Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1339: Chapter 436: Qingxun Treasure Tree, Black Wind General and Toll, Blood and Rescue

The ninth year of Great Xia, August 25, at night

Woo woo woo……

The sharp sound from the Black Wind’s rampage in the Bone-Eroding Path was akin to a whistle.

In black attire, Xia Hong’s brow appeared slightly heavy as he walked slowly northward. The Black Wind, like blades, swept randomly from all directions, and he cautiously maneuvered his bone energy to resist the assault of the bone-eroding Black Wind surrounding him.

“Zhu Yan’s strength is only 19 Jun. At a distance of two kilometers, without fully releasing my bone energy, he won’t detect me. Though two kilometers exceeds my visual range, the temperature change he causes will leave traces, making it easy to follow him!”

Xia Hong looked northward and realized Zhu Yan was no longer visible. He furrowed his brow but quickly relaxed after pondering briefly, and continued forward along the area with higher temperatures.

On August 6, as soon as he arrived at Jinyang Village, he explored the Bone-Eroding Path, so the Black Wind swirling around him now was not unfamiliar.

The Black Wind, first and foremost, was incredibly strong, casually bringing a half-Jun impact force, while the most violent airflow could reach over 2 Jun. This impact force’s airflow was not something to fly against; even those slightly weaker in the Xianyang Level found jumping difficult.

Secondly, the sharpness was evident merely from the wind’s whistling sound. Ordinary air compressed to this degree was nothing much, but accompanied by 2 Jun force, it was terrifying;

Finally, there was the temperature. Interestingly, the Bone-Eroding Path flanked by the Moao Mountain means the cold light from the sky couldn’t penetrate, so the area should normally be warmer than outside. However, due to the Black Wind, the temperature here is several times lower than the outside world.

Given these points, traversing here on one’s own with Cold Resistance Level is virtually impossible.

Thus, Xia Hong had an inkling of why Cai Qiu didn’t send troops southward knowing about this passage.

“The mountain bodies on both sides are likely tens of thousands of meters high, making crossing over nearly impossible. Even for the Xianyang Level, flying across is impossible. With no other passage, Cai Qiu could only take the Bone-Eroding Path.

With 19 Jun Xianyang Level, being this cautious, there’s no chance of deploying a large group here, and……”

Xia Hong furrowed his brow as he examined the path ahead, his face thoughtful.

Having followed Zhu Yan for an hour, they had moved northward about 15 kilometers. This speed, equivalent to crawling, was vastly different given the terrifyingly strong wind in the Bone-Eroding Path.

Xia Hong deliberately held back to trail Zhu Yan, but estimated that, at full force, he could cover roughly 40 kilometers in an hour.

Zhu Yan’s 19 Jun strength, approximately half of Xia Hong’s, had already pushed 17 kilometers forward, implying Zhu Yan had been moving at his limit since entering.

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“So there’s likely other dangers within the Bone-Eroding Path, even requiring vigilance from the Xianyang Level?”

After pondering briefly, Xia Hong showed a slightly heavy expression. He then took the Shattered Star Sword from his pack, prepared it, and hung it on his waist before continuing to follow.

“Zhu Yan passed through, so he probably poses no great threat to me. Better cautious than reckless, though!”

Xia Hong continued trailing Zhu Yan for another two hours, experiencing increasingly stronger wind forces from half-Jun at the entrance, 2 Jun at the 20-kilometer zone, to astonishingly over 5 Jun at the 50-kilometer zone.

Woo woo woo woo……

“No wonder after escorting those more than fifty people, he recuperated for three hours. Given this wind intensity, successfully escorting others was impressive. How did he manage to bring over fifty people?”

Xia Hong’s ears ached from the Black Wind while keeping pace, his eyes filled with confusion.

An Xianyang Level can release bone energy to repel surrounding airflow, significantly raising body temperature; it’s no secret. Zhu Yan seemingly used this method to traverse the Bone-Eroding Path with fifty people.

The problem was that, at this wind level, Xia Hong himself would struggle to escort fifty people. Yet Zhu Yan managed it with his 19 Jun strength?

“It must be some kind of Dan Medicine that quickly restores bone energy…”

Xia Hong merely speculated briefly before a splash of blue caught his attention in his field of vision.

“That’s…… a tree?”

Not just a splash, it should be called a patch of blue.

On the left and right ahead appeared a vast expanse of vegetation resembling trees.

Saying they resemble trees is due to their trunk’s straightness, truly identical to common trees, all blue, with varied diameter thickness, the smallest about five or six meters and the largest over ten meters, each over a hundred meters tall;

Like ordinary trees, they grow from underground. What’s strange is their connection underground is through merely thumb-thick blue vine tendrils.

Indeed, these trees were like seaweed swaying in the air, appearing ready to break free at any moment, yet held securely to the ground by those thumb-thick blue vine tendrils.

Xia Hong gazed at the vine tendrils for a while, and his eyes suddenly lit up.