Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 270: Shocked and Stunned Zhao Yuankong
Can anyone really advance?

Xiao Heng was not the only one who thought so.

Liu Peng, all members of Group 52, and the vast majority of people in the square, all thought so at this moment.

But no matter what they thought, Qiu Peng did not stop.

The third round of assessment is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Groups 22 to 32 quickly drew their lots and began to enter their respective cages.

"There's probably not much hope in this round. There are six groups of people, and there are still conflicts within the team. The remaining four groups have no conflicts, but there are too many people talking!"

Hearing what Liu Peng said beside him, Xiao Heng roughly glanced at the situation of the ten groups.

Sure enough, in this round, more than half of the groups quarreled fiercely before entering the iron cage. Some people felt that it was impossible to advance and it was a waste of time to go in; some people kept cheering everyone up and said that it was okay to give it a try; and some people looked nervous and had flickering eyes, obviously afraid.

The remaining four groups, although not arguing, were divided into several distinct groups, and seemed to be discussing how to join forces to deal with the cold beast. Some thought that one hour was too short and advocated rushing in all at once; some thought that time was plenty and advocated taking their time to outsmart it; and some thought that with so many rocks and trees in the iron cage, they should take advantage of the characteristics of the cold beast and hunt it in a roundabout way by taking advantage of the terrain...

After roughly observing the situations of the ten groups in the third round, Xiao Heng immediately shook his head, and was almost certain in his heart that no group would advance in this round.

"Father once said that when the camp is weak and encounters a strong enemy, unity is the only way out. Before taking action, there can be many different opinions, but once the action is taken, there can only be one voice. Otherwise, those different opinions will eventually become the fuse of failure!"

Xiao Kangcheng has been the leader for more than ten years. As his only son, Xiao Heng has been trained to be the next leader since he was a child. Naturally, he has learned a lot from his father.

The 172 teams that wanted to advance at this moment were no different from the countless weak camps in the Ice Abyss. The frosty beasts in the iron cages were the powerful enemies they were facing. If they could not unite as one, they would not be able to successfully advance...

boom!
Xiao Heng's thoughts were interrupted by a loud noise.

He looked up at iron cage No. 1 and found that the group of people who had just entered had already started fighting with the snow-maned beast.

"what!"

"I have broken my leg."

"My chest hurts."

"Save me, save me!"

………………

Rather than saying they were fighting, it would be more accurate to say that this group of people were delivering food to Snowmane.

The one hundred fully armed men, holding sharp blades and wearing iron armor, were knocked to the ground as soon as they entered the iron cage by Snow Mane who suddenly rushed out.

Although there were more than a dozen strong people who were about to break through the digging realm, they hastily picked up their swords and strong bows to resist, but compared with Snow Mane, they were not even a little bit inferior in speed or strength.

What’s more important is that unlike them who only have the mentality of assessment, Snow Mane in the cage is really fighting hard!

"Roar…………"

Snowmane roared incessantly, and even after knocking over the crowd, he was still agile. His limbs, tail, and even the long knotted tongue all became his weapons. In less than ten minutes, the hundred people in the iron cage were completely chased away by him and scattered all over the iron cage.

Taking the opportunity of knocking the examiner away, Snow Mane repeatedly rammed the barriers of the iron cage, obviously looking for a chance to break open the cage and escape. Many people had already seen it, but they just deliberately ignored it.

Soon, cries and shouts were heard from iron cage No. 1.

"Help!"

"I abstain."

"Abstain."

"Help."

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The door of the iron cage was open, and the Diggers outside the cage were never idle. As long as someone was seriously injured, they would rush in to rescue them immediately. Those with minor injuries would be taken out as long as they shouted to give up.

"Go away!"

A Digger with a big knife rushed in and rescued a wounded man. Snow Mane happened to be rushing towards him. The Digger swung his knife and shouted angrily.

Xuezong's eyes had clearly been shot out, but when he heard the angry shout, his madly running figure immediately stopped, fear flashed across his face, and he actually turned around and ran away to chase after other people.

At this time, two rounds of assessment had already been carried out. Not only the Snowmane, but also the other nine cold beasts in the other nine iron cages had roughly figured out the rules. As long as they did not kill anyone, the Digging Realm cultivators holding strong bows around the iron cages would not attack them.

So they also learned to be smart and would stop immediately after seriously injuring someone, and then continue to look for those who were still able to move.

The 172 teams that took part in the assessment this time had similar personnel configurations. There were only about fifteen people at the peak of the lumbering realm. When a large number of people in the team were dispersed, the remaining fifteen people would not be able to play a big role.

The dozen or so people left in iron cage No. 1 finally hid on a big tree, but climbing a tree could not guarantee their safety.

Especially those who were hiding in the trees, they were still shooting arrows non-stop. Even if Xuemang had lost his eyesight, he could still confirm their position by hearing alone.

"Roar…………"

Snowmane let out an angry roar, ignoring the iron arrows shot in front of him, and rushed straight towards the big tree. It only took him three or four breaths to rush up.

"run!"

"Run away..."

The two of them were the first to sound the alarm, and the other dozen or so people on the tree panicked and jumped down from the tree one after another.

But there were still people among them, so the speed was slow.

Two people were hit by Snowmane's two sharp white fangs.

One of them had his shoulder pierced directly, and flew more than ten meters from the tree; the other one had his calf pierced, a large piece of flesh was torn off, and he fainted after falling to the ground.

"Abstain."

"Help, I give up."

"Abstain."

As the last group of people in Iron Cage No. 1 shouted to give up, the group of Digging Realm who had been ready outside the cage immediately rushed in and took everyone out.

"Group 29, eliminated!"

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"These guys are so stupid that I can't stand it anymore!"

Above the city gate, after watching the assessment process of the 29 groups, Lin Kai's face was full of disbelief. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but add: "Don't they have brains? The Great Summer Frost Beast Records is usually placed on the first floor of the main building. Have they never flipped through it once?"

"It's not that we didn't see it, we were all shocked..."

Yuan Cheng took over Lin Kai's words and sneered, "These kids have basically never seen a live cold beast before. Some of the older ones, even if they go out, just chop trees and pick fruits at most. Some of the younger ones don't know what the outside world is like. The food, clothes and daily necessities they use are all given by their parents and family. Not to mention getting hurt, they don't even know what it feels like to be frozen. Now they suddenly have to fight a cold beast, so it's normal for them to be scared silly."

Yuwen Tao on the side also retracted his gaze and stopped watching the assessment below. He shook his head and said, "Although they are young, they are actually quite strong. The minimum basic strength of the Woodcutter Realm is 5,000 and the maximum is over 9,000. With armor, weapons, elixirs, and so many supplies from the Supply Department, as long as they have a clear mind and cooperate properly, they can kill even a low-level adult cold beast in its prime."

The ten cold beasts in the cages below had their strength reduced by at least half, yet they still managed to knock down hundreds of loggers. Up to now, no group has advanced.

Upon hearing this, all the Cold-Resistant Class warriors shook their heads, with a mixture of sadness and helplessness on their faces. In the end, they didn't know what to say.

"The leader is right. Only beautiful flowers can grow in a greenhouse, but not towering trees. This test has tested the quality of these kids. Even if this group of people breaks through the Digging Realm and joins the hunting team in the future, I'm afraid that 30 to 50 percent of them will die. Once they go to the battlefield, they will not only kill themselves, but also implicate others!"

Among the cold-resistant soldiers on the city gate, Qiu Peng had the ugliest expression.

As the subjective person of this assessment, his face would become gloomier with every embarrassing sound of abstention from the audience. After hearing what Lin Kai, Yuan Cheng and Yuwen Tao said, he remained silent for a long time and said nothing.

"Why not just forget it? There are more and more casualties."

“I don’t think anyone will qualify.”

"It's still a little too early for them."

…………

"If no team advances, then the Lumberjack Division will end here!"

Qiu Peng directly and firmly rejected everyone's suggestion. He turned his head and looked down, sneering, "One hundred woodcutters can't even kill a severely injured cold beast. There are so many hunting teams in the camp, risking their lives every day, but they only have such a bunch of losers. If they can't even pass such a simple preliminary selection, then they can forget about the reward of being in the top 100 of the martial arts competition."

Everyone heard the anger in Qiu Peng's words and stopped talking.

………………

The assessment below has continued to the fourth round.

From 33 to 43, the ten groups drew lots and entered their respective cages again.

"Look at the group in cage number 2. They seem a little different."

“That’s Group 38!”

"The leader is Zhao Yuankong. I know him."

"Son of Lord Zhao Hu, the captain of the Steel Mane Squad?"

"Yes, that's him."

………………

Hearing the crowd's discussions, Xiao Heng immediately looked towards iron cage No. 2.

The 2 groups that chose cage No. 38 were indeed significantly different from the other teams.

Like Liu Peng, Zhao Yuankong should have become the leader of the group.

After entering the iron cage, none of the 100 members of their team spoke. However, Zhao Yuankong immediately made a gesture behind him.

Hundreds of people quickly divided into five small teams. They started with the golden-eyed demon sheep behind the rockery as the center, and slowly moved along the iron cage barrier, and soon formed a huge encirclement.

"The demon sheep has been shot blind. If they don't make any noise, they won't attract the demon sheep's attention. How smart!"

"Really? In the last three rounds of assessment, six of the cold beasts in the iron cages were shot blind. As long as you don't make too much noise, the cold beasts really can't tell the location of people nearby."

"Zhao Yuankong, maybe there is hope of passing the level."

…………

As voices of approval were heard, the remaining people in the square all turned their eyes to iron cage No. 2.

This was normal. The situation in the other nine cages was basically the same as in the previous round, except for cage No. 2, where there had been no movement for more than ten minutes.

Looking at Zhao Yuankong's good command and calmness in the face of danger, everyone naturally turned their eyes to them.

Not only in the square, but also the group of cold-resistant soldiers on top of the city gate cast their eyes towards iron cage No. 2 with great interest.

"Zhao Hu, this is your second child, not bad!"

"If you are willing to use your brain and know how to use it, you are already better than a lot of people."

"There is indeed hope. I saw them and they seemed to be carrying torches."

"That kid got to the back row, probably trying to climb the tree."

"The personnel arrangement is also reasonable. He assigned all fifteen people in the group who are at the peak of the woodcutting realm to his own team. He probably wants to occupy the trees for archery."

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"Hahaha, you guys are overpraising me. This kid is a bit shady on weekdays and he's not good enough to be on the big stage. Hahaha..."

On the city gate, hearing the praise from Yuan Cheng and others around him, although Zhao Hu was being modest, he couldn't help but grinning, and his eyes looking at his son were obviously full of expectations.

………………

In iron cage No. 2, Zhao Yuankong groped his way to the big tree, looked up at the golden-eyed demon sheep which was only more than 20 meters away from the tree, and waved his hands behind him.

Sizzle…………

The leader of the team behind him on the left suddenly lit a small torch. The moment the torch was lit, everyone in the team moved.

The leader stuck the torch into the ground, then he and the rest of the team quickly dispersed and ran away.

"Roar…………"

The demon sheep behind the rockery obviously noticed the torches. After letting out an excited shout, its huge body slammed towards the torches like a cannonball, blowing the snow on the ground several meters high, which showed how terrifying its momentum was.

"Go up the tree, draw your bows, and get ready to shoot arrows!"

The moment the demon sheep rushed out, Zhao Yuankong also spoke.

At his command, more than a dozen members of the team climbed up the tree, while he drew his bow and shot an arrow directly at the torch next to the demon sheep.

Whoosh……

Zhao Yuankong’s archery skills were extremely accurate, and he shot out the torch with one arrow.

The cold beasts' obsession with torches is no secret in Daxia.

Zhao Yuankong extinguished the torch, which undoubtedly made the demon sheep extremely angry.

roar…………

"Archery!"

When Zhao Yuankong opened his mouth this time, more than a dozen iron arrows flew out from the big tree, and all of them hit the face of the demon sheep accurately. A few of them even knocked away the two arrows stuck in the demon sheep's eyes, and then shot into it again.

"Roar……"

The roar of the demon sheep became even more violent.

This made Zhao Yuankong's face show excitement, and he waved his hand again towards a small team behind him on the right.

Sizzle…………

The second torch lit up again.

The demon sheep, which was extremely angry just now, suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the location where the second torch was lit.

Whoosh……

Zhao Yuankong used the same trick again.

The torch went out, the demon sheep became angry, and more than a dozen people on the big tree shot arrows, causing serious injuries to the demon sheep again.

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"Good boy, smart!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Above the city gate, Zhao Hu couldn't help laughing when he heard Qiu Peng praising his son.

Zhao Yuankong's technique was not very sophisticated. He just used the attraction of torches to the cold beasts to disperse the crowd and consume the physical strength of the magic sheep. At the same time, he let the group of peak woodcutters continue to shoot arrows to cause more damage to the magic sheep.

This went on for six rounds, and about three quarters of the time had passed.

The demon sheep's breathing was already heavy, and its legs were even shaking a little.

Finally, Zhao Yuankong did not ask anyone to light torches. Instead, he called down all the dozen people on the big tree. Then he raised his hand and signaled the other four teams to gather around him.

"It's almost exhausted. Everyone, shoot all the arrows you have. The fourteen of you, follow me first. The rest of you, follow behind."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh……

As soon as he finished speaking, the eighty people who were just responsible for lighting the torches all took out the five-stone bows behind them and frantically shot out all the iron arrows.

The demon sheep really had no strength left, but after being attacked by so many iron arrows, it still rushed towards the crowd. However, its momentum was not as terrifying as before, and Zhao Yuankong and others had enough time to prepare.

call…………

There was a gleam of ruthlessness in Zhao Yuankong's eyes. He rushed out first with a dagger in hand and chopped it hard on the front horns of the demon sheep.

His strength was still not as good as that of the demon sheep. After being hit so hard, his body retreated more than ten meters.

But he can't do it alone, the combined strength of many people is enough!

The second batch of fourteen people at the peak of the lumbering realm have also arrived.

They held all kinds of weapons in their hands and attacked the demon sheep's body from both sides, either slashing or stabbing.

They were not like the Digging Realm who could directly break the flesh and blood of the Demonic Sheep, but their basic strength was also at the critical point of ten thousand pounds. With the combined efforts of many people and so many ten-forged weapons, they were able to cut dozens of wounds on the Demonic Sheep's skin.

And the more than 80 people who had finished shooting arrows also came over.

All their weapons were directed at the demon sheep. Those who couldn't find a place to attack even grabbed the demon sheep's limbs with their hands, and some even climbed directly onto its back.

Fortunately, the golden eyes on the back of the demon sheep were blinded by Yuwen Tao, otherwise the people who climbed onto its back would have died a miserable death.

Let’s not talk about these for now. The key point is that with such means, these hundred people actually blocked the demon sheep’s forward body!

"blocked!"

"Group 38 is blocking it."

"They haven't been dispersed. None of them have been knocked unconscious."

…………

puff!

The people in the square were amazed.

Zhao Yuankong’s follow-up action is coming!

He was just standing in front of the demon sheep, and seeing that the demon sheep was restrained by everyone and unable to move, he threw away his sword, drew a dagger from his waist, and stabbed it directly into the demon sheep's left eye.

Dark green blood gushed out and splashed all over Zhao Yuankong's face.

Instead of being afraid, his expression became more ferocious. He held his dagger tightly against the demon sheep's skull and began to stir it frantically.

"Good boy, you are quite ruthless."

“It really can pass the level.”

"No, look at that demon sheep getting angry too, someone got knocked away."

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Everyone in the square, whether they were the contestants, or the Digging Realm who were maintaining order and ensuring safety in the surrounding area, and even Qiu Peng and other Cold-Resistant Realm people on top of the city gate, all had their eyes focused on Zhao Yuankong.

Without exception, there was expectation in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)