Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely-Chapter 271 - 156 Mirror Immortal, 10 Days to Gather Beast Blood_3

"Do you think the leader’s decision was meant to exclude us?"

"What else could it be?"

Yuwen Dao instinctively questioned, seeing his father shaking his head in silence. He too lowered his head in thought, and soon, his expression subtly changed.

No, this kind of exclusion really wasn’t necessary.

For what reason?

To make them also go and worship the Mirror Immortal?

He Yuanhun had never forced them to worship the Mirror Immortal from the start. Using exclusion to force them to worship was less direct than just outright compelling them.

If there was a real intention to force them, to be honest, they couldn’t resist.

Even if Yuwen Hu could resist, could he, along with the other forty-two Earth-digging Realm practitioners in the Yuanzhou Camp, resist?

If it’s not exclusion, then it’s deliberately not letting them participate in the siege against Great Xia.

But what could the reason be?

Seeing his father’s expression, Yuwen Dao immediately realized his father had seen much further than he did. Clearly, he had already started thinking about this issue.

"Given the strength of the Great Xia Camp, as long as the leader takes action personally, there should be no problem. Whether we go or not wouldn’t make much difference, but logically speaking, more people mean more strength. Our participation could reduce casualties and even put more psychological pressure on Great Xia."

Hearing Yuwen Hu’s words, Yuwen Dao immediately followed this train of thought, saying:

"If we’re deliberately not allowed to go, then reverse the idea — could our participation lead to a bad outcome for the siege?"

"Could it be that those who have worshiped the Mirror Immortal won’t die, and the leader is worried that those of us who haven’t worshiped might be cowardly and ineffective in battle?"

Yuwen Hu immediately shook his head and said gravely, "Who says those who’ve worshiped the Mirror Immortal won’t die? He Meng and He Gang, neither of them are alive right now. The leader says he’s saving them, but who knows if they can be saved?

Besides, I’ve been sworn brothers with him for so many years, he wouldn’t think of me that way!"

"Could it be, he’s worried we’ll see something?"

Yuwen Dao’s slightly bold guess caused Yuwen Hu’s expression to congeal.

The father and son exchanged a look, and a glint flashed in their eyes.

......

First Year of the Great Xia, March 15

Deep in the southern side of Redwood Ridge, amidst a zone of toxic mist, Xia Hong had a piece of beast skin cloth covering his face. Holding a giant axe, he split the head of an Intermediate Teng Jiao in half.

As the Teng Jiao fell, Xia Hong, without a moment’s hesitation, hoisted the body onto his shoulder and charged out of the toxic mist zone.

After running three to four hundred meters, Xia Hong finally stopped. He collected the blood oozing from the Teng Jiao’s wound in his hand and smeared it across his body, looking somewhat excited:

"The thirty-second one, it should be enough!"

Initially, he had estimated it would take half a month to gather thirty Intermediate Cold Beasts, but he managed to complete it in just eight days.

Not only did he complete it, but he exceeded the target.

From March 7th until today, in eight days, he hunted a total of thirty-two Intermediate Cold Beasts.

It’s hard to imagine that in the short span of half a month as a Lone Ranger, Xia Hong’s hunting efficiency surpassed that of when he led a hunting team.

The reason was actually quite simple, just as Xia Hong had previously guessed. One-on-one hunting of Cold Beasts led to an unimaginable increase in combat experience. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Furthermore, the experience of hunting Cold Beasts of the same type was applicable across the board.

Especially in one-on-one encounters, Cold Beasts often appeared overconfident. It seemed as though they naturally had a disdainful attitude towards humans, believing they couldn’t lose in a one-on-one fight.

Previously, when he worked with the hunting team to tackle Intermediate Cold Beasts, they often had to prevent the beasts from escaping towards the end.

Now that he hunted alone, such situations rarely occurred.

Of course, the most significant reason was Xia Hong’s own strength increase.

[Cultivation: Earth-digging Realm Perfected (Skin Remodeling Progress 70%)]

During these eight days, he naturally didn’t dare to utilize too much beast blood at once. But even by carefully pushing the limits, his progress increased by fourteen points.

Previously, he had estimated that one point of progress could increase his basic strength by about 1,250 jin. Fourteen points roughly translates to 17,500 jin.

"My strength is now at 120,000 jin. There’s enough beast blood, so now I just need to raise the last thirty points of progress and officially break through to the Cold Resistance Level!"

Xia Hong clenched his fists and, thinking of the further leap in basic strength that would come with breaking through to the Cold Resistance Level, his face lit up with excitement. He hoisted the Teng Jiao and quickly returned towards the valley.