Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

57: Chapter 57 Solidified Fire Oil is Used Up 57: Chapter 57 Solidified Fire Oil is Used Up When the solidified fire oil was taken out of the iron refining furnace, it was only the size of a fist.

Although it appeared solid, a gentle force could liquify it.

Xia Hong wasn’t sure how many deceitful monsters one portion of solidified fire oil could kill, but he knew for certain that it wouldn’t be enough to test on all the five to six hundred people in front of him.

While Xia Hong’s mind was racing with thoughts, the stream of people rushing out of the room already reached the five of them.

The problem was, some of these people were real, and some were not, making it impossible to guard against.

The issue was that even the real ones were indistinguishable from the fake; they only knew to run towards the five of them, trying to hide behind them.

In this critical situation, Luo Ming couldn’t even spare a moment to mourn his eldest son’s death.

Leading Shang Ping and the other two, he had to distinguish the real from the fake while guarding against sneak attacks by the impostors.

“Move back, don’t come any closer!”

Seeing many people heading his way, Xia Hong’s expression tensed up as well.

He raised his stone axe, commanding those people to retreat.

It wasn’t out of a lack of sentiment for the people of Rogel Camp, but the key was, among these people, there were puppets controlled by the Wood Puppet Monster, and if he wasn’t careful, he could die.

Of course, he wouldn’t gamble with his life.

The real people were naturally scared by him.

But the fake ones couldn’t hold back.

Whizz…

A gust of wind came from his right side, Xia Hong’s eyes flickered, and he swiftly sidestepped to the left, swinging his axe horizontally to block the weapon of his attacker.

Clang…

On the left was an iron short sword, evidently a former item from Rogel Camp.

The sword, almost without suspense, cut through his stone axe and then aimed upwards at his chin.

“The strength of these puppets is Earth-digging Realm!”

The moment Xia Hong caught the stone axe, his face changed, not because of the sharpness of the weapon, but because the puppet attacking him was exerting a force almost equal to his own.

No time for shock, Xia Hong continued to retreat, avoiding the short sword aimed at his chin.

He jumped backwards, pushed off the door panel behind him, and then lunged to grab the person who had ambushed him.

Almost instantly, the solidified fire oil in his hand took effect.

“Ah…”

The one who attacked him was a puppet in the form of a woman, the flames from the solidified fire oil burned her fiercely, making her scream piercingly.

Yet even so, she kept waving the short sword in her hand, trying to stab the gripping Xia Hong.

Xia Hong moved nimbly, pulling the woman to the wooden wall, dodging her short sword while staying alert for other possible ambushes.

The solidified fire oil was potent, reducing the woman to ashes in a short while, and once the woman’s puppet turned to ash, the remaining flames would extinguish instantly even if they touched Xia Hong’s body.

The solidified fire oil, while igniting upon contact with deceit, was completely harmless to humans.

However, watching the solidified fire oil burn the woman’s corpse to nothing, Xia Hong’s face didn’t show any relief but turned more solemn than before.

A woman?

Around the camps of Redwood Ridge, even adult men couldn’t get any Cold Beast meat, let alone women; all the women in the camps were absolutely ordinary people.

But this woman who just ambushed him possessed the strength of the Earth-digging Realm.

What does this mean?

This means that the puppets manufactured by the Wood Puppet Monster already wield the power of the Earth-digging Realm!

“Leader Xia, we’re out of solidified fire oil, can I get a bit more?”

Luo Ming’s voice came, and Xia Hong turned to look, immediately feeling a tightness in his heart.

Shang Ping and the other two were still strenuously distinguishing between real and fake; each of the three had saved more than a dozen people, but the solidified fire oil on their hands and weapons was running low, and they were all carrying some injuries.

And Luo Ming, who was seeking help from him, was surrounded, even taking a blow to his waist in a sneak attack, blood continually trickling down.

Luo Ming, along with the three, had broken through to the Earth-digging Realm not just a day or two ago.

Xia Hong had observed before that all four of them had a basic strength superior to his own.