Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1669: Chapter 527: Mist Concealed Thunder Blade Luo Yuan, Qin Feng Spits Blood (2)

“Isn’t it just normal fog?”

Upon hearing his father’s words, Qin Shan was taken aback for a moment. He looked at the firelight in the front row of the Xia Army behind them, which hadn’t changed at all, and turned his head to ask directly.

“Forty thousand Xia Army, what’s the use of staring at that bit of firelight in the front row? Haven’t you noticed that after this fog came up, the surrounding sounds seem to have diminished? And how is it that the Xia Army, always trailing two kilometers behind us, manages to march in such perfect unison?”

Qin Feng’s face slightly darkened, and he directly shouted angrily.

At this moment, beside him were not just Qin Shan, but also six other Xianyang Level experts from Wuchuan, and eleven Xianyang Level experts from Caiqiu, including Cai Yuntong. Hearing his words, everyone immediately turned their heads to look back.

“No, this is too far. We must observe the Xia Army closely to confirm they are following behind us!”

Qin Feng looked at the increasingly dense fog behind him, his brows furrowing even tighter, and he directly issued an order before flying backward.

“Father, the Xia Army has the Divine Machine Crossbows, and there are several Xianyang Level experts like Luo Yuan with them. We can’t just casually get close; I’ll go with you…”

However, Qin Shan quickly stopped his father and turned his head to look at Cai Yuntong and the other Caiqiu people, a pleading expression on his face.

There were a total of 10 Xianyang Levels in Wuchuan, but counting his father, there were only eight present. With the two armies just two kilometers apart, if he and his father went back to observe the Xia Army’s situation, the five thousand soldiers below still needed someone to oversee them; they couldn’t all leave.

Cai Yuntong’s brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this, and a hint of displeasure flashed across his face. But remembering that it was his idea for Qin Feng to leave the city to lure the Xia Army into battle, he still nodded to the five people beside him.

Immediately, five members of the Caiqiu team stepped out and followed behind Qin Feng and Qin Shan, totaling seven people, flying over to the south side above the Xia Army.

Though they knew that Luo Yuan’s Central Army only had four elite units, Qin Feng and the others were unclear about how many Xianyang Levels were under his command. Given the failed raid on the night of the 26th, aware that Great Xia had many Xianyang Levels, Qin Feng dared not take any chances. He led six people, moving cautiously to the rear, wary of a sneak attack from Luo Yuan and others.

But at a distance of just two kilometers, as they used their perception to scout the Xia Army’s frontline while closing in, the seven of them quickly moved more than a kilometer to the south.

However, having crossed this kilometer, they grew increasingly uneasy. On one hand, they detected no movements in the Xia Army’s frontline, and the numbers seemed normal, but they couldn’t sense anything beyond and could only continue flying south; on the other hand, as they moved further south, the fog in midair grew thicker, not only obstructing their view but also beginning to limit their perception.

“My perception only covers less than two kilometers now, detecting just over ten thousand Xia Army. Beyond that, I can’t sense anything.”

“The sound is strange; we didn’t hear any marching sounds until we got this close. This fog not only blocks sight and perception but also affects sound transmission. It’s indeed not ordinary fog…”

The strongest elder in Caiqiu spoke up, and Qin Feng, following behind, also spoke, but his face already looked grim.

This elder from Caiqiu, called He Qianhu, had a strength of 18 Jun, comparable to himself. If He Qianhu couldn’t sense anything, naturally, neither could Qin Feng. But having thought one step deeper than He Qianhu, he already detected something amiss from the marching sounds.

“Let’s circle around from the east side to see what’s going on in the rear of the army!”

Qin Feng quickly made a decision, leading the group to circle to the eastern side of the fog, intending to check the rear of the army.

Whoosh……..

However, just as he moved.

A streak of blue lightning suddenly shot out from the fog.

It wasn’t lightning but a blade of thunder about to solidify, at a length of dozens of meters, suddenly bursting out of the fog and heading straight for Qin Feng’s face.

Clang……..

Qin Feng reacted quickly; as the blade of thunder struck, he swiftly drew his longsword to block his face, narrowly deflecting the blade in the nick of time.

The sword blade suddenly burst with intense sparks, and seeing the object that struck his longsword, Qin Feng’s pupils tightened sharply.

It was a narrow-bladed short sword with a jet-black exterior, the whole body flickering with blue electric arcs. Though less than a meter long, the pitch-black edge and the blue electric arcs on the blade unmistakably spoke of its extraordinary quality.

“The Barrier Blade from the Four Types of Xia Blades, it’s Luo Yuan…”

Just as Great Xia has always infiltrated the Northern Five Towns, over the past few years, the Northern Five Towns have also been steadily collecting information on Great Xia. Along with frequent appearances of Great Xia’s high-ranking officials in the Southern Slope Territory over these years, Qin Feng was quite familiar with the upper echelons of Great Xia.

The Four Types of Xia Blades—Yi, Barrier, Stranger, and Horizontal—among Xianyang Levels who habitually used the Barrier Blade, there was only one person, the Director of the Great Xia Hunting Department, Luo Yuan, who happened to be the commander of the Central Army in this Northern Expedition of Great Xia.

So the identity of this Barrier Blade’s owner was self-evident!

Qin Feng looked up at Luo Yuan behind the blade, seeing the other party’s young face, not even in his thirties, with both envy and a deep sense of awe and shock in his eyes.

“16 Jun, how can it be this strong, how can it be possible…”

According to their intelligence, Luo Yuan had only broken through to Xianyang at the end of last year, and his strength upon breakthrough was unknown, but by now, it’s been just over a year.

In just over a year, he couldn’t have reached mid-stage cultivation.

Even knowing about the Holy Pattern Bloodline and aware that Great Xia’s Martial Arts significantly boost strength more than other camps by up to 20% or even 40%, seeing Luo Yuan’s burst of maximum strength reaching 16 Jun, Qin Feng was momentarily stunned.

With a potential 30% boost from the Holy Pattern and 40% from martial arts, Luo Yuan’s basic strength was over 9 Jun.

An Xianyang Level who broke through just a year ago, with strength over 9 Jun?

How is that possible!

“What, does Lord Qin intend to turn and fight me?”

As Qin Feng was inwardly panicked and overwhelmed, Luo Yuan in front of him didn’t give him much time to react. He abruptly withdrew his blade, unleashing a large arc of electricity, then suddenly raised his blade to strike again.

Whoosh……..

Simultaneously, several beams of sharp light from swords and blades pierced through the dense fog, and the six people Qin Feng brought, Qin Shan and He Qianhu included, were immediately caught up.

“Xu Ning, Xiang Fuhai, Murong Chui, Helian Shan, Hong Tian, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, all of them are here, very good, very good…”

Counting Luo Yuan, Great Xia had as many as eight Xianyang Levels!

“Guide them to the south side…”

Qin Feng’s pupils slightly narrowed. In the moment of entanglement with Luo Yuan, he sternly indicated to Qin Shan and the other six, while he first guided Luo Yuan toward the south side.

Qin Feng didn’t bring six people here to engage in a death battle with Luo Yuan and others; his clear purpose was to spy on the actual situation of the Xia Army. With a well-defined goal, he had no intention of fighting to the death with Luo Yuan.

Using the fighting process with Luo Yuan, he continuously decreased altitude to observe the Xia Army’s ground situation while quickly moving southward toward East Valley City’s direction, wanting to see clearly the situation in East Valley City.

However, after descending only two or three hundred meters, his expression suddenly changed.

“No Xia Army, no Xia Army, you……”

Actually, he didn’t even need to perceive it. As Luo Yuan pressed on him step by step, the fog in midair dissipated rapidly. By the time he descended to just over a hundred meters from the ground, the fog was almost gone.

With the fog gone, he finally saw clearly that on the ground, the Xia Army consisted of only over fifteen thousand people in the front row, and the rear Xia Army was extremely scattered, with someone holding a torch every ten meters, clearly on purpose.

More critically, from the south side of the army, around East Valley City, came deafening sounds of battle…

Bam!

“Brothers, just a bit more effort, and the city gate can be broken!”

“The Tiger Leopard Army is already all over the city walls. Brothers of the Divine Martial Army, what are you afraid of? Quickly climb the Cloud Ladders; the walls are empty.”

“Charge in with me, break open the city gate!”

“Once East Valley City is breached, Wuchuan will be like a homeless dog. Quick, brothers!”

……..

“Hahaha, Lord Qin, don’t you find this mysterious fog of mine pretty good? Did you really think I was going to trail you all the way? Such a small city like East Valley, without your five-thousand strong army, is nothing but paper in front of my Xia Army…”

Luo Yuan, clad in black armor, stood high in the sky, laughing loudly, then suddenly changed his tone, speaking in a low voice: “After losing East Valley, unable to enter Wuchuan Town City, where will your five thousand strong army go?”

After saying this, he didn’t look again at Qin Feng’s stiff expression but directly lowered his head, commanding the troops below: “The whole army, retreat; into East Valley City, no need to follow them anymore.”

“Luo Yuan, you bastard, Luo Yuan, you deceived me, you deceived me, ugh…”

At this moment, Qin Feng suddenly came to his senses, his stiff face turning red. He pointed at Luo Yuan, yelling continuously, and was so angered that he directly spat out a mouthful of blood.