Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1290: Chapter 423: Shadow Demon Insect, Xiang Liang’s First Merit, Cheng Ping’s Regret

After all, the demon worm can fly, and the three of them didn’t have a chance for close combat. Since its range of movement is limited, using a bow and arrow to kill it is undoubtedly the safest choice.

The speed of that demon worm is truly astonishingly fast. You have to know, Lin Kai’s first arrow just caused it a not insignificant amount of damage, yet facing the continuous shots from Yuwen Dao’s strong bow, it could still avoid more than ninety percent.

Swish swish swish...

The three of them tirelessly shot arrows, firmly preventing the demon worm from approaching the Yellow Candle, while the demon worm’s evasive movements were becoming more and more strenuous, the outcome was already obvious.

"What do you think, how much tension do the Silver Wing Bow in the hands of the three lords have?"

"It’s evident just by watching! The Camp Needs Department’s current top-tier Silver Wing Bows can only achieve a tension of 30 pounds. With the strength and financial power of the three lords, they are surely equipped with the 30-pound bows."

"No wonder the arrows burst with such a loud sound that many in South City could hear it."

"Quick, go disperse them, don’t let them gather here."

"Quick, go retrieve the arrows shot by the three lords, don’t let those people nearby snatch them all."

......

After the three shot a total of over a hundred arrows, the demon worm was basically left with only its head and main body. Its pair of transparent wings on the back, although still flapping furiously, were much slower than before. Anyone with keen eyes could see that it was at the end of its strength.

Poof...

In the end, Lin Kai’s Iron Arrow accurately hit the demon worm’s head.

Hiss...

A cloud of even denser black smoke rose from the demon worm’s head. With the flare of fire suddenly growing, it became completely stiff in mid-air.

When the fire disappeared, only a transparent round insect egg remained in mid-air. Strangely, the transparent wings on the demon worm’s back did not vanish but kept fluttering, maintaining the insect egg suspended in mid-air.

Simultaneously, the black dot surrounded by the Yellow Candle seemed to undergo some change due to the demon worm’s death. It no longer feared the Yellow Candle and transformed into a black vapor, flying straight toward the insect egg.

Whizz...

The originally transparent insect egg, after absorbing the black vapor, instantly transformed into a highly textured black jade color.

Lin Kai leaped from the wall, grabbed the insect egg directly, and landed, looking at the insect egg in his hand, a gleam shining in his eyes.

"The Head Cutter Monster is finally resolved!"

Lin Kai held the insect egg and let out a deep breath, turning to the nearly two hundred people involved in eradicating the monster tonight, his face full of smiles.

"Brothers, you’ve all worked hard these past few days. I will soon instruct the Camp Supply Department to reward you based on your contributions. Once the Xia City Camp Needs Department assesses the value of this insect egg, everyone involved in tonight’s operation will have a share!"

The faces of those who had been busy for several days naturally brimmed with joy; Zhao Bao and the people from the Prison Department, especially, let out a deep sigh of relief and looked at Lin Kai and the other two with faces full of gratitude.

Lin Kai then turned his head to Xiang Liang, full of admiration, saying, "Vice Chief of Punishment Xiang, who used himself as bait to draw out the Deceitful Monster, should certainly receive the highest merit tonight. I will personally request rewards for you from the Minister, don’t worry."

Xiang Liang’s expression was instantly invigorated, he slightly clenched his fists in his sleeves, hurriedly bowed to Lin Kai, and gratefully said, "Thank you, Lord, for your promotion!"

At this moment, if anyone were to say who is the most excited, it’s definitely Xiang Liang himself.

Sending people through dark alleys to entice the Head Cutter Monster to show itself was his suggestion.

For the first four days, they sent at least a hundred people as bait, but the Head Cutter Monster just never appeared, and Xiang Liang had almost given up hope, who would have thought it would succeed tonight.

Moreover, it was quite the coincidence that the Head Cutter Monster targeted him.

First merit!

With these two words, the huge risk he took tonight was worth it.

"Alright, everyone, don’t linger here. Those who need to patrol, continue patrolling; this is only the first Deceitful Monster; there’s no time to relax yet."

"Understood!"

Lin Kai dismissed the people from the Prison Department and Cloud Dragon Army before turning back to Yuwen Dao and Yuan Cheng nearby, expressing gratitude with cupped hands: "Thank you both for your help tonight!"

"The Minister instructed me to preside over Hongmen, this is my duty!"

Yuwen Dao replied politely, while Yuan Cheng’s relationship with Lin Kai was so close that he skipped any formalities, simply gesturing toward Lin Kai’s insect egg, and with a smile asked, "Are you not planning to use this insect egg?"

Some Deceitful Monsters can be directly slayed to gain special abilities, while others can give items upon being killed, and merging items can also grant abilities, which is no secret in Great Xia.

This insect egg was slain by Lin Kai, so he naturally has the first right to use it.

But Lin Kai’s earlier words clearly indicated he did not intend to use this insect egg, hence Yuan Cheng’s inquiry.

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Dao also expressed curiosity, smilingly asking, "That demon worm had quite a method of shadow manipulation to kill, isn’t it suitable, Lord Lin?"

Upon hearing Yuwen Dao, Lin Kai was immediately shaking his head repeatedly, looking at Yuwen with a helpless expression, saying, "Director Yuwen, please don’t jest with me. If you genuinely wanted this insect egg, I wouldn’t have even stood a chance to get it!"

Yuwen Dao found Lin Kai’s amusing words rather humorous and started laughing.

Though he laughed, he did not deny Lin Kai’s statement!

Indeed, with his strength, should he really desire that insect egg, Lin Kai certainly wouldn’t be able to compete with him.

Actually, Yuwen Dao roughly guessed the reason why Lin Kai didn’t want to merge with this insect egg.

"The Lord said previously that everyone can only merge one Deceitful Monster item once in their lifetime, so it’s best to choose carefully. I still hope to improve my Top-grade Battle Body Talent, so I need to be even more cautious. This demon worm should be a Demon Monster, obviously unrelated to enhancing talent, so let’s skip it!"