Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1036: Chapter 369: Both Suffer Crushing Defeat, Great Awakening Yan Long Master, 2 Dead and 3 Injured, Unexpected Encounter (2)

No one expected that Xiahou Zhang, who had been heavily injured, would suddenly draw from his waist a slender black soft sword. The sword was just over a meter long and barely half an inch wide, and compared to normal weapons, it was no exaggeration to call it a thin needle.

As soon as the soft sword was drawn out, it instantly straightened. Xiahou Zhang propelled himself off the ground, his body directly piercing through the ice surface, his right arm sharply raised and thrust forward, and this was the origin of that streak of black cold edge.

It was already nighttime, and the term black cold edge sounded strange, but the cold edge Xiahou Zhang sliced out at this moment was indeed black—a black that was even more pure and absolute than the night’s darkness.

”If I can’t break through your whole body, can’t I still break your weak spot? Die!”

This strike from Xiahou Zhang was clearly premeditated.

When he flew out from the ice layer, a five-hundred-foot silver bone appearance phantom suddenly rose behind him. It also wielded a black soft sword, mirroring Xiahou Zhang’s movements, and suddenly stabbed towards the vajra master’s face and pupils.

The weak spot he referred to was the eyes!

The vajra master’s physical strength was far too high; his ink silver blade couldn’t penetrate no matter where it attacked. The weak spot was the only solution.

From the moment he appeared tonight, he had been continuously creating vulnerabilities and numbing the vajra master, all for this very strike.

This slender soft sword hidden at his waist was clearly also prepared specifically.

Slit!

Success!

Xiahou Zhang felt his soft sword successfully pierce the vajra master’s left eye, a vicious expression spread across his face; his right hand’s strength suddenly increased, attempting to directly smash the vajra master’s head with one strike.

Crack...

However, the soft sword only advanced a mere inch, when its tip pierced the skull, emerging from the back of the head; at that moment, seeing the vajra master’s face remain unchanged, Xiahou Zhang’s expression immediately altered.

The weak spot and bones had all shattered, yet there was no reaction at all...

This vajra master is not a normal person!

This thought flashed through his mind, his heart pounded fiercely, and an intense sense of danger flooded him. He even abandoned the soft sword in his hand, grabbed the ink silver blade at his side, and attempted to escape.

Bang...

Just like it confirmed Xiahou Zhang’s thoughts, the vajra master, with the soft sword stuck in his left eye, appeared unaffected. Before Xiahou Zhang could attempt to escape, he stretched out his right fist, smashing directly into Xiahou Zhang’s shoulder.

This punch didn’t even alter in strength—it was still a precise seven average units.

Slit...

Xiahou Zhang’s body was launched like a cannonball, unwilling to pause for even a moment. Despite the severe pain, he directly attempted to flee eastward.

”Yan Xin, take people to clean up the battlefield, I’m going after the thief!”

The vajra master clearly did not intend to let Xiahou Zhang escape. Despite the soft sword in his left eye, he still appeared unaffected, told Yan Xin his command, and suddenly flew off, transformed into a streak of golden light chasing after Xiahou Zhang.

Defeated!

This battle was evidently a thorough defeat for the Eight Towns; not only were the entire army of 180,000 buried, Hongguan was entirely lost, and even Xiahou Zhang, the Jiangxia Army Chief, was defeated for the second time by the vajra master.

From the looks of it, his survival afterward was uncertain.

”It’s almost dawn; everyone follow me to enter Hongguan Village, count the surrendered soldiers, select the Earth-digging Realm of the Nine Towns, the Zen Temple disciples, guard the Hongguan Pass and the surroundings of Hongguan Village, strictly prevent spies from the Nine Towns from investigating.”

”Comply with the command of the zenith!”

Yan Xin walked out from the battlefield littered with corpses in Hongguan, gazing towards the eastern side of the Nine Towns Territory, with a commanding expression. After giving orders, he led the way towards Hongguan Village.

Having won the battle, the soldiers of the Qinghepu army naturally carried their heads high, following him closely behind, dragging the disarmed Eight Towns army along.

Hongguan Village was merely a kilometer east of Hongguan. With Hongguan in their hands, the village naturally fell to them.

This marked the preliminarily results of the battle which began on the seventeenth of last month and, counting from dawn, would end on November 30th, spanning forty-three days.

Dajue Temple captured three villages at once, and also gained control of Hongguan, wresting the entrance of the North Banks of the Heng River from the hands of Jiangxia Town.

On a smaller scale, it concerned Jiangxia Town; on a larger scale, it concerned the entirety of the external eastern side of the Nine Towns Territory, which from now onward was unveiled before Dajue Temple.

Many people could discern this.

The expressions of the Cold Resistance Levels from Qinghepu were visibly excited, indicating this.

Certainly, not everyone was celebrating.

At the rear of the crowd, mixed in with the Earth-digging Realm were Xiang Liang and Bai Shanqiu, whose expressions were anxious. Strangely, their skin also showed a golden hue, but if examined closely, their gold differed slightly from other Cold Resistance Levels from Qinghepu.

”The effect of the Molten Fire Pill lasted only two hours; this Zen Gold Powder shouldn’t last too long either, should it? If it doesn’t fade soon, we’re going to be exposed!”

Xiang Liang and Bai Shanqiu both called out inwardly in worry, unable to approach other Cold Resistance Levels, remaining mixed at the back, anxiously hoping everyone would quickly return to normal.

The gold on their bodies was hastily smeared from battlefield items, using Zen Gold Powder given by the Bhikkhu.

Given the previous situation with the Molten Fire Pill on the seventeenth of last month, they dared not use Dajue Temple’s items or chants; on the battlefield, both of them mostly hid in the farthest corners, upon seeing the changes in others, they resourcefully applied Zen Gold Powder to exposed body parts, and mixed in with the Earth-digging Realm troops, barely managing to get by.