Challenging the Limits of Living Things

On the east side of Tower Mountain, Xia Hong constantly groped along the rock wall, occasionally looking up toward the middle of the mountain with a flash of impatience in his eyes.

Soon, Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng brought two people each, running over from the north and south sides respectively.

"I didn't find the entrance on the south side."

"I can't find it on the north side either."

Xia Hong's expression sank. He had also searched the entire east side thoroughly, and there was no entrance to Big Stone Camp. Now only the west side was left.

After a short while, Yue Feng also ran over with Lu Yang and Qiu Peng.

"It can't be found on the west side, and there are no traces at all. It shouldn't be over there."

Xia Hong immediately knitted his brows tightly. The four directions of southeast, northwest, and he couldn't actually find the entrance to Big Stone Camp anywhere. How could this be?

"It makes no sense. The settlement of Big Stone Camp must be here on Tower Mountain. I heard my father mention it before. How could it not be found?"

Hearing Xia Chuan's words, Yuan Cheng nodded and said, "I also heard my father mention it. It must be here on Tower Mountain. We've searched the walls in all four directions and still can't find it. Can they fly into the sky?"

Hearing the words "fly into the sky", Xia Hong was startled at first, then looked up, suddenly experiencing a flash of enlightenment.

"So that's how it is!"

Tower Mountain was not like other mountains, which were shaped like pyramids. Instead, it was a straight, upright little mountain, with the top only slightly narrower than the very bottom.

Xia Hong's gaze also made the others react.

The group of people looked upward one after another, and the sharp-eyed Yue Feng was the first to make a discovery:

"Leader, there is a rattan vine here, and it seems to be connected to the top."

Xia Hong hurried over, took the rattan vine from Yue Feng's hand, and just gave it a gentle tug, immediately sending a few patches of accumulated snow sliding down from above.

"It's here. Follow me up, and be careful."

Testing the sturdiness of the rattan vine and finding no problem, Xia Hong immediately climbed up, and the nine people including Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng also followed behind him.

That five-meter-wide wooden board was simply too conspicuous on the snow-covered mountain peak. Xia Hong only swept his gaze casually and discovered it, hurriedly walking to the top of the cover plate.

"Ah..."

As soon as he got close and heard the faint screams emanating from inside, Xia Hong's expression instantly changed, and he hurriedly pulled a fist-sized black ink block from his embrace.

"Everyone come over, take out your stone axes!"

Seeing the nine people take out their stone axes, Xia Hong hurriedly used the black ink block to continuously smear the blade edges.

That ink block was very magical. It looked extremely hard, but as soon as it touched an axe blade, it seemed to turn into liquid. After coating all nine axes, only a marble-sized piece remained.

The black ink block was naturally the Fire Condensing Oil that ignited upon touching a weird entity.

Xia Hong drew his own small dagger, smeared the last remaining bit on it, then turned to look at the crowd, ordering, "Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, the two of you come down with me to check out the situation first. Everyone else stays behind. If I need your help, I will shout loudly. No matter what kind of thing comes up, you greet it directly with your axes, no matter who it is!"

Everyone nodded.

Xia Hong took a deep breath. He didn't understand the situation inside, so he could only arrange it this way first. He stepped forward and flung the wooden board open.

"Ah..."

"Shi Dong, have you gone mad? Don't kill me."

"Spare me, Shi Dong. Stop killing, stop killing."

The three-meter-wide cave entrance was revealed, and the endless stream of screams instantly became clear.

He really hadn't guessed wrong. Shi Dong was genuinely controlled by a weird entity.

Xia Hong leaped directly into the hole, with Xia Chuan and Yuan Cheng closely following behind him.

Entering the interior of the cave, a rich, thick stench of blood instantly rushed into their nasal passages and straight to their heads, causing the three of them to instantly feel a wave of nausea.

"Wuwuwu..."

A sobbing sound came from beside his ear. Enduring the discomfort, Xia Hong lowered his head to look, and it was actually Shi Qing lying on the ground, struggling frantically and aiming his gaze toward the bonfire, clearly signaling for him to go save people immediately.

His mouth was blocked by some unknown thing, and countless white threads were wrapped around his body. Those white threads weren't even binding him from the outside of his body; instead, they pierced right through his flesh to tightly truss him up.

"You guys untie Shi leader, I'll go save people first!"

The moment he entered the cave, Xia Hong had already seen the slaughter happening over by the bonfire. Getting the signal from Shi Qing now, he didn't dawdle at all, marching straight toward the weird entity that was having a field day killing over there.

Whether because it was blinded by killing and too excited, the weird entity seemed not to notice Xia Hong's arrival and kept slaughtering those ordinary people.

It wasn't until Xia Hong rushed to its side that it discarded a freshly severed head in its hand, abruptly turned its head, and glared viciously at Xia Hong.

"It's you little bastard again, repeatedly ruining my good deeds."

Xia Hong swept a rough glance around, his brows sinking abruptly as the anger in his heart instantly surged upward.

His anger, of course, did not stem from the weird entity's cursing.

His anger stemmed from the people, from the corpses, from the countless severed limbs around the bonfire, and from those ordinary humans who had suffered heavy casualties and were struggling and wailing in pain on the ground.

With just a rough scan, Xia Hong estimated that nearly a hundred people had died.

Among the dead were men and women, adults and children.

Even infants who were still nursing at the breast were present.

Many people who had suffered fatal wounds were still wailing on the ground, watching as their breath went out more than it came in, basically waiting to die. Xia Hong even noticed that someone cut in half from the waist, their face filled with fear and pain, was still continuously struggling on the ground.

Those who were killed with a direct single blow appeared quite fortunate by comparison.

Xia Hong clenched his fists tight, the anger in his chest continuing to swell.

Although it was only the second time he had witnessed weird entities committing atrocities, the scene this time was far bloodier, more terrifying, and more ruthless than the one the Great Xia Camp had experienced previously.

These weird entities that attacked humans indiscriminately possessed not a shred of emotion, let alone any conscience.

Their very existence simply challenged the bottom line of living creatures.

The previous deaths of Xia Ding and the Lumber Team members, coupled with those seventy-two lives slaughtered by weird entities when the camp was first attacked, added together with the horrifying scene unfolding before his eyes at this moment.

All kinds of old and new hatreds intertwined, filling Xia Hong with towering fury. Looking at the Shi Dong controlled by the weird entity, he spoke almost through clenched teeth:

"Abomination, I know you like to hide behind the scenes. You had better pray you aren't caught by me. Once I catch you, I will surely place you on a torch to be roasted day and night until you are burned to cinders!"

Xia Hong knew that the Shi Dong before him was not the true form of the weird entity.

Therefore, after finishing this speech, he stopped chattering. Drawing the small dagger at his waist, he approached the weird entity in the blink of an eye.

Hearing Xia Hong's words, the weird entity's expression had already been pitch-black and gloomy. Seeing Xia Hong charge over at that moment, it grew even more violently enraged, pointing both hands directly at him and shooting out several strands of transparent white thread.

The moment Xia Hong saw the white threads, he remembered that Shi Qing had just been bound by these exact threads. Knowing he couldn't be careless, he sidestepped to dodge a few, then immediately raised his dagger upright, slashing it across a white thread closest to himself.

Screech...

To his pleasant surprise, the moment the dagger touched the white thread, sparks flew in all directions.

Xia Hong immediately realized that this white thread also possessed the attributes of a weird entity.

With this realization, he no longer had any burden. Raising his dagger horizontally, he stopped dodging and continuously slashed apart the white threads rushing toward him, reaching the front of the weird entity in just three or four breaths.

"I'll collect some interest first. Abomination, wait for it, you will die by my hands sooner or later!"

With eyes wide with fury, Xia Hong swept his dagger horizontally through the air.

Although he had just broken through to the Earth Excavation Realm and his basic strength was only a little over ten thousand catties, the Great Battle Fist Style combined with a weapon allowed Xia Hong to unleash terrifying force exceeding his basic strength by twenty percent.

This single knife strike cut through everything like withered weeds and dry wood.

The weird entity, which had hastily raised its arms in defense, was directly sliced open—arms and head alike. Because the force was too great, after its head flew off, the rest of its body parts hadn't even fallen over yet.

A full four or five breaths passed before the neck area stained with the Fire Condensing Oil slowly ignited a tiny flame.

The little flame gradually spread, burning fiercer and fiercer, perfectly mirroring the towering fury burning in Xia Hong's heart at that moment.

Still begging for follow-up reads. Let's try to charge upward as much as possible in the second round. We're getting close to a thousand. Thanks to the brothers who have accompanied me during this period. I know that readers don't feel quite satisfied during the new book period, and thank you all for patiently coming in every day. Still saying the same thing: once this period passes, I will erupt. I only ask that everyone gives it their all during the new book period, hoping to continue advancing in the second round and charge upward. Thank you!!!