Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1457 - 463: Green-eyed Fire Suanni, Battle Royale and Advancement, Furious Counterkill, Trial Mutation (Part 2)

After the initial shock, Xia Hong clenched his fist and sensed again, confirming that his power had indeed increased so much. His face was instantly filled with ecstasy. Then, as if realizing something, he quickly took out a blood-colored crystal from the Yellow Mustard Bag.

This was something he had inadvertently obtained after killing an Iron Bone Corpse Demon in the Romantic Flower Sea earlier, which flew out of the shattered bones of the demon.

The color of the Blood Jade Crystal was almost identical to that of the Blood Jade Pearl, and both were about the size of a fingernail. The only difference was their shape: one was a crystal, resembling a gemstone; the other was round, like a Dan Medicine.

”They’re from the same source, so the usage method must be the same!”

Xia Hong observed for a moment and directly swallowed the Blood Jade Crystal into his stomach.

Boom......

The crystal entered his stomach, and a surge of vast energy burst forth, quickly spreading inside his body. It flowed through the skin membrane, flesh, meridians, and organs, finally seeping slowly into his bones.

During this process, Xia Hong’s face had already turned red because as the crystal’s energy flowed through his body and organs, the terrifying tearing sensation flooded his mind, almost causing him to faint from the pain.

Xia Hong clenched his fists tightly. Despite his body trembling uncontrollably, he still did not utter a sound. Even at this moment, he split his attention to monitor the situation outside the cave.

His talent far surpassed that of ordinary people, so the process of Reshaping Skin, regenerating flesh, and refining bones brought him pain that was several to ten times more intense than normal. Up to now, his nerves had become incredibly resistant to pain.

As the crystal energy infused into his bones, the six-zhang-tall dark red Bone Appearance slowly appeared behind him. The blood-red meridians on the perimeter of the Bone Appearance were distinct, clearly approaching full formation compared to when he had just broken through.

”Huh... Huh......”

Xia Hong’s Bone Burning had grown many mysterious patterns resembling magma. As the crystal energy seeped into his bone marrow, those magma patterns seemed to be infused with new energy and began to emit a strong light.

Wave after wave of strong light clearly brought immense pain to Xia Hong, making him emit suppressed low growls. Yet, amidst this continuous growling, his dark red bones became more textured. To be precise, the original dark red was turning into a bright red.

”The Blood Jade Pearl compensates for flesh defects, and this Blood Jade Crystal targets the bone defects; it’s all about enhancing the foundation, this...”

In less than a hundred breaths, Xia Hong had completely absorbed a piece of Blood Jade Crystal. As the pain gradually receded, he regained his senses and first uttered a low murmur of surprise and joy, then clenched his fist to sense it, his pupils suddenly contracting:

”About 0.3 Jun in a single go, I’m now... 48 Jun?”

Xia Hong was extremely sensitive to his power. Before entering the Blood Miasma Plain, his power was 47.5 Jun, so three drops of Blood Jade Pearl and one piece of Blood Jade Crystal had cumulatively increased his power by nearly half a Jun?

”Killing the Cold Beast gives Blood Jade Pearls, killing the Iron Bone Corpse Demon gives Blood Jade Crystals, then killing the Copper Bone Corpse Demon, wouldn’t there be something even better?”

If there’s a Copper Bone, wouldn’t there also be Silver Bone, Golden Bone...

Xia Hong’s expression suddenly stiffened, hurriedly suppressing the unrealistic thoughts.

He had seen the four Copper Bone Corpse Demons in the Romantic Flower Sea earlier, and their power was basically around 30 Jun. The key was those corpse demons had outstanding defensive capabilities, liked to operate in groups, and cooperated with Deceitful Monsters, making them not easy to deal with. If Copper Bone Level was like this, then even if there were Silver Bone or Golden Bone Corpse Demons, they wouldn’t be something he could handle now.

Yet even so, Xia Hong’s pupils were still full of fervor at this moment.

”As long as there are enough Blood Jade Pearls, Blood Jade Crystals to quickly fix the flesh and bone defects, I can continue to enhance the foundation, and this foundation will all convert to my power, meaning without cultivation breakthroughs, my power will also usher in a round of...”

Buzz buzz buzz!

A low-frequency vibration came from the ground, abruptly halting the fervor in Xia Hong’s heart. He suddenly lowered his head, then sensed something, and a deep fear suddenly filled his face. He sprang up, collected the Lotus Platform, and dashed towards the cave entrance to flee for his life.

Boom.........

”Ah!”

An extremely high-temperature magma pillar suddenly erupted from the ground, instantly filling the cave. The violent green flames surged into the sky, reducing the entire mountain peak to ashes in an instant.

Xia Hong wasn’t actively fleeing from the cave entrance; the speed of the green magma was just too fast. He had just reached the cave entrance when the magma struck him, igniting him in an instant, hurling him hundreds of meters away onto the snowy ground.

Bang......

When Xia Hong was hit by the magma pillar, he let out a violent scream. When he crashed into the snow, his scream barely came to a halt. Upon rising again, his clothes were tattered, his whole body emitted flames, and less than a tenth of his skin membrane remained, leaving him charred and blackened.

Suppressing the pain of his skin and flesh being scorched by the flames, he quickly activated his bone energy to dispel the body flames, then turned his head to look at the cave he had just been in, his pupils full of horror.

”Gulp......”

Where is the cave?

Xia Hong remembered clearly that the cave was just at the base of a more than 400-meter-high snowy mountain. But now, in his view, not just the cave, but even the more than 400-meter-high snowy mountain, was gone.

Not gone, the snowy mountain was instantly vaporized, its height reduced by more than half, and the remaining small portion was engulfed by the green flames, frantically decreasing at a visible speed.