Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1450 - 462: Copper Bone Corpse Demon, Heart-Stopping and a Deadly Sprint, Trial Interlude, Surging Waves and Treacherous Clouds

Sizzle...sizzle...

The moment he saw a faint light emanating from the opponent’s left eye, Xia Hong had already placed his hand into the Yellow Mustard Bag, feeling for the Yellow Candle. As the man opposite revealed a wicked smile, Xia Hong confirmed that he had fallen for the trap. Without a moment of hesitation, he lit the Yellow Candle.

The Yellow Candle ignited, and as the light reflected off its flame, Cai Yunlan in front of him began to rapidly decompose, revealing yellow-bronze bones beneath the rotting flesh.

Whoosh...

Just then, a blast of wind from a fist came from behind him. Xia Hong’s eyes twitched sharply as he quickly twisted his body, drawing the Shattered Star Sword from his waist and piercing it straight through the fake Cai Yunlan before frantically fleeing to the left.

"Were they all coming for me? Is that why I followed a group of Copper Bone Corpse Demons for so long? When did I fall for this? Was it when I entered the Blood Miasma Zone, or when I killed that Blood Jade Xuan Snake..."

Xia Hong was utterly bewildered!

But there was no time to think. Seeing the fake reveal a wicked smile, he not only realized he had been caught in the trap, but instantly understood the opponent’s intent.

Fan Qinghu and the fifty men opposite were real, whereas his own fifty men had long been secretly switched with Copper Bone Corpse Demons. He had been in the dark, following them for so long.

"With so many Copper Bone Corpse Demons, if Fan Qinghu’s group sees us, they won’t even need to discern; they’ll immediately assume I’m the fake, making that fake me seem real instead!"

Whoosh...

"Who goes there?"

"Like us?"

"Attack, it’s the Copper Bone Corpse Demon..."

"How can there be so many!"

"It’s impossible to have this many, there should be at most three Copper Bone Corpse Demons in this area, the rest should be at Iron Bone Level!"

..........

As Xia Hong erupted with force, Fan Qinghu’s side, which was quite close now, naturally detected the situation and quickly moved in to surround him. Seeing the scene unfold, they let out several shocked cries.

An interesting scene unfolded. Whether it was the fake Cai Yunlan just pierced by Xia Hong using the Shattered Star Sword, or the other fakes in the group, after Xia Hong’s outburst, none of them reacted or pursued him. Instead, they turned to Fan Qinghu’s group and let out an inhuman roar.

"Ho...ho...ho..."

More than ninety percent of the fakes began shedding flesh and organs rapidly. The four fakes at the front, including the fake Cai Yunlan, had yellow-bronze bones, while the over forty others behind them had black iron bones.

"Ho...ho...ah..."

The purple Manluo Flower Sea, shrouded in the Blood Miasma, was already eerily enchanting. Coupled with the incessant roars of the Corpse Demons, it became even more chilling.

"Kill the toughest one!"

Whoosh...

True Fan Qinghu let out an angry roar and, along with Cai Yunsheng, Cai Yunwu, Cai Yunlan, and the fake Xia Hong, drew weapons and charged at the real Xia Hong.

Whoosh...

Clad in Mystic Armor, Fan Qinghu was the strongest and naturally the fastest. The black, broad-bladed Big Saber in his hand, measuring a meter and a half in length, sliced through the air, creating a black blade arc that closed the hundreds of meters to Xia Hong’s head in less than two breaths.

"Admiral Fan..."

Whiz!

Xia Hong had just uttered the name "Admiral Fan" when the sword edges of Cai Yunsheng, Cai Yunwu, and Cai Yunlan closed in from all directions. Fan Qinghu attacked from above, while the three from the Cai family assaulted from above, middle, and below simultaneously. Facing such lethal moves, Xia Hong had no choice but to retreat.

As Xia Hong retreated, he noticed that most of the Corpse Demons had revealed their Copper or Iron Bones, except for himself and Zhu Long. In a flash, he understood why Fan Qinghu saw him as the toughest one.

Whoosh...

By now, he could no longer hold back. With a fierce upward swing of his Shattered Star Sword, he blocked Fan Qinghu’s Big Saber overhead. Using the momentum, he rapidly retreated to dodge the longswords of the Cai family trio.

Clang...

"Seventy Jun, no, this Copper Bone Corpse is stronger than me!"

The Big Saber and Shattered Star Sword collided fiercely, and their terrifying power unleashed a massive shockwave. Xia Hong’s expression remained unchanged, but after withdrawing his saber, Fan Qinghu’s face suddenly changed.

Clang...clang...

At this moment, Xia Hong no longer entertained any thoughts of explaining himself. He frantically parried the attacks of the Cai family’s three brothers. Seeing Fan Qinghu advancing again from behind, a manic look flashed across his face. But before it could linger for two breaths, he sensed another sword edge coming from behind and swiftly turned to chop vertically.

Clang...

The fake Xia Hong, who had attacked together with Fan Qinghu and the others, had already circled behind him. It was surprising enough that he, too, wielded a Shattered Star Sword, but even more so that its strength was nearly identical to his own.

Yet, the power was different!

Unlike when he blocked Fan Qinghu’s Big Saber, as soon as his Shattered Star Sword made contact with the fake Xia Hong’s, Xia Hong’s wrist trembled violently. His body retreated swiftly for over ten meters, nearly losing grip of his Longsword.

"Hundred Jun!"

Xia Hong was shocked beyond words. Though he hadn’t used martial arts, the Holy Pattern on his forehead had already emerged, pushing his strength to over seventy Jun. To be pushed back and nearly disarmed, the fake Xia Hong’s power was beyond belief...

Seeing the evil grin on the fake Xia Hong’s face, and sensing Fan Qinghu’s group’s renewed assault from behind, Xia Hong dared not hold back any longer. Gritting his teeth, he lunged forward with his sword, charging once more at the fake Xia Hong.

Swoosh...

His Shattered Star Sword danced swiftly, instantly filling the air with countless black feather-light arcs. Embedded within each arc were thousands of sparkling starlike points, resembling a magnificent star river. This was the visual spectacle of the Shattered Star Sword, enhanced by the speed of the sword edges.