using their weapons to create more wounds, the five directly came to Xia Hong's side and crammed all the lit torches in their hands into the crack that Xia Hong had previously made.

Originally, one torch was already producing a lot of black smoke, but with the addition of five more, the flames instantly soared three to four meters high. The black smoke rose into a pillar, spreading wildly into the sky.

The black aura surrounding the wooden puppet ghoul gave people an extremely evil feeling.

The black smoke from the torches carried a fishy stench, like the decaying odor released after filth had been purified.

"Ah… … … … … …"

The wooden puppet ghoul's screams became even more hysterical.

Even so, it was still unwilling to open its eyes. Inside its body, the resentful and venomous voices that could affect one's mind never ceased.

"Ghouls gather spirits and souls to ascend. Success means promotion! It doesn't want to give up the chance to advance, Big Brother! We can't let it succeed!"

Except for Yang Ning, the other five were confused by the words 'gather spirits and souls,' but they could understand the rest of the sentence. Their expressions immediately became tense again.

Six torches were indeed useful and caused significant damage to the wooden puppet ghoul.

However, it must be said that they were far inferior to the condensed oil from before.

Whether it was because the wooden puppet ghoul was too large or its strength was far greater than the previous giant wooden puppet, the flames from the six torches couldn't even cover its legs. They only burned upwards for less than five meters before stopping.

Xia Hong was naturally the first to notice this, and Luo Ming was the second.

Realizing that the torches couldn't continue to burn through the wooden puppet ghoul, Luo Ming even turned to look at Xia Hong, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I don't have any left. If I did, I wouldn't have saved it until now!"

Xia Hong, of course, knew what Luo Ming meant and shook his head gently in response.

"Everyone, get out of the way! I'll do it!"

Just then, Yang Ning moved.

In fact, at this moment, only he could cause damage to the wooden puppet ghoul.

Yang Ning shouted to the five to step back, stepped onto the wooden puppet ghoul's lower limbs, and sped upwards along its torso.

His speed and strength were astonishing. Using inertia and force, he continuously borrowed strength from the joints of the wooden puppet ghoul's body. In the blink of an eye, he rushed all the way to the wooden puppet ghoul's shoulder.

Seeing that the wooden puppet ghoul still had its eyes closed, a look of ferocity appeared on Yang Ning's face. He raised his silver longsword high and suddenly stabbed towards its left eye.

The sword hummed, stirring the air along the way, almost condensing into a fluorescent glow, shimmering in the night sky, enough to see the force of Yang Ning's sword.

In the gap before the longsword reached its eye, the wooden puppet ghoul immediately shot out a large number of transparent white threads from its five orifices, trying to resist.

If he didn't force it to open its eyes and disrupt its promotion process, there would only be death.

This was the only thought in Yang Ning's mind. He directly ignored the countless white threads spewing from its five orifices and resolutely thrust his sword forward without the slightest hesitation.

Chih… … … …

Those white threads couldn't stop the silver longsword at all.

Countless white threads were cut off, bursting out with thousands of sparks, incomparably brilliant.

The longsword, like a stream of light, went straight to the wooden puppet ghoul's left pupil.

Just an inch away, the wooden puppet ghoul suddenly opened its eyes.

"Roar… … … … … …"

The wooden puppet ghoul let out a deafening roar.

Whether it was Yang Ning in front of it or Xia Hong and the others on the ground, they could all feel the wooden puppet ghoul's endless anger and madness from this roar.

"This should be because its promotion was interrupted, so it's so angry!"

This thought flashed through Xia Hong's mind. Just as he was about to look up, a terrifying sense of oppression came from overhead. He was startled and quickly retreated.

The three-inch dagger in the wooden puppet ghoul's hand had somehow turned into a black greatsword more than ten meters long. The blade was surrounded by a layer of black aura, exuding boundless power, terrifying to the extreme.

With a height of more than twenty meters, wielding that horrifying greatsword, the wooden puppet ghoul at this moment was like a demon god in the world, chilling to the bone.

Bang… … … …

It merely raised its knife and waved it lightly, sending Yang Ning, along with his longsword, flying more than a hundred meters away, directly crashing into the stone wall on the left side of the valley.

Judging by the sound, it was estimated that Yang Ning was knocked into the mountain body for more than five or six meters.

"Although its promotion failed, its strength has still become stronger!"

Xia Hong, who had retreated more than ten meters away, had a hint of fear flash across his face. He turned to look at Yue Feng, Yuan Cheng, and the others, gritted his teeth, and shouted, "Let's run!"

Luo Ming, Li Hu, and Yang Ning, who had just escaped from the mountain wall, were stunned when they heard these three words from Xia Hong.

In fact, not only them, but even Yuan Cheng and the other five didn't react at first.

Was the leader going to lead them to escape?

But soon, unconditional trust in Xia Hong made the five of Yuan Cheng immediately abandon the confusion in their minds and follow behind him, running towards the direction of the cave entrance together.

"That cowardly waste!"

Li Hu, who had the biggest opinion of Xia Hong, was extremely angry at this moment. If it weren't for the wrong timing, he would have liked to split Xia Hong with his knife.

At such a critical moment, Xia Hong actually turned around and fled for his life.

It wasn't that Xia Hong had much use, but the key was that they had a total of seven Earth Piercing Realm cultivators. With one less, the remaining six would naturally be under greater pressure.

"Little bastard, you want to run?"

The wooden puppet ghoul, who had not spoken all along, saw that Xia Hong wanted to escape and unexpectedly let out a mocking voice. Seeing Xia Hong's embarrassed figure fleeing, it seemed that even the anger from the interruption of its promotion had subsided a lot.

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Of course, mockery was mockery, but the wooden puppet ghoul's movements were not slow at all.

It raised the black greatsword more than ten meters long in its hand and slashed at Xia Hong and his group. The black aura on the blade seemed to have a life of its own, turning into a black blade. Before it even landed, the ground had already been left with a terrifying crack more than a meter deep with just the pressure.

"Dodge to the right!"

Sensing the blade overhead was attacking, Xia Hong shouted to Yuan Cheng and the others beside him to remind them.

The five all frantically dodged to the right, while Xia Hong went to the left alone.

The wooden puppet ghoul's blade also followed him to the left, its target obviously him.

Bang… … … …

The powerful force carried by the black blade slashed down on the ground, stirring up smoke and dust more than a hundred meters high, instantly covering the entire valley. Everyone couldn't see the situation inside clearly.

A full ten breaths passed before the smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

Seeing the situation inside, everyone's faces were suddenly horrified, their pupils constricted.

That slash actually forcibly cut out a ravine seven or eight meters deep.

The ravine was twenty or thirty meters long. Just the sword energy extending forward had forcibly cut open the pile of rubble at the entrance of the valley.

"Leader!"

"Leader… …"

The five of Yuan Cheng and Yue Feng on the right had no intention to care about the ravine. All five shouted in panic, hoping to get a response from Xia Hong.

Unfortunately, they called more than ten times, but no one responded.

"Alas… …"

Luo Ming in the distance sighed softly, a touch of regret flashing across his face.

It was no exaggeration to say that from the time he met Xia Hong at Red Maple Ridge until now, although it hadn't been a few hours, this young man's wit and decisiveness had left him with a deep impression.

Looking around the camps around Red Maple Ridge, Luo Ming could be sure that young people as excellent as Xia Hong were basically impossible to find.

Who would have thought that such a talent would still be unable to resist the fear of death?

At the moment when Xia Hong deserted, Luo Ming actually didn't blame him, but was just a little disappointed in his heart.

Whether facing cold beasts or ghouls, once fear arises in the heart, it often means death. This is the common understanding of people like them who are leaders.

And Li Hu on that side had an extremely relieved smile on his face.

Yang Ning didn't speak either, just shook his head, a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"Giggle giggle… … … …"

The happiest person in the audience was the wooden puppet ghoul.

Seeming to realize that Xia Hong was dead, it let out an incomparably eerie laugh.

While laughing, it also put away the black knife that it had slashed on the ground, carrying it on its back, and looked down to check the ravine, wanting to see the tragic state of Xia Hong's corpse.