Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1288: Chapter 423: Shadow Demon Insect, Xiang Liang Takes First Credit, Cheng Ping’s Regret

Thud...

On the ground, the shadow cast by the firelight on the ground split open at the head, resembling a mouth curved in a cruel smile like that of a humanoid creature.

The young man in white realized the laughter was coming from the ground shadow, his body froze in place and began to tremble uncontrollably, with eyes full of horror and fear.

"Heh heh heh heh..."

As the eerie laughter sounded once more, behind the shadow emerged another humanoid shadow wielding a long knife, silently placing the blade against the neck of the first shadow.

The young man in white seemed completely petrified, not immediately drawing the sword from his waist but instead reaching into his bosom.

Whoosh...

The shadow on the ground clearly did not wish to waste time, swiftly slashing the blade. Although it was merely a shadow with the person and the knife, its swing moved the surrounding air with a fierce edge sound.

Sizzle!

Yet, at the critical moment, the young man in white pulled from his bosom a piece of Yellow Candle, which had been specially treated to ignite rapidly upon removal.

"Ah..."

As the Yellow Candle lit, the shadow on the ground let out a wretched scream and its shape began to twist.

Beep...

With the Yellow Candle’s light, a crisp and loud Bone Whistle sound rang in the surroundings. It turned out that the young man also took out a Bone Whistle along with the candle.

"Finally caught you, you wicked beast!"

The young man lifted his head abruptly, revealing that he was Xiang Liang, the Vice Chief of Punishment of Hongmen.

Not a hint of drunkenness left on Xiang Liang’s face; the fear and horror in his eyes instantaneously transformed into sharpness and fierce. He continued to blow the Bone Whistle, then quickly unsheathed the Knife from his waist, directly stabbing it into the twisted shadow.

Clang...

However, the Knife coated with Solidified Fire Oil pierced the shadow, not delivering the fatal blow Xiang Liang expected, only striking a spark at the point of contact and exacerbating the shadow’s distortion.

Yet, the shadow clearly felt pain, its ferocity was triggered, and it again raised its knife, slashing at Xiang Liang’s shadow head, continuing the previously incomplete action.

Whoosh...

Yet, the once infallible shadow decapitation failed this time!

Under the coverage of the Yellow Candle’s light, it became merely a normal shadow, the knife shadow passed without any impact on Xiang Liang.

Whizz...

The shadow seemed to realize what was happening and began rapidly shrinking into a fist-sized black dot, then swiftly escaped to the nearest building shadow.

"Everyone, light the Yellow Candle, surround this filthy creature!"

Sizzle...

However, just as the shadow escaped to the shadow region, a towering Great Han in golden armor with a Big Saber rushed from a nearby alley, it was Zhu Xing, the Colonel of the Cloud Dragon Army’s Reconnaissance Camp.

Upon arrival, Zhu Xing immediately ignited the Yellow Candle, securing his position in the shadow region, and then signaled others arriving behind him to light theirs.

As the shadow region was illuminated, the shadow had nowhere to hide and continued fleeing towards other shadow areas.

Sizzle sizzle...

However, Zhu Xing was first, as the Bone Whistle blew by Xiang Liang, hundreds of Cloud Dragon Army Soldiers swarmed from all directions, each wielding a Yellow Candle, the entire dark alley soon became illuminated.

As shadow areas decreased, the shadow’s space for movement also diminished until it was eventually cornered in the last shadow area near the wall.

Whoosh...

A Silver Sharp Arrow whistled through the air, accurately hitting the shadow region, but similar to Xiang Liang’s knife, only sparked without causing fatal injury.

"Shriek..."

Yet, different from before, the sharp scream emitted from the shadow region clearly contained intense pain, the black dot erratically darting like a headless fly within the shadow region but dared not leap out.

"This black dot shouldn’t be its true form, but it’s certain it can only move within shadow areas, we’ll find its real body!"

Lin Kai dressed in red robes, leaped over from distant rooftops, standing above the wall, gazing at the black dot roaring in the shadow with a gloomy expression.

The arrow he just shot, made of pure silver, was heavily coated with Solidified Fire Oil, yet the black dot only showed a faint trace of fire, distinctly different from ordinary Deceitful Monsters.

Whoosh... whoosh...

Two more figures followed closely, standing beside him, it was Yuwen Dao and Yuan Cheng arriving from other positions.

"Five consecutive nights, finally caught it, this wretched thing sure is cautious!"

Yuan Cheng looked down at the shadow below, took out a silver small dagger, pierced a piece of Solidified Fire Oil, and threw it towards the shadow region.

"Shriek..."

Similar to the scenario when Lin Kai shot the arrow earlier, the black dot within the shadow sparked upon being pierced by the dagger, emitted a shrill scream, but appeared uninjured, continuing to frantically dart around.

"Can only move within shadow areas?"

Yuwen Dao observed the situation and immediately figured it out.

"Everyone gather, trap it in the middle!"