Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1624: Chapter 512: Failure and Success, the Death of Yang Jian

Whoosh……

Xia Chuan’s self-awareness has always been clear.

He only broke through to the Xianyang Level last October, although he possesses Jade Bone Talent, his cultivation is still at the early stage. Considering all the miscellaneous improvements over the past two years, his basic strength has reached 9 Jun.

With early-stage Xianyang level cultivation, 9 Jun strength, factoring in the Holy Pattern and Martial Arts, the maximum power he can exert individually can exceed 15 Jun.

Why mention individually? It’s because he has a major reliance—Wood Puppet Guic Inheritance—which includes the creation of a Giant Blade Puppet, crafted with a large amount of silver and precious materials.

The Puppet Secret Technique emphasizes using small to control large, combining limited personal strength with mechanisms to drive the puppet and thus exhibit greater power.

With years of research and development on puppets, coupled with the increasingly comprehensive acceptance of Wood Puppet Guic Inheritance, Xia Chuan has gained a deeper understanding of his Puppet Secret Technique.

The conductivity of transparent silk thread allows him to drive weights double his personal strength. Thus, regardless of the material or forging method used, the puppet’s final weight must be controlled around 24 Jun.

A 24 Jun object, even without any additional power, brings an impressive momentum with slight movement; moreover, the Blade Puppet, guided by silk threads, is extremely agile and sharp.

The inertia added by the puppet’s own weight enables his strength to be amplified beyond its limits. This amplification grows with his proficiency in puppet control skills.

Fourteen years have passed since accidentally receiving the Wood Puppet Guic Inheritance at Rogel Camp. Xia Chuan is well aware that, in terms of talent, he cannot match his elder brother, so the Wood Puppet Guic Inheritance is likely the only means to close the gap with his brother. How could he not value it highly?

The 65% strength boost is the result of his fourteen years of tireless practice in puppet manipulation!

Therefore, the strongest power he can currently exert is 25 Jun.

Yet 25 Jun of strength is far from sufficient to sway the current battlefield. Not to mention, Yang Jian’s strength surpasses his, and factoring in the Blood Escape Technique, he probably cannot defeat Yang Jian in a single combat.

Moreover, in Beishuo, the strongest person might not even be Yang Jian anymore. Over in Chen Cang, the leader of the Yang Family, Yang Zhun, may have returned; according to the Four Vassal Heavenly List, Southern Wilderness Spear Demon Yang Zhun had strength of 41 Jun years ago, and his power now would only be greater.

With this self-awareness, Xia Chuan is quite clear that his biggest reliance in the current battle is the Xia Army.

To be precise, it is the five thousand Cloud Dragon Army, one thousand Dragon Forbidden Captain, and the forces from Camp One and Two—bringing forward the total of ten thousand, all elite units of Great Xia.

Since the start of the war, he has been stationed in the center of the military formation, using the Blade Puppet to entangle Yang Jian, preventing excessive impact on his soldiers while leveraging the large size of the Blade Puppet to assist his troops.

Facts have proven that his approach is absolutely correct.

Yang Jian was entangled, Xia Army’s elite moved forward relentlessly, crushing the 25,000 Beishuo Garrison at Baimu City. Combined with the ten thousand forces brought by Lu Yang, Beishuo’s defeat is guaranteed.

The remaining several thousand elite Beisuo soldiers are completely sealed off, while the 15,000 Defensive Army at the city gates are encircled. Only by sheer luck and smart maneuvering can a few manage to escape from the fringes; the vast majority of Beisuo soldiers only face death.

The largest battle ever in Moao South Slope Territory took place, and the Xia Army achieved absolute victory through overwhelming dominance. Carried by this triumph, his heart surged, and emotions inevitably swelled.

He seemed to foresee the grand scene of various towns in Southern Slope bowing before his elder brother Xia Hong upon his return. With swelling emotions, his control over the Blade Puppet became somewhat aggressive.

The Beishuo Army still retained some structure. After Yang Jian and Yang Fa shouted for a retreat, all soldiers, including those at the Xianyang Level, turned towards the southern direction, heading for Baimu City’s gates.

Without Xianyang level’s hindrance, the Red Silver Blade Puppet instantly became the most terrifying presence on the battlefield. Each downward slash could wipe out five or six Beishuo soldiers. Being in pursuit, Xia Chuan even found this killing efficiency too slow. As the Great Xia Minister, military merit meant little to him. The victory itself was his greatest accomplishment.

Thus, he didn’t command the Blade Puppet to kill. Instead, he elevated it, constantly blocking fleeing Beisuo soldiers to divide them into small battlefields for the trailing Xia Army to handle.

Immersed in this atmosphere of strategic maneuvering, he created over a dozen small battlefields, nearly reaching the center of the Beisuo disarray.

Upon reaching the center, he raised the Blade Puppet again, attempting to split the battlefield when an ordinary Beisuo soldier donned in Hundred Forged Silver Armor, clutching a long spear, approached him.

Hundred Forged Silver Armor indicated he was a Beisuo soldier, possessing only 9 Jun strength…

Rather than actively approaching, the soldier seemed chased by the Blade Puppet. Xia Chuan discerned the other’s strength at a glance, paid him no mind, and, with a slight hook of his little finger, tilted the Blade Puppet’s left arm, ferociously swinging at the approaching soldier.