Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

36: Chapter 36 Solidified Fire Oil [Seeking Follow-up Reads!] 36: Chapter 36 Solidified Fire Oil [Seeking Follow-up Reads!] No one thought Xia Hong would get injured, because the one who ambushed him was an ordinary person.

Even if that middle-aged man was very close, it couldn’t change the fact that he was just an ordinary person.

He had no cultivation, and even though Xia Hong had just finished fighting the Cold Beast, with injuries on him and signs of exhaustion, it was still the same.

The Logging Realm doesn’t just mean being able to go out and chop wood.

The enhancement of Basic Strength means that the physical constitution far exceeds that of ordinary people.

The reason everyone was panicked was, firstly, due to the urgent situation, and secondly, because they didn’t expect it.

Why did an ordinary middle-aged man in the camp attack Xia Hong?

Bang…

However, when Xia Hong raised his hand and caught the middle-aged man’s fist, stepping back over ten meters, everyone’s face in the camp immediately changed.

Xia Hong was the strongest person in the camp at the moment.

Even if that wasn’t mentioned, the strength he showed while fighting the Cold Beast was seen by everyone.

To be able to punch him over ten meters.

How could it possibly be an ordinary person?

“I recognize him, isn’t that Wang Ping?”

“How could it be him, it’s fake.”

“Fake?”

…

There were only a little over a hundred people in Great Xia, and they basically all knew each other.

It wasn’t long before someone recognized the middle-aged man and called out his name.

But even quicker, everyone immediately realized that the person wasn’t Wang Ping.

“You actually guarded against me, you little thing, quite cautious!”

That Wang Ping spoke again, but this time, the voice sounded like wood being rubbed together, both harsh and unpleasant, making one feel repulsed from within.

Xia Hong shook his sore hand, lifted his head to look at the middle-aged man, and there wasn’t much surprise on his face, instead, he displayed a cold smile.

“I said, how did that Cold Beast suddenly come to this hillside?

Turns out you drove it here, didn’t dare show yourself, brought a Cold Beast over, what a waste of your skills.”

Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and four others had already arrived here, surrounding the middle-aged man, their faces vigilant.

After hearing the strange sound from the middle-aged man, the six of them were in no doubt that the figure before them was not a person at all, but the Deceitful Monster from Redwood Ridge that brought them great disaster three months ago.

“Hehehehe, I originally thought it could solve you guys, who knew this wicked creature was too weak, still had to take some effort from me, those six are basically done, and how much strength do you have left, all your over hundred lives are mine, hahaha…”

The middle-aged man’s laughter was eerie and twisted, just like during that previous massacre at the camp, as if the Deceitful Monster had a special penchant for killing people.

Although Xia Hong was staring at the middle-aged man in front, his peripheral vision was constantly scanning the surroundings, and the middle-aged man made him even more assured of the previous suspicion.

The Deceitful Monster was indeed controlling these imposters from behind.

He himself had never shown up.

It was only that the opponent seemed to have been scared off by his fire last time.

This time not only letting the Cold Beast come first as a vanguard but also mixing into the camp as people amidst the chaos, trying to deal with him through ambush.

Perhaps that punch just confirmed how little strength Xia Hong had left, making the Deceitful Monster’s laugh more rampant, surveying the over hundred people in the camp, with a gradually emerging bloodthirsty gleam in its eyes.

“Don’t be too happy just yet, take a look at your own palm.”

Xia Hong’s slightly mocking voice made the Deceitful Monster’s laugh pause.

Somewhat puzzled, it lowered its head to look at its palm, only then discovering the section that hit Xia Hong had unknowingly gotten smeared with a layer of yellow oil stain.

“Trying to deceive me?

What crap…ah…”

The Deceitful Monster looked puzzled, thinking Xia Hong was posturing, but before it could finish its words, the oil stain mysteriously caught fire just like it did in the cave last time, emitting sharp and painful screams of anguish.

“Ah…ah…again this fire…ah…”

Xia Hong, sitting on the ground, slightly breathed a sigh of relief.

Over these past few days, the Iron Melting Furnace only produced one batch of Solidified Fire Oil.

If he hadn’t applied the oil in advance, he might have really fallen into a trap.

Right from the start, when the Cold Beast inexplicably charged towards the cave, Xia Hong had sensed something amiss.

The Golden-eyed Demon Sheep had always been residing by Redwood Ridge, where Xia Hong and his team had seen it many times when going out at night, proving that the Demon Sheep rarely ventured elsewhere, so why did it suddenly come towards the camp?

Coupling it with the situation when Wang Ming’s body was found, he couldn’t help but suspect that the Deceitful Monster was at work.

So, even before the battle with the Golden-eyed Demon Sheep started, he already secretly applied the Solidified Fire Oil on himself, worried that the Demon Sheep was also under the Deceitful Monster’s control.

Since the Deceitful Monster could control people, it might as well control the Cold Beast.

As it turns out, although the Cold Beast was not controlled by it, it was driven to the camp by it, so applying the Solidified Fire Oil in advance was correct too.

The Deceitful Monster actually feared structured fire very much.

“Ah…ah…

you little bastard, I will definitely kill you.”

“You, and you people here, not a single one can escape.”

“Ah…

I will be back, none of you can escape…”

The screams did not last long, and the Deceitful Monster was completely consumed by the fire, leaving only a few spiteful words echoing in the cave.

Xia Hong watched as the Deceitful Monster was entirely engulfed by flames, a hint of anger slightly rising in his eyes.

The Deceitful Monster had already approached the camp twice, and yet he hadn’t even seen its true form.

This Deceitful Monster, though terrifying and strange in methods, seemed a bit overly cautious in behavior.

“Preferring to disguise as an ordinary person to ambush, rather than directly confront, is it because its strength is too weak, or is it really scared of the structured fire?”

Xia Hong was filled with confusion in his heart, thinking that with the earlier fight with the Cold Beast, it would have been the most appropriate time for the opponent to take action since the campfire was also put out, and they were being held firmly by the Cold Beast.

Unable to figure it out, he simply didn’t think more about it, turning to the crowd and speaking:

“Quickly start a fire, count heads, and check if Wang Ping is still around.”

Speaking of it, from Wang Ping’s sudden attack to the moment the Deceitful Monster’s identity was exposed and turned to ashes by the fire from Solidified Fire Oil, in total, only took mere tens of seconds.

The crowd was still immersed in the thrilling yet relieved scene, only waking up from Xia Hong’s words, quickly searching for Wang Ping among the people.

“Gone, Wang Ping is already gone, couldn’t find him in the cave.”

In no time, Wang Ping was confirmed, could not be found anymore.

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong’s eyes instantly flashed with a trace of seriousness.

Fake Wang Ping appeared, true Wang Ping was gone.

No doubt, the Deceitful Monster should have first sneaked into the cave, then silently killed Wang Ping, and then impersonated him.

This indicates that the Deceitful Monster can become anyone once killing them, and can it even remotely control them?

Xia Hong’s worry in his heart extended far beyond this.

“Wang Ping was just an ordinary person, but that punch he threw just now had a strength beyond the Logging Realm.”

Not only could it turn into the person but also enhance the person’s original strength?

More crucially, that Deceitful Monster could control many people at once.

“If this Deceitful Monster isn’t eliminated as soon as possible, it’s bound to become a major disaster!”