Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely-Chapter 109 - 105: New Home Construction, Strength Bottleneck [Two in One]_3

Chapter 109: Chapter 105: New Home Construction, Strength Bottleneck [Two in One]_3

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The outskirts of Redwood Ridge, at a boundary of five hundred meters.

Xia Hong, with a few people, hid in a tree, all staring below.

Under the tree were five people, four of whom held large knives, while one held a black dagger, all carrying longbows, surrounding a Snow Mane over four meters long.

The Snow Mane had a ferocious face, red pupils, and was panting heavily.

Its right leg was clamped by a half-meter diameter animal trap, dark green blood had flowed down from the trap onto the ground, clearly indicating a severe injury.

Roar...

With an angry roar, the Snow Mane violently charged at the nearest person.

That person was the only one among the five who did not carry a large knife, only a black small dagger, apparently the Snow Mane judged him to be the weakest, hence it chose him.

However, the Snow Mane obviously chose the wrong person.

Seeing the Snow Mane charging at him, the person remained unfazed, not even choosing to dodge sideway, just stood still, raised the dagger and positioned it to block the charge.

A dagger, to block the charge of a Snow Mane?

If outsiders saw this, they would probably think this person insane.

But Luo Yuan and the other four present, as well as Xia Hong and the others on the tree, all remained unfazed, watching, waiting for Xia Chuan’s next move.

Bang...

As the Snow Mane charged to within over a meter from Xia Chuan, a bang sound suddenly erupted from his head, and it could advance no further.

At this critical moment, Xia Chuan’s pupils contracted sharply, and he instantly reversed his grip on the knife, thrusting at the Snow Mane’s pupils.

Squelch...

Though the dagger was only three inches long, it hit the eyeball, the weakest spot, causing intense pain that did not make the Snow Mane scream or roar.

Its remaining pupil gleamed with fierceness; it turned its head rapidly, and two sharp fangs thrust toward Xia Chuan’s head while its tongue swiftly flew out, wrapping around Xia Chuan’s neck and limbs in a flash.

"Watch out!"

"Oh no, be careful."

"Chuan, dodge quickly!"

"Don’t let it wrap around you!"

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That Snow Mane, unbelievably, could endure the pain of a pierced eyeball to launch such a frenzied and desperate counterattack.

In an instant, everybody present, including Luo Yuan and the others, as well as those waiting in the tree, all exclaimed in surprise, loudly warning Xia Chuan.

Only Xia Hong remained silent, just watching with furrowed brows.

The nearest ones, Luo Yuan and others, reacted by promptly pulling on the rope tied to the animal trap on the Snow Mane’s right leg while shouting warnings.

The four of them pulled the rope fiercely together, pulling the Snow Mane backward in an instant, rendering its fang attack on Xia Chuan ineffective.

However, its long tongue was overly close to Xia Chuan; even though its body was pulled back, the tongue still quickly wrapped around him.

At the moment of the Snow Mane’s counterattack, Xia Chuan’s eyes showed a hint of panic, clearly unexpected, but thanks to Luo Yuan and others pulling the rope, he quickly responded by drawing his knife back to avoid the long tongue.

Unfortunately, though he retreated quickly, he only avoided the neck, one right leg was already wrapped by the long tongue.

Seeing this, the Snow Mane’s red pupils flashed with malice, clearly intending to harden the tongue to sever Xia Chuan’s legs.

Xia Chuan flicked his left hand lightly, sending several strands of the White Thread frantically towards the Snow Mane’s long tongue, but the tongue had already adhered tightly to the right leg, unable to be blocked.

At this very moment, a hint of tension finally showed in Xia Chuan’s eyes.

Bang!

Snap...

At this critical moment, a broad figure suddenly leaped down from the tree, landing on the Snow Mane’s neck, forcibly pinning its head into the snow.

Along with that figure fell a swift and violent flash of a knife.

The large knife sliced through as if nothing was there, producing only a faint snap, severing several spines on the Snow Mane’s back and slicing vertically into its back.

This slash nearly split the Snow Mane’s body in half.

To know, this cut was into the hardest part of the Snow Mane’s back.

The Snow Mane’s pupils lost their fierce gleam, and the long tongue, which it intended to harden, instantly went limp and fell to the ground, unable to retract.

Bang...

The Snow Mane collapsed with a crash, and everyone around, seeing the huge slash on its back, couldn’t help but swallow before looking up at Xia Hong with eyes full of admiration and respect.

But Xia Hong simply expressionlessly withdrew the long knife from the Snow Mane and then turned to slap Xia Chuan across the face.

Slap...

The crisp sound of the slap made Luo Yuan and the four others tense up.

Xia Chuan, who was slapped, immediately lowered his head, his face full of guilt.

"Do you know why I hit you?"

Xia Chuan raised his head, showing no dissatisfaction, and answered solemnly, "I shouldn’t be careless; even if the Snow Mane was mortally wounded, it wouldn’t give up and would instead become more ferocious, unleashing more strength. The battle was not over, and I got careless. The leader slapped me to remind me to be more cautious in the future."

Xia Hong nodded, then looked at Luo Yuan and the four others, sternly reprimanding:

"And you four, the Snow Mane was not dead, yet you started dazing, thinking Xia Chuan’s strength could handle it, so it didn’t matter. I’ve told you countless times, while hunting, any slightest carelessness can cost you or others’ lives. Have you forgotten or do you not believe it?"

Luo Yuan and the four others immediately lowered their heads, faces full of guilt.

Slap slap slap...

After more than ten breaths, Luo Yuan first raised his head and slapped his own face three times heavily.

"Leader, I was wrong, I will remember this in the future!"

"Leader, we were also wrong, we will remember this in the future!"

The three Zhao Long brothers did the same, each with a face full of remorse.

Seeing the solemnity on the five people’s faces, Xia Hong took a deep breath, looked towards the inner side of Redwood Ridge, and suppressed the annoyance in his heart, saying in a deep voice:

"With your five’s current strength, using animal traps, hunting lower-level Cold Beasts should be more than manageable, but looking at it now, for the past half-year while hunting with me, you’ve learned nothing.

To kill a single adult Snow Mane, you had to pay with a leg. If I were to hand over the hunting team to you now, in a few days, the entire camp would probably have just me, as the only Earth-digging Realm with all limbs intact!"

Hearing Xia Hong’s words, Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the others immediately turned red-faced.

This hunt today was proposed by them to Xia Hong, intending to show him their hunting ability, to reassure him to entrust the hunting team to them.

Now, looking like this and being ridiculed by Xia Hong as well.

The shame in the hearts of the five must be beyond words.

"Extend it by one more month, and if you are still like this after a month, then continue extending. I want to see how long it takes for you few big babies to hunt without me."

Even a clay figure has a temper, let alone the five most outstanding people in the Daxia Camp. Xia Hong’s continued mockery made Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan breathe more rapidly.

Seeing the reactions of the five, stimulated, Xia Hong’s face remained expressionless, but in his heart, he was rather satisfied.

The strength of the five was no longer the problem.

The only issue was their mindset.

Perhaps in the past, hunting with him did not require much thought, nor was it as tense, so they often became careless and sloppy. Facing cunning Cold Beasts with such a mindset was the most dangerous.

Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, and the others’ desire to take over hunting was actually out of good intention, wanting to spare him, the leader, from hard work;

Of course, Xia Hong would love to hand over the hunting responsibilities to them.

Firstly, he indeed did not want to work so hard;

Secondly, he needed more time to study his cultivation.

His basic strength had already increased to twenty thousand jins.

Not knowing if it was an illusion, Xia Hong felt that recently consuming Cold Beast Meat did not increase his strength as before.

"Let’s go back and try first, is it possible that I’ve hit a bottleneck?"

After instructing everyone to collect the prey, a trace of contemplation flashed in Xia Hong’s eyes.

The limit of the Earth-digging Realm is clearly thirty thousand jins.

This bottleneck at twenty thousand jins, what is it all about?

Could it be that Cold Beast Meat is no longer effective?