Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 446 Snow Phoenix Mountain White Phoenix Forest, Five-Colored Demonic Sound Rabbit, Trying to Play Mind Games with Me?

February 15th, 297th year of Caiqiu calendar, during the day

Thirty miles northeast of Qinghua City, there is a high mountain. Because a group of snow phoenixes and cold beasts has long inhabited the mountain peak, it is named Snow Phoenix Mountain.

The most famous thing about Snow Phoenix Mountain, besides the Snow Phoenix clan, is a special type of vegetation called the Ice Sword Tree.

As its name suggests, the Ice Sword Tree has only one straight, upright oval trunk, like the blade of a sword, without any branches. Its diameter is generally only three to five meters, but its height can grow to an astonishing thousand meters or more. In addition, the ice attached to its outer layer emits a clear, cold light when the cold sun shines on it during the day, giving people the impression of a sky-piercing sword that pierces the clouds, hence the name.

Xueluan Mountain itself is only a little over 200 meters high, but because it is covered with these ice sword trees, its visual height is artificially increased by five or six times.

The Snow Phoenix is ​​a unique bird-like cold beast found only in Qinghua City. It prefers to perch on the top of the Ice Sword Tree. Its body is covered with snow-white feathers resembling icicles, and it has a white, hook-like beak. It has two limbs on its belly, with two long, sharp, and deadly claws at the ends of its limbs.

低级雪鸾翼展大概是6到10米；中级25到30米；高级祭出战斗形态，最低有80米，最高能到120米。

Interestingly, when the Snow Phoenix perches atop the Ice Sword Tree, it likes to fully spread its wings, which, when paired with the Ice Sword Tree, look just like the hilt of a long sword when viewed from afar.

"A masterpiece of nature, also known as the Ice Abyss. Where in the normal world could such unique vegetation grow? And these Snow Phoenixes, when they rest, they actually like to spread their wings, which completely goes against the biological habits of birds..."

A cold wind howled as Xia Hong stood atop an ice sword tree over a hundred meters tall, holding the Shattered Star Sword in his left hand and a snow phoenix only two meters long in his right. The snow phoenix's neck was completely severed, its sharp beak had been cut off, and its head drooped halfway down, clearly indicating that it had been dead for a long time.

Xia Hong looked up at the heights of Snow Phoenix Mountain, his heart filled with admiration for the breathtaking beauty of the Ice Abyss.

One, ten, or even a hundred ice sword trees are nothing special, but if thousands or tens of thousands of them are placed together, covering the entire mountainside, the scene would be quite astonishing.

The entire Snow Phoenix Mountain was filled with Sky-Piercing Swords, resembling a perfectly shaped natural sword mound. It was both dangerous and possessed a unique beauty, making people feel both apprehensive and inexplicably yearning.

Suddenly, Xia Hong vaguely sensed that several sharp gazes were focused on him from the mountaintop, and a look of apprehension immediately flashed across his face.

"Beast King... no, this sense of danger, the Beast King can't give it! Above the Beast King level should be the Five Elements Realm, which is the Emperor-level ferocious beast!"

Having been in Qinghua City for almost a month, even though he couldn't just ask around, Xia Hong still managed to learn a lot of useful information through subtle inquiries, such as the classification of cold beasts and monsters.

"The royal-level ferocious beast is also known as the Five Elements Realm because after a cold beast advances to the royal level, it generally corresponds to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The royal-level ferocious beast has both the core items for breaking through from the Manifest Yang level to the Tribulation Body Realm and the key resources for cultivating in the Tribulation Body Realm."

Xia Hong's brows furrowed. He glanced one last time at the sky above Snow Phoenix Mountain, suppressed the greed in his eyes, and jumped off the Ice Sword Tree, landing in the White Phoenix Forest below.

"Brother Hong is truly amazing. This high-level Snow Phoenix is ​​as fast as the Xianyang level. In the past, apart from the four commanders, the two deputy city lords, and my father, it was impossible for anyone else in Qinghua City to hunt it. Now, Brother Hong has also joined the ranks."

As soon as Xia Hong landed, Cai Mengya saw the high-grade snow phoenix corpse in his hand and immediately exclaimed in amazement. Her long, slender, and charming fox eyes stared at Xia Hong, her gaze full of admiration, almost as if the word "admiration" was written directly on her face.

"Hahaha, Miss Mengya, you flatter me. No matter how powerful it is, it's just a high-level cold beast. It's not that easy to act arrogantly in front of me!"

Xia Hong spoke up smugly, his eyes filled with admiration for Cai Mengya, clearly enjoying the attention. After laughing a few times, he continued, "However, what exactly is this rabbit fur that Miss Mengya mentioned? We've already ventured halfway into Snow Phoenix Mountain, and the rabbit fur beast hasn't appeared yet. Going any further won't be so safe."

Speaking of catching rabbit fur, it's all Xia Hong's fault.

When he first arrived in Qinghua City last month, Cai Yunzhou hosted a banquet for him, inviting not only almost all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the city, but also his youngest daughter, Cai Mengya, who was standing before him, to accompany him.

With his own strength, Xia Hong naturally deserved such treatment, so he didn't feel too uncomfortable. However, the banquet gradually took a turn for the worse.

Cai Mengya frequently flirted with him at banquets, and he couldn't refuse her advances. In order to maintain his public image, he could only go along with it.

This seemingly innocuous act became the beginning of trouble.

Cai Mengya is the youngest daughter of City Lord Cai Yunzhou. Because of her outstanding talent, she is extremely favored by her father, Cai Yunzhou, and has many suitors. Two of the four commanders alone have suitors, and there are countless other talented men in the city.

Xia Hong, an outsider, immediately became very close to Cai Mengya, naturally becoming a thorn in the side of her suitors. As a result, at the banquet, everyone began to frequently make things difficult for him.

Xia Hong initially did not intend to accept the challenge, but since he had already established the persona of a powerful and influential family's heir, constantly backing down would inevitably arouse suspicion, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Cai Mengya happened to suggest coming to Baifenglin to catch rabbit fur. At the banquet, the two commanders took the initiative to make things difficult, using a provocation tactic, deliberately using slightly humiliating words to provoke him, implying that he definitely wouldn't dare to come to Baifenglin.

"As a member of the Great Qin, what place in this mere Caiqiu could possibly intimidate me? Don't worry, Consort Mengya, just let me know when we're catching rabbit fur next month!"

Thinking about the persona he had put on at the banquet, Xia Hong couldn't help but look strange.

After that banquet, he had completely solidified his public image in front of Cai Yunzhou and the group of Xianyang-level cultivators from Qinghua City.

A fool of noble birth, exceptional talent, and a cultivation level of Manifest Yang, but lacking in experience and intelligence, easily provoked...

As Xia Hong pondered, Cai Mengya's eyes flickered slightly. She turned her head to look into the depths of the White Phoenix Forest and replied with a smile, "Brother Hong, don't worry. These rabbit-furred beasts love to eat snow phoenixes. We've already lured all the snow phoenixes from the outer areas here and killed quite a few. The rabbit-furred beasts will appear soon!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Hong glanced at Cai Mengya out of the corner of his eye, his brows furrowing slightly. Then he turned to look at a spot two kilometers ahead, a look of amazement on his face.

A thousand-strong army clad in forged iron armor was locked in battle with two or three hundred snow phoenixes soaring in the sky. Although the soldiers could not fly, more than half of them held powerful bows and kept shooting at the snow phoenixes in the sky. Together with the other half of the soldiers who were armed with spears and halberds, they actually managed to drive the snow phoenixes back step by step and even managed to kill a few from time to time.

"The upper echelons of Caiqiu are truly extravagant to the extreme! A mere daughter of a city lord can mobilize a thousand-strong county guard army at will just for her own hunting..."

Thinking of this, Xia Hong's eyes turned slightly serious. Extravagance was one aspect, but from another perspective, Cai Mengya's behavior could also indirectly prove Cai Qiu's strength.

These soldiers all possessed the Cold Resistance level of cultivation and were dressed in uniform Ten Thousand Forged Iron Armor. If the County Guard Army was this strong, how strong must the Town Guard and Silver Scale Army be?

The key point is that such a powerful army does not have high mobilization authority. According to Xia Hong's understanding, although Cai Mengya is a descendant of the Fangbo lineage, there are at least several hundred Cai clan members like her in the entire Caiqiu. Even if we consider her to have a relatively high status, it still speaks volumes.

call out…………

"Brother Hong, a Beast King-level Snow Phoenix has arrived!"

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly came from above.

Without Cai Mengya needing to remind him, Xia Hong noticed it immediately. He suddenly turned his head to look at the sky above the army, his pupils shrinking slightly.

A giant snow phoenix, nearly a hundred meters long, with wingspans of four or five hundred meters, charged toward the army on the ground, its enormous body blotting out the sun and creating a large shadow that instantly covered all the soldiers.

Clearly, this is a Snow Phoenix of the Beast King level.

"call………………"

When the snow phoenix was still a mile from the ground, it suddenly folded its wings and swooped down, unleashing a powerful gust of cold air that abruptly blew towards the ground.

rustling sound...

The arrows fired into the sky by the hundreds of county guards were immediately blown to the ground by the airflow. Not only that, their bodies were also pushed backward. Some unprepared soldiers were directly blown down by the strong wind. The weakest group had their exposed faces covered with a layer of frost and froze to death before they could even last three or four breaths.

The cold current was merely the first move of that beast-king level snow phoenix. As the cold current surged down, a few fierce and ruthless glints flashed in the snow phoenix's clear black and white pupils, and its body suddenly trembled.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…………

The thousands of snow-white feathers on the snow phoenix's body suddenly shot down on the army below like a rain of pear blossoms. The feathers were so fast that they looked like silver needles or even white light to the naked eye.

Seeing the terrified soldiers scattering like birds and beasts on the ground, Xia Hong frowned slightly. His body suddenly burst into flames, and he shot out, directly blocking the Snow Phoenix Flying Needles. He swung the Shattered Star Sword in his hand.

call…………

The weight of the Shattered Star Sword, combined with his own 41 jin of strength, caused the circular airflow created by the sword's edge to expand to a radius of several miles in an instant, actually managing to deflect ninety percent of the feathers shot out by the Snow Phoenix.

"Wow..."

Seeing its attack thwarted, the snow phoenix let out an angry cry, its body suddenly transforming into a sky-covering white light, and fiercely grabbed at Xia Hong below.

"Clang..."

Xia Hong didn't make any defensive move at all. He just continued to swing the Shattered Star Sword. The circular airflow was naturally not enough to stop the Snow Phoenix. However, the starlight curtain formed by the sword's edge was impenetrable. The Snow Phoenix's claws could not break through it. Instead, due to the impact of the contact, it flew backward hundreds of meters. It flapped its wings more than a dozen times before it regained its footing.

After the snow phoenix steadied itself, it turned its head and stared at Xia Hong again, its vertical pupils immediately filled with deep fear.

"A 17-pound strength, a Golden Bone level Beast King. It's a pity his ability to fly is too strong, and his speed seems to be about the same as mine. Killing him won't be so easy..."

Xia Hong sensed Xue Luan's strength, but still wore a faint smile. He looked up at the top of Xue Luan Mountain and immediately gave up the idea of ​​killing her.

Despite its anger, the snow phoenix dared not attack Xia Hong again. It lowered its head and stared intently at Xia Hong below, seemingly considering something.

"babble…………"

Suddenly, Xia Hong noticed something, turned his head and looked into the depths of Snow Phoenix Mountain, a look of surprise on his face.

Three kilometers to the east, there are two auras of the Manifestation Yang level!

Moreover, the two were going all out, clearly dealing with something.

Xia Hong looked at the Beast King-level Snow Phoenix in front of him, as well as the hundreds of Snow Phoenixes below that had not yet retreated. He then turned to look at Cai Mengya on the ground and noticed that she was glancing at the deeper area from time to time. After thinking for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly.

He didn't look at the beast king-level snow phoenix again, but instead sneered. The flames around him suddenly expanded, turning into a beam of light, and he rushed straight to the east.

"唳…………"

Xia Hong suddenly flew to the east, catching the snow phoenix completely off guard. But it immediately sensed something, let out a long cry, and suddenly chased after Xia Hong.

Upon hearing this cry, the hundreds of mid-to-high-level snow phoenixes in mid-air quickly turned around and flew eastward together.

"He's found out! Uncle Bai, come with me to help!"

Upon seeing Xia Hong and Xue Luan's actions, Cai Mengya's expression immediately changed. Ignoring the army in front of her, she shouted and quickly ran towards the depths of Xue Luan Mountain to the east.

As soon as she finished speaking, a beam of light shot out from behind Xue Lin, who was the first to get ahead of her and rushed towards the east.

Zhengzheng…………

Three kilometers to the east, deep within the Snow Phoenix Mountain, a strange and peculiar melody suddenly rang out from a small earthen slope. The instant the sound rang out, two beams of light, one sword and one saber, rushed towards the slope.

boom…………

The earthen mound, only a hundred meters in diameter and three or four meters high, was struck by the blade and sword energy simultaneously, causing it to explode violently and be flattened in an instant.

The earthen mound was blasted open, revealing a bizarre giant rabbit!

The rabbit was a full five meters long, so calling it giant would not be an exaggeration.

The key point is that its face only has a nose and a mouth, and it has no eyes. Moreover, it has no injuries. It is clear at a glance that it was not blinded later in life, but was born without eyes.

The strange things don't stop there; this giant rabbit actually has five tails, each one a different color: gold, blue, red, and yellow.

Zhengzheng…………

Its five tails swayed in the wind, colliding and constantly producing strange and unique musical notes. Despite the howling wind all around, the music was crystal clear and even inexplicably carried a strong infectious power.

"We finally found it! I knew it was hiding here!"

"Don't waste time. As agreed, whoever gets the Magic Sound Rabbit can marry Consort Mengya."

Two voices rang out simultaneously, belonging to the owners of the sword and the knife just now.

The two men appeared to be in their early thirties, young men, both clad in thick silver armor, with a sharp look between their brows.

Without waiting for a response, the man with the knife charged straight at the Demon Sound Rabbit; the man with the sword, not to be outdone, also charged at the Demon Sound Rabbit at the same time.

Zhengzheng…………

Although the Demonic Sound Rabbit had no eyes, the rapid, melodious sounds produced when its five tails collided seemed to express its anger.

Just as the swords were about to strike, the Demon Sound Rabbit's five tails collided violently, producing a crisp, cracking sound like a silver bottle shattering.

bite…………

The two silver-armored youths dressed as generals suddenly froze.

However, the two of them were stunned for less than half a breath before they recovered immediately, and their swords slashed at the Demon Sound Rabbit at the same time.

call out…………

However, a beam of light shot down from above first.

"Trying to outsmart me?"

Xia Hong's cold laugh rang out, and the expressions of the two silver-armored youths suddenly froze.

　I had some things to do at the beginning of the month, sorry! I'll ask for votes first, and I'll make up for it later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)