Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 971: Chapter 356: 800 Bhikkhu Assembly, Narrow Escape, Military Mobilization, Message Delivered_2

At that glance, his whole body froze instantly.

They were a pair of eyes.

A pair of eyes with glistening green pupils, unlike those of normal humans.

Xu Ning could clearly sense that the owner of those eyes was watching him at that very moment from inside the Great Awakening Hall. Although the main entrance was wide open, he just couldn’t see the person’s appearance and could only continue to lock eyes with those strange eyes.

Xu Ning was incredibly horrified at this moment because he realized that he couldn’t shift his gaze, and his body was completely paralyzed. He suddenly realized that those dozen or so people dressed in black were frozen not because of the eight hundred official bhikkhus below, but because of this pair of glistening green eyes!

Buzzing......

Xu Ning suddenly felt a sharp tug below his chest, and then a wave of intense tearing pain emanated from inside him. He clearly sensed that something was rapidly approaching his head from within his body.

His only remaining left eye suddenly felt a sharp pain, although fresh blood was gushing out from it, his vision wasn’t affected at all, and he could still clearly see those glistening green pupils.

Desperately struggling, Xu Ning tried to move his eyeball, wanting to see what was happening with the other people in black, but he simply couldn’t do it. Finally, he thought of something, stepping back and settling for the next best thing, and used his peripheral vision to glance at the nearest person on his right.

Indeed, he could see!

After seeing the condition of the person dressed in black with his peripheral vision, Xu Ning’s heart instantly trembled with fear.

Inexplicably, spiritual light kept flying out of the black-clad person’s eyes, as if something inside them was being extracted, and after the spiritual light flew out, it went straight towards the Great Awakening Hall.

No need to think about it, it was the work of those glistening green pupils.

In less than five breaths, the spiritual light within the black-clad person was exhausted, and as no more spiritual light emerged, the person’s body suddenly went limp, collapsing over the wall.

”Once extracted, you will die!”

Xu Ning realized this at that moment, and a wave of panic surged in his heart.

He was certainly afraid of death, but what he feared more was not being able to pass on these crucial pieces of information back to Xia City, to Lord and the Minister.

The eerie and powerful Dajue Temple, the Five Great Masters, the commotion in Nine Towns, the five thousand bhikkhus with hair, the eight hundred bhikkhus, the Army Chief Xiahou, and the Vajra Master, who had injured Xiahou Zhang upon first appearance.

And, of course, at this moment, these eerie glistening green pupils...

He knew very well how important these messages were to Great Xia.

In many matters, it’s crucial to have an advantage from the start; whoever holds the initiative gains control.

Great Xia was able to smoothly annex Longyou because it first paved the way through the vital Mirror Valley passage, taking over the Beehive while Longyou was unaware.

”No, I can’t die here; if I must die, I must die back there!”

Xu Ning desperately struggled, trying to shift his gaze, but when those stronger people in black couldn’t do it, how could he achieve it?

In fact, from the outside, Xu Ning’s body hadn’t moved even a bit from start to finish, and could only allow whatever was entering his mind to turn into strands of spiritual light, which flew out of his left eye toward the Great Awakening Hall.

At this moment, Xu Ning’s state was exactly the same as those people in black earlier; the only difference might be that he only had one left eye, so the efficiency of the spiritual light being extracted seemed much slower than those black-clad people.

One breath... two breaths... three breaths... four breaths...

After four breaths, Xu Ning felt his mind in chaos, nearly at the brink of collapse, yet the obsession in his heart still raged, refusing to give up.

”Can’t die...can’t die...”

Hiss!

The silver jade pendant clutched in Xu Ning’s hand suddenly heated, turning red, emitting a wave of heat that wrapped around his body directly.

And at that moment, the spiritual light continuously emanating from Xu Ning’s left eye was suddenly severed by the heat, and a small portion of the light even drilled back into his eye.

”Ah......”

At the moment the spiritual light was cut off, Xu Ning obviously endured unfathomable, intense pain, letting out a miserable scream, his whole body trembling incessantly.

Even those at the Cold Resistance Level with experience in skin remodeling had a far higher tolerance for pain than ordinary people, and for Xu Ning to let out such a sorrowful cry, the severity of this pain was truly beyond imagination.

Bam......

Xu Ning, who had been clinging to the wall, at the moment he let out that scream, fell directly from the wall, trembling in place for two or three breaths. He suddenly realized that he’d regained control of his body, got up with gritted teeth without a thought, and sprinted towards the south to escape.

In front of the Great Awakening Hall, a bald, white-clad bhikkhu suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and turned towards the interior of the main entrance of the hall, respectfully folded his hands and made a devout bow:

”Master Wusheng, a mischievous beast has escaped, shall I pursue it?”

”Even if it ran, it won’t matter—its soul body is mostly lost, and its consciousness is on the verge of collapse. It can’t take any useful information out. No need to worry, continue chanting with me.”

”Understood, Master!”

Hearing the response from inside the hall, the bald bhikkhu immediately sat back down, turned around facing the hall, and continued chanting.

......

Southwest outside Qinghe Village, Xu Ning dashed across the snowfield, changing direction and sprinting wildly towards the area where Baiyang was located to the west. Even though he knew he was already seven or eight kilometers away from the Dajue Temple, he still dared not relax in the slightest.

There was only terror in his eyes, but soon, a hint of cloudiness flashed from time to time, and even his steps became somewhat uncoordinated.

”What exactly was extracted from me just now?”