Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1034: Chapter 368: The Hongguan Battle, Zen Gold Powder and Six Vajra Mantras, the Shortsighted and Foolish Eight Townspeople

Xia Hong smiled and said, ”How is it a big loss? At most, Jiangxia Town lost two thousand troops and a bit of Cold Resistance Level, not entirely, and the Eight Towns clearly don’t consider those in the Earth-digging Realm as people. They wouldn’t think they’re losing anything!”

Xia Chuan nodded his head but soon expressed confusion and asked, ”Aside from Jiangxia, the other seven towns indeed haven’t suffered any damage to their towns and won’t feel any pain, but now that this big battle has been fought and results are coming out, they haven’t gained anything either. So why did they send so many people to support Jiangxia?”

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Dao, Yuan Cheng, and Luo Yuan all fell into contemplation, obviously not having considered this issue clearly for the moment.

Only Xia Hong seemed to have sensed something and suddenly looked up towards the battlefield at the pass, his eyes revealing a gleam of insight as he said, ”Who says they got nothing? The Vajra Master has already arrived.”

The four of Xia Chuan were taken aback and quickly looked towards the pass.

Bang... Bang...

The distance was too far, and the four couldn’t see completely, but they noticed two golden lights fiercely clashing on the eastern side of the pass. Just from the massive commotion, they could infer the strength of these two individuals.

”The Vajra Master, Xiahou Zhang, again it’s these two.”

Xia Hong, worried about arousing the vigilance of those two at the Xianyang Level, didn’t dare to casually perceive the situation on the battlefield. But his vision was much stronger than the four of Xia Chuan. After seeing the appearance of the two at the pass and combining it with the news sent by Xiang Liang, he quickly identified their identities.

”Hongguan is the gateway to the North Shore; once it’s lost, the Xing River North Bank will have nothing to do with Jiangxia Town anymore. It’s understandable that they are unwilling.”

As Luo Yuan’s words fell, Yuwen Dao immediately shook his head and added, ”But it’s not just that. Losing Hongguan is like opening the doors of the entire territory of Jiangxia to the Dajue Temple. Do you think that with the Dajue Temple’s strength, if the Seven Towns don’t help, could Jiangxia alone block them?”

”What use is it if only Xiahou Zhang comes? He has already been defeated by the Vajra Master once at Qinghe Village, and naturally, the result this time will be the same. If only he comes, Hongguan will be lost for sure.”

Hearing Xia Chuan’s words, Yuan Cheng immediately asked in confusion, ”According to the Minister and Director Yuwen’s statement, Hongguan is crucial to Jiangxia! The other Seven Towns might not care, but what about Jiangxia’s Lord Jiang Yinglong? Is he just going to sit back and watch Hongguan be taken by the Dajue Temple?”

”You don’t think the Seven Towns would go to such great lengths, mobilizing a total of 180,000 people at Hongguan, just to lure out the Vajra Master, do you?”

Xia Hong suddenly turned to look at everyone, seeing their puzzled expressions, smiled and continued, ”Didn’t you just say that the Seven Towns haven’t gained anything until now?”

After saying this, he directly pointed towards the west, his eyes showing a hint of disdain, ”The Eight Towns don’t care about the outcome of the Hongguan battle at all. At most, Jiangxia Town is willing to put in a bit of effort; they only care about the masters Hongguan has attracted. If I’m not wrong, the Eight Towns, including Jiangxia’s Lord Jiang Yinglong, should all be there now!”

The four of Xia Chuan looked in the direction Xia Hong pointed, their expressions suddenly shocked.

To the west, it was unmistakably the direction of the Dajue Temple.

So that’s how it is!

The four showed a sudden realization on their faces.

”Hongguan is just a decoy. To them, 180,000 Earth-digging Realm soldiers mean nothing. It’s mainly to attract the attention of the Dajue Temple. The ultimate goal of the Eight Towns is still the four masters of the Dajue Temple, or rather, the deceitful monsters behind the four masters.”

”These people are too ruthless, just to attract attention, do they need so many lives?”

”There are five thousand Zen Temple Bhikkhus, five Great Chiefs, and twenty official bhikkhus here. The Vajra Master has already revealed himself. Over at the Dajue Temple, there are at most four masters right now; it indeed is a good opportunity to go over there.”

”Who says there are only four masters?”

After Xia Chuan said this last sentence, Yuwen Dao and the other two immediately reacted, and their expressions became remarkably marvelous.

”The Dajue Temple has at least over seven hundred official bhikkhus! Hongguan here is not their entire strength.”

Upon hearing Xia Chuan’s words, Xia Hong turned to look in the direction of the Dajue Temple, a flicker of impulse crossed his eyes, followed by shaking his head with a laugh, ”The Eight Towns are interesting. They want to seize treasures but are afraid of being exploited by other towns. They don’t want to join forces against the Dajue Temple, preferring to lose more people, just to figure out the strength first, short-sighted and foolish...”

This mocking tone indeed carried a bit of an omniscient perspective.

Xia Hong imagined that if he were in the position of the Nine Towns, he probably could only do the same.

”But it’s just as well; let them test it out first. If they really have the ability to kill those masters and destroy the Dajue Temple, it’s a good thing indeed. I’ll first see the skills of this Vajra Master!”

After saying this, Xia Hong shook his head and looked towards the pass.

The strength of these masters of the Dajue Temple was definitely not simple, let alone over seven hundred official bhikkhus there. If the leaders of the Eight Towns had such power to destroy the Dajue Temple, then he would be concerned instead.

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Hongguan Pass East Side

Amidst the air, Xiahou Zhang, wearing a golden robe with his left arm still in a sling, was floating, holding the Twelve-Hole Silver Ring Ink Silver Saber, angrily glaring at the Vajra Master before him, speaking in a deep voice:

”Vajra Master, the Dajue Temple has already taken over the Two of Villages of Jinbi Dragon River, and now you even want to occupy Hongguan. Surely you don’t intend to completely wage war against my Jiangxia?”

Below, the battle was still ongoing. The entire east side of the pass had been completely blocked by the Zen Temple bhikkhus. Jiang Yuanlong was leading the Defensive Army and the Seven Towns Cold Resistance Levels in a frenzied charge. Although they had broken through a small gap, they were not escaping but instead charged towards the north and south sides, trying to widen the gap, clearly intending to let more people behind them escape.

”Mr. Xiahou, once the war begins, blood will inevitably be shed. If we do not completely quell the arrogance of your Jiangxia, how can my Dajue Temple stand in the future? There’s no need for more words. Last time, you escaped by luck; this time won’t be that simple!”

At this moment, the Vajra Master emitted a golden aura all over, his words falling like a sharp judgment. His pupils condensed with murderous intent, and his two long snowy eyebrows gently tremored and instantly transformed into golden light, charging towards Xiahou Dun.