Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 199: Sword Puppet, the First Intermediate Team

May 20th, the first year of Daxia
Redwood Ridge, three kilometers deep

Below the huge ice tree, there is a soft swamp with a pale golden color.

More than a hundred meters away on the right side of the swamp, a cluster of torches suddenly lit up.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

The moment the torch was lit, the swamp seemed to sense it, and huge mud bubbles immediately bulged up on the originally calm surface of the quagmire, obviously something had awakened.

puff…………

A dark horn broke through the swamp first and rose slowly. Before the horn was fully revealed, a huge bulge appeared behind it.

Wow…………

When the three-meter-long black horn was fully revealed, the bulge at the back was completely broken, revealing the true appearance of the creature inside.

It was a huge creature with a light golden body, shaped like a rhinoceros, and a dark pointed horn. It was nearly ten meters long, and its thick limbs were more than one meter in diameter. When fully upright, they were more than three meters long, with muscular torsos, like four giant pillars supporting the sky.

If Xia Hong were here, he would definitely be able to recognize at a glance that this is a golden-armored Lei Kui. Judging from its size, it is obviously a mid-level one.

“Roar… Roar…”

After Lei Kui slowly walked out of the swamp, he growled twice. Seeing that there was no movement around him, he walked towards the torch that had just been lit.

Its eyes were fixed on the cluster of torches, and its two lantern-like blood-red pupils were full of greed and desire.

Step…step…step…step…step…step…

Lei Kui was so huge that each step he took was six or seven meters. As he got closer to the torch, he sensed the tempting substance in the flames and his steps became faster and faster. Soon he was only ten meters away from the torch.

Click…………

However, just as it took the last step towards the torch, a crisp crashing sound suddenly came from its left forelimb.

"Roar…………"

Lei Kui roared in pain and suddenly raised his left forelimb, on which there was a fan-shaped iron clamp with a diameter of about half a meter.

The iron trap was filled with sharp iron teeth on both sides, and was now firmly embedded in the flesh of Lei Kui's left forelimb. There were five ropes tied to the end of the trap, and as Lei Kui raised his foot, the ropes were completely exposed.

Whoosh……

"Hold on, and do it!"

As an iron arrow accurately shot down and extinguished the torch, Xia Chuan's roar suddenly rang out above Lei Kui's head.

collapse…………

Twenty meters away, five people holding ropes jumped down from the tree, used the tree as a fulcrum, gritted their teeth and pulled back wildly, and the five ropes immediately straightened.

"Roar…………"

The force of the rope was transmitted to the trap. Lei Kui was caught off guard. His left front leg staggered and he almost fell to the ground. However, his strength was still too terrifying. After a roar, he managed to stabilize his body and pulled back the five people at the end of the rope.

Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…

However, the real offensive is only coming now.

Countless iron arrows suddenly attacked from all directions, targeting Lei Kui's eyes, ears and other important parts, as well as its controlled left forelimb.

Bang…bang…

Sensing the iron arrow coming, Lei Kui's muscles bulged, and he ignored the trap on his left forelimb and frantically twisted and shook his head and body to avoid it. The focus was naturally on avoiding being shot in vital parts.

Zhizhi…………

The five ropes squeaked as they were pulled. Although the five people behind the ropes held on to them tightly, their strength was simply not on the same level as Lei Kui. Even with the help of the tree's strength, they were still dragged left and right and could not stand steadily.

Bang…bang…

Not only did the five men's hands bleed, but their bodies were also dragged and repeatedly hit against the trees, making loud bangs.

But even so, they still gritted their teeth, with their legs either leaning on the ground or clamped on the trees, using the force to hold on tightly and refusing to let go.

Pfft…………

The efforts of the five people finally paid off.

Lei Kui, whose movements were restricted, was finally shot.

But what was shot was not the eye or the ear, but his left forelimb.

To be precise, it was the bloody part of the left front limb that was torn apart by the trap.

roar…………

His flesh, already torn by the trap, was hit by an arrow again. Lei Kui let out a terrible roar and his body movements slowed down by half a beat.

This is the skill of hunting!

The defense capabilities of cold beasts are extremely strong. Although humans know to find a breakthrough from their eyes, ear canals, or even key parts such as the anus, they are not stupid and know that these parts are critical, so under normal circumstances they will not easily hurt you.

The animal trap makes up for this.

After Mu Dong's continuous improvements, Daxia's advanced animal traps now have an explosive force of more than 50,000 pounds when closed. Combined with the sharp serrations that are re-sharpened after each hunt, it is no problem to break through the membrane of intermediate cold beasts.

As long as the membrane is broken, the next thing will be easy!

"Qiu Peng, go ahead!"

Xia Chuan's voice rang out again. The iron arrow just now was shot by him. Hearing Lei Kui's roar, excitement flashed in his eyes. While signaling Qiu Peng to hurry up, he pulled the transparent silk thread upwards with his right hand.

call…………

A fierce blade suddenly fell from the tree. It was Qiu Peng who acted upon the order.

Qiu Peng held a big knife in his hand, staring at Lei Kui's eyes. The place where he jumped down was Lei Kui's neck, and the place where he chopped down with the big knife was exactly Lei Kui's eyes.

Lei Kui's light golden skin has a very strong defensive ability. It is impossible to break it with my basic strength of over 20,000 pounds.

Qiu Peng was very clear about this, so the target he chopped with his sword could only be Lei Kui's eyes.

The big knife in his hand was more than one meter long. If it were a normal creature, it would be nonsense to chop the eyes with the knife. But the intermediate Lei Kui in front of him, or all the cold beasts, were obviously not normal creatures.

This Lei Kui is ten meters long. Saying that its eyes are like lanterns is not an exaggeration, but a true description.

Pfft...

Qiu Peng's sword fell down, and Lei Kui's left eye was split directly across the horizontal surface, and blood plasma and mucus burst out instantly.

"Roar…………"

The intense pain instantly aroused Lei Kui's ferocity, which could be heard from his furious roar.

After the roar, Lei Kui's huge body was only stiff for two breaths, and then there was an even more crazy twisting and trampling.

Bruise... click...

"The rope is broken, sir, be careful."

The five special ropes made of bamboo threads and Tengjiao tendons were actually broken by Lei Kui.

The texture of this rope is certainly not as tough as the one used to make the bowstring for Xia Hong, but it can at least withstand a pulling force of 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms.

The key point is that it was tied with a trap, and behind the trap was just Lei Kui's injured leg.

The injured leg could burst out with such terrifying power, which could only mean one thing:
"This Lei Kui is starting to fight with all his might!"

Xia Chuan's heart sank, and he pulled the silk thread in his hand faster.

sizzling…………

Lightning suddenly burst out from the dark pointed horn on Lei Kui's forehead. Lei Kui, whose speed had not improved to begin with, now even his movements became extremely swift.

Lei Kui's struggle was able to break the ropes, cause the ground around him to shake continuously, and avoid all the arrows shot at him, but he was unable to shake off Qiu Peng.

Qiu Peng held the broadsword tightly with both hands, and the broadsword was embedded in Lei Kui's left eyeball. As Lei Kui's movements became more violent, the wound caused by the broadsword became larger.

He actually used the huge force generated by Lei Kui's struggle to change the way he held the knife, so as to cause him greater damage.

"Roar………"

Pah…

Lei Kui roared again, blood flashed across his pupils, and an arc of electricity suddenly appeared on the dark pointed horn on his forehead.

The next moment, Lei Kui's head seemed to flash suddenly.

In that flashing moment, the inertia generated actually threw Qiu Peng's body directly into the air.

Qiu Peng took the knife away with both hands, and a look of panic flashed across his face.

call out………

Lei Kui's head flashed again, and the dark sharp horn more than three meters long, like a black lightning, accompanied by the front of the head, suddenly pierced through Qiu Peng's body in mid-air.

boom………

At the critical moment, the snow under Lei Kui's body suddenly exploded.

In the snow, a red giant lying flat on his back suddenly sat up and slashed Lei Kui in the abdomen with a knife.

"Back off and shoot arrows from a distance!"

Xia Chuan shouted loudly and pulled the silk thread with his right hand, signaling Qiu Peng to retreat while he himself retreated frantically.

As he pulled the silk thread violently, the sitting body of the vermilion giant quickly stood up, and its true appearance appeared before everyone's eyes.

The red giant was five meters tall, with a head, a torso, and four limbs, but strangely, its head had no details, only an open mouth, which was more like a big hole than a mouth. Its torso accounted for a small proportion of its body, but its limbs were abnormally strong.

Not only were the limbs thick and strong, but the giant's limbs were also covered with countless spikes.

Upon closer inspection, I found that they were not spikes, but a bunch of sharp knives standing upright with a cold glow.

Although those sharp knives were more than one meter long, they were too densely packed together, looking like a field of sharp thorns, which was frightening.

What is most shocking is that at the end of the giant's limbs are not hands and feet, but four giant swords.

The blades of those four big swords were thirty to forty centimeters wide, and the blades were more than two meters long. The side edges were polished to a shiny shine, and they were chilling.

"Look at your skin, can it block my knife puppet?"

Xia Chuan shouted loudly and pulled his fingertips back sharply.

Five colorless transparent silk threads were connected to the head and limbs of the knife puppet respectively. As Xia Chuan pulled, the knife puppet moved.

Since its limbs were both large swords, when the sword puppet stood up, it relied on the two swords on its legs to stand on the ground. When Xia Chuan pulled it, its right leg immediately raised up and slashed fiercely at the bottom of Lei Kui's neck.

The sudden appearance of the knife puppet in the snow caught the Lei Kui off guard, and it had not yet recovered from the previous blow.

How can it react to this knife?
call………

The broad blade flashed a cold light in the snowy night, and it suddenly slashed across Lei Kui's neck, leaving a blood mark more than one meter long.

Pfft...

"Keep reloading the arrows and treat the wound!"

Seeing that the knife puppet had succeeded in his attack, Xia Chuan did not relax, but continued to control it, rushing forward and attacking Lei Kui frantically with his limbs.

Lei Kui, of course, would not sit still and wait for death. He swayed his body, using his thick membrane to block the blade, while the sharp horns on his head kept looking for opportunities to stab the knife puppet.

puff...

After all, it was a mid-level cold beast. Lei Kui quickly found a perfect opportunity. He used the impact force generated by the sudden flash of his head to accurately pierce the abdomen of the knife puppet.

After a successful attack, a hint of brutal pleasure immediately emerged in Lei Kui's ferocious pupils.

But this pleasure did not last even for a moment. It froze in the next second and gradually turned into intense panic and fear.

It was because the belly of the knife puppet, which it felt was extremely soft just now, suddenly became hard and was shrinking inward after it was broken open.

Its sharp corner was stuck.

Click…click…

Lei Kui's limbs kept flapping on the ground, and his body retreated frantically, trying to pull the sharp horn out of the knife puppet's abdomen. However, no matter how much strength he burst out, no matter how he flapped his body, the sharp horn was firmly embedded in the knife puppet's abdomen, without moving at all.

Its head was already clamped by the double swords of the sword puppet, and its sharp horns were stuck, unable to move, so its body became a lamb to be slaughtered.

Pfft...

Xia Chuan would certainly not miss such a good opportunity.

It pulled the silk thread frantically with its right hand, and the knife puppet used its hands and feet, as well as the blades on other parts of its body, to start a round of crazy cutting at Lei Kui's body.

Whoosh…whoosh…whoosh…

As soon as the first blow was successful and a wound appeared on Lei Kui's neck, the other people around had already been shooting arrows madly at the blood mark.

While shooting arrows, everyone looked at the sword puppet controlled by Xia Chuan, their eyes shining with surprise and their faces full of astonishment.

"This is only the third time you've used it. Your Excellency's skill in manipulating the sword puppet is becoming more and more proficient. I feel like the power it unleashes is even stronger than your own!"

"Because of the weight, the four swords on the hands and feet of the knife puppet are all made of hundred-fold forged iron. Each sword is estimated to weigh 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms. Such a heavy weapon can kill people by smashing them without even chopping."

"Hiss... just the four swords weigh more than 100,000 jin. I remember that the master's basic strength is only more than 40,000 jin now. How does he control this sword puppet?"

"Look carefully. Each time the knife puppet attacks, it uses the strength of two limbs at most, which is exactly the limit of adults."

"I see. That white thread is truly magical. It would be great if we could use it. With such a large thing under our control, any cold beast can be killed!"

"You have a nice idea. The white silk thread was obtained from the wooden puppet ghost. If you kill a ghost, you might get some treasures."

"This... forget it. I don't have this blessing."

...............

puff!

Although everyone was talking, they didn't stop shooting arrows.

As the sword puppet controlled by Xia Chuan cut countless cuts into Lei Kui's body, the people who were shooting arrows on the side finally got something.

Qiu Peng was the first to shoot an arrow into the wound on Lei Kui's neck. The intense pain made Lei Kui's movements more and more deformed, but at this moment not only his body could not move, but even his greatest support, the sharp horn, was stuck in the abdomen of the knife puppet and could not move.

"Roar………"

As more and more iron arrows hit the wounds on other parts of its body, it was unable to put up any resistance and could only roar in unwillingness.

Just as Lei Kui lowered his head and opened his mouth to roar, Xia Chuan's pupils suddenly froze and he raised his fingers sharply upwards.

The knife puppet's left leg suddenly hooked upwards.

puff………

Before Lei Kui could close his mouth, he was stabbed directly by the sword on Dao Kui's left leg. The more than two-meter-long blade was completely embedded in his mouth, and the tip of the blade protruded a little from the back of his head.

The head was pierced, and Lei Kui's struggling body suddenly stiffened. After being silent for more than ten breaths, he finally...

boom!
"Hahahaha, dead, finally dead!"

"The fifth intermediate cold beast, hahahaha, we did it."

"Success, success, hahahaha!"

...............

More than a dozen people on the surrounding trees suddenly burst into excited cheers. They jumped down from the trees one after another and walked to Lei Kui's body, their eyes filled with uncontrollable excitement and excitement.

Qiu Peng was no exception. He rubbed his sore arms and looked at the big knife with the blade already bent. Although he looked a little scared, he was more excited.

Everyone was like this, including Xia Chuan.

But he did not look at Lei Kui on the ground, but looked at the knife puppet who was still standing, his face excited and his pupils full of spirit.

"I was not sure about the two cold beasts I hunted before, but this Lei Kui finally made me sure. This thread can not only allow my power to be smoothly transmitted to other things through Zhumu, but also through the weight of the object, it can burst out a destructive force that is times greater than my basic strength!"

Xia Chuan looked down at the wound on Lei Kui's body, his expression becoming more and more excited.

Among the currently known intermediate-level cold beasts, Lei Kui is definitely the most difficult one to hunt, and the reason is its thick skin.

Xia Hong had done a test before. Even the weakest part of Lei Kui's membrane could withstand an impact force of more than 30,000 kilograms. The slightly stronger parts even required the force of a mane to break.

The wounds all over Lei Kui's body at this moment say it all!

"Sir, from today on, our Yunjiao team will be the first intermediate hunting team in the entire camp!"

Xia Chuan raised his head, looked at the excited expressions of the crowd, and nodded slightly.

He knew very well the reason for the excitement.

They had previously hunted four intermediate cold beasts, namely the Snow Mane, Frost Wolf, Blue Moon Spirit and Teng Jiao. Therefore, this Lei Kui was the fifth intermediate cold beast hunted by the Yunjiao team.

The promotion rules designed by Yuwen Tao at the beginning required two conditions to be met in order to be promoted from low level to intermediate level. One was that the total contribution value reached 50,000, and the other was to hunt down five intermediate-level cold beasts of different species.

The first one had already been satisfied after their crazy hunting during this period; the second one was just waiting for them to submit this intermediate Lei Kui.

Daxia’s first intermediate hunting team!
The value is beyond doubt.

No wonder everyone is so excited.

Xia Chuan took a deep breath, a hint of pride appearing on his face.

Others may not understand how much this mid-level hunting team means to him.

In the previous two months, the population of Daxia had expanded rapidly, and more and more voices began to question his position as Si Cheng.

"Si Cheng's strength is not as good as Yu Wen Si Zheng's."

"Masters Hong Guang, Hong Tian, ​​and Meng Yi are also better than him."

"He became the chief because the chief is his brother."

"The leader isn't as fair as he says. It all depends on the person."

…………

Although there are not many sounds of this kind, Xia Chuan still finds them irritating.

He felt especially uncomfortable when he noticed that someone was targeting his eldest brother Xia Hong.

Therefore, he urgently needs a chance to prove himself.

"The first intermediate hunting team, at least it can make some people shut up first!"

Xia Chuan's eyes were slightly stern, and he turned back to look at Dao Kui with an arrogant expression.

"With this sword puppet, everyone in the camp, except my eldest brother..."

Making those people shut up is secondary. Surpassing Yuwen Tao in strength is Xia Chuan's real pursuit.

Xia Chuan believes that he will not lose to anyone except his elder brother Xia Hong.

(End of this chapter)