Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 657: Chapter 275: The Stunning Sword Puppet, Vindication, Cloud Dragon Army

Xia Chuan’s sword puppet is rarely shown in the camp.

Except for the Cloud Jiao Team, most people have only seen its static form in the Artifact Refining Workshop, and no one knows its exact strength.

Moreover, the sword puppet before us is significantly different from last year’s.

Last year’s sword puppet was over five meters tall, red in appearance, with an indistinct head and an open mouth. The ends of its arms and legs were equipped with four two-meter-long giant hundred-forged blades, and its limbs and torso were embedded with countless one-meter-long hundred-forged small daggers, like a layer of thorny daggers.

The new sword puppet before us is over three meters tall, golden in appearance, with each limb ending in two over-one-meter-long blades, specially forged and vertically assembled into a cross, forming a generally four-bladed tapered shape.

The limbs and torso, as before, are filled with daggers, but these daggers have shrunk to half the size, only slightly more than half a meter long.

Though the new sword puppet is smaller in size, under Xia Chuan’s control, its movements are clearly more agile than before. From a distance, it closely resembles a tall, slender human being.

However, its body occasionally emits a chilling light, full of oppressive force.

”Cross formation, four-bladed edges, is this still a sword?”

”It’s essentially a puppet. It’s different from us normal humans; it’s controlled by the Minister with strings, so whether it’s a sword or not doesn’t matter.”

”Thousand forged, look closely, those eight blades are all thousand forged level.”

”Indeed, the daggers on the limbs and torso are hundred-forged, but the eight blades at the end of the limbs are all thousand-forged level.”

”Thousand forged weapons aren’t cheap. Besides the leaders, hardly anyone else has them in the camp. With eight blades and all those hundred-forged daggers on its body, how much contribution value would it take to create this sword puppet?”

”Nonsense, the hunting abilities of the Cloud Jiao Team aside, just last April, the Minister led a force to conquer the three families in Longyou, earning probably over ten thousand contribution value. Now, he likely holds the most contribution value in the entire camp.”

”Tsk-tsk, over ten thousand, that’s really shocking.”

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Unlike the astonishment of the onlookers, the two individuals in the arena remained exceptionally calm.

Xia Chuan controlled the sword puppet to stand behind him, facing Yuwen Dao.

Although neither spoke, everyone could feel the invisible sparks flying when their eyes met.

This is quite normal.

In Great Xia, there has always been an enduring discussion surrounding Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao, without a definitive answer.

The question is, between the two, who is truly stronger!

In terms of talent, Yuwen Dao has an advantage in cultivation due to being a year younger than Xia Chuan; however, after breaking through the Cold Resistance Level, Xia Chuan’s basic strength is at six manes, slightly stronger than Yuwen Dao’s five manes, making Xia Chuan’s potential superior.

Looking at these aspects, their talents should be more or less equal.

Thus, the only distinction between them would be their actual strength!

The problem is, these two have never fought each other once.

Who is stronger has always been a hotly debated topic in Great Xia.

Another critical question derived from this topic is whether Xia Chuan is worthy of his position as Minister.

In the Ice Abyss World, strength is everything.

Here, ”virtue” naturally refers to strength.

When Jing Xian joined Great Xia last year, Xia Hong consolidated the Six Ministries and directly appointed Xia Chuan as Minister. This decision was met with considerable skepticism at the time.

Particularly among the people who came over with Jing Xian, Yuwen Dao personally may not have many objections, but Hong Guang, Hong Tian, Meng Yi, and others were quite resentful.

Even now, a small portion of whispers circulate within the camp, claiming Xia Chuan only became Minister due to being the leader’s blood brother.

Everyone actually knows who spreads these rumors, including Xia Chuan, who surely wouldn’t let these gossip affect him.

However, it’s not like he has no emotional reaction at all.

He is only nineteen, full of vigor, and faced with such doubts, how could he completely disregard them?

Ultimately, he just realizes these voices of doubt wouldn’t cause any concrete harm to the camp, so he chooses to ignore them.

If given the chance, he would certainly choose to prove himself!

At this moment, it’s a rare opportunity.

”Yuwen Sizheng, I won’t hold back today, be careful!”

”I’ve wanted to test Minister’s sword puppet for a long time. Now that I finally have the chance, if you hold back, I might have a problem with that.”

Yuwen Dao’s fiery response clearly showed that he also wasn’t entirely unaffected by the camp’s discussions.

”The Minister’s sword puppet is formidable, Dao shamelessly, takes the initiative.”

It’s not just the response that’s sharp, but also the action.

Swoosh......

As soon as the words fell, a Holy Pattern suddenly emerged on Yuwen Dao’s brow, as he raised the broad sword high and charged straight at Xia Chuan, his nearly eight manes strength propelling him forward with about eighty thousand pounds of force, like a small mountain. The friction with the air caused by the momentum alone was enough to turn the accumulated snow into a mist.

The snow mist raised by Yuwen Dao was so vast that even the sword’s edge hidden within was hard to discern, and people only felt a fierce wind approaching. In the next moment, they realized his body was already before Xia Chuan.

”Ignore the sword puppet and aim for Xia Chuan first, capture the leader first, clever strategy.”