Chapter 159: Ambushing the Giant Bear, Exit Blocked

The location of the Giant Bear’s cave was quite far from the Spirit Snake Cave, but it was also close to the Inner Zone.

After more than four hours of flying, they finally arrived outside a huge cave.

“Master, this is the Giant Bear’s cave. The Spirit Spring is in its deepest part.”

Luo Yunbing checked the map in her hand before confirming it.

“Master, the Giant Bear inside must be quite powerful. Let me go lure it out.”

Luo Yunbing felt the aura coming from the cave as she spoke.

After all, the fighting was up to the master; surely luring the monster shouldn’t fall to him as well.

“No need, Number Three. You’ve grown much stronger, but you still can’t handle the Demon Beast in there. I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

Qin Xiao refused. He would enter the cave himself.

He saw it differently. Why lure the bear out? The confined space inside would give him an advantage. Such a huge bear would have less room to move.

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Qin Xiao walked alone into the cave.

This time, Qin Xiao did not dare to be careless. He carefully crept inside. If he could pull off a sneak attack, that would be best; even if he couldn’t, he could still seize the initiative and keep the Giant Bear from preparing in advance.

The entrance was large and dry, without the usual damp gloom. The bear knew how to choose a home. Otherwise, wouldn’t it get rheumatism from sleeping there so long?

Because the entrance was large, the lighting was decent, allowing him to see quite far inside. However, the cave did not run in a straight line, and he soon reached a corner.

Qin Xiao adjusted his body weight and floated above the ground so he would not accidentally kick a stone. That was a mistake to avoid: he had seen far too many scenes on television where someone bumped into this or kicked that and gave themselves away.

Although Qin Xiao didn’t know if the Giant Bear could sense his killing intent, he cleared his mind of distractions anyway. What if it could? Who knew? Caution was never wrong.

The cave did not narrow as he went deeper. It seemed the Giant Bear had cleared out the space itself, as the stone walls on both sides were covered in claw marks.

After several more turns, he reached the end of the cave. It opened into a chamber at least the size of a football field and nearly a hundred meters high. At last, Qin Xiao saw the Giant Bear.

“Good grief, so big? No wonder the entrance is over thirty meters high.”

Looking at the Giant Bear sprawled out like a small mountain, Qin Xiao was startled.

The Spirit Medicine Valley secret realm was truly extraordinary. The Demon Beasts here were massive, far outstripping those in the Abyss Secret Realm.

Since the Giant Bear was still fast asleep, Qin Xiao had no desire to wake it. Stealing the contents quietly would be ideal.

Qin Xiao slowly elevated his body, searching for the Spirit Spring.

From higher up, he soon spotted the Spirit Spring. It was right in front of the bear’s mouth. Read the latest chapters at nоvelping.com.

“Well, this bear is smart. Anyone trying to steal from it has to walk right up to its jaws, where it can swallow them whole with a single bite.”

Qin Xiao abandoned the idea of stealing it quietly. The risk was too great; one careless mistake could bring him down.

“I’ll have to attack. Maybe I can injure it with one blow before it wakes up. That’ll help in the fight afterward.”

Qin Xiao quietly moved behind the bear. His High Grade Spirit Weapon had trouble even piercing an ordinary Nascent Soul Spirit Snake’s defenses; it would probably be useless here. He thought of a dirty trick.

“Heh heh, it really is a male bear.”

Qin Xiao had spotted the bear’s critical weak point.

“If I punch there with all my strength, both its balls should burst. That’ll cut its fighting strength by more than half.”

His mind made up, Qin Xiao took his stance and twisted his upper body. He had to put everything into this punch.

With all his power gathered, Qin Xiao put his whole body behind the punch. His fist flew toward the bear’s weak spot like a meteor hammer.

A miserable howl pierced the quiet cave.

The Giant Bear woke from its sleep. For an instant, it felt as if it had seen its great-grandmother.

The intense pain caused it to leap straight up, its massive body slamming into the cave ceiling and sending loose stones tumbling down.

“What is Master doing? What’s that sound?”

Lin Shimeng was worried. She did not know what was happening, but that cry sounded painful.

“That has to be Master making a move. He’s beating that bear up, of course it hurts.”

Luo Yunshuang looked entirely unconcerned.

Inside, the bear lay curled on the ground, writhing back and forth. The pain left it unable to think about anything else.

“Now’s my chance.”

Qin Xiao’s first reaction wasn’t to deliver a follow-up strike, but to harvest the Spirit Liquid from the spring.

Fortunately, Qin Xiao’s storage space could collect Spirit Liquid. He used its collection function on the pool, which held countless drops.

He did not take it all. He collected most of the liquid and left a third for the bear.

Draining it would ruin the pool and dry up the Spirit Spring. Qin Xiao did not know why; he had only learned this on the way here.

As long as some remained, the Spirit Spring would keep dripping Spirit Liquid. Qin Xiao could have taken nine-tenths, but he was stealing from someone else. He ought not be too ruthless. Find the original chapter at novelping(.)com.

The moment the Spirit Liquid was taken, the Giant Bear snapped out of its daze. No matter how much it hurt, it could not allow the treasure to be stolen. Enduring the agony, it lunged toward the only exit.

By the time Qin Xiao turned to leave, the Giant Bear had already blocked the way out.

“Die. Die. Die.”

The Giant Bear spat out three words, glaring at Qin Xiao with bloodshot eyes.

“Huh? It can speak human words?”

Qin Xiao was somewhat surprised to hear the beast utter the word.

“If I said this was all a misunderstanding, would you believe me?”

With the exit blocked, Qin Xiao was losing his nerve.

His full-strength punch had apparently failed to burst the bear’s balls. Its body was far tougher than he had expected; it might give him a beating if they fought.

That was why he had rushed to steal the liquid rather than strike again. The bear’s defenses were stronger than he had expected.

Its balls had not burst, but they had taken serious damage. Otherwise, the bear would not have howled in such pain.

“Die.”

The Giant Bear ignored his words, repeating the single word.

“How about this, I’ll return the Spirit Liquid and we call it even. Deal?”

Qin Xiao tried again.

“Die.”

The Giant Bear gave the same response.

“Ah, so you don’t really know how to talk; you just know one word. Who taught you that? Couldn’t pick up anything nice.”

The bear was not going to let him leave, so Qin Xiao stopped worrying about it. He was faster; it might not be able to hit him. If he saw an opening, he would run.

And so, man and beast stood locked in a stalemate.

Qin Xiao dared not attack first. The bear was too sore to move and was slowly recovering, so it did not attack either. It only had to block the exit until it recovered; then it would kill the human before it.