Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1279: Chapter 420: Resting at Fengyang Village, The Ambush and Grave Injuries, Hatred and Wrath_5

The Eight Towns are actually feeling the pressure and are preparing to make it public. Their thought is simple: once the case is publicized, the culprit will know that his framing is useless, and naturally, he will stop killing.

But Lin Kai is naturally unwilling. Once it’s public, the perpetrator will either run away immediately or stop altogether, leaving Lin Kai with no chance to catch him.

If it were only people from the Eight Towns being killed, Lin Kai wouldn’t have said anything. Since the Eight Towns are not seeking revenge, he naturally doesn’t mind either.

But the problem is, this January, the perpetrator started targeting people from Great Xia.

A total of five people were killed, using identical methods as before, leaving survivors behind, then altering the eyewitnesses’ memories to make them think the real killer was from the Eight Towns.

Cheng Ping was the last victim!

In the previous four instances, Lin Kai directly sent people to notify Xu Ning from Bashang, asking Xu Ning to come and undo the altered memories of those four people.

Until Cheng Ping’s eldest son Cheng Yang was killed, and when Cheng Ping returned, he could only vaguely say he didn’t know who the killer was. Coincidentally, three days before Cheng Yang was killed, he had once collided with Lin Kai in South City. Considering Cheng Ping’s position in the Camp Supply Department and his relation as Li Longkai’s subordinate, who occasionally interacted with Lin Kai, Lin Kai instantly realized that the perpetrator planned to target him next.

Thus, this time he did not call Xu Ning but let Cheng Ping continue on his path, having already discussed with Li Longkai to keep an eye on Cheng Ping while everything else continued as normal, pretending to be unaware.

He had previously pretended to leave the city three times; the first time alone, and the latter two with a subordinate, without luring out the killer. Only then did he realize the perpetrator’s level of caution far exceeded normal people.

This trip to Muyin Town was to discuss the Martial Arts Competition planned for June among the Three Towns. Although only Li Longkai needed to go, Lin Kai sharply sensed that this was an excellent opportunity, so he proposed to accompany not just Li Longkai but also purposely let Li Longkai bring Cheng Ping and even inadvertently revealed their route to Cheng Ping in advance.

Actually, they’re less than 40 kilometers from Hongmen now. Lin Kai had almost given up, thinking the perpetrator won’t act this time either, leading to an impromptu route change away from Fengyang Village to rest in a random place.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Ping actively proposed visiting Fengyang Village.

Immediately, he and Li Longkai realized that the perpetrator intended to act in Fengyang Village.

With these major premises, coupled with the fact they had just mentioned not wanting any Beast Meat, shortly after Zhu Fu left, two strangers suddenly came in and delivered fruits and cooked meat.

Even though Lin Kai saw two people with merely Earth-digging Realm cultivation, adhering to the principle of preferring to kill by mistake rather than miss, he had to act.

Fortunately, he did not make a mistake!

Thinking of the tremendous impact this person had caused Hongmen over the past half year and the killings framing Great Xia everywhere, Lin Kai’s anger continued to rise, making his gestures increasingly fierce.

Clang…

Unfortunately, the person before him was evidently stronger than he imagined.

His basic strength was only 35 strands, but with the addition of Holy Pattern and Martial Arts Skills, his maximum strength could exceed 55 strands. Even so, the person before him could still evenly match him.

The longsword was once again knocked away by the opponent, Lin Kai glanced behind him and saw Li Longkai only ten meters away. A look of delight flashed across his face as the Qianwu Sword abruptly produced several sword flowers, tightly entangling the opponent, preventing their escape.

“Want to keep me here? Your strength is far from enough!”

Chen Yiqing could clearly see Lin Kai’s intentions. Though he longed to kill Lin Kai, he knew well that once Li Longkai arrived, the two of them working together would lead to Chen Yiqing, if not killed, to be severely harmed, so…

He suddenly looked into Lin Kai’s eyes, and then his pupils emitted two slender black needles, flying straight towards Lin Kai’s pupils.

Hiss…

However, facing the black needle ambush, Lin Kai was already prepared. His left hand swiftly reached into his bosom and retrieved a segment of Yellow Candle.

The wick of the Yellow Candle had evidently undergone special treatment, and as Lin Kai swiftly pulled it out, it ignited spontaneously in midair.

As the Yellow Candle flared up, the firelight instantly enveloped the surroundings, causing the two black needles emitted from Chen Yiqing’s pupils to instantly turn to black smoke and dissipate.

“What is this!”

Thud…

Chen Yiqing was evidently startled by the Yellow Candle and suddenly lost focus.

Seizing this brief lapse, Lin Kai unwaveringly lifted the Qianwu Sword, slicing fiercely towards Chen Yiqing’s neck, just as he had with Chu Dongning moments before.

But at the critical moment, Chen Yiqing still exploded with extraordinary reaction speed. Realizing it was too late to either raise his sword or retreat, he could only choose to sidestep, avoiding his neck’s vital.

The vital was avoided, but the sword blade still struck his right arm.

Regardless of whether it’s skin membrane, flesh, or blood, the strength of Cold Resistance Level exceeds normal standards, and being directly broken open like this, blood splattered instantly, spraying out two to three meters.

Chen Yiqing immediately let out a muffled groan, not turning back, and directly hugged his arm, frantically fleeing westward.

“Run, do you think you can still escape!”

Lin Kai let out a sinister smile, feeling the tip of his sword had already touched the opponent’s bone. Such an injury couldn’t be recovered in a short time.

The opponent’s speed was significantly reduced, and Lin Kai was completely uninjured, so escaping from him seemed impossible.

“Brother Li, first hurry back to Hongmen and inform Commander Liu, have him bring the Reconnaissance Camp out of the city to aid me, and I’ll drive this rat toward Hongmen in the west; I don’t believe I can’t catch him.”

“As you command, sir!”

Li Longkai, arriving late, immediately recognized that the man was seriously injured upon seeing the blood on the ground. Seeing Lin Kai already chasing west, understanding the urgency, he instructed his other two followers to take Cheng Ping and the corpse back, and he hastened towards Hongmen.

Lin Kai was pursuing the man; he needed to return to Hongmen first to inform Liu Yuan.

…

“Trouble, my right arm is severely injured, getting caught by him means certain death!”

In the Snow Forest on the west side of Peak Mountain, sensing the breath behind him growing closer, Chen Yiqing’s face turned pale, glancing at his right arm wound with increasingly somber expression.

The right arm was his sword-wielding arm, the skin, flesh, and bone entirely injured, draining at least fifty percent of his strength; how could he fight Lin Kai now?

“Damn it, damn it, these outsiders dare to kill Dongning and force me into this situation, scum, scum, Xia scum!”

Chen Yiqing’s pupils were bloodshot. He turned to look at Lin Kai just over a hundred meters behind him, his face filled with unwillingness and hatred, lacking only fear.

“You love chasing, so chase all you want, you mongrel!”

Suddenly, he pulled out a straw doll from his bosom, stained it with blood from his wounded right arm, then produced a painting, scanning ahead until he found a sufficiently sturdy tree, immediately redirecting his path towards it.

“Still daring to change your path!”

Behind, Lin Kai’s brows furrowed as he charged quickly towards the tree.

But just before reaching the tree, the man leaped away, continuing to flee west.

Lin Kai’s expression darkened slightly, yet noting the reduced distance with the opponent by over twenty meters, he merely snorted coldly and accelerated his pursuit.

……

East District No. 492 Residence, an empty quiet room

The snowy landscape painting on the wall unexpectedly stirred without wind.

A bloody arm suddenly stretched out from the painting, followed by Chen Yiqing’s chaotic breath as he tumbled out from it, directly collapsing onto the floor.

Thud…

He spat a mouthful of blood, swiftly rose, took a Dan Medicine, and quickly wrapped his arm wound with cloth, then abruptly raised his head. His blood-red pupils burned with resentment, and his face was chillingly sinister.

“Toying with me, killing Dongning, no wonder it hasn’t worked over the past half year; so that’s it, so that’s it, well done Lin Kai, well done Great Xia…”