Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 198 Jade Bone, Ending, Cultivation Dilemma
boom…………

The veins on Xia Hong's body were still bulging. He didn't know how many punches he had thrown. He just used his hands alternately to constantly clamp Xue Zong, preventing it from getting up.

Although Snow Mane's body was over 20 meters long and looked terrifying, its strength was obviously inferior to Xia Hong's, so no matter how it struggled, it could not get rid of Xia Hong.

He almost turned over several times, but was forced back by Xia Hong.

Bang...bang...click...

After a few more punches, a crisp sound of bones breaking was heard.

Xia Hong looked at Xue Zong's right arm joint and his eyes suddenly fixed.

He had just hit the same spot. After so many consecutive punches, the area around Xuezong's right arm joint was already a bloody mess.

Under the blurred flesh and blood, the jade-green bones are clearly visible.

He kept holding Snow Mane tightly and refused to let go. Even the other party's resistance and struggle did not decrease from beginning to end, and the intensity was always maintained at a very high level.

Xia Hong is a veteran in dealing with cold beasts.

Since the opponent's struggling strength did not decrease, it meant that the punches he had just used only suppressed it and did not cause any actual damage.

But after the sound of bones breaking was heard, Xia Hong clearly felt that the strength of Xue Zong's struggle immediately dropped by about 20%.

"The bones are the key!"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Xia Hong's eyes. After realizing the crux of the matter, he took the broken knife that he had been holding in his mouth while the opponent was fighting back.

"Roar…………"

Realizing that Xia Hong's power was weakening, Xue Zong, who was lying on the ground, had a fierce light in his eyes. He seized the opportunity, roared, and suddenly turned over and stood up.

After finally standing up, it did not waste any time. It opened its mouth and stuck out nine long tongues. At the same time, its huge body was like a mountain, rushing towards Xia Hong.

Pfft…………

Nine long tongues successfully entangled Xia Hong. Just as Xue Zong's huge face revealed a bloodthirsty smile, it immediately froze in an instant, accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing.

Xia Hong held the broken knife straight in his hand and rushed forward like a cannonball, pulling its nine long tongues and sticking them directly on its right shoulder.

The broken knife stabbed fiercely into the blurred flesh and blood of its right forelimb.

"Roar…………"

Snow Mane was obviously aware of something. With a roar, its nine long tongues suddenly entangled and exerted force, like nine thick and long ice pythons, almost completely wrapping Xia Hong's body, and then suddenly straightened.

laugh…………

"Oh no, the power of that long tongue..."

"The leader is in danger, go help!"

"Use the bow to shoot its eyes and save the leader!"

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Yuwen Tao, Hong Guang, Meng Yi, Yue Feng, and more than 200 people who had just escaped from the wooden house, saw the long tongue completely wrapping around Xia Hong. They showed a look of anxiety on their faces, and they all roared and rushed towards Xue Zong.

With the strength of this high-level Snow Mane, they certainly knew that their coming would be just a drop in the bucket.

But Xia Hong is in danger!

They all rushed over without hesitation.

"No need to come over!"

However, the next second, Xia Hong's roar came from the nine long tongues, and everyone stopped immediately and looked towards Xue Zong with hope.

Click…………

"Roar!"

There was a crisp sound of bones breaking, and Snowmane let out a hysterical and violent roar. His nine long tongues were stretched straight and loosened as if they had lost their strength.

As the long tongue loosened, Xia Hong's blood-soaked body also appeared.

In fact, half of his body was already embedded in the flesh of Snowmane's shoulder, and the broken knife in his hand was stuck in the jade-colored bone under the flesh.

Although they were over a hundred meters away, Yuwen Tao and all the others could still see at a glance that there was a huge crack on the bone under the broken knife.

"The leader was entangled by it on purpose just now!"

"The target is the bone beneath the flesh of its shoulder."

"A hundred-forged weapon can't even break its flesh, how can it possibly break its bones? This..."

"The flesh on its shoulder had been smashed by the leader, so the bones underneath must have cracked first. The leader just stuck to it to find the gap between the bones and then insert the broken knife into it."

After hearing Yue Feng's explanation, Yuwen Tao suddenly realized what was going on. He looked at Xia Hong, clenched his fists slightly, his eyes full of admiration.

After Yue Feng finished speaking, two words suddenly popped up in his mind:

strength!

Xia Hong's grasp of timing and his keen sense of hunting opportunities are certainly important, but the most crucial thing is strength.

He could use brute force to break through Snowmane's flesh and bones, and his membrane had enough defensive capabilities to not be afraid of the strangulation of the nine long tongues.

This is the key to Xia Hong's ability to achieve this step.

If someone else came, even if his combat sense was stronger than Xia Hong's, he would not be able to do it if he did not have enough strength.

“Oh…ah…”

Everyone's surprise was interrupted by Xia Hong's loud shout.

Everyone looked up, their eyes suddenly filled with shock.

Xia Hong held the broken knife in his hand and pulled it hard behind him.

“Crack…”

The snow mane was more than 20 meters long, and its right front limb was more than ten meters off the ground.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a giant pillar that supports the sky. Xia Hong was suspended high in the air during the battle just now, so everyone could see it so clearly.

The broken knife in Xia Hong's hand was only more than seventy centimeters long, which was completely insignificant compared to Xue Zong's body.

But even such an insignificant broken knife actually cut off the bones under Snow Mane's right front limb.

laugh…………

An amazing scene appeared.

After Snowmane's skeleton was cut off, thick smoke came out. However, the smoke was neither white nor black, but the same green color as the skeleton.

call out…………

Once the bone was broken, the connection between Snowmane's right forelimb and the body was only half of flesh and blood, almost half hanging in front of the chest.

How could this blurry bit of flesh and blood be able to block Xia Hong's knife?

Xia Hong's eyes were fierce as he suddenly jumped up and fell from high in the air. The broken knife in his hand slashed out a strong blade, directly cutting off the surrounding flesh and blood along the position where the bone had just been broken.

boom…………

Snowmane's right front limb suddenly separated from his body and hit the ground with a loud bang. The thick green smoke was dissipated, and Snowmane's wailing after his broken arm followed closely behind.

"Roar…………"

This roar no longer had any of the arrogance from before.

Xue Zong was looking at Xia Hong at this moment, his pupils filled with fear and panic.

Its eyes began to flicker, and it showed obvious signs of retreating.

"It's not that easy to run away!"

How could Xia Hong hide the retreat in Xue Zong's eyes? He ignored the broken knife in his hand and rushed towards Xue Zong's left forelimb.

The intention to repeat the same old trick is obvious!
This time, Xue Zong did not dare to be arrogant. He not only quickly retracted his nine long tongues, but also retreated his body frantically, not giving Xia Hong any chance to get close.

laugh…………

At the same time, a strange sound came from Snowmane's body, and his head, limbs and torso began to shrink wildly.

But within three or four breaths, its huge body had returned to its original length of more than one meter, except that the broken right forelimb was still missing.

Xia Hong's attack missed and he saw Xue Zong recovered to his one-meter size. His pupils condensed slightly and he turned to look at the broken arm on the ground.

Sure enough, the broken arm had already shrunk to a few dozen centimeters, which was exactly the same size as Snow Mane's body at this moment.

"Miniature is its normal form, while expansion is its combat state!"

When this thought flashed through Xia Hong's mind, the snow-white mane had already turned into a beam of black light and ran towards the arrow bamboo forest in the south.

Xia Hong quickly stood up and chased after him, but he only chased for about a hundred meters. He looked up and his expression immediately froze. After hesitating for a moment, he stopped.

Although the beast tide in the arrow bamboo forest in the south has subsided, there are still a few cold beasts passing through.

Just now, he took advantage of the sluggish beast tide and passed through the arrow bamboo forest to reach Jing Valley. At that time, he was in full strength and felt a little nervous. If he went there again now, he might not be so lucky.

"Leader!"

"Chief."

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Seeing that Xue Zong had escaped, Yuwen Tao, Yue Feng and others all came over at this moment, looking at Xia Hong who was covered in blood, with some worried expressions.

Click…………

Xia Hong turned around and was about to speak when the ceremonial sword in his hand, which was only one-third of its length, broke into pieces and fell to the ground, leaving only the handle still held in his hand.

"call…………"

Xia Hong threw away the handle in his hand, turned around to look at everyone, waved his hand slightly and said: "I'm fine, gather together to count the wounded, and don't run around until the beast tide passes. I will stay here for the next few days."

After saying that, Xia Hong walked directly to the side of the wooden house, picked up the broken arm of Snow Mane on the ground, and jumped onto the roof.

Yuwen Tao and others looked at each other, and only after seeing Xia Hong jump onto the roof and apply Jinchuang Powder on himself did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"The leader should be fine. Let's count the wounded. There should be someone alive. Go and save them."

"I'll take people to treat the wounded, while Lao Si is counting the casualties."

"it is good."

Yuwen Tao and Yue Feng each performed their respective duties and each led a group of people to start the aftermath work.

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"Not only does it have the strength of ten manes, it can also expand its body by multiple times. Whether it's the barbs on its back, or the nine long tongues, even its wisdom and combat talent are far stronger than those of the intermediate and low-level ones. This is the high-level Snow Mane. No wonder, no wonder even He Yuanhun has to cooperate with others to be qualified to hunt!"

Xia Hong, who was on the roof, lifted up his clothes and looked at the wounds all over his body. A look of shock appeared on his face and his eyes were filled with uncontrollable horror.

He won this battle though.

Winning is not glorious!
His current physical strength has reached twelve levels, which is superior to this high-level snow mane. Even though he had the advantage in strength, he suffered so many injuries and was unable to leave the snow mane behind.

Xia Hong is confident in his fighting talent.

Having lived two lives, the four routines of Changquan have almost been integrated into his bones. The twelve bristles are just basic strength, supplemented by force-generating techniques. He is very clear that his instantaneous explosive power can exceed his physical limit by 20%.

In other words, he was actually using the power of Fourteen Manes to fight against the Snow Mane.

With more than 40% of Snowmane's strength, he ended up being beaten like this.

This means that if the strength is equal, there is a high probability that he will not be able to defeat this snow-mane, and he may even be killed...

"That's not right. I don't have a suitable weapon. This is my first time fighting against a high-level cold beast. I don't know its characteristics. These are also decisive factors. Moreover, its speed is not that fast. If it hadn't escaped to the bamboo forest, I would have continued to chase it. The final result is hard to say!"

After Xia Hong made this summary of the battle in his mind, his brows relaxed slightly.

Although he had a lot of wounds on his body, they were basically external injuries. With his current physical condition, after applying Golden Wound Powder, he would be able to heal in about ten days.

It was definitely worth it to pay such a small price to learn about the strength of some high-level cold beasts. The most important point was that Xia Hong saw clearly where his own limits were.

Since breaking through the cold-resistant level, Xia Hong has basically not had such a satisfying battle except for the battle with He Yuanhun.

This life-and-death fight made him regain the feeling of hunting cold beasts in the wilderness when he was weak.

This feeling made Xia Hong very obsessed, because he knew that every time this feeling appeared, his combat experience would improve rapidly.

In the final analysis, strength is a combination of cultivation level and combat experience, both are indispensable, which is why Xia Hong is obsessed with this kind of fighting.

"Of course, there is one biggest gain..."

Xia Hong's eyes burned slightly as he picked up the broken arm with snow mane and began to examine it.

The meat of low-level cold beasts is azure blue, but because the blood is dark green, the meat will show a subtle green color before being peeled off.

The meat of an intermediate-level cold beast is also blue, but because its blood is red, the meat will appear slightly purple before being peeled off.

The flesh at the joint of the broken arm in front of me is black.

Xia Hong used a knife to cut open the flesh and blood, and saw a small piece of jade-colored bone inside, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The meat of high-level cold beasts should still be blue, but due to the influence of green bones and rose-red blood, the multiple colors are mixed together and turned black.

Xia Hong tore off a piece of flesh and put it directly into his mouth. After chewing it for a few times, a bright red appeared on his face and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"The difference between mid-level beast meat and low-level beast meat is only in the taste. This high-level beast meat not only tastes better, but also contains far more energy than the first two. This bite is almost as strong as a hundred kilograms!"

That's right. If the body of a high-level cold beast becomes so small and the meat quality is still the same as that of a mid-level or low-level beast, it would obviously be unreasonable.

"But this meat is probably not edible by ordinary Digging Realm cultivators. At least one must be at the Digging Realm extreme to be able to withstand such a huge amount of energy."

Xia Hong pulled out a dagger and cut off all the flesh and blood on the broken arm, leaving only a jade-colored bone about 60 centimeters long.

"This... is less than half a pound, right?"

After weighing the unusually heavy bones, Xia Hong's eyes showed surprise and an inexplicable desire.

"This jade bone should be the key to cold-resistance level training!"

When Xia Hong saw the skeleton inside Snowmane during the previous battle, he realized this, but...

"How should I use it?"

Xia Hong looked at Yu Gu, his eyes full of confusion.

The meat of the animal can be eaten directly and the blood of the animal can be smeared on the body.

You can't just chew this bone, right?
"Captain, the casualties have been counted."

Just when he was worried, Yuwen Tao and Yue Feng went up to the roof together.

Xia Hong held the jade bone, turned around and looked at the two people and asked, "How many died?"

Yue Feng bowed and said solemnly: "128 people died, 12 of them were in the Digging Realm, and the rest were members of the Gathering Department. There are still 98 people injured, more than a dozen of the seriously injured have been settled, and there is no way to send them back at the moment. We can only wait for the beast tide to subside."

The beast tide subsided.

Xia Hong immediately turned and looked at Yuwen Tao.

"Usually, each beast tide lasts about seven days. After seven days, a small number of cold beasts will return to Hongmu Ridge from the bamboo forest one after another during the day. As long as you are careful at night, it won't be a problem to pass through the bamboo forest."

Hearing Yuwen Tao's answer, Xia Hong nodded first, then realized something, his expression suddenly froze, and he asked in a tone of voice: "Part?"

Xia Hong had just passed through the arrow bamboo forest. He took advantage of the opportunity when the beast tide became thinner and came over. But just in that moment, he could basically judge the scale of this beast tide, which was at least eight or nine thousand or even tens of thousands.

So many cold beasts migrated from Redwood Ridge to Arrow Bamboo Forest at the same time, but only a part of them came back in the end. What does this mean?
Yuwen Tao obviously knew what this meant and nodded solemnly:
"It is indeed part of it. We have lived in Jinggu for many years and experienced many beast tides. So we know very well that after each beast tide, only one-third of the beasts can return to Hongmu Ridge. So..."

Xia Hong suddenly turned his head and looked towards the arrow bamboo forest on the south side, his eyes instantly becoming solemn.

During each beast tide, tens of thousands of cold beasts pass through, but only one third return.

You know, this beast tide comes with the maturity of the Ice Tree.

Once every four months, three times a year.

That is to say, after three waves of beasts a year, at least 20,000 to 30,000 cold beasts entered the arrow bamboo forest. How many have there been cumulatively over the years?
Where have all these cold beasts gone?

Or maybe there is some big secret inside the arrow bamboo forest;

Otherwise, there must be an extremely vast space behind the arrow bamboo forest. Otherwise, the arrow bamboo forest of only 140 square kilometers cannot accommodate so many cold beasts.

Xia Hong came to these two conclusions in his mind, and when he looked at Jian Zhulin again, his eyes suddenly changed.

"Your strength is still a little lacking for now. Stop exploring the bamboo forest for now. Just stick to the current exploration depth and stay within this range. Don't let anyone else enter."

"Yes, leader!"

Hearing this, Yue Feng looked a little frustrated, but knowing that Xia Hong was thinking about the safety of himself and others, he could only nod and obey.

Their strength is indeed too poor.

It can be seen from what happened just now that when Xia Hong was fighting with the snow-maned beast, people like them had no right to intervene, and even if they watched, they had to stay far away.

"Yuwen Tao, do you know any high-level cold beasts?"

Seeing Yuwen Tao staring at the animal bone in his hand, Xia Hong remembered that he had just reminded him of the characteristics of snow mane. His expression changed and he immediately asked.

Yuwen Tao immediately shook his head upon hearing this and said, "I have never seen it. I was able to recognize that snow-maned beast because I remembered what my father said: the smaller the species in the Ice Abyss, the more careful we must be."

In the Ice Abyss world, the smaller the species, the more careful you have to be!

When Xia Hong heard this, his body trembled slightly.

It’s true, this sentence can stand up to scrutiny.

Due to the extremely cold climate of Bingyuan, the trees, vegetation, cold beasts, and even the mountainous terrain are all unusually large. Even the size of humans is obviously larger than that of humans in the normal world of the previous life.

This is normal. An extremely cold environment means that more energy is needed to maintain the body shape. In this way, whether it is humans, plants or animals, they will naturally evolve into a larger body size.

It goes without saying that it is not easy for a species to maintain a small size and survive in such an environment.

"Chief, can you show me that jade bone?"

Hearing Yuwen Tao's words, Xia Hong threw the jade bone over directly.

Yuwen Tao took the jade bone, examined it carefully for a while, and immediately raised his head and said:

"That's it, Chief. I've seen He Yuanhun use this."

"Oh, how he used it."

Xia Hong's eyes immediately lit up and he motioned for Yuwen Tao to continue.

Yuwen Tao nodded and said, "Last year, He Yuanhun brought back several pieces of bones, none of which we had seen before. Now that I think about it, this jade-green color should be high-grade animal bones.

I remember that he asked us to get a lot of coal stones, and then threw bones and a few other things into the pot. We boiled it for about five or six days, and finally it became a pot of soup. I brought people to give it to him. It tasted very delicious, so I have a very deep impression of it. "

Boil it, but add a few other things...

Xia Hong looked at the jade bone in his hand. The hope that had just ignited in his eyes suddenly died out. He shook his head and fell into thought.

In fact, he didn't know the training method of the Cold Resistance level alone.

He even knew the lower limit of the strength division of the Cold-Resistant Level. He had no idea where the upper limit of the Cold-Resistant Level was, or whether there were specific stages in the same level.

Apart from hearing from Yuwen Tao that the next realm is called Xianyang Realm, he knew nothing else.

It is related to one's future cultivation progress and is no trivial matter!
"Okay, you guys go and do your own things first. I'll stay here for a few days to wait for the beast tide to end, take good care of the wounded, and do a good job of the aftermath."

"Yes, leader!"

Xia Hong frowned, and after sending the two people away, he continued to ponder.

(End of this chapter)