Chapter 127

There were fifteen people walking out of the bamboo forest.

After seeing the appearance of the fifteen people clearly, whether it was Xia Hong, Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan, or everyone else present, no matter what their expressions were, their hearts all skipped a beat in unison.

"How are they all so young!"

"And, they are all wearing animal skin clothes."

Judging only from their appearance, the ages of these fifteen people in front of them were actually similar to the two brothers Xia Hong and Xia Chuan.

Although Xia Hong rarely mentioned his age, under the spread of the first batch of people in Does Does Da Xia, who in the camp didn't know that he had just turned nineteen this year?

Xia Chuan was even younger, having just turned seventeen.

In a world like the Frozen Abyss where the average life expectancy was only about forty, the younger one was, the greater the potential meant; this was a well-known truth.

Xia Hong was not only the number one powerhouse in the current camp, but just looking at his age, his upward potential was also unmatched in the entire camp.

Even Xia Chuan, who had been taught by the Wood Puppet Ghost, couldn't compare.

And right in front of them, the fifteen people walking out of the bamboo forest were all similar in age to the brothers Xia Hong and Xia Chuan.

Not only that, what the fifteen people were wearing was not animal skin skirts, but a full set of clothes. Even the young man in the lead who had just questioned the crowd was wearing an animal skin coat that was golden-brown, not knowing what kind of cold beast it came from.

"I am Xia Hong, leader of the Does Does Da Xia camp in Red Wood Ridge. It was indeed us who drove the gnaw-rat pack into the bamboo forest just now, but as far as we know, there are no other human camps in the arrow-bamboo forest. May I ask, friends, which camp are you from?"

While Xia Hong was speaking, he also lit a torch, and then brought Xia Chuan, Zhao Long, and the other four, who were also holding torches, to move closer to those people together.

If someone were to put their hand on his back at this moment, they would find it covered in cold sweat, and at the same time, his body was constantly trembling at an extremely subtle frequency.

There was no way; it was painful!

Although the sole of his foot that had just been pierced through by the rat king had already been applied with golden sore powder, it was not an ordinary injury after all, so naturally, it wouldn't recover so quickly.

"Does Does Da Xia?"

"A leader in the Earth-Digging Realm, really weak."

"There are quite a lot of people, though."

Hearing a few contemptuous taunts coming from the crowd opposite, the four Xia Chuan, who were holding torches, immediately sank their faces. Xia Hong himself didn't feel much, but he quickly analyzed the information contained in the other party's words.

The other party had mentioned Old Lu before, and also knew about the Luo Ge camp. If nothing went wrong, Lu He should have brought the entire Lu Shang camp and merged it into the camp where these fifteen people were.

Fifteen people in the Earth-Digging Realm, and everyone was wearing ready-made clothes, and they were carrying longbows, walking out of the arrow-bamboo forest. The strength of this camp went without saying, but what Xia Hong cared about most was the taunt the other party had just made about him.

A leader in the Earth-Digging Realm, really weak.

Combined with the casual tone of these people when mentioning the Hive camp earlier, it was not difficult to infer that the camp where this group of people was located should have powerhouses at the Cold-Resistant level or above.

Large, giant, or even more?

"Mirror Immortal Camp, He Meng! Xia Hong... leader, this arrow-bamboo forest already belonged to our camp three months ago. You brought people to drive the gnaw-rat pack inside; what is the meaning of this?"

The person speaking was estimated to be about two meters tall, with a physique even more burly than Xia Hong's, carrying a longbow and holding a wide-bladed saber.

As he spoke, he also walked forward a few steps. His voice was loud, and his tone carried a thick sense of oppression. When mentioning Xia Hong, it was obvious that he deliberately hesitated for a moment before adding the word "leader" at the end.

The fifteen people were only a little over ten meters away from Xia Hong. The leader, He Meng, was even closer, only five or six meters away, and the firelight had already illuminated their faces.

Seeing that the fifteen people were illuminated by the torches without showing any abnormalities, the heart that Xia Hong had been hanging finally let go a little.

Of course, to shorten the bow-making time as much as possible, as long as there was enough iron ore material, only three people were left in the mine to excavate, while he took the other three to race against time to make bows. Once the iron ore wasn't enough for four people to forge simultaneously, they would split people off to go down and mine together.

It was no wonder Xia Hong was careful. According to Luo Ming's statement, the ice-shuo trees matured once every four months, and the cold beasts would all pour into the arrow-bamboo forest during this period. Just this point was enough to see that it was impossible for there to be any human camp inside this arrow-bamboo forest.

These fifteen people who appeared out of nowhere, although this person named He Meng said that they had occupied the arrow-bamboo forest three months ago, who knew if it was true or false.

Not afraid of torches, then it probably had nothing to do with ghosts and monsters.

Of course, it didn't mean that nothing was wrong.

He Meng's aggressive tone, as well as the rather ruthless expression on his face illuminated by the firelight at this moment, clearly showed that he intended to pursue the matter of them driving the gnaw-rat pack into the arrow-bamboo forest.

"Since it only belonged to you three months ago, then it's even more normal for our Does Does Da Xia not to know, right? And it didn't cause you any casualties, so why be so aggressive?"

Perhaps it was because the posture displayed by He Meng's group was too arrogant that Xia Chuan on the side couldn't help but stand out and say a word at this time.

However, upon hearing his words, no one on the other side responded. The person named He Meng in the lead just swept a contemptuous glance at him, then remained silent, his gaze continuing to stare at Xia Hong.

Xia Chuan's chest swelled slightly, and a flash of anger crossed his face. The other party's posture clearly meant that he didn't deserve to speak and only wanted to talk to Xia Hong; how could he not know that?

Xia Hong reached out and stopped Xia Chuan, who wanted to continue speaking forward. His expression had already darkened a lot. He stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "An unintentional mistake. Since you insist on pursuing it, then there's no need to be so long-winded. Just draw the line directly!"

He Meng's eyes lifted slightly, realizing that Xia Hong might be about to give in. The contempt on his face grew thicker. He raised the wide-bladed saber in his hand, pointed it remotely at the gnaw-rat corpses on the ground behind him, and said in a rampant tone:

"Since you know you were at fault, that pile of gnaw-rat meat on the ground will be your apology to the Mirror Immortal Camp. Get lost honestly!"

So they were eyeing this pile of gnaw-rat meat.

Xia Hong's brows relaxed slightly. The other party's behavior, which extremely conformed to human habits, not only didn't make him angry but instead made him completely set his mind at ease.

Of course, setting his mind at ease was only because he had once again confirmed the other party's human identity; it didn't mean that Xia Hong felt the other party's request was reasonable.

However, before he could speak, Xia Chuan and Zhao Long beside him, and even all the Woodcutting Realm people in the Does Does Da Xia camp behind him, couldn't help it anymore.

"You're dreaming!"

"We hunted this with such hard work; why should we give it to you?"

"Prey that was exchanged for so many casualties, and you want it all?"

"Dreaming!"

"Lion's mouth wide open, shameless."

"Did you also get poisoned by the Vine-Dragon, and your brains are confused?"......

The gnaw-rat corpses on the ground were conservatively estimated to be forty or fifty, and adding those on the mountain wall slope and the top of the slope, there were at least eighty or more.

More than eighty pieces of prey, handed over on a silver platter, just because of these fifteen people from the other side moving their mouths; how could they possibly agree?

Xia Hong raised his right hand slightly to signal everyone to be quiet, then stared at He Meng's group for a few seconds, and a hint of unkindness also appeared on his face.

"You've heard it all, right?"

As early as when the crowd let out that burst of angry mockery, He Meng's face was already very gloomy. Upon hearing this question from Xia Hong, not only him, but even the other fourteen people, their faces suddenly became even colder.

Although Xia Hong was asking this question.

But how could they not know the meaning expressed?

The hundred or so people in Does Does Da Xia in the rear had already raised their bows and arrows one after another when Xia Hong raised his hand, aiming at them, plus these five people in the Earth-Digging Realm in the front.

Xia Hong's words were not just threatening them, but clearly telling them that this pile of prey on the ground belonged to Does Does Da Xia, and no one could take it away!

"Leader Xia Hong, let me tell you straight: Does Does Da Xia's little bit of strength is not enough to look at in front of my Mirror Immortal Camp. I advise you, the consequences of becoming enemies with my Mirror Immortal Camp are something you Does Does Da Xia cannot bear!"

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He Meng seemed to be adding a bit of oppression to his words. While speaking, he walked forward a few steps. After pausing, he raised his head and continued:

"How about this: leave half behind. This is the bottom line. We will act as if nothing happened, and you can go!"

Swish......

A galloping iron arrow suddenly struck, which was considered a response to him.

He Meng's body retreated a few meters fiercely. Looking at the iron arrow that was still trembling due to the excessive force on the ground less than a meter away from where he had just been standing, the expression on his face instantly stiffened.

"Get lost!"

This word, Xia Hong almost roared it at the fifteen people.

And as soon as he spoke, Xia Chuan and the others beside him, as well as the hundred or so Does Does Da Xia people not far behind, all followed suit immediately.

"Get lost!"

Tseng......

While the crowd roared this word "Get lost", they all raised their bows at the same time. The sound of more than a hundred iron arrows rubbing against the bow bodies mixed together; as long as one wasn't deaf, one could hear it clearly.

"Good, Does Does Da Xia has guts. Xia Hong, is it? My Mirror Immortal Camp has remembered you!"

When He Meng led people to retreat, he only dared to take four or five gnaw-rat corpses in the direction of the way. The degree of panic formed a sharp contrast with the arrogant attitude just now.

"Hahahaha, just this little bit of courage."

"There are over a hundred bows. They are at most in the Earth-Digging Realm. How much stronger can they be than that group of gnaw-rats?"

"Hahaha, I thought they were so amazing."

"Aren't they just fleeing in a sorry state? Hahaha!"

Everyone in Does Does Da Xia present couldn't help but burst into a roar of laughter.

Xia Hong continued to stand calmly in place. Even though he saw that all fifteen people had already burrowed into the arrow-bamboo forest, his expression didn't relax in the slightest. After a full minute or more, he turned his head and spoke to the crowd indifferently:

"Start cleaning up the prey. Also, be serious and careful. Collect all the scattered iron arrows that can be recovered; don't miss any!"

"Yes, leader!"

Everyone answered upon hearing the sound and all began to turn their heads happily to clean up the gnaw-rat corpses on the ground, as well as the iron arrows stuck on them and scattered on the ground.

Xia Chuan also re-carried Luo Yuan, who was on the ground, on his back.

Xia Hong leaned over to take a look and found that the blood hole on Luo Yuan's shoulder had already been applied with golden sore powder, and his breathing was gradually recovering, so he felt much more relieved.

"Big brother, the sole of your foot..."

Seeing the blood hole on Xia Hong's sole, a look of worry appeared on Xia Chuan's face, but before he could finish his words, he was directly interrupted by Xia Hong reaching out.

Seeing Xia Hong lift his hand slightly to signal to the arrow-bamboo forest in the rear, Xia Chuan immediately understood and nodded slightly, saying nothing more.

"Clean up slowly, don't show any signs of cowardice. After cleaning up, let others carry Luo Yuan and leave first, and the five of us will bring up the rear!"

"Yes, big brother."

After exchanging words softly, Xia Chuan immediately found someone to carry Luo Yuan, while he himself took a portion of people to the top of the north slope to clean up the prey above.

Although Xia Hong stood still, his gaze kept staring in the direction of the arrow-bamboo forest. Even until everyone had cleaned up the prey and iron arrows, he didn't move.

"There are eighty-three gnaw-rats in total; the iron-frame bows have no wear and tear; the iron arrows everyone has left, plus the recovered ones, total more than 2100; two died, plus Luo Yuan, there are eight seriously injured, all caused by the rat king's last red light; there are not many minor injuries, only a dozen or so people."

While cleaning up the prey, Xia Chuan also figured out the number of recovered iron arrows and the casualties, and reported them together.

Xia Hong didn't say anything upon hearing this, just nodded. Seeing that most people were carrying a gnaw-rat on their backs and had already cleaned up, he immediately spoke.

"Let's go back!"

The hundred or so people all set off on the return journey.

Xia Hong took Xia Chuan and the other four and hung at the back of the team.

"You four, stay away from the team and pay attention to the rear at all times!"

"Understood, leader!"

The four of them certainly understood the intention of Xia Hong's arrangement and immediately dispersed to the rear of the team, beginning to be vigilant.

In the Frozen Abyss World, the positions of camps all needed to be kept secret, especially when one's own side was still very weak.

Xia Hong didn't dare to gamble on human nature in a desperate situation, and he couldn't afford to gamble either.

(End of chapter)