Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

However, despite this seemingly advantageous situation, Cai Qiuhu, tangled with the Beast Emperor Puppets, showed not a hint of joy; instead, his pupils were filled with gloom and alarm, evidently realizing something unfavorable.

“The Great Xia possesses fourteen Beast Emperor-level Puppets, why would Xia Hong only send five to deal with me? Is it due to diminished capability, or deliberate intent…”

Clang……

The green Beheading Blade sliced and flew past the Green-eyed Fire Suanni, then continually retaliated against the other two puppets; while this thought flashed through Cai Qiuhu’s mind, he glanced upward briefly, only to see Xia Hong staring blankly from mid-air, causing his breath to halt.

The answer was actually very obvious!

Father hadn’t truly injured Xia Hong deeply, so why would Xia Hong’s abilities diminish?

By deploying only five puppets, it’s clear he deliberately allowed Cai Qiu’s partial army to enter the gorge. What’s the purpose of doing so?

“Fire arrows!”

A high-pitched command came from the rear; Cai Qiuhu trembled violently, turning his head to look backward, instantly filled with rage.

A dense white fog had unknowingly engulfed the rear of Cai Qiu’s army, and as soon as the command to fire arrows was made, a black curtain of crossbow arrows emerged from within the fog, directly pressing down on the rear ranks of Cai Qiu’s army.

The enchantment forbidding deceit techniques by the Great Xia only applied to others, but the Xia Army could still use these techniques. This visibility-obscuring thick fog had appeared once before in East Valley City, a creation of Luo Yuan’s deceit fog barrier.

It turned out the Xia Army had already made their way over long ago, and had purposely remained hidden for so long, just waiting for Cai Qiu’s troops to partially enter the gorge. This way, with reduced numbers inside the gorge, the Xia Army, now with the advantage in troop strength, could charge in securely!