Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Late at night, Redwood Ridge.

The cold wind was piercing, and everything was covered in silver.

Giant trees, adorned with countless long icicles, formed a silent, snow-covered forest. The only sounds were the occasional cracking of icicles falling to the ground, broken off by the cold wind.

Beneath a golden frost tree with a diameter of over seven meters, nine figures stirred.

Someone jumped down from a tree next to the golden frost tree. Holding a large blade, the person gave a few instructions to the nine people beneath the tree.

The nine people below immediately took out several ropes from their bodies, spread them on the ground, covered them with white snow, and then, each grabbing one end of the rope, hid behind the nearby trees.

The person with the blade, seeing that everyone was hidden, raised their head and gestured towards a tree to the left of the golden frost tree.

Whoosh…

No sooner had the person finished the gesture than an arrow shot out from the tree on the left, piercing the air and heading straight for the top of the golden frost tree.

The arrow was extremely fast and powerful, breaking many thick icicles along the way. Finally, it seemed to hit something, emitting a clear 'clang' sound.

“Roar…”

Following closely behind the arrow was the terrifying roar of a frost beast.

Perched atop the golden frost tree was actually a four-meter-long adult Snow Mane.

The Snow Mane leaped down from the tree, its four thick hooves sinking more than a meter into the snow. Its two fangs pointed upwards, and its fierce eyes stared at the man with the blade who had been standing under the tree, its body poised to strike.

A black arrow was stuck in the Snow Mane's right cheek, about a dozen centimeters from its eye. It was clearly the arrow that had just been shot from the tree on the left.

“Roar…”

The Snow Mane's pupils became bloodshot. With an angry roar, it pushed off the ground with its hind legs, charging straight towards the man with the blade like a cannonball. The terrifying impact sent the snow on the ground flying, creating a white wave of air that reached the man in an instant.

“Pull the ropes!”

The man with the blade remained calm and collected. At his command, the nine people who had been hiding behind the nearby trees all pulled the ropes they were holding at the same time.

Snap…

The ropes in the snow were pulled taut by the nine people, blocking the Snow Mane's path.

Caught off guard, the Snow Mane's legs were tripped. Although the terrifying impact dragged the nine people pulling the ropes, causing them to stagger, the Snow Mane's speed was suddenly reduced. Moreover, its front legs were caught for a moment, and the powerful momentum almost caused it to roll over.

The moment the nine people appeared, the Snow Mane's pupils shrank. It seemed to sense a dangerous aura. After forcibly stabilizing its body, it turned its head, wanting to escape.

“Want to run? Not so easy!”

When the Snow Mane almost rolled over, the man with the blade had already rushed to its side. Seeing that the Snow Mane was turning to flee, the man gripped the blade with both hands and, facing the top of the Snow Mane's head, slashed down fiercely.

Whoosh…

The blade cut through the air, creating a whistling sound.

The cold edge of the blade reflected in its pupils, the Snow Mane's ferocity seemed to be ignited as well. It turned its head, extended its two fangs, and charged towards the blade.

The Snow Mane was cunning, knowing to use its hardest fangs to collide with the blade in the man's hand.

But how could the man with the blade let it have its way?

The moment the Snow Mane charged over, the man suddenly twisted his body, dodging to the left first. Then, holding the blade horizontally, he aimed and, at the right moment, used the sharp edge of the blade like a sword, inserting it straight into the Snow Mane's right neck.

The Snow Mane sensed that a few inches of its right neck had been pierced, and a look of fear flashed in its pupils. However, its violent force was uncontrollable, and it could only grit its teeth and continue to charge forward, wanting to force the blade away.

Unfortunately, the hand of the man holding the blade never moved.

Tear…

The blade, which had originally only pierced a few inches, was dragged from the right neck all the way to the abdomen and even the tail due to the Snow Mane's violent impact. The wound changed from a few inches deep to more than half a meter.

In the end, when the Snow Mane stopped, only half of the blade was still visible outside.

Pfft…

A stream of dark green blood spurted out from the wound. The Snow Mane turned its head and opened its mouth, wanting to stick out its tongue and make a last-ditch effort, but as soon as it stuck out its tongue, the man had already pulled out the blade and slashed down at its not-yet-fully-extended tongue.

With its long tongue severed, the Snow Mane's furious and terrified pupils instantly scattered. Its body struggled twice more on the snow before finally giving up the ghost.

Whoosh…

Only then did the man breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at the Snow Mane on the ground, and then looking down at the blade in his hand, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Seeing the Snow Mane fall to the ground, the nine people who had been pulling the ropes also gathered around, chattering excitedly.

“Leader, this Frost Shock Blade is too strong, isn’t it?”

“The blade is strong, but the leader's strength is even stronger. The Snow Mane's impact was so terrifying. If it were us, even if we had a blade, we probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.”

“This Snow Mane is quite cunning. Its first reaction just now was actually to run away.”

“Hahahaha, we don't need to use small torches and rely on luck to hunt anymore. With this blade, our Great Xia can be considered to truly have hunting capabilities.”

… … … … … …

This group was naturally the people from the Great Xia camp.

As soon as the blade was sharpened, it happened to be nightfall. Xia Hong didn't waste any time and directly brought everyone to Redwood Ridge to test the blade.

Xia Hong was also very excited at the moment. Although he had also used a tenth-forged blade in Rogge Camp, he was facing strange creatures at that time, and the Fire Condensing Oil and torches were the real things that took effect. The power of ironware was almost imperceptible.

He had no idea how much the newly forged Frost Shock Blade could affect the frost beast before he tried it.

Now, looking at the Snow Mane's corpse on the ground, Xia Hong was naturally confident.

The tenth-forged weapon has no problem breaking the defense of low-level frost beasts.

Of course, it also depends on the strength of the user. As Xia Chuan said just now, even if they held the Frost Shock Blade, even if they could break the Snow Mane's defense, they would not be able to withstand the terrifying impact of over ten thousand pounds.

This is also the reason why Dashi Camp clearly had knives before, but still had to use bows and arrows as the main attack when hunting.

While everyone was talking, someone jumped down from the tree on the left. The man carried a bow and arrow on his back, and covered his right eye with a piece of leather. He walked to the Snow Mane's corpse, first took out the black arrow inserted in its right cheek, and said to Xia Hong somewhat discouraged:

“Leader, my archery skills are still too poor to be of any help!”

Xia Hong shook his head, patted Xu Ning on the shoulder, and smiled: "You've only practiced for a day, it's already good to be at this level. Practice hard with Shi Qing and his son, and hitting every shot is only a matter of time."

Xu Ning's injury had long since healed, but without his right eye, his strength was still far from what it used to be.

He was very anxious because he hadn't been out for a long time.

As soon as Xia Hong and others came back yesterday and returned the bow and arrow to Shi Qing, Xu Ning immediately went to him.

Probably knowing that he was asking for something from Great Xia, after learning Xu Ning's intention, Shi Qing directly gave him the bow and arrow that his younger brother Shi Dong had used before, and also directly taught Xu Ning how to shoot arrows. He would directly teach him what he could say, and he would let his son Shi Ping demonstrate what he needed to do.

His son Shi Ping and daughter Shi Lu both had remarkable archery talents, so it was naturally more than enough to teach Xu Ning, who had not yet entered the door.

I don't know if Qiu Peng was right, Xu Ning's archery talent was really high, and even Shi Qing couldn't help but praise him.

The arrow just now was planned to hit the Snow Mane's eyes, so that it could cause the greatest damage. Although Xu Ning missed, it wasn't much, and it hit the Snow Mane's face, only a dozen centimeters away from the eyes.

You must know that Xu Ning has only practiced for a day now, at most.

Given time, he will definitely be a sharpshooter who hits every shot.

“Alright, we won’t cut down trees tonight. I’ll wait a few days to make some saws before we talk about it. You eight, take the Snow Mane back first. Chuan and Cheng, come with me to see the situation of the Ice Jade Tree in Dashi Camp.”

Yue Feng and the other eight nodded and carried the Snow Mane back to the camp first.

Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng followed behind Xia Hong and walked towards the location of the Ice Jade Tree.