Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 638: Chapter 268: Advancement, Warnings, and Inspections

Bang……

The dying Demon Sheep was evidently a bit hysterical.

It frantically shook its body, flinging away some of the people clutching its mane; then, it flopped onto the ground, rolling and struggling, attempting to crush and scatter the rest.

Bang!

Puff…

The Demon Sheep, with a body length of five to six meters, was already one of the largest among the low-level Cold Beasts. With this one convulsion, it immediately smashed those clinging tightly to its mane on both sides, making them vomit blood continuously.

“Don’t let go, hold fast!”

“Its strength can’t crush us, if you can’t endure the pain, take the Blood Explosion Pill.”

“Just hold on a little longer, just a little longer!”

Seeing more than half of the team being flung away by the Demon Sheep, with less than forty remaining, Zhao Yuankong roared continuously. He was the first to swallow a Blood Explosion Pill, then twisted his body, clamping his legs around the Demon Sheep’s neck.

“Ah……”

Noticing the power of the Demon Sheep beneath him continuously weakening, Zhao Yuankong let out a loud roar, freeing his right hand temporarily. He drew another short sword from his waist, gritted his teeth, and fiercely stabbed it into the Demon Sheep’s left eye.

Squelch……

The previous short sword that had pierced the Demon Sheep’s right eye only had the hilt remaining outside, with the blood inside already drained. What oozed out now was the crushed, milky white brain matter—its suffered pain imaginable.

The left eye was pierced again, exposing the brain pulp directly. The Demon Sheep’s body convulsed violently, and the thrashing stopped abruptly. The entire body stiffened instantly, collapsing to the ground like a deflated balloon.

Bang……

The Demon Sheep crashed to the ground, and the entire square fell silent at once.

It took more than ten breaths for people to start gradually expressing disbelief.

“They did it!”

“Group 38 did it.”

“Zhao Yuankong truly killed the Demon Sheep.”

“Someone advanced!”

……

“Hahahahahaha……”

Above the city gate, Zhao Hu’s hearty laughter echoed into every ear in the square. Only then did everyone truly confirm that Zhao Yuankong’s Group 38 had indeed advanced and cleared the stage.

The more than thirty groups that had just been eliminated, some remained in the square, their eyes filled with envy as they looked at the iron cage containing Zhao Hu;

The people who were yet to be assessed in the square were also filled with shock and apprehension;

As for the older Earth-digging Realm individuals ensuring the competition’s safety around the iron cage, their faces bore satisfaction. When they turned to look at Zhao Hu, their eyes revealed a tinge of acrimony and envy, and when they turned to find their sons among the crowd, their eyes inevitably held a bit more expectancy.

“Group 38, all members advance, the evaluation continues, round five of drawing lots begins!”

Above the city gate, after announcing the advancement of Group 38, Qiu Peng’s long-tense face finally relaxed. After signaling for the evaluations to continue, he turned directly to Zhao Hu and gave a thumbs-up, praising: “Surely, a tiger father produces no dog son. Your kid is no waste, he’s a good seed!”

“You’re too kind, Director. Hahahaha…”

Zhao Hu laughed heartily, feeling the compliment hit home since his name also contained the character “tiger.” The phrase “a tiger father produces no dog son” resonated with him deeply.

“It’s a pity the leader went to Longyou; if this kid can make a name for himself in front of the leader, that would be splendid, hehe…”

Everyone chuckled lightly at Zhao Hu’s little wish.

Zhao Hu had originally been stationed at Hanqiong. Three days ago, Xia Hong went to Longyou and felt there were too many stationed at Hanqiong, otherwise, Zhao Hu wouldn’t have had the chance to come back.

“Seeing these kids frightened senseless by Cold Beasts would make anyone angry, if the leader were here to see this, he might turn away after just one round.”

Yuan Cheng spoke with unusual confidence, and after a moment of thought, the others nodded in agreement.

They all had once gone hunting with Xia Hong, who had a character of meticulous planning before acting. Even if he could crush with strength, he would lead them to find the most time-saving and effortless method.

Even considering Zhao Yuankong’s performance might hardly catch Xia Hong’s eye, not to mention those eliminated, Xia Hong might overlook them after just one round.

“Alright, it’s about time. Here, Yuwen Sizheng will continue watching over things. Zhao Hu, Luo Yuan, Zhu Yuan, Lin Kai, Lu Yang, you five come with me to the Inner City to prepare to host the preselection for the Earth-digging Realm grouping!”

The five called upon nodded and proceeded to the Inner City with Qiu Peng.

The martial contest was, after all, only a mid-year cultivation test; taking too much time would disrupt the normal cultivation life at the Camp, which wasn’t worth it.

The Earth-digging Realm and Logging Realm grouping matches were only allotted three days by Xia Hong, so they must run concurrently to be completed quickly.

In the Outer City, Yuwen Dao continued to oversee the preselection matches for the Logging Realm with the seven other Cold Resistance level individuals.

……….

Longyou, Wushuang Giant Stone Camp.

Wushuang divided 32 small groups, lacking the personnel Xia City had, so only set up two iron cages to select two groups simultaneously, completing the preliminaries within one night.

It turned out, Yuan Cheng’s earlier assumptions were completely correct!

During the first-round selection of the Logging Realm grouping, when two groups entered the cage, there was utter chaos, and not even a leader was chosen. Xia Hong shook his head, turned straight back to the main building, no longer watching.

Upon seeing Xia Hong turn away, Xia Chuan didn’t look down either and followed back to the main building. Seeing Xia Hong’s furrowed brow, he assumed Xia Hong was dissatisfied with the Logging Realm’s performance, and quickly said: