Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1824: Chapter 583: Darkness and Lostness, Soul Suppressing Tripod Level 6_3

[Special Function 1: For every 100 units of wood resources consumed, one small torch can be generated, capable of exterminating advanced deceitful monsters, with a burn time of one hour]

[Special Function 2: For every 200 units of coal stone burned, one portion of solidified fire oil can be generated. This oil is harmless to humans, but instantly ignites deceitful monsters, with highly lethal effect]

[Special Function 3: For every 500 units of silver burned, one piece of suppression talisman can be generated. The wearer of the suppression talisman is impervious to close contact with deceitful monsters]

[Special Function 4: Everyone within the camp can be transformed by this tripod to acquire a hidden Great Xia Sacred Pattern bloodline, with the host as the Bloodline Ancestor]

[Special Function 5: For every 10 units of gold resources consumed, one soul lamp can be generated. The soul lamp allows one to see evil spirits and resist calamities]

[Special Function 6: A new synthesis function has been added, and all materials output by the soul suppressing tripod can be fused, significantly enhancing the effectiveness of items according to quantity.]

……

The radiation range increased from a 20-kilometer radius to a 50-kilometer radius, and the overall description includes a new phrase that adds the ability to suppress and purify soul bodies, aid War Body Golden Body growth, clearly linked to the term “soul suppressing.”

Additionally, two new functions have been added, namely the soul lamp and material fusion.

The soul lamp can only be produced with gold.

Xia Hong immediately focused his attention on this.

He seemed to have thought of something and turned to gaze at the surrounding darkness, revealing a hint of speculation in his pupils. He slowly closed his eyes and began investing gold resources into the soul suppressing tripod in his sea of consciousness.

When the Holy Tripod is activated within, the required resource consumption can be controlled autonomously by him. Previously he used wood, but now he switched to gold, activated again, and his vision range instantly increased to 25 meters.

“The Level 5 Holy Tripod’s illumination range in the Ice Abyss is a 20-kilometer radius, whereas here the vision range is 10 meters. After reaching Level 6, it is a 50-kilometer radius, growing 2.5 times, and vision range also becomes 2.5 times the previous…”

Proportionally shrinking the illumination range and vision means that the Holy Tripod is being suppressed by this world.

Holy Tripod can be suppressed by this world……

The level of this world is clearly higher than he imagined.

Xia Hong’s face showed a serious expression, patiently waiting for the gold to burn.

Soon, his gold resources were reduced by 10 units.

At the same time, an ancient-looking oil lamp formed quietly above the Holy Tripod within his body. Xia Hong calmly took out the soul lamp and then began to check its description.

[Soul Lamp: Use the body as a boat, the soul as a guide, gather spiritual form at the eyes, ignite underworld fire at the top, connect yin and yang, illuminate the ghost realms, burn duration of one hour.]

Reading this obscure text, Xia Hong frowned deeply. He could understand the general meaning, but the description didn’t provide the specific method to use the soul lamp.

Or rather, it did, but he didn’t know how to operate it.

“Use the body as a boat, the soul as a guide, gather spiritual form at the eyes, ignite underworld fire at the top—that’s the method of use. While the general meaning can be understood, what’s the specific operational method?”

Looking at the ancient-looking oil lamp in his hand, Xia Hong was instantly troubled.

The first eight words should mean that the use of this oil lamp is directly related to the human body, unlike previous items produced by the Holy Tripod. But what do the last two sentences specifically mean?

“Spiritual form, is it the meaning of Venerable Appearance? But I don’t even have cultivation at the Tribulation Body Realm right now. What does Venerable Appearance mean, I don’t understand at all…”

A surge of restless frustration rose from within his heart, and a sense of confusion flooded in his mind. An inexplicable agitation boiled up within, he even felt that sitting here thinking was a waste of time, and couldn’t help but want to stand up and move forward.

“Whew…no, no, calm down, calm down. I’ve been walking for an unknown time and distance, and it’s all a mystery. I don’t see a living person, nothing but darkness. Continuing to walk is useless, calm down, I have to calm down, think again…”

The annoyance and agitation all stem from helplessness. Xia Hong felt that since entering this realm, he seemed to become increasingly dull. For example, using the Holy Tripod upgrade to break the impasse, he delayed until now to think of it, including the predicament he faced now; his mind had some hints but lacked that final step. This sense of frustration surged whenever he was about to take that step.

Suddenly he shook his head and took deep breaths, calming his emotions, suppressing that restless feeling, then quietly looking at the soul lamp in his hand and began contemplating.

“Got it!”

His pupils suddenly brightened, he placed the oil lamp in front of him, then closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.

Soon, an eight zhang, five chi tall dark red bone appearance appeared behind him, but unlike its previous radiant state, now the bone appearance became extremely withered, even looking somewhat hunched.

“This…”

Since coming here, Xia Hong only thought about getting out quickly, neither clashing with others nor cultivating properly once. Suddenly seeing his bone appearance change, he was instantly awakened with cold sweat across his forehead.

The withered and hunched appearance was insufficient to describe the change in his bone appearance at this moment. Cultivation at the Xianyang level stages revolves around the bone appearance: initially shaping, mid-stage extends meridians, later grows flesh, and at peak the skin membrane completes for full bone appearance.

He was approaching the late stage from mid-stage Xianyang, with his bone appearance’s meridians almost fully extended, yet now the meridians on his bone appearance were about half gone, and many were broken or incomplete, as if… as if… being eaten by bugs…

“Spiritual form, it is probably meant to be Venerable Appearance. Xianyang and Tribulation Body realms revolve around bone appearance cultivation, moving on to Venerable Appearance likely involves a higher form of the bone appearance, so gathering spiritual form at the eye probably means…”

Xia Hong’s mind shifted slightly, he mobilized the weak energy from the bone appearance swiftly to the eye position.

However, just by mobilizing like this, Xia Hong’s expression instantly changed.

“My bone appearance has grown weak to this point, 50…no, not even 50 shijin, barely above 40, how is this possible!”

Xianyang Level’s full strength stems from the bone appearance, yet Xia Hong hadn’t used his hands since entering this world, so was unaware of his physical condition. When he mobilized the bone appearance suddenly realized, his face naturally full of fear.

Weak bone appearance, leaving little remaining energy, yet now the soul lamp is the only tool to break the impasse, Xia Hong can only keep channeling the scant energy to his eye position.

Luckily, when the energy reached the eye region, the soul lamp in front of him finally responded.

Specifically, the eight zhang tall dark red bone appearance behind him was the first to respond.

The bone appearance suddenly opened its eyes, a wisp of blue light shot straight toward the soul lamp, and upon contact, the lamp immediately emitted a sizzle sound.

Whew……

Sparks began to erupt, differing from the Ice Abyss red-yellow flames, the sparks condensed on the soul lamp were blue as a ghostly fire from his previous life, filled with extinction and tranquility, devoid of vitality, Xia Hong also couldn’t feel even a hint of warmth.

Before the flames from the lamp’s wick completely rose, first, an eerie and sinister laugh echoed beside Xia Hong’s ear.

“Half a day passed, this kid’s spiritual form truly sturdy, we fed for half a day, yet couldn’t even consume half.”

“Nonsense, carrying a flesh body into the Dark Realm, can’t be an easy character?”

“Our luck too good, this kid didn’t walk towards Lady Yulou’s direction, I’m almost done, just another half hour feast, my soul body will fully manifest.”

“I’m about the same, hehehehe…”

“Spun around half a day, this kid probably still oblivious, slowly feast, no rush, we’ll all breakthrough.”

“A pity, if only we had kept all three from before.”

“Quit dreaming, that girl too strong, her spiritual form shielded by Three Lines of Tribulation Qi, we can’t approach.”

“Stop thinking, that girl ran towards the direction of the White Bone Cave with the others, perhaps already inside Lady Yulou’s belly.”

“Yes, yes, focus on eating this one, too satisfying, too satisfying, hadn’t savored such robust spiritual form in ages, hehehehe…”

……

In the silent forest, unexpectedly arose a dozen sinister laughs, key was these sounds reverberating around Xia Hong’s ears.

Xia Hong’s back instantly bristled, with the soul lamp wick finally fully lit, he slowly turned his head to look at his shoulder position.

Just this glance, his pupils narrowed sharply, and body trembled violently, heart gripped by both horror and astonishment.

The “thing” perched upon his shoulder happened to look into his eyes at that very moment, directly meeting his gaze.

“Huh, look, is this kid looking at me?”