Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1210: Chapter 406: Great Xia’s True Strength, Shaking the Mountains to Intimidate, Coercion and Capitulation, Aftermath Reckoning (Part 5)

In itself, it could only be like this. At that time, the Cold Ruins Tripod had not yet been upgraded, and the simulation function of the Cold Beast Stake could only be used within the tripod’s radiation range. He couldn’t possibly carry the Cold Ruins Tripod around all day.

So, at that time, although he possessed the strength of a Beast King level, due to the limitations of the Cold Ruins Tripod’s function and usage conditions, he couldn’t use it casually.

All these changes occurred in September of the third year of Great Xia, at the moment when the Level 4 Cold Ruins Tripod was upgraded to the Level 5 Yangxu Tripod.

The Level 5 Yangxu Tripod can be absorbed into the body, and it can be ignited directly inside with system resources. The radiation range and other effects remained unchanged.

This is why, at the last moment when the Five-headed Mysterious-faced Maitreya in Bashang City revived in early May this year, he boldly launched a surprise attack on the Five Great Masters, because at that time, the Yangxu Tripod was burning fiercely inside him.

Xia Hong frowned, recalling now, being able to successfully kill the Three Great Masters and the Five-headed Mysterious-faced Maitreya failing to revive might have owed to the Yangxu Tripod’s credit.

So much time has passed, naturally Xia Hong wouldn’t dwell on it anymore.

From last September when he broke through to Xianyang Level, he has killed a total of twenty-six Beast Kings, and it stands to reason that the essence blood from these twenty-six Beast Kings has been infused into all the Cold Beast Stakes one by one.

Twelve heads are not the limit of Great Xia; it’s just the portion he is willing to show to the Eight Towns.

Honestly speaking, if it weren’t for concerns about the so-called Cai Qiu Feudal Town and other possible outer realm forces lurking within the Nine Towns, the current situation with the Eight Towns for Great Xia is truly not a difficult task to break them one by one and finally establish domination over Moao South Slope Land.

The Northern Three Towns and other various towns might have some trump cards, but they wouldn’t be able to withstand fifty Cold Beast Stakes of Great Xia.

As long as Xia Hong invests the time to enable the remaining Cold Beast Stakes with the capability to simulate the Beast Kings, annihilating the Eight Towns is only a matter of time!

"The show of force has ended; now the question is whether it will be effective. If such a small display can intimidate Cai Qiu, then the strength of this so-called feudal town is merely so. If they dare to attack prematurely, I have plenty of cards in hand, and fundamentally no fear.

If Cai Qiu shows no reaction, then it either indicates their strength is indeed far beyond my imagination; or it indicates that there truly exists something in the North physically isolating the Southern Slope and Cai Qiu Feudal Town, preventing them from invading the south on a large scale!"

Xia Hong subtly scanned the over ten thousand Cold Resistance Level men in South City, pondered for a moment, then continued to look at Yang Zhun’s twelve people, asking with a faint smile: "Lord Yang Zhun just said, today I must give an account to your Six Towns. What kind of account do you wish to hear? Please feel free to boldly state your demands now!"

Thump...

The hearts of Yang Zhun’s twelve people all involuntarily thumped, and then they looked up at Xia Hong, their bodies suddenly shivering.

"Lord Xia Hong, both I and Shangguan Long, came here by invitation from Beishuo. The deceased are from the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce and have nothing to do with my Jin Mountain. How could I dare ask Lord Xia Hong for an account?"

"Lord Xia Hong, both of us are also here by invitation from Lord Yang Zhun, naturally we wouldn’t ask Great Xia for an account."

Shangguan Yang and Qin Feng both bowed and saluted Xia Hong immediately, throwing the blame onto Yang Zhun, clearing themselves completely.

Xia Hong neither interrupted nor responded, merely nodded lightly, then turned his gaze to people from the other four towns.

"Lord Xia Hong, I came over this time purely to investigate the cause of the Chamber of Commerce members’ deaths, and not to antagonize Great Xia. From start to finish, I have never acted against anyone in Great Xia. I hope Lord Xia Hong will discern this!"

"Long Mingyuan also came to ascertain the cause of their deaths and had no intention of any hostility against Great Xia. If any offense was caused, I ask Lord Xia Hong to forgive!"

The thousands of people in South City below, upon hearing the words from the leaders of these two towns, had their eyes twitch sharply, faces full of astonishment.

Breaking through to Xianyang Level, didn’t just enhance their strength but also their acting skills, eh!

Investigating the cause of death, Xia Hong clearly already admitted earlier that the members of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce were killed by his orders. Yet now Long Mingyuan and Cao Qianyang claimed they came just to investigate the cause of death of the Chamber members and had no intention of antagonizing Great Xia.

Four town leaders have already bowed, apologized, and pleaded with Xia Hong for forgiveness, leaving only Beishuo and Chui Mountain towns.

Everyone’s eyes instantly focused on Yang Zhun, this former first of the Nine Towns.

Of course, also on Duan Hong, the Lord of Chui Mountain nearby.

Duan Hong looked deathly pale, eyes full of terror, while Mu Longhe beside him closed his eyes with a look of obvious despair.

Clearly, both their hearts were in utter chaos at the moment, and they were unable to utter a single word.

Seeing this, Yang Zhun’s eyes flashed with a hint of anger, gritting his teeth, he clenched his fist under the sleeve slightly, then directly stood out, bowed to Xia Hong, and said: "Lord Xia Hong, in my view, the death of those in the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce must hold other hidden motives. I suspect someone is deliberately sowing discord among the Nine Towns from the shadows, attempting to stir up conflict in Moao South Slope for no reason. I was momentarily careless and almost fell prey to the cunning scheme of the traitor, causing a major disaster. I hope Lord Xia Hong is generous, and considering Yang’s unintended mistake, will show leniency!"