"As expected, the only 'shortcut' to rapid improvement is constant battle. Although I was a bit careless during the last fight with the Black Demonic Bear, when it went berserk, I really struggled to handle it. I never thought that insights from a single battle would allow me to improve so much. Even though my Cultivation Level hasn't increased much, my combat power has multiplied several times over. The me from before wouldn't even be able to take a punch from the me now."
After fighting the Black Demonic Bear again, Zhao Li was extremely satisfied with his progress, though a little helpless.
"It's a shame. I don't have any finishing moves, so it's hard to do anything to it."
Ten days passed like a fleeting moment, gone in the blink of an eye.
Every day, Zhao Li replayed the previous battle in his mind, absorbing the insights and cultivating.
The weather was nice today. Feeling that he had made significant progress again, Zhao Li once again had the idea of finding the big black bear for a fight.
This time, Zhao Li wasn't as reckless as before. Instead, he concealed his aura, preparing to scout out the Black Demonic Bear's lair.
Since he could already take down the Black Demonic Bear, the matters he had put off earlier naturally needed to be picked up again.
Zhao Li leaped onto a treetop and looked in the direction where the Black Demonic Bear had appeared. From afar, he saw a mountain standing tall, with water flowing down, a truly beautiful scene like the Milky Way Falling from the Ninth Heaven.
Taking back his gaze, Zhao Li rushed towards the mountain peak that soared into the clouds.
"This bear sure knows how to pick a spot!"
Standing on this mountain that looked like it was floating in the clouds from afar, looking at the swirling mist, like a scene from the Heavenly Palace Wonderland, Zhao Li couldn't help but sigh.
Zhao Li watched for a while, then concealed his aura and cautiously walked into the cave.
Going deeper, the inside of this cave wasn't filled with scattered bones like the previous Magical Beast dwellings; instead, it was very clean.
Soon, Zhao Li saw a huge stone bed covered with animal skins, where the Black Demonic Bear was sprawled out lazily.
"Something's not right with this black bear. It doesn't seem like a wild Magical Beast. Could it have a backer? I wonder if it's a Dou King or a Dou Emperor."
Zhao Li looked at the exquisite cave dwelling, which seemed out of place for a Magical Beast, and speculated in his heart.
"Looks like after this job, I need to keep a low profile."
He couldn't even take down a Fourth Tier Magical Beast, let alone a Fifth Tier, or even potentially a Sixth Tier Magical Beast.
Thinking back to his earlier idea that he could even kill a Dou King, Zhao Li found it a bit amusing. Indeed, a newborn calf fears no tiger. Without practice, there is no right to speak.
He had underestimated himself and the Black Demonic Bear's combat power. An average Fifth Tier Magical Beast or a newly promoted Dou King wouldn't dare to provoke the Black Demonic Bear.
"If I fight this bear again, even if I can suppress it and beat it, I won't be able to break its defense. Then it'll be fine, and I'll still have to leave eventually. I won't disturb it for now; I'll look around myself first. It would be better if I can get the treasure without anyone knowing, and also avoid being targeted by the beast behind it."
Zhao Li pondered for a moment, then prepared to search the cave.
Big Xiong's powerful Magical Beast intuition seemed to sense a malicious intent directed at it. It stopped sleeping, instantly woke up, and got up, just in time to see Zhao Li looking at it with his chin in his hand.
One person and one bear just stared at each other.
Trying to steal someone's things and getting caught red-handed, no matter how thick-skinned Zhao Li was, he felt a wave of awkwardness.
Zhao Li awkwardly waved at the Black Demonic Bear, greeting it.
"Hello, little bear. I've come to see you again."
Big Xiong let out a roar. What did I do to you? You keep provoking me again and again, and now you've even come to my house.
As soon as they met this time, it immediately entered a berserk state.
Zhao Li could even feel immense grievance in that roar.
As always, that palm-sized bear paw swatted over.
Although Zhao Li was awkward, he wasn't sloppy in battle, especially since he had made significant progress during this time.
Looking at that bear paw, and thinking about being swatted earlier, when had he ever suffered such a grievance? Immediately, Zhao Li used the newly learned Grappling Technique. In just a few moves, he slapped Big Xiong down, pinning it onto the big stone bed.
Big Xiong was stunned. When had he ever been swatted away by Zhao Li like this? How long had it been, and he had become so much stronger?
Big Xiong felt even more wronged. Ignoring that this was his own cave, it attacked Zhao Li frantically, either biting, swatting, or charging...
Zhao Li didn't know how many times he had swatted this black bear away, but each time it could still get up. Although it was disheveled, it didn't suffer any substantial damage.
"This BOSS doesn't show a health bar, I really can't do anything to it. I'm leaving, I'm leaving."
Looking at the cave dwelling that was mostly destroyed and not seeing any place where this black bear might have stored its collection, Zhao Li estimated that this black bear with a background had a Storage Treasure. He didn't want to get entangled with it and would come again next time.
Seeing Zhao Li leave his sight once again, the grievances of this period erupted. Big Xiong became listless, left the cave, and ran towards the depths of the mountain range.
Zhao Li naturally didn't know the black bear's whereabouts and was still summarizing his gains and losses.
"With my Stealth Ability, this black bear shouldn't be able to detect me. Otherwise, as soon as I arrived at its cave, it would have swatted me with a bear paw. It couldn't be that it's just big-hearted and not afraid of being ambushed, could it?"
Skill, First Row Confirmation, can exclude the correct answer from many answers for various reasons, activate.
Zhao Li naturally wouldn't know that the Magical Beasts in this mountain forest that dared to trouble Big Xiong had all been dealt with by Xiong Ba and were completely obedient, even having to offer cigarettes when they saw Big Xiong.
"In nearly a month, I've made rapid progress, and my combat power has almost been developed to the limit of my current strength. If my Cultivation Level doesn't improve or I don't learn new Dou Techniques, there's almost no room for improvement."
Compared to the rapid progress of the previous period, Zhao Li could sense that his progress was starting to slow down, and the effect of fighting the black bear was beginning to weaken. It was like fighting a boss in his previous life; he had figured out the boss's pattern and made a perfect strategy. If he could break through the defense, he could wear down the boss and kill it.
"More than half of the time my master left me has passed. Although it's not far from here, no one knows what will happen in the forest. I'll go one more time tomorrow. Regardless of the outcome, it's time to leave."
Zhao Li calculated the time and planned his next actions.
The next morning, Zhao Li came to the black bear's cave but didn't see the black bear, and his heart sank. After searching around, he only found some Medicinal Ingredients under the stone bed and nothing else.
"I have to leave! This big idiot didn't go to get reinforcements, did he? I need to keep a low profile from now on." Zhao Li left the cave, identified the direction, and quickly departed.
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Lang Youqin had been trembling with fear these past few days listening to the black bear's roars. Today, he received news from his eyes in the forest that someone had left the vicinity. He decided to take his subordinates up the mountain to check the situation.
Also on this day, Big Xiong passed through the territories of the various Beast Kings, rushing towards the depths of the mountain range. He met his father, Xiong Ba, and told him about his grievances. Xiong Ba immediately picked up Big Xiong, and with a few flashes, appeared at Big Xiong's cave, casually swatting Lang Youqin and his group to death.
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