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Dead?","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-64",64,"\u003Cp>Although the wooden puppet demon had grown larger, its appearance still retained Luo Feng’s form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screams and roars did not make Xia Hong retreat; instead, they increased the force with which he drove the torch into the ground, and at the same time, the other five men also approached with their torches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five did not use their weapons to carve new wounds; instead, they walked straight to Xia Hong’s side and shoved all their burning torches into the cracks he had previously cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One torch had already produced a thick black smoke, but once the five additional torches were shoved in, flames instantly surged three to four meters high, and the black smoke rose in a towering column, wildly spreading upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black mist swirling around the wooden puppet demon gave off an utterly evil aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black smoke from the torches carried a foul stench, like the decay released after impurity had been purified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaaaaaaaa…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden puppet demon’s screams grew even more hysterical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even so, it refused to open its eyes, and the venomous voices within its body that could influence the mind had not ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghosts absorb souls and gather spirits; success means advancement. It doesn’t want to give up this chance to ascend! Big brother, don’t let it succeed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Yang Ning, Xia Hong’s five companions didn’t understand the words “absorb souls and gather spirits,” but they understood the rest, and their expressions tightened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six torches were indeed effective and inflicted heavy damage on the wooden puppet demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Budebushuo , compared to the Ninghuoyou  just now, the difference was still enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether because the wooden puppet demon’s body was too large or because its strength far surpassed that of the previous giant wooden puppet, the flames from the six torches couldn’t even cover its legs—rising no more than five meters before stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong was naturally the first to notice; Luo Ming was the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the torches couldn’t burn further through the wooden puppet demon, Luo Ming even turned to look at Xia Hong, his eyes filled with hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None left—if there were, I wouldn’t have held onto them this long!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong understood exactly what Luo Ming meant and shook his head slightly in reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Step aside—I’ll handle it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Yang Ning moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, at this point, only he could harm the wooden puppet demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning shouted at the five to retreat, then stepped onto the demon’s lower limbs and sprinted upward along its torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed and strength were astonishing; using momentum and force, he leveraged the demon’s body joints, and in an instant, he had raced all the way to its shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the wooden puppet demon still had its eyes shut, Yang Ning’s face twisted into a fierce grin. He raised his silver sword high and stabbed it straight into its left eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade hissed, dragging the air along its path, nearly solidifying into glowing light that shimmered in the night sky—clear proof of the power behind Yang Ning’s strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sword neared the eye, the wooden puppet demon, aside from its tightly closed eyes, immediately shot out countless transparent white threads from its five orifices, trying to block it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t force it to open its eyes and disrupt its ascension, you’re doomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning’s mind held only this thought—he ignored the countless white threads spewing from the orifices and thrust his sword forward without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssssssss…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those white threads couldn’t stop the silver sword at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless threads were sliced through, spraying thousands of sparks, dazzlingly brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword surged like a streak of light, closing in on the wooden puppet demon’s left pupil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just an inch away—the wooden puppet demon suddenly opened its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roaaaaaaaaa…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden puppet demon let out a deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Yang Ning before it or Xia Hong and the others on the ground, all could feel the demon’s boundless fury and madness from that roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This must be because its ascension was interrupted—that’s why it’s so furious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong had this thought flash through his mind; just as he tried to look up, a terrifying pressure slammed down from above. He instantly panicked and retreated swiftly backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden puppet demon’s original three-inch knife had somehow transformed into a massive black blade over ten meters long, its edge wrapped in black mist, radiating an overwhelming, terrifying power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its twenty-meter-tall frame and that horrifying blade in hand, the wooden puppet demon now resembled a demon god incarnate, chilling to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It merely lifted its blade and swung it lightly—yet it sent Yang Ning, sword and all, flying over a hundred meters, slamming him into the left cliff wall of the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the impact, Yang Ning had likely been driven five or six meters into the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Its ascension failed, but its strength grew even stronger!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hong, now ten meters away, showed a flicker of fear on his face. He turned to look at Yue Feng, Yuan Cheng, and the others, bit his lip, and shouted: “Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Ming, Li Hu, and Yang Ning, who had just freed himself from the cliff wall, froze at Xia Hong’s three words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, not just them—even Yuan Cheng and Yue Feng’s five men didn’t react at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was their leader telling them to flee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, their unconditional trust in Xia Hong caused Yuan Cheng’s five men to instantly discard their confusion and sprint after him toward the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This cowardly, spineless waste!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hu, who disliked Xia Hong the most, was now seething with rage—if the timing weren’t so dire, he would have slashed Xia Hong to pieces right then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such a critical moment, Xia Hong had turned and fled for his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Xia Hong had been particularly useful—but they had seven Earth-Digging Realm cultivators total. Losing one meant the remaining six bore even greater pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little brat, trying to run?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden puppet demon, which had remained silent until now, unexpectedly sneered as it saw Xia Hong fleeing. Watching his panicked escape, it seemed even its fury over the interrupted ascension had lessened somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, despite the mockery, the demon’s movements were anything but slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It raised its ten-meter-long black blade and slashed violently toward Xia Hong and his group. The black mist on the blade took on a life of its own, forming a black blade that hadn’t even touched the ground—yet its pressure alone carved a terrifying, one-meter-deep fissure into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dodge to the right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the blade descending above him, Xia Hong shouted a warning to Yuan Cheng and the others beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five all frantically dodged to the right; Xia Hong alone fled left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon’s blade followed him left—its target was clearly him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poom…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense force of the black blade struck the ground, sending up a dust cloud over a hundred meters high, instantly engulfing the entire valley and obscuring all sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten breaths passed before the dust slowly cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the scene inside, everyone’s faces turned pale with horror, their pupils contracting sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single slash had carved a trench seven or eight meters deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trench stretched twenty to thirty meters long; even the mere residual blade energy had cleaved through the pile of rubble at the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right, Yuan Cheng, Yue Feng, and the other five ignored the trench entirely—they shouted desperately, hoping for a response from Xia Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, after calling out more than ten times, no reply came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, Luo Ming sighed softly, a look of regret crossing his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exaggeration, from the moment he first saw Xia Hong at Hongmu Ridge until now—though less than a few hours had passed—this young man’s wit and courage had left a deep impression on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surveying all the camps around Hongmu Ridge, Luo Ming was certain that among the young men there, none matched Xia Hong’s caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought such a talented youth still couldn’t overcome his fear of death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Hong fled the battlefield, Luo Ming didn’t blame him—he was merely disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether facing cold beasts or demon spirits, once fear took root, death was inevitable. This was a shared understanding among leaders like them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Li Hu’s face broke into a triumphant, satisfied grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ning said nothing, only shook his head, his eyes filled with contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gleeeeeee…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The happiest one in the entire scene was undoubtedly the wooden puppet demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Xia Hong was dead, it let out an eerily chilling laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughing, it also retracted its black blade, slung it over its shoulder, and bent down to inspect the trench, eager to see the gruesome state of Xia Hong’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1474,"2026-06-19T20:30:15.201Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2a4d5a247bca2d28971b54f7afc53c19c9e1dafd24339e7243dbb18a098aeed2","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-65","endless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-chapter-63",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-winter-my-camp-infinitely-upgrades-cover.jpg"]