Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 486: Chapter 221: A Good Show, Threats, and Long Mountain’s Intentions

What good show Li Xuanling spoke of, Xia Hong wasn’t sure, but given the current situation, he certainly couldn’t miss it.

Unfortunately, Li Xuanling only called Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo.

Moreover, after Chen Peng and the others left with Li Xuanling, the large force originally ambushed on both sides of the dense forest also came out.

Emerging from both sides of the dense forest were two hundred fully armed black-armored soldiers, all carrying longbows, holding a black shaft silver-tipped snake spear, and wearing a sharp feathered iron helmet.

This group of soldiers, with determined gazes and a vigorous aura, even marched out of the forest in perfect unison, standing together in a massive formation, exuding a strong iron-blood aura.

Seeing the soldiers’ iron armor adorned with hundred-forged silver patterns; the silver glow on the tips of their snake spears; the material of the bowstrings on their iron core bows; and their basic strength all exceeding thirty thousand, Xia Hong’s face and heart were instantly filled with gravity.

The reactions of the others were much worse than his.

Whether it was Ma Yong from Beehive, Chen Yuan, or Peng Yuan from Yang Lu, all those in the Earth-digging Realm couldn’t help but tremble when this group of soldiers emerged from the forest. Some of the more timid ones were even provoked into a self-protection mode, directly drawing their weapons and assuming a defensive posture.

The military strength of the Longyou army is much stronger than before!

In Longshan Camp, there are eight hundred more soldiers like these.

Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo exchanged glances, and any hopeful thoughts still lingering in their minds were completely extinguished upon seeing these two hundred Longyou soldiers.

The two saw Li Xuanling lead them northward and quickly followed.

After Li Xuanling took the two leaders away, a golden-armored junior officer with a longsword stepped out from the two hundred Longyou soldiers and spoke loudly to everyone: ”I am Longyou Captain Li Ying, gentlemen, please come with me to Longshan Inn!”

Even though Li Ying modestly referred to himself, his commanding tone and the way he held his head high while speaking made his disdain for the more than fifty Earth-digging Realm individuals apparent.

Yet despite this, Peng Yuan, Chen Yuan, Ma Yong, and others dared not show any resistance and could only obediently push their carts and follow behind him.

”You in the back, come forward to replace those pulling carts!”

Ma Yong, seeing the people in the front row of the two carts starting to pant, immediately ordered the people pushing from behind to come forward and switch. Those in the back responded quickly and alternated.

But after seeing the people exchange places, Ma Yong frowned.

”Where’s Hong Yu? Don’t slack off, come over here!”

He remembered Hong Yu well, firstly because he was the newest member of the Hunting Team; secondly, among Chen Yingba’s team of twenty-four, all surpassed thirty thousand pounds except Hong Yu who was twenty-six thousand; and thirdly, over the past ten days of traveling, he noticed this kid seemed to slack off frequently.

”Hong Yu, are you deaf?”

With no response to the first call, Ma Yong, feeling a bit embarrassed, raised his voice, but it was as if nothing had been spoken.

Just then, someone who had swapped to the back spoke up.

”Didn’t see Hong Yu in the back?”

”He’s not in the front either.”

”Where is this kid?”

......

Upon hearing this, Ma Yong rushed to the back to search around and found Hong Yu had completely disappeared, and his face immediately changed.

”Missing?”

”He was just here.”

Ma Yong stood in place, looking at the silent snowy ground behind, then glanced at the Longyou soldiers up front who were still walking on their own, gritting his teeth and saying to everyone:

”Forget about him, let’s keep moving.”

Judging from the way Li Ying and the others had just treated them, even if they mentioned someone from Beehive had gone missing, they wouldn’t care. Rather than inviting humiliation, it’s better to pretend nothing happened.

Hong Yu had not been in the camp long and had no relatives or family. Such a person going missing wouldn’t even require any aftermath, so Ma Yong naturally wouldn’t dwell on it.

”Just consider him missing on his own and report it when the leaders return.”

Ma Yong quickly caught up to the team and continued towards Longshan Inn.

.........

In a deserted northern area of Long Mountain, on a barren hillside.

Around the hillside stood three hundred Longyou military soldiers, each equipped with a strong bow, drawing their bowstrings aimed at the center of the hillside.

In the center of the hillside, an intense battle was taking place.

There were six individuals in the arena, all in middle age.

Two snake spears, one large saber, one longsword.

The four on the periphery in gold armor, wielding three types of weapons, were besieging the two in the center.

The two snake spears swept side to side, their arcs slicing the snowflakes in mid-air one by one;

The large saber cleaved furiously, the cold edge kicking up the surrounding snow, forming a dense snow fog;

The longsword struck swiftly, its light reflecting against the snow, sparking continually in the night sky.

The four not only had formidable strength but also an astonishing mastery over their weapons, and their combined attack was terrifying to the extreme. The entire hillside was nearly engulfed in snow fog, and those with less keen eyesight could hardly see what was happening inside.

In stark contrast with the four, were the two being besieged.

One wielded a sword and the other an axe, yet under the onslaught of the four, could only scramble to dodge, repeatedly trying to break through from a position, but always ending without success. As time passed, their bodies started to get wounded by the four, soon denying them even the chance to flee.

”Ah......”

The axe holder let out a miserable scream as two snake spears pierced towards his left and right underarms. Despite leaping high and bending backward to push away, the snake spear on his right seemed to anticipate his move, bending mid-air to pierce through his right arm, and then hooked and violently yanked his body back with its curved tip.