Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 545 No Need to Discuss Anymore, Close the Door and Beat the Dog

Five years ago, during the turmoil at Dajue Temple, the five great masters each had a unique technique that involved using incantations in conjunction with five spiritual objects. Those five spiritual objects were Zen Gold Powder, Yuan Soul Pill, Qinghan Pearl, Molten Fire Pill, and Zhenkong Pill.

The Dajue Temple used the first four types of weapons on the battlefield.

Zen Gold Powder enhances the soldiers' skin defense; the Cold-Clearing Pearl allows soldiers to ignore physical pain; the Molten Fire Pill grants the Digging Realm the ability to move around during the day; the most bizarre of all is the Soul Pill, which, when a soldier takes it and recites the incantation, will have his soul extracted, resulting in his immediate death.

Aside from these four, the only one that Dajue Temple didn't use was the Earth-Element Sky-Shaking Pill, which corresponded to Master Juyuan.

Xia Hong wouldn't normally take ordinary tricks seriously, but the five tricks from Dajue Temple could be used on a large scale against groups of people. An army often has tens of thousands of people, and the power of such a large number of people using them together would be terrifying.

Therefore, after the chaos at Dajue Temple ended, he personally killed the three great masters Wusheng, Yanlong, and Jingang. He not only distributed the organs of the three great masters to Xu Ning, Lu Yang, and Yuan Cheng, but also had Chengfeng lead a large number of pharmacists to study the five spiritual objects day and night and replicate them.

Chengfeng's research required the cooperation of the master's organs. Since Daxia only had the organs of the three great masters, only three types were successfully replicated in the end: Soul Separation Pill, Sun Illumination Pill, and Golden Body Pill.

The Qinghan Pearl corresponds to the Black Nether Master, who was personally killed by Yang Jian. Therefore, Beishuo successfully replicated the Qinghan Pill, which was used by the Beishuo army in the previous battle to attack Beishuo City.

Master Juyuan was killed by Qin Feng, the lord of Wuchuan, and his organs were naturally taken by Qin Feng. Logically speaking, Wuchuan should have been the one to successfully replicate Zhenkong Pill. However, Wuchuan's heritage is not as long as Jinshan's, and its pharmacists lack sufficient foundation and skill. In the end, they could only turn to Jinshan for help.

It's obvious that after Jinshan successfully replicated Zhenkongwan, he would have such a powerful weapon in his hands and wouldn't reveal the truth to Wuchuan.

In that sense, Kingsoft got a great deal for free.

During the previous battle at the pass, Jinshan Town actually held back the entire time and did not use this powerful weapon?
On his way to Jinyang, Xia Hong hadn't been able to figure this out, but after witnessing Cai Qiu's group of Xianyang-level warriors attacking the city, he immediately understood.

There were probably two reasons why Shangguan Yang didn't use the Sky-Sealing Pill at that time:
First, in the Battle of the Pass, the Xia Army did not rely on the Xianyang level. At that time, let alone the Xia side, even if both sides were combined, there were only a little over 20 Xianyang level soldiers. The real main force in that battle was the Xia Army and the fourteen Beast King level puppets that Xia Hong brought out. The Anti-Air Pill was only effective on humans and not on cold beasts. It had no effect whatsoever on the Beast King level puppets that he brought out.

Secondly, Shangguan Yang had his own ulterior motives. When the Xia army was at the gates of the pass, he had already lost faith in Cai Qiu and was planning to hedge his bets. Rather than using the anti-flight pill, which was not very useful, to fight against the Xia army, he would rather give it to his son, Shangguan Yan, and let him use it as a means to gain entry into the Xia Dynasty.

For this reason alone, Xia Hong couldn't help but look at Shangguan Yang with higher regard.

Of course, Qin Feng was the same.

The courage to make such a bold decision, allowing his two sons to risk their lives and lead half of his soldiers to defect to the Great Xia under Cai Qianshan's very nose, is no less than that of the old fox Shangguan Yang.

Looking back now, among the three northern towns, Beishuo, which was the most aggressive, died the fastest. On the contrary, Jinshan and Wuchuan, which had always kept a low profile, not only survived until now with Cai Qiu's support, but even at this last moment, the two lords devised a path that would make them invincible.

Qin He, Qin Shan, and Shangguan Long led 50,000 allied troops to join the Great Xia; Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang led another 40,000 troops to continue following Cai Qiu. In the end, whether the Great Xia or Cai Qiu wins, the Qin and Shangguan clans can continue to exist.

"Those two old foxes outsmarted me, humph!"

Xia Hong felt a little uncomfortable with such calculations, but he couldn't say he hated them. Qin Feng and Shangguan Yang's calculations were, in essence, a helpless move under the uncertainty of the situation. If they knew which side, Da Xia or Cai Qiu, would definitely win, they would not have done this.

Moreover, the fact that they were able to bet on both sides shows that they had already acknowledged the strength of the Great Xia Dynasty, which was comparable to that of Cai Qiu.

If that's the case, then what is there for Xia Hong to be unhappy about?

Buzz………………

As the Xia soldiers surrounding Jinyang City continuously emitted heavy auras, the air around the entire city was immediately dispelled, and the heavens and earth seemed to freeze for a moment.

A deep, rumbling sound, sometimes near, sometimes far, seemed to be right next to their ears, yet also seemed to be coming from the towering sky, causing everyone's expression to change.

“Lord Cai, you, Cai Qiu, are not omnipotent. I killed the three Yang brothers and destroyed Beishuo Town. Chencang still doesn’t dare to raise an army to go south. You, with only a hundred or so Xianyang-level and eight Jieshen, think you can snatch food from the tiger’s mouth with the remnants of Jinshan and Wuchuan?”

As the air around Jin Yang suddenly froze, Cai Qianshan and the six Tribulation Realm cultivators behind him, including Cai Qiuhu, all felt their bodies rapidly becoming heavier. Although they could still maintain their levitation, it was clearly not as easy as before.

Upon hearing Xia Hong's words, Cai Qianshan's expression darkened slightly. He turned to look at the sounds of fighting coming from Jinyang City, and a look of seriousness finally appeared in his eyes.

The sounds of fighting were secondary; the key was that he saw it clearly: Cai Qiu and his group of Xianyang-level warriors, who could be seen just moments before above the city gate, had all fallen to the ground after the air had frozen.

"Air ban! Great Xia has methods to ban air travel, even those at the Body Tribulation Realm will be affected!"

At this moment, Cai Qianshan was already starting to regret his actions.

He didn't really intend to fight the Great Xia fiercely; he just wanted Xia Hong to realize the gap between himself and Cai Qiu, to understand his own position, and incidentally support either Jinshan or Wuchuan, planting a pawn in the southern foothills.

Now, neither of their schemes has been accomplished.

Is Jinshan Wuchuan too weak, or is Daxia too strong?

Cai Qianshan was no longer able to answer this question at this moment.

He subconsciously felt it was the former, but recalling the previous battle at the pass and seeing the anti-aircraft measures that Xia Jun had taken out at this moment, he was vaguely leaning towards the latter.

"Lord Xia, I..."

"No need for nonsense, Cai Fangbo, just watch closely. Didn't you just say that Jinshan and Wuchuan are just expendable resources, and that you could see the strength of my Xia army? Well then, watch! We'll talk about what you want to say after the battle!"

Xia Hong waved his hand to interrupt Cai Qianshan. Although he still addressed him as Cai Fangbo, there was no trace of respect in his tone. After speaking, he turned to Jinyang City and sternly ordered, "Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Yuwen Tao, and Li Yangtian, go all out to kill Cai Qiu, the ringleader. Soldiers of both towns, lay down your weapons and let bygones be bygones. Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

The last three words were spoken in an unusually low voice, a stark contrast to his gentle tone in Aikou City. Not to mention the people of Daxia, even Cai Qiu and his group could sense the intense killing intent in his voice.

Of course, it's not just about giving orders.

As soon as the command was given, the temperature within a radius of twenty kilometers suddenly rose, and the entire city of Jinyang instantly became warm. Following closely behind, all the trickery techniques of Cai Qiu and his group of Xianyang-level cultivators in the barbican became ineffective.

Why can't I use my Thousand Shadows Technique?

"Not only does the Xia army have methods to completely eliminate flying magic, but they also have methods to suppress sorcery on a large scale?"

"It's over!"

…………

In stark contrast to the panic of Cai Qiu and his group of Xianyang-level soldiers, the morale of the Xia army was at its highest.

"kill!"

"Execute the ringleader Caiqiu, and all soldiers in the two towns shall be disarmed and spared!"

"The lord has given the order: Kill!"

………………

The fighting inside the barbican had never stopped.

The allied forces of the two towns discovered that the city gate they had painstakingly breached was only an outer gate, casting a shadow over their morale and causing them to lose most of their fighting spirit.

But the Xia army gave them no chance to regret it. Tens of thousands of dug-out soldiers, who had been prepared in advance, quickly fired arrows from the high walls on all four sides of the barbican. The rain of arrows was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami crashing down, directly engulfing the allied soldiers.

There wasn't even a Xia army inside the barbican!
The moment they breached the outer gate, the Xia army behind it had already withdrawn through the small gate of the barbican, and then held the small gate tightly, preventing them from leaving. The half of the allied soldiers who had remained outside the gate were unable to rush into the city, not because the allied soldiers inside were not moving, but because those inside had nowhere to go.

They were all trapped inside the narrow barbican.

Yuan Cheng's 50,000-strong rear army had already scattered the allied soldiers outside the city gate. The ground was covered with the corpses of the allied soldiers. Yuan Cheng took the lead and led his elite Dragon Slayer Army to block the city gate, preventing the allied soldiers inside from rushing out.

The 50,000-strong army surrounded the city gates in layers. Even if a few managed to slip through, they could not escape the Xia army's blockade. They either had to drop their weapons and kneel down to surrender, or face certain death.

Ping ping...

"I surrender! I surrender! Spare my life! Spare my life!"

"I surrender, sir, sir, I surrender, please spare me..."

"I surrender! I surrender! Spare my life! Spare my life!"

………………

Finally, as expected, the psychological defenses of the Allied soldiers collapsed under the ever-growing pile of corpses on the ground.

The soldiers who had finally managed to escape from the city gates saw the overwhelming array of Xia army longswords in front of them, and their bloodshot eyes immediately cleared. They dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender.

Once psychological defenses collapse, the consequences are enormous.

From a few to dozens, then to hundreds, the soldiers, having lost their fighting spirit, began to kneel down and surrender in droves, throwing their weapons far away.

The soldiers outside the city gates and on the edge of the barbican were relatively lucky. As long as they could keep their lives and hold out until they surrendered, most of them survived. However, the soldiers who broke into the city were not so lucky.

The soldiers couldn't see the situation at the city gate at all. They were still on guard against the rain of arrows coming from above. They couldn't even catch a glimpse of the enemy. Apart from the muffled groans of their comrades being hit by arrows and the sounds of some unfortunate soldiers falling to the ground after being hit in vital areas, they couldn't hear any other sounds.

Of course, these aren't the only two opinions.

Clang...

A massive silver double-edged axe suddenly fell from the east wall, striking the right wall below and sending dozens of soldiers flying. The first to be hit were Cai Qiu's dozen or so Xianyang-level soldiers.

"What kind of bullshit vassal states are you? Trying to act arrogantly in front of my Great Xia? Let me, Yuan, ask this giant axe in my hand, whether you agree or not!"

To be honest, Yuan Cheng, the commander of the rear army, was somewhat frustrated.

Since the uprising began on the night of the 26th, he has not even fought a proper battle, let alone exerted his full strength once.

The reason is simple: Li Xuanling had already divided up the forces before the war. His rear army was mainly targeting Yangqu Town, while Yangqu Town had concentrated all its forces in the town from the very beginning, like a tortoise, completely ignoring other territories.

As a result, Yuan Cheng's rear army marched north from Chui Mountain without fighting a single battle, directly occupying four large camps in Yangqu and then besieging Yangqu.

After besieging Yangqu, Yuancheng was restless and almost unable to suppress his desire to attack the city. However, Xia Chuan was given an order by Cai Qiu that he was not allowed to lead people to attack the city without authorization.

When the lord appeared in Beishuo City, everyone thought he could finally attack Yangqu Town. But before they could even celebrate, news came that Cao Qianyang had surrendered. He was told to lead his army to continue besieging Yangqu. Once Cao Qianyang left with his men, he could take over Yangqu Town.

Yuan Cheng had a fiery temper, and the twists and turns that had prevented him from making a move had left him seething with anger. Now that he was finally able to unleash his full power, he fought with abandon, putting all his energy into it.

boom…………

The giant axe cleaved down, smashing fiercely onto the head of Cai Qiu, a cultivator at the Xianyang level.

That man was also quite strong. He had already sensed the giant axe coming and immediately raised his longsword to block it.

Hearing the roaring sound of the air currents generated by the giant axe, his pupils narrowed slightly. He immediately switched from using one hand to both, held his breath, and gripped the sword hilt tightly, preparing to parry.

Clang...

The giant axe collided with the sword, creating a loud explosion. Both weapons were made of silver refined to the 100,000th degree, and their quality was comparable. Thus, the contest came down to strength.

"Qi Jun, with such meager strength, you think you can..."

click!
Cai Qiu, a Xianyang-level cultivator, showed a hint of contempt on his face after catching Yuan Cheng's axe. He was about to mock Yuan Cheng for overestimating his abilities, but he stopped halfway through his sentence.

To be precise, they were frightened to stop by the giant axe.

"drink…………"

Yuan Cheng let out a sinister laugh, three holy runes appearing between his brows. He lightly pulled the giant axe, wedging it against the man's sword hilt. Then, he twisted the axe violently with both hands, lifting the man directly into the air. He then quickly pulled it down, causing the giant axe to slam into the ground.

The importance of weapons to people goes without saying, so when the man's longsword was stuck, his first reaction was not to discard it. It was precisely because of this normal reaction that Yuan Cheng lifted him directly into the air.

Because he was on top of the axe, he wasn't hit by it when it landed, but the recoil from the axe hitting the ground was enough to make him feel terrible.

Buzz…………

The giant axe landed, and the shockwave it generated directly shattered his bones. After being hit like this, the contempt on his face vanished, replaced by horror and a deep sense of fear.

"13 Jun, how could your strength have suddenly increased so much..."

Yuan Cheng had no intention of answering the man. Having succeeded in his attack, he pressed his advantage, gripped his axe with both hands, leaped into the air, and once again cleaved down fiercely at the man's forehead.

Clang...

However, this time, things didn't go so smoothly.

Although neither side in the battle had the ability to fly at this moment, there were more than a hundred Xianyang-level warriors in the barbican, and they would not sit idly by and watch Yuan Cheng kill that person.

In an instant, more than a dozen Xianyang-level soldiers rushed out from the allied forces and surrounded Yuan Cheng from all sides, with swords, spears, clubs, and all kinds of weapons crashing down on his body.

These are not just soldiers of the Cold Protection level, but more than a dozen genuine Yang-level soldiers. Although they have lost their trickery, their strength is still extremely terrifying. How could Yuan Cheng, with his mere 13 jun strength, possibly withstand them?

"This man is Yuan Cheng, the commander of the rear army of the Great Xia. Killing him will surely severely damage the morale of the Xia army!"

Although the people of Caiqiu inside the barbican were panicked for a while after their ability to fly disappeared, they quickly calmed down when they remembered that Fang Bo was outside.

Some of them had already recognized Yuan Cheng.

Upon hearing this, the others' killing intent immediately surged, and their attacks became several times more ferocious.

Clang... Clang... Clang...

However, the next second, when the weapon struck Yuan Cheng, they were all stunned.

(End of this chapter)