Chapter Nineteen: Killing the Bear

  "Get out here and die!"

  As soon as he stepped into the small canyon, Ning Chong shouted loudly.

  Roar!

  A loud roar, a pungent wind swept in, and a black bear nearly two meters high rushed out of the depths of the canyon. The black bear's fur was shiny and black, standing upright like steel needles, its eyes were like copper bells, sharp claws, bloody mouth, extremely ferocious and cruel.

  Having fought dozens of battles big and small with Ning Chong, this beast had long been familiar with Ning Chong's voice. As soon as it heard Ning Chong's shout, it immediately roared in anger and charged over, causing the ground to tremble slightly under its massive body.

  The black bear was indeed extremely angry, its powerful body and thick skin defense were very fierce, it had been the overlord of this area for many years. Now, however, it was being repeatedly provoked by a tiny human, if not for the fact that the human escaped quickly and the bear was wary of the earth dragon fruit behind it, it would have chased and killed the little human to the ends of the earth and devoured it whole.

  Now, the human has come to challenge again, the black bear's patience has reached its limit, and its not-so-bright brain is fiercely calculating, this time it must thoroughly tear apart this human.

  Roar!

  A black bear rushed towards Ning Chong, suddenly stood up on its hind legs and slapped down with a huge paw.

  "Good riddance! Rolling stones and crashing thunder!"

  A strong gust of wind hits him in the face, making his skin ache, but Ning Chong remains calm and unhurried. With a swift motion, he seals off with his right arm and supports himself with his left arm below, maintaining a stable posture while cleverly shifting positions.

  Bang!

  "Rolling Stone Blast" is a technique in "Rolling Stone Fist", which belongs to the clever force defense. After Ning Chong performs it, both arms produce a bursting force that instantly repels the black bear's several thousand jin of force, causing its palm attack to fall empty.

  Personally experiencing it, although his arm was still numb from the bear's force, he no longer felt as desperate as a few days ago. Ning Chong had more confidence in his heart, quickly moving his body, lowering his head and dodging, easily avoiding another bear palm attack.

  He then spread his arms, with both fists overlapping in front of him. The vital energy from his lower abdomen was sent forth and sank into his fists, immediately followed by a burst of fist shadows.

  Clap Clap Clap Clap——!

  Ning Chong's fists were like rolling stones, one fist followed another, each move followed by another, swift as the wind, fierce as thunder. A flurry of punches enveloped the black bear's head and chest, perfectly demonstrating the essence of the Rolling Stone Fist: "Fists emerging like rolling stones, continuous and unrelenting".

  Roar!

  Under the cover of a flurry of punches, the black bear suffered external injuries, with multiple parts of its head and chest being beaten until they were extremely painful. A large amount of its hard fur was knocked off. It couldn't help but become even angrier, its two paws like a pair of iron rods, bringing great force as it swept left and right in a frenzy.

  Unfortunately, Ning Chong had already figured out the black bear's abilities and knew that it was only good at defense and brute force, nothing else to be feared. He lightly tapped his explosive step, making small-range quick advances, retreats, and dodges, treating a pair of terrifying bear paws as if they were nothing.

  After another round of fighting, Ning Chong was shocked to discover that the black bear's head, which had taken the most punches from him, already showed obvious signs of swelling. The weakest nose even started bleeding.

  At the same time, Ning Chong couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart.

  For many days, Ning Chong had been fighting this black bear, always at a disadvantage. Ning Chong's fists, unless he used his ultimate martial arts technique, when hitting the black bear's thick skin, were simply like scratching an itch for the bear, and apart from stirring up a cloud of dust, could not harm the beast in the slightest.

  Now, Ning Chong only uses ordinary fist techniques to attack, and he can already cause damage to the black bear. This shows that his strength has made significant progress!

  After another round of fighting, this black bear that was once the master of Ning Chong's bitter struggle now lay as weak as an infant, being toyed with in Ning Chong's palm.

  "Considering you've given me a lot of practical experience, I'll give you a quick kill!"

  Ning Chong dodged the black bear's blind sweep once again, and his entire skeletal system suddenly made a "crackling" sound, after which his right arm suddenly enlarged by about one circle, and violently shook.

  "Rolling Thunder Cannon!"

  Waist drops, center of gravity sinks, all the power and explosive internal force almost simultaneously transported to the right fist, the right fist instantly produces a kind of swelling, blood vessels bursting illusion.

  Rumble!

  In the blink of an eye, a series of four loud cracks like thunder burst forth from Ning's right arm. The right fist he struck out with was imbued with the energy ripples that came in waves from his right arm, and it suddenly exploded outward.

  Boom!

  A loud explosion, Ning Chong's right fist easily broke through the black bear's paw defense, and a punch hit the black bear's head. The terrible explosive force and impact force instantly crushed the black bear's face into bone fragments, sinking entirely into its head. If not for this beast's skeleton and fur strength being extraordinary, this one punch would likely have blown the entire head to smithereens.

  The blood plasma shot out like an arrow from the black bear's ear hole, and then the terrible impact force on the fist did not disappear, but instead brought the entire body of the black bear flying backwards.

  This black bear weighs over 800 catties, but now it's flying out like a paper bag! It can be seen that Ning Chong's punch is powerful!

  "Hmm..."

  Ning Chong let out a long breath, gazing at his right fist with excitement. The power of this punch even exceeded his imagination.

  It's just that the cultivation has been upgraded by one level, and the actual strength has increased so much! No wonder in the martial arts world, the level of cultivation is always the most important thing, it is the most important standard to measure a martial artist's strength!

  Ning Chong killed the black bear, only cutting open its head and fortunately found an inner elixir, abandoning all the rest of the black bear.

  It's not that the other parts of the black bear are worthless, but rather that its body is too large and the valuable parts are also too big to carry, making it extremely inconvenient. If Ning Chong wants to continue cultivating in the forest, he will have no choice but to give up.

  Having received the inner elixir, Ning Chong walked several steps into the depths of the canyon.

  Although he was very familiar with the environment of this small valley, he still couldn't help but be dazzled by the bright and shiny object in front of him. More than ten steps ahead, a leafless plant grew conspicuously, about one person tall, shaped like a python.

  On the "dragon horn" of this "basilisk", a fruit as big as a human fist, fire red in color, is hanging, just like a bright lantern. This fruit is a nearly ripe pitaya.

  Before approaching the dragon fruit, Ning Chong had already caught a whiff of its intoxicating sweet fragrance, and he couldn't help but nod his head.

  According to the "Tian Cai Di Bao Zhi", this sweet fragrance is a sign that the Dilong fruit is about to ripen. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it will be fully ripe in just two or three days. The timing of killing this black bear by myself is also extremely timely.

  Ning Chong was deep in thought, wondering if he should wait for two or three more days until the Earth Dragon Fruit was fully ripe before using it. Just then, he suddenly heard the sound of a sharp object piercing through the air, and his back felt a chill run down it, as if he had been locked onto by some kind of deadly threat.

  No time to think much, Ning Chong swiftly bent forward with a fold of his waist, using the solid foundation he had built up over many years of bitter practice to execute an evasive maneuver in the shortest possible time.

  At a critical moment, danger reached its peak, and three arrowheads with cold light flashed by, brushing against Ning Chong's scalp.