Chapter 58: Condensing Fire Oil ran out

When Condensing Fire Oil was taken out of the iron smelting furnace, one portion was only the size of a fist.

Although it was solid, as long as you applied a little force, you could liquefy it.

Xia Hong couldn't be sure how many strange creatures one portion of Condensing Fire Oil could kill, but he could be sure that trying to test all five or six hundred people in front of him was definitely not enough.

While Xia Hong's thoughts were mixed, the flow of people rushing out of the room had already arrived in front of the five of them.

What's fatal is that these people are real and fake, hard to guard against.

The problem is that those real ones don't know who is real and who is fake. They only know to run to the five of them, wanting to hide behind them.

The situation was critical. Luo Ming had already ignored the sadness of his eldest son's death and, with Shang Ping and the three, had to distinguish the real from the fake while preventing the fake from stealing attacks.

"Retreat, don't come over!"

Seeing many people coming toward him, Xia Hong's expression couldn't help but become nervous. He raised his stone axe and ordered those people to retreat. It wasn't that he had no feelings for the people of Luo Ge Camp, but the key was that there were puppets controlled by the Wood Puppet Strange mixed in these people. If he was not careful, he might die.

He naturally wouldn't joke with his life.

Real people were naturally frightened by him.

But the fake ones couldn't help it.

Xiu...

A fierce gust of wind came from the right side of his body. Xia Hong's brows twitched violently; he leaned to the left to dodge quickly, his right hand pulling his axe to block the man's weapon horizontally.

Keng...

The one slashing from the left was a short iron sword, clearly an item from Luo Ge Camp before. The short sword almost without suspense cut the stone axe in his hand, and then stabbed from bottom to top, aiming at his chin.

"This strength, these puppets, are Earth-Digging Realm!"

The moment Xia Hong caught the stone axe, his expression changed. It wasn't the sharpness of the iron, but the strength exerted by this puppet attacking him was actually not much different from his own.

There was no time for him to be shocked. Xia Hong continued to retreat, dodged the short sword stabbing at his chin, jumped back with his legs, kicked hard on the door panel behind, and grabbed the one who attacked him with a lunge.

Almost instantly, the Condensing Fire Oil on his hand played a role.

"Ah..."

The one who attacked him was a puppet in the appearance of a woman. The flames burned by Condensing Fire Oil made her roar in agony, but even so, she still kept waving the short sword in her hand, wanting to stab Xia Hong who grabbed her.

Xia Hong swayed left and right, pulling the woman against the wooden wall, while dodging her short sword and being vigilant about the attacks of others on the side.

Condensing Fire Oil was still overbearing. After a while, it burned the woman into ash, and after the woman puppet turned into ash, even if the remaining flames burned on Xia Hong's body, they would extinguish immediately.

Although Condensing Fire Oil burns upon touching strange creatures, it is completely harmless to the human body.

But watching Condensing Fire Oil burn the woman's corpse to ash, not only was there no relaxation on Xia Hong's face, but it became even more solemn than just now.

Woman?

In the camps around Red Wood Ridge, even adult men couldn't get cold beast meat, let alone women. All the women in all camps were absolutely ordinary people.

But the woman who attacked him just now had Earth-Digging Realm strength.

What does this mean?

This means that the puppets made by that Wood Puppet Strange could already exert Earth-Digging Realm strength!

"Chief Xia, Condensing Fire Oil is used up, is there any more, give me a little!"

Luo Ming's voice came. Xia Hong turned his head to look, and his heart tightened instantly.

Shang Ping and the three were still trying hard to distinguish the real from the fake. Although the three of them had saved more than ten people each, the Condensing Fire Oil on their hands and weapons was already running out, and they were also more or less injured.

And Luo Ming, who was asking him for help, was surrounded by people, and even his waist was attacked by a knife, and blood was bubbling out.

Luo Ming and Shang Ping and the three had broken through to the Earth-Digging Realm for more than a day or two. Xia Hong had observed before that the basic strength of the four was above his own.

With his Condensing Fire Oil, the four had become like this, which only shows that the puppets mixed in the crowd of real people were really as he thought, all Earth-Digging Realm.

"Chief Luo, catch!"

Seeing Luo Ming's situation was not good, Xia Hong threw the piece of Condensing Fire Oil left from applying to the weapon directly to him through the air.

Luo Ming caught it through the air, quickly broke the piece of Condensing Fire Oil into four pieces, distributed one to Shang Ping and the three behind him, and then immediately applied it to his hands and weapons.

Condensing Fire Oil is indeed easy to use.

Those puppets who originally approached wanting to attack, as long as they touched it, they would immediately scream, even if they could exert Earth-Digging Realm strength, they couldn't get any benefit in the hands of Luo Ming and the four.

The supplemented Luo Ming and the four were like tigers with wings. After a while, they rescued dozens of people. Just like this, more than a hundred people had been distinguished by them behind them.

From entering the camp until now, the despair on the faces of the four had finally changed a bit at this moment.

Although the few people they saved were less than one-tenth of the total population, at least, it could be considered a little bit of recovery.

However, there were too many people, and Condensing Fire Oil was not enough!

"Chief Xia, give some more Condensing Fire Oil, we can save more people."

The Condensing Fire Oil in his hand had bottomed out. Luo Ming looked at Xia Hong with incomparable expectation, hoping he could take out another portion of Condensing Fire Oil.

However, Xia Hong's expression made his expectation disappear instantly.

"Chief Luo, Condensing Fire Oil is not something that is rotten on the street. I have two pieces in total, and I have used one just now. I will give you the last piece. Can we distinguish all the people behind? That Wood Puppet Strange hasn't appeared yet!"

Luo Ming looked back at the crowd in the wooden house, roughly estimated that there were at least three or four hundred people, and his expression turned ugly instantly.

He knew Xia Hong was right. Condensing Fire Oil couldn't distinguish so many people, and the Wood Puppet Strange hadn't appeared yet. Maybe the other party was afraid of Condensing Fire Oil and didn't appear.

Once they used up Condensing Fire Oil and the Wood Puppet Strange appeared in its true form, what should they do?

"Chief Luo, give up. Use Condensing Fire Oil to open the wooden house. The people outside are also very dangerous. If they have an accident, the situation will only be worse!"

Luo Ming clenched his fists, looking at the crowd in the wooden house and the group of people crawling on the ground not far away. Although he struggled, he still made a decision immediately.

"Shang Ping, apply Condensing Fire Oil to the weapon, chop open the wooden house, and let these people escape safely first."

"Yes, Chief!"

Seeing Luo Ming so decisive, Xia Hong felt relieved in his heart.

He was afraid that the other party would be indecisive and unwilling to give up the people in the wooden house.

There were many people in the wooden house, but they definitely couldn't be saved, and wanting to continue saving them would not only waste Condensing Fire Oil but also take risks. After all, how many puppets controlled by the Wood Puppet Strange were there, they didn't know at all.

And continuing to stay inside, the people outside would be in danger.

The wooden house that trapped them seemed to only be able to trap people at present, and had no other function, but the other four were unclear.

While Xia Hong was thinking, Luo Ming and the four had already applied the last bit of Condensing Fire Oil to their weapons, and then the four exerted force together, slashing at the merged wooden wall with their knives.

Kacha...

Just like before, the four knives all cut in, and didn't break the wooden door directly, but unlike before, after the blade cut into the wooden wall, a spark burst out immediately.

The sparks met those moving wooden walls, as if they were extremely excited, the fire situation expanded instantly, and the wooden wall was burned into a large hole at a very fast speed.

The wooden wall that originally wanted to continue to merge, touched by the fire burned by Condensing Fire Oil, was like facing a great enemy, didn't dare to continue to merge, but directly abandoned the part that was burned.

In this way, the wall was immediately burned into a fire hole with a diameter of four or five meters.

"All escape, hurry!"

Luo Ming gave an order, and those who were saved all escaped through the fire hole.

Xia Hong didn't rush out with those people, but checked the situation outside through the fire hole. Seeing this, his expression became anxious instantly.

"Chief Luo, hurry out and help!"

Xia Hong didn't care that the people inside hadn't left yet, shouted at Luo Ming, and took the lead to rush out.

Luo Ming gritted his teeth, originally wanting to stay in the wooden house to continue saving people, but turning to see the situation outside, his expression tightened, and he didn't dare to hesitate, immediately taking Shang Ping and the three, and followed out.

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