Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Although it could almost be said with certainty that the Snow Mane was asleep.

Xia Hong was as quiet as possible when he came down from the tree.

Once on the ground, he cautiously moved towards the south.

He stopped near an oval-shaped rock with a diameter of two to three meters.

After observing the surroundings, Xia Hong dug a snow pit about the size of a person by hand next to the rock.

After digging, he laid down to test the size.

Confirming it was okay, he walked fifty meters away from the rock and took out a section of black wooden stick that had been behind him.

This was, of course, no ordinary small stick.

Small Torch: One can be created for every 10 units of wood burned in a fire. It can be carried around and has a strong attraction to cold beasts.

I brought this with me before I came out, and I didn't expect it to actually come in handy.

"Whether it works or not depends on this thing!"

Xia Hong glanced back at the Ice Shuo Tree, stuck the small torch in the ground, then took out the flint and struck it twice, immediately sparks flew.

The front end of the small torch was white, and when the sparks splashed on it, it was immediately ignited, and a crimson flame more than half a meter high rose up, exactly the same as the flame that burned the strange monster to death in the cave earlier.

The moment the flame appeared, Xia Hong quickly ran towards the rock.

Running to the side of the rock, he quickly burrowed into the previously dug hole, and then manually pulled the surrounding snow over to bury himself.

After burying himself, he only left a pair of eyes exposed on the snow, and began to observe the torch without moving.

Xia Hong still had a lot of faith in the system's items.

After all, the scene of that strange monster being burned and wailing miserably was still in his mind.

But he didn't know how strong the fire's attraction to cold beasts was.

Would that Snow Mane be attracted over?

Xia Hong's question was soon answered.

Tap… tap… tap…

Before long, light, tentative footsteps came from behind.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near. Although Xia Hong didn't dare to look back, the tentative footsteps could already explain the problem.

Sure enough, when the Snow Mane with ice thorns covering its back walked past less than ten meters away from him, Xia Hong held his breath and didn't dare to move his eyes at all.

The Snow Mane's eyes were still stuck with two black arrows, probably because it hurt too much, causing it to not dare to pull them out.

Because it could not see, the Snow Mane's pace was very slow, almost stopping every few steps.

But strangely, the closer it got to the torch, the more excited the Snow Mane seemed to become, and the speed of its advance gradually increased.

It stopped suddenly when it walked in front of the torch.

It brought its face close to the top of the torch. It had clearly come into contact with the flame, but it didn't have the slightest reaction to being burned. Instead, as the firelight enveloped its body, its breathing became more and more steady.

It even had a bit of… a bit of…

A feeling of enjoyment?

On the snow, Xia Hong's two eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension.

The Snow Mane's face actually revealed an expression of enjoyment.

But as he observed the Snow Mane's body more and more carefully.

The expression on Xia Hong's face gradually changed from confusion to solemnity.

The crowd at the Great Stone Camp had not only shot out the Snow Mane's eyes, but its body had also been cut with many wounds by arrows and broadswords.

Although they were fifty meters apart, Xia Hong could see very clearly that the bleeding wounds on the Snow Mane's body, under the light of the fire, not only stopped bleeding, but were also healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even, Xia Hong had a kind of illusion.

The Snow Mane's aura was slowly increasing as the firelight shone on it.

This torch, can it heal cold beasts?

Can it also allow it to cultivate and become stronger?

In an instant, Xia Hong only felt ten thousand horses galloping in his heart.

He originally wanted to use the torch to attract the Snow Mane and make it continue to be active.

The Snow Mane was already injured. As long as it wasn't allowed to recuperate properly in the tree, its wounds would continue to bleed, and it would eventually exhaust its strength and die.

At that time, he could also pick up a bargain.

Unexpectedly, he had now sent it warmth.

Now, not only could he not pick up a bargain, but he had helped it heal its injuries, and he was also in danger.

Now that things had come to this, Xia Hong didn't want to think about picking up any bargains. He only hoped that the torch would go out quickly, that this Snow Mane would scram quickly, and that he could leave.

But just then, another accident happened.

Roar…

A low, hoarse beast roar suddenly came from behind.

The Snow Mane, which was enjoying itself, immediately turned around, its expression becoming incomparably vigilant.

Bang…

A cold beast that looked like a wolf jumped down from the tree and landed less than ten meters away from the Snow Mane.

The cold beast had a blue mane, was about two meters long, had a ring of barbs around its neck, a mouth full of fine fangs, and a pair of bloodthirsty pupils that first stared at the torch, and then let out a low roar at the Snow Mane in front of it.

"It's a Bone Thorn Frost Wolf!"

Xia Hong recognized the species of the cold beast at a glance.

The two most common cold beasts on the outskirts of Redwood Ridge: Snow Manes and Frost Wolves.

They had actually both appeared.

Xia Hong felt a little solemn in his heart. It was the first time he had encountered two species at the same time, and of course he didn't think he was lucky.

Obviously, with the expansion of Redwood Ridge, the range of activity of the cold beasts was also constantly expanding.

The Great Xia Camp was only about five kilometers away from here.

If these cold beasts were to go a little further out, they could break into the camp at any time.

If they were really found by these cold beasts by mistake, it would be no less than a catastrophe for the current camp.

Bang…

A loud noise pulled Xia Hong's thoughts back.

The Snow Mane and the Frost Wolf were already entangled together.

Obviously, even if the Snow Mane was blind, it was unwilling to give up the torch.

And the Frost Wolf was determined to get the torch, so the two naturally fought.

The Snow Mane's size was larger than the Frost Wolf's.

And as Xia Hong had seen, after staying by the torch for a while, the wounds on the Snow Mane's body had healed almost completely. The entanglement and collision with the Frost Wolf did not put it at a disadvantage for a while.

But once again, Xia Hong had a new understanding of the intelligence of cold beasts.

The Frost Wolf immediately changed its tactics after colliding twice.

It relied on its flexible figure to constantly dodge the Snow Mane's impact from left to right.

Sometimes it would even lie down and crawl under the Snow Mane's crotch.

And every time it successfully avoided the impact by lying down, it would use its sharp claws and the ring of barbs on its neck to leave a few deep wounds on the Snow Mane's abdomen.

The Snow Mane, which had originally been healed by the torch, quickly became scarred again. Green blood kept flowing out of the wounds on its abdomen, and the surrounding ground was dyed green in a short while.

This wasn't the end.

After a while, the Frost Wolf suddenly stopped clawing and didn't move.

Not only did it not move, but it moved in circles on the ground extremely slowly, and all its claws were retracted, only using its paw pads to walk on the snow.

This Frost Wolf had actually seen that the Snow Mane was blind.

Xia Hong's eyes, which were exposed on the snow, were full of shock at this moment.

If the Snow Mane's feigning death to lure the enemy in was because its will to survive had stimulated its wisdom beyond its instinct.

Then at this moment, the Frost Wolf's performance completely showed:

Cold beasts are truly intelligent creatures, and their intelligence is definitely not low.

This completely refreshed Xia Hong's previous understanding of beasts.

Finally, after circling a few times, the Frost Wolf seized an excellent opportunity, suddenly exerted force with its four claws, pounced from behind, pinned the Snow Mane under its body, and bit the Snow Mane's neck.

The Snow Mane struggled on the ground, and the tongue that had previously caused heavy damage to the Great Stone Camp was used again.

It was a pity that the Frost Wolf's speed was too fast. Even while biting the Snow Mane's neck tightly, it could adjust its position to avoid the Snow Mane's sharp tongue.

After stabbing frantically for more than ten times without success, the Snow Mane changed its strategy. After its tongue became soft, it wanted to wrap around the Frost Wolf and strangle it to death.

However, the Frost Wolf's neck was surrounded by a ring of barbs, and the sharpness of the barbs was no less than that of its tongue, so it couldn't wrap around it at all.

The two cold beasts entangled and struggled on the ground for more than a hundred breaths.

This battle finally ended with the Snow Mane bleeding, exhausting its strength, and dying.

The Frost Wolf got up, spat out two mouthfuls of green blood, the ferocity on its face gradually faded, and instead a bit of triumph appeared as it looked at the still burning torch.

It walked to the torch, put its head directly on the fire, and its face showed the same expression of enjoyment as the Snow Mane just now.

But soon it turned its head and looked around, its expression becoming vigilant. It first glanced at the Snow Mane's corpse on the ground, and then looked at the torch.

Almost without hesitation, the Frost Wolf tilted its head, picked up the torch, and ran towards the snow in the depths of the dense forest with an arrow step.

The Snow Mane was defeated and died, the Frost Wolf retreated, and the surroundings of the snow were suddenly silent.

Only a pair of eyes next to the big rock were full of astonishment and surprise at this moment.