"Bear, bear! People say bears are cowardly, and when they meet an animal they can't beat, all they do is run. Looks like even after becoming a monster, you haven't shed your bear nature!"
Sun Wukong had been standing at the entrance to the cave, hurling insults like this for nearly half an hour. The Black Bear Spirit had enraged him badly, and these few insults were nowhere near enough to make him feel any better.
But Sun Wukong didn't dare simply charge into the Black Bear Spirit's cave. Although it looked perfectly ordinary from the outside, there might be some danger inside, and even he, Sun Wukong, could end up trapped.
For half an hour, Sun Wukong had hurled nearly every insult he knew, but there had been no response from inside the cave. The Black Bear Spirit seemed not to have heard him at all.
"You bear, you've made your Grandpa Sun furious! Get out here and face your death! Otherwise, your Grandpa Sun will smash your cave, then kill all your bear cubs and grandcubs!"
"Bimawen, keep cursing. I'll finish eating first." At last, someone inside the cave answered, but the Black Bear Spirit seemed to be deliberately provoking Sun Wukong. His reply only made Sun Wukong fly into a greater rage.
"Bear, if you don't come out right now, I'll smash your cave!" Sun Wukong stopped cursing. His voice was much calmer than before, but Ye Chen knew he was truly enraged by that "Bimawen."
"Bear, I'm only counting to three." Sun Wukong spoke slowly.
"Three." The number rolled slowly off Sun Wukong's tongue. It was clear from his tone that this time, he was serious.
"Two." There was no response. Even now, the Black Bear Spirit inside showed no sign of coming out, and no