Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 603 A Strange Feeling of Familiarity, Xia Hong's Strongest Combat Power

"father……"

Li Longyu grew up in a pampered environment. From the time she could remember, she had never suffered any grievances. Her mother, Empress Li Xuanling, had long been in charge of the Summer Palace. Whenever she had a conflict with her older brothers and sisters, Li Xuanling always sided with her. This is why she was so devoted to Li Xuanling.

As for her father, needless to say, since she was the youngest among her brothers and sisters, her father spoiled her rotten. Seriously, she remembered that in the 48th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, when she was seven years old, she once saw a very bright star in the sky above Xia City and casually mentioned it to her father. As a result, on her birthday that year, her father actually plucked that star down and gave it to her.

Some fathers dote on their daughters so much that they wish they could pluck the stars from the sky for them. This might sound like a joke to many, but it's the truth in Li Longyu's heart.

Therefore, when she saw her father unleash a Star River Sword strike with an impact force of no less than two hundred jin, and the sword was covered with a large amount of fire elemental energy, it was clear that it was a full-force strike, she instantly lost her composure. In her extreme grievance, she almost called him "father".

Fortunately, she only managed to utter the word "father." Remembering that her father at this time did not recognize her, Li Longyu immediately suppressed her grievances, drew her sword to deflect the Star River Sword Qi in front of her, and pulled Li Baobao to chase after Xia Hong.

“Miss Li, please put me down! You can’t escape with me. Xia Hong clearly has no intention of saving us…”

"Shut up!"

After being yelled at again, Li Baobao felt extremely wronged. If she hadn't already lost a tenth of her strength, she would have wanted to break free from Li Longyu's grasp and would rather die than suffer this injustice.

Li Longyu's hostility towards her seemed innate and ingrained in her very being. From their first encounter six days ago until now, even though they fought side by side countless times while being chased by demon soldiers, and even though she was severely injured by the Crimson Flame Demon General yesterday while trying to save Li Longyu, it did not improve the situation in the slightest.

Admittedly, Li Longyu had done her a great favor; if the other party hadn't appeared in time, she certainly wouldn't have survived until now. But this inexplicable hostility really annoyed her. The key was that a sense of grievance would well up in her heart from time to time, which made her feel even more confused.

"If you keep chasing him like this, he won't stop and wait for us!"

Seeing Li Longyu pulling her along as they frantically chased after Xia Hong, but Xia Hong kept speeding up and occasionally turning around to slash with his sword, clearly trying to stop them from getting closer, Li Baobao got angry and couldn't help but sneer.

"Do you have a solution? What are you doing, making sarcastic remarks?"

Li Baobao's expression froze as she was cornered. She gritted her teeth, turned her head, and saw that the demon soldiers behind her were less than a hundred meters away. After thinking for a moment, she looked up at Xia Hong in front of her and shouted, "Lord Xia, those two Xia people are not dead yet. Don't you want to know their whereabouts?"

call…………

Xia Hong, who was speeding ahead, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the two of them. Although the anger on his face was still there, a hint of hesitation appeared on his brows.

Six days ago, he heard from those scattered spirits that Jiang Yiqing and Xiahou Yong had gone towards White Bone Mountain with Li Baobao, so Li Baobao did indeed know where the two were.

Logically speaking, at this critical juncture, he shouldn't be risking his life for two Cold-resistant level adventurers. However, ever since Xia Hong came to the Ice Abyss World, his personality has never changed. He would never abandon any Xia person unless absolutely necessary.

"Those demon soldiers seem to be slower than me. Li Baobao is only at the third stage of the Tribulation Body Realm, and these demon soldiers can't even catch up with her, so there's no way they can catch up with me. I need to rescue Xiahou Yong and Jiang Yiqing, and those two women are quite strong, so they can be my helpers when I go to White Bone Mountain..."

Xia Hong was less than a hundred meters away from the two women. He already knew that Li Baobao was at the third level of the Tribulation Realm. However, he found that he could not see through the strength of the white-clothed girl in front of him. Considering that she was pulling Li Baobao along, it was obvious that her strength must be above Li Baobao's.

Saving these two people was useful!

Xia Hong suppressed his anger and looked at the swarm of demon soldiers. He noticed that above the demon soldiers, an old man in a red robe holding an iron fan was rushing over. He dared not be careless, so he quickly rushed forward, grabbed the white-clothed girl and Li Baobao's arms on the left and right respectively, and then turned and ran eastward to escape.

However, just as he grabbed the white-clad girl's arm on his left, a cool sensation rushed into his mind, and the anger that was about to overflow in Xia Hong's heart suddenly vanished without a trace, and his mind became much clearer in an instant.

This was the first time Xia Hong had ever experienced such a strange feeling. As he fled at top speed, he couldn't help but look down at the girl in white.

Upon looking at them, he immediately met a pair of clear and bright beautiful eyes. When he saw the tears glistening in those eyes, he was instantly stunned!
Don't get me wrong, the girl in white is indeed beautiful, comparable to Li Xuanling, but the moment Xia Hong grabbed her arm, he could tell that her true bone age was over seventy.

He was stunned for two reasons.

Firstly, the girl's stunningly beautiful face gave him an incredibly strong sense of familiarity. He considered himself to have an excellent memory, and upon seeing the girl's face, he immediately realized that he had never seen her before. How could someone he had never seen before evoke such a strong sense of familiarity in him?
Secondly, the way the girl looked at him was all too familiar. He had seen this kind of admiring yet intensely fervent gaze too many times in the Great Xia Dynasty, so he could recognize it immediately. In addition to these, the girl's eyes also held a deep sense of filial piety, as if she were looking at an elder.

It seems she's still a little aggrieved?

Countless thoughts flashed through Xia Hong's mind in an instant, but he was still completely baffled and confused no matter what he did. So he stopped thinking about it and focused on continuing to escape.

"My father almost found out..."

Li Longyu realized what was happening and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look Xia Hong in the eye. If the truth that she was not a person of this world were discovered by others, she would be immediately rejected by time and space and returned to her original world. Thinking of this, she was naturally filled with lingering fear.

“Father hasn’t broken through. Oh, right, I remember the Xia Li Xiu Zhi chapter mentioned that Father only broke through to the Tribulation Body Realm in the twenty-first year of the Great Xia Dynasty. His heart fire is so disordered, it must be because his organs haven’t fully formed, causing his emotions to become extremely irritable. The Shangqing spiritual energy on my body can help him…”

Through the unusually high temperature emanating from Xia Hong's palm, Li Longyu had already discerned most of his condition. Knowing that the Shangqing spiritual energy within her body could help her father regulate his disordered heart fire, she naturally spared no effort in mobilizing it and secretly transferring it to Xia Hong.

The pure spiritual energy is the perfect weapon to neutralize the calamity of the five elements. Moreover, this energy is gentle and mild, unique to her, and no one else can detect it. This secret is known only to her, her father, and her mother in later generations.

"A new rat has arrived; perfect timing to cook it all at once!"

As Xia Hong was running for his life, he heard the sound behind him and immediately knew that the old man in red robes was chasing after him. He did not turn around, but continued to run, trying to get away from the other party as quickly as possible.

"How can you be so fast? Is it because of the lamp on your head?"

Although Li Baobao was being dragged forward by Xia Hong, she wasn't idle either. She channeled her tribulation energy into her body, saving Xia Hong a lot of effort.

After running for a while, he realized that the Demon General Chi Yan could not catch up in a short time. He was suddenly shocked to find that Xia Hong's speed was about the same as Li Longyu's before, and much faster than his own.

Like Li Longyu, she had also been in contact with Xia Hong, so she could sense that although he had fire elemental tribulation energy, it was extremely weak and chaotic. In her experience, this usually meant that he had failed to break through to the Tribulation Body Realm and his golden body had not been successfully opened.

She wasn't surprised that Xia Hong had broken through to the peak of the Manifestation Yang level, because she had already learned from Li Longyu that one day in the Dark Realm was equivalent to one year in the Ice Abyss. In addition, although she was fleeing for her life, she had also experienced the terrifying cultivation efficiency of the Dark Realm while healing and recovering. If Xia Hong had been cultivating since he entered, it wouldn't be surprising that he could reach this level.

What she was most curious about now was Xia Hong's speed of flight in the Dark Realm. How could he possibly surpass her speed, which was about the same as Li Longyu's?

She was at the third stage of the Tribulation Body realm, while Xia Hong had failed to break through to the Tribulation Body realm. At most, he could be considered a half-step Tribulation Body cultivator. Under the restrictions of the Dark Realm's rules, his speed in the air should be far inferior to hers.

After thinking it over, she could only attribute the cause to the small, antique-looking lamp on Xia Hong's head, which emitted a faint blue flame.

"Do you even have the right to speak?" *Boom!*

Li Baobao's face flushed instantly. Just as she was about to speak, Xia Hong threw her backward first, then turned around and suddenly drew his sword behind him.

laugh…………

It turns out that the Demon General Chi Yan has arrived!

Li Baobao had already experienced Chi Yan's speed and tracking methods over the past six days. To be honest, if it weren't for the small cauldron in Li Longyu's hand, which had a strong restraining effect on Chi Yan, they definitely wouldn't have been able to last this long.

Unfortunately, just before meeting Xia Hong, the small cauldron seemed to have reached its limit and could no longer unleash the terrifying flames it had before. Li Longyu was no match for Chi Yan with her strength alone, and it seemed she had no other means to deal with it. Fortunately, she met Xia Hong when she was at her wit's end, otherwise the two of them would have been waiting to die.

However, although Xia Hong can unleash speeds that surpass his own, he has not yet broken through to the Tribulation Realm. Can he deal with Chi Yan?

The answer came out very quickly!

Before the Crimson Flame Demon General even arrived, the fire dragon released from his folding fan roared and pounced on Xia Hong's face. It was because of this that Xia Hong had just shaken off the two of them and turned to face the fire dragon.

The same Star River Sword was unleashed once more, but unlike the previous time, the fire elemental aura attached to the sword was more than five times denser. Moreover, as the sword was unleashed, something within Xia Hong's body seemed to suddenly awaken, and the already extremely fast sword flew several meters before its speed increased several times over.

call out…………

Since the main color of the Dark Realm is dark blue, even the color of the flames has become strangely eerie. Just like the fire dragon fanned out by the Crimson Flame Demon General, it is not the normal red and yellow color. The sword blade that Xia Hong is slashing out at this moment is also similar to the ghost fire of the Ice Abyss, which is dark blue.

The azure sword suddenly struck, creating a black galaxy of blue light in mid-air. The sword seemed to tear through space, at least that was the visual effect.

That wasn't all. The azure light spots within the black starry river sword energy seemed to be ignited by something in an instant, bursting into countless yellow sparks.

It's normal Mars, not a dark blue color.

"I'd like to see just how capable this Demon General really is!"

Before Xia Hong unleashed his sword strike, a golden body, forty-three feet tall, had already gathered behind him. This was not a skeletal illusion, but a real golden body.

“Over five hundred jin, no, that’s more than twice my weight! How is that possible? He hasn’t even broken through to the Body Tribulation Realm yet, how is that possible…”

When Li Baobao saw Xia Hong's 43-zhang golden body, she was already a little stunned. When the Star River Sword Qi spread out completely and the aftershocks reached her vicinity, throwing her dozens of meters away, the shock in her heart had reached its peak.

How could this be... How could this be...

These four words were all that remained in her mind, and she kept asking herself them.

She, Li Baobao, was granted the title of Princess of Weibo and was designated as the next governor of the vassal state. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the first female governor in the history of the entire Mo'ao River region and even the surrounding area.

If we consider the six days in the Dark Realm as six years, she is only 52 years old this year, with a cultivation level of the Third Tribulation Body Realm, a golden body of 39 zhang, and a basic strength of only 370 jin. At most, she can only unleash a combat power of about 500 jin.

Xia Hong, who was standing in front of him, had not yet broken through to the Tribulation Body Realm, and his physical body had not even fully merged with the Golden Body. This could be seen from his performance in battle. Yet, he was displaying a combat power of over 600, or even close to 700 jin.

Li Baobao felt that her worldview had been completely reshaped, and she even unconsciously ignored Li Longyu, who had previously shocked her.

Although Li Longyu was at the fifth level of the Tribulation Realm, Li Baobao could roughly estimate her basic strength to be around 500, since the two had fought side by side for the previous six days. She hadn't seen her use any special techniques, and the strongest combat power she unleashed was only slightly stronger than Xia Hong's at this moment.

In comparison, the impact of Xia Hong is clearly much greater!

However, what happened next made Li Baobao realize once again that she was still too naive, and that Xia Hong's strength was far from simple.

laugh…………

It felt like a long time had passed, yet also like only a moment. The Star River Sword finally clashed violently with the Fire Dragon. In the final stage, the normal flames bursting from the light points instantly merged into one, spreading forward for hundreds of meters.

The normal yellow flames didn't break through; instead, they directly engulfed the fire dragon created by the crimson flames.

That's right!

It means to swallow it up!

boom…………

Flames suddenly exploded, forming a sea of ​​fire. The fire dragon twisted and struggled within it for a moment before vanishing without a trace. The sword energy, now a sea of ​​fire, relentlessly rushed towards the crimson flames behind it.

"roar…………"

The sea of ​​fire swallowed the fire dragon, as if it had been reborn. Or rather, the sword energy that Xia Hong had unleashed did not disappear, but instead transformed into a fire dragon. With the support and propulsion of the boundless sea of ​​fire, it bared its fangs and claws, flying towards the demon general Chi Yan, who had not yet reacted, like a dragon soaring into the sea.

"Karmic fire, karmic fire, how could you have karmic fire..."

He was indeed caught off guard. The moment the sword energy reached his face, the Crimson Flame Demon General's pupils constricted, and he snapped out of his daze. He opened his mouth in terror and then retreated rapidly without thinking.

At the same time, Li Baobao finally understood why Xia Hong was able to unleash the normal flames in the final stage.

"It's actually a cauldron..."

On Xia Hong's golden body, a giant cauldron was faintly visible on the abdomen, with a raging fire burning in the middle. If the golden body were not large enough, the flames inside the cauldron would probably have spread to the outside world.

Upon seeing the giant cauldron, Li Baobao couldn't help but mutter to herself. Her gaze shifted to Li Longyu on the side, and she noticed that the other woman's eyes were filled with reverence and fanaticism as she looked at Xia Hong, seemingly even carrying a hint of filial piety. Li Baobao frowned, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)