Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 842: Chapter 328: Unexplainable Unease, Jade Dew Stone, Li Xuanling’s Panic (Part 2)

Through the harvest after killing Wu Xiong and Li Xuantian, Xia Hong can basically confirm that the White Dew Gu and the Cold Apple Jade Dew are definitely related; its true form is highly likely a precious artifact that continuously produces Cold Apple Jade Dew.

Cold Beasts also like Jade Dew. Following this logical deduction, for over ninety years, there shouldn’t have been a case where no Cold Beasts intruded in front of Yangyuan Peak. Most likely, those intruding Cold Beasts disappeared in some way, and the people at the Yangluo Base never discovered them from beginning to end.

“Attaching itself to objects, without any personal strength, it can only achieve controlling humans by beguiling their hearts. This White Dew Gu, like the Yin Yang Mirror, also belongs to the category of Crafty Demon!”

Three years ago in Beishuo Town, Yang Li explained the differences between the five types of deceitful monsters—crafty, nightmare, fierce, divine, and demon. Xia Hong learned this from Luo Ming and, combined with prior encounters with the Wooden Puppet and Jing Xian, now has a certain understanding of deceitful monsters.

All five deceitful monsters originated from the long-disappeared civilization of the Ancient Abyss Era.

The Crafty Demon is transformed from highly skilled craftsmen of the Ancient Abyss Era, with killing preferences that are bizarre in myriad ways, and methods that are mysterious and unpredictable;

The Fierce Demon, on the other hand, is transformed from the artifacts in the hands of great figures of the Ancient Abyss Era. Its methods penetrate the human heart, acting out of obsessive thoughts, and defeating it yields related items. Initially called ‘Lì’, later found to be better fit as ‘Fierce Demon’ and hence renamed.

“Then what are you still worried about?”

Xia Hong’s thoughts were interrupted by Li Xuanling. He looked up towards the direction of Yangyuan Peak and said in a deep voice, “I’m just thinking about what other tricks it might use. After all, it’s a Fierce Demon about to break through to an Advanced level, so it must have some methods!”

Xia Hong can clearly feel that although the White Dew Gu’s methods are stronger than those of the Yin Yang Mirror, they should still be of the same level of deceitful monster.

Although it temporarily conjured a Beast King, all of the Frost Wolf King’s actions were extremely autonomous, clearly not under its control, so its abilities likely still linger at the Cold Resistance Level, merely forcefully creating this Beast King.

Now that the Beast King has been dealt with by the Divine Machine Crossbow, logically there should be no obstacles left to resolve it, yet Xia Hong has an inexplicable uneasy feeling.

It’s too quiet!

From when the Cold Beasts were attracted by the Cold Ruins Tripod to resolving the Beast Tide, during the entire process, the White Dew Gu did nothing; it seemed to have completely entrusted its safety to those Cold Beasts.

This is not in line with the behavior of a deceitful monster…

Xia Hong furrowed his brows tightly, seeing Li Xuanling looking at him with worry, his expression became a bit peculiar, with a slight smile at the corners of his mouth, he asked:

“Are you worried about me?”

This sudden teasing left Li Xuanling clearly caught off guard. Her whole face turned red in an instant, instinctively wanting to scold Xia Hong, but at the moment, the over two hundred Cold Resistance Level soldiers of Great Xia were behind them, so she forced the words back.

“The lord is connected to the safety of tens of thousands in Great Xia. The concern, I reckon, is far more than just mine!”

Hearing Li Xuanling’s attempt to cover up her feelings, Xia Hong could hardly suppress his laughter. To maintain her dignity, he refrained from further teasing.

The Cold Resistance Level soldiers at the back evidently saw through Li Xuanling’s insincerity. The older, more composed ones like Hou Jing and Peng Bo turned their heads to look elsewhere; the younger ones unable to hide their feelings, like Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, and Yue Feng, couldn’t help but lower their heads in chuckles.

Standing behind Li Xuanling, Li Tiancheng’s face was full of smiles, clearly pleased with the warming relations between her and Xia Hong.

The little episode between the couple did not affect the march. In about an hour, the army was less than three hundred meters away from the northern ravine side of Yangyuan Peak.

Earlier, since Xia Hong had already put away the Cold Ruins Tripod, a dense white fog still lingered upon Yangyuan Peak at this moment.

Xia Hong moved to the front, and after staring at Yangyuan Peak for a few moments, he directly turned around and ordered the back: “Alright, Xia Chuan, Yuwen Dao, lead the army, first choose the right position, prepare the bows and arrows, and await my command.”

“Yes, sir!”

Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao directly turned back to the rear formation, gathering the army at a higher ground near the ravine, quickly setting up nearly two thousand giant bows, all aiming in unison at the position of Yangyuan Peak.

Bang……

As soon as the Cloud Dragon Army and Dragon Martial Army were ready, Xia Hong immediately took out the Cold Ruins Tripod and placed it at the very center of the army. Simultaneously, the ten Cold Beast Stakes turned into Golden Armored Thunder Kui, guarding all around the army.

Buzz……

At the moment the Cold Ruins Tripod ignited, the white fog over Yangyuan Peak was dispelled at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was nighttime, and without the white fog, the visibility on Yangyuan Peak was instead reduced.

At this moment, whether it was the soldiers of the two armies or the over two hundred Cold Resistance Level elites at the front row, they all knew that the White Dew Gu was entrenched on Yangyuan Peak. Thus, looking at the area behind the ravine, shrouded in darkness, their eyes involuntarily filled with gravity.

“Aim at Yangyuan Peak, empty the quivers, shoot the arrows!”

With all preparations complete, Xia Hong had no further words of verbosity, directly issuing the order.

Woosh woosh woosh……

The soldiers of the two armies simultaneously released the bowstrings, the first volley, nearly two thousand iron arrows flew directly towards Yangyuan Peak.

The rain of two thousand iron arrows was nothing compared to the four or five kilometers encompassing Yangyuan Peak, leaving most soldiers somewhat puzzled as to why Xia Hong had them do this.