Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 928: Chapter 348: Zhu Ling in Dire Straits, Eight Camps Martial Contest, Betting Five Years—East Ridge Has Fallen!

Just as Zhu Tong said earlier, if no action is taken to suppress them, handing over the leadership of Zhu Ling Village would be a matter of one or two years.

Today’s Martial Arts Competition among the eight camps is a perfect opportunity for suppression!

Zhu Tong slightly clenched his fist, a cold gleam appearing in his eyes.

Everyone in the hall was clearly aware of this fact. Zhu Tong’s second brother, Zhu Da, even sneered twice and said, "That Lu Yang has been arrogant for years. When I said that no one in East Ridge dared to participate in the martial arts competition, he actually fell for it."

The third brother, Zhu Mai, also sneered and said, "It’s not entirely because of your provocation. I am sure He Wuyang told Lu Yang the news that Institute Chief Huang wants to accept students. This time, the first place in the martial arts competition can go to Beishuo City and compete with the geniuses from other villages for the position of Huang’s disciple. Lu Yang has been racking his brains to associate with the big figures in Beishuo City for years, and now that he finally has a chance, there’s no way he would easily give it up."

After speaking, he paused, then continued proudly, "This is an obvious hook. If he wants to participate in the competition, he must accept the conditions put forward by the leaders and share all the materials for the top three’s three-year tribute to Beishuo Town with the other four families. He truly has the courage to agree to this!"

"Hahaha, Baisong Camp already has our people, and he probably doesn’t know that we’ve long known everyone in East Ridge under fifteen. If he thinks he can secure a disciple’s position for any of those useless ones, he’s dreaming!"

Hearing the words of his two younger brothers, a touch of complacency also rose in Zhu Tong’s eyes, and he coldly said, "For the past three years, we have suffered so much at the hands of East Ridge, it’s time to collect some interest. Three years of tribute materials is not a small number. Let them cough up what they took from that micro iron mine at the beginning of the year in one go, and let’s see if Lu Yang won’t be pained!"

Everyone in the hall sneered at these words.

The total production of the micro iron mine is at most one hundred thousand tons. The iron mine at the beginning of the year was not large in scale; they estimated that the total extraction would be around fifty or sixty thousand tons at most. The village-level camp’s annual tribute to Beishuo alone requires ten thousand tons of iron ore, which means thirty thousand tons in three years.

The share of the top three winners is to be covered by the remaining five, and even if divided equally, the value of the tribute materials far exceeds that of this iron mine.

Whether Lu Yang is pained by it, the answer is clear!

"With several times the burden of resources, East Ridge’s development will certainly slow down in the next three years. Meanwhile, we will be spared from contributing materials to Beishuo, allowing us to develop greatly. After three years, East Ridge won’t be our opponent at all. By then, let’s see how Lu Yang can still act haughtily in front of Zhu Ling."

Hearing Zhu Tong’s words, Zhu Da immediately nodded and continued, "Yanggu and Wanxing have been indecisive and wavering. Truly detestable. We need to seize this martial arts competition opportunity to give them a good beating, let Yang Quan and Wan Tianhe clearly see who truly has the say among the eight in Beining Mountain!"

The original gambling stakes of the Seventh Camp Martial Arts were for the last six to cover seventy percent of the first place’s annual tribute. This time, the stakes were increased, changed to all tribute for the next three years, and the rules altered, with the last five covering the top three.

This modification was obviously specifically prepared for East Ridge, Hong Yuan, Zi Qiang, Yanggu, and Wanxing.

"Zhu Ling’s spies are spread across all camps on the north side of Beining Mountain. I know exactly which young talents under fifteen all other seven families have and what their overall strength is. Even if East Ridge turns the world upside down, they cannot possibly enter the top five. No, from their paper strength, they are basically at the bottom!"

Zhu Tong’s gaze was dark. Thinking of the situation reported by the spies from East Ridge Camp, he coldly chuckled a few times.

East Ridge’s strength is indeed good, but it is mainly concentrated in the higher levels, namely the Cold Resistance Level and Earth-digging Realm Limit. Among these levels are promising young talents, but they are mostly over twenty.

Under-fifteen talents, East Ridge only has two, and they are originally from Baisong Camp, with basic strength just at eighteen thousand pounds.

This level of strength doesn’t even compare with Zhu Ling, let alone the other six families.

Zhu Tong thought of this, looked at his second brother Zhu Da, and asked solemnly, "Make sure Bai Xu and the others are all ready, East Ridge isn’t to be feared, but the other families do have some promising seedlings. Be careful not to let the ship capsize in a ditch."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Da immediately nodded, "You’re worrying too much, leader. I estimate Bai Xu doesn’t even need to act. Among the five, the weakest one, Liu Yan, already has a basic strength of twenty-one thousand pounds. There’s no need for combat skills; pure strength is enough to crush the other seven families!"

"Don’t be careless, better safe than sorry. Hong Fan’s youngest son, Hong Yang, has quite some strength, and Bai Yuan and Long River each have two promising seedlings. If possible, I hope none of the other seven families win even a single match."

Upon hearing Zhu Tong’s last words, Zhu Da was momentarily stunned but quickly realized that his elder brother intended to use this martial arts competition to intimidate the other seven families, and immediately nodded heavily, saying, "If that’s the case, then I’ll prepare 5 Blood Qi Pills for each of Bai Xu and the others, with special instructions. We should be able to achieve this!"

The eight-camp martial arts competition adopts an arena system. Each family sends five people, with a total of three arenas. Three contenders are randomly selected by drawing lots to be the masters of the arenas first, and the remaining participants have two opportunities to challenge the arenas. The first three masters have only one chance after stepping down from the arena. Participants who exhaust their arena-challenging opportunities are eliminated.