Wandering Dragon Shows Its Might

Li Wei witnessed the entire process. After being struck by the bear monster's weapon, the hunter was instantly shattered into countless pieces like a broken rag doll. One arm, along with his head and entire body, was smashed into a pile of mangled flesh. Only the other arm and two thighs were ejected by the impact and landed in the grass.

From the appearance of the bear monster to the death of the hunter, less than a few breaths had passed. Only then did the others react, hastily drawing their weapons, but their hearts were already filled with fear.

Li Wei got up from the ground and carefully examined the black bear monster in front of him, which was as big as a small mountain.

Without a doubt, this bear-like monster resembles a human more than a bear. It also walks on two legs, and its physique is truly robust, with a striped tiger skin draped around its waist as a skirt. Furthermore, the weapon in its hand is clearly visible.

Li Wei gasped in shock; the bear monster was holding a massive spiked club.

The spiked club, though stained with blood, still retained the characteristic luster of metal, making it a fine weapon. What surprised Li Wei was, however, where did a black bear get such a weapon?

After the initial panic, everyone gradually recovered, after all, they were all reincarnators who had experienced the cycle of life and death.

"This bear monster is very strong, don't get into a prolonged fight. Let's split up and use guerrilla tactics. Xue Yan, you use throwing knives to attack it from a distance. Ideally, you should blind it!" Li Wei got up from the ground and immediately gave the order.

Everyone had been waiting for his orders, and they immediately began to act accordingly.

However, Mu Yuan, Situ Nan, and Zhao Kai, after their initial shock, realized that if they didn't kill the bear monster, they would all perish here. So they each took out their weapons and used all their martial arts skills to attack the black bear.

As for Li Wei's commands, they would absolutely not listen to them due to their sense of superiority.

Mu Yuan a disciple of the Hunyuan Sect, skilled in the "Three Spirit Crane Forms." This martial art was a set of leg techniques that combined both strength and flexibility, and was considered one of the more advanced martial arts of the Hunyuan Sect. He leaped up and his right leg flashed towards the back of the black bear monster's head. With a "thud," the black bear monster's body actually tilted forward.

"Brother Mu, what excellent legwork! Watch my Iron Sword unleash its power!" Situ Nan of the Iron Sword Gang, wielding his sword with both hands, unleashed a move called "Unmatched Sword Mark." Instantly, two sword lights imprinted themselves on the bear monster's chest, severing a large patch of black fur.

Seeing that the two were attacking smoothly, Zhao Kai of the Divine Might Escort Agency became excited. He also shouted and unleashed a series of sword flashes, aiming straight for the black bear monster's neck. It seemed he wanted to kill the bear monster with one strike. However, he didn't notice that after Mu Yuan landed, his right leg was already staggering, and Situ Nan's hands holding the sword were also trembling. There was serious wear on the tough iron sword.

Still caught up in the excitement, he swung his sword, only to feel as if he had struck a piece of pure iron. The enormous recoil nearly caused him to drop his sword. Just as he was stunned and bewildered by the sight, the black bear grabbed his long sword, and with a slight exertion, the steel blade shattered into pieces.

After crushing the steel knife, the black bear monster swung his spiked club and unleashed a devastating attack.

With a 'whoosh', the spiked club was already in front of Zhao Kai.

The latter was already terrified and at a loss for what to do, but at that moment, he heard a loud shout from behind, "Crouch down!"

The sound clearly had an effect; Zhao Kai hurriedly shrank back and fell to the ground. He only felt a cold wind sweep across the back of his head as soon as he lowered it. When he reached out to touch it, he found it was covered in cold blood. Zhao Kai was so frightened that he almost lost his soul; his palm was covered in blood.

The black bear monster actually shaved off a piece of his scalp from the back of his head, and in an instant, he screamed in agony like a ghost.

At that moment, a figure leaped past him like lightning and struck the black bear's elbow with a palm strike.

When Zhao Kai looked up, he happened to catch this scene.

The man struck out with a palm, which possessed an aura of overwhelming power, and wisps of white mist emanated from his palm.

"True Qi flowing into the palm? This... how is this possible?" Zhao Kai was so shocked by this scene that he forgot the pain in the back of his head. He knew very well that to cultivate true qi, one only needed a similar technique and years of practice to achieve it. It was not a difficult thing. In his Divine Might Escort Agency, there were at least a dozen escort leaders who possessed true qi.

However, once you have true qi, using it flexibly is not an easy task. Just like Zhao Kai himself, he has been in the Divine Might Escort Agency for seven years, and only a few months ago did he cultivate a wisp of true qi as thin as a hair. Don't underestimate this wisp of true qi; it is like a watershed moment. Without the assistance of true qi, the power of many martial arts cannot be truly exerted.

Even so, Zhao Kai knew he couldn't possibly channel his true energy into his palm, because it required not only strong control but also a sufficient supply of true energy. Otherwise, he would run out of true energy before even launching an attack, let alone be able to injure anyone.

Looking at the figure again, the palm struck the black bear monster's elbow, which was holding the spiked club, with a muffled thud. The black bear monster let out a miserable cry, and the huge spiked club flew out of its hand.

"This is possible?" Zhao Kai was dumbfounded.

But when he saw the man's face clearly, his expression became truly remarkable. This person, who had gathered his inner energy and knocked the black bear monster's weapon away with a single palm strike, was actually the servant from the residence of the Wandering Dragon Hermit.

After landing a successful blow, Li Wei immediately retreated. Although his palm strike had knocked the black bear monster's weapon away, even without its weapon, the black bear was still powerful enough to kill him instantly.

The black bear's arm was numb from the blows, and its weapon slipped from its grasp. The beast held a grudge against Li Wei. It roared and then opened its mouth to bite Li Wei.

It was incredibly fast, and in a fit of rage, it moved with lightning speed. Its sharp eyes and gaping maw were about to bite Li Wei when several flashes of cold light shot out from the side.

A cold light pierced the bear monster's throat, another pierced its gaping maw, and the last one went straight for its left eye.

Two streaks of blood splattered, and the bear monster howled incessantly. Looking closer, a gleaming dagger was embedded in its left eye and mouth, and bright red blood flowed down the dagger, soon staining the bear monster's chest crimson.

This attack severely damaged the Black Bear Monster.

With its remaining eye fixed on Xue Yan, who was more than ten meters away, the black bear monster, after confirming that it was the other party who had injured it, rushed over like a madman and swung its bear paw to smash her down. Black light suddenly emerged from its huge bear paw.

"Swallow, dodge quickly!" Li Wei was also startled. In his haste, Li Wei didn't care about anything else and gathered all his inner energy to rush forward.

Xue Yan, however, had known all along that the black bear wanted revenge, so she was prepared. When she saw the black bear attacking, instead of retreating, she charged forward, slipped, and actually slipped past the black bear's crotch.

Missing its first attack, the black bear became even more Frenzy, ignoring the attacks from the others and turning around to continue its pursuit of Xue Yan, seemingly determined to fight to the death.

Xue Yan completely abandoned the attack, relying on her agility as a woman to lead the black bear in circles. In just a short while, the black bear was covered in wounds from the group's blows. But even so, it showed no sign of falling, instead becoming even more ferocious.

"Is this what they call a trapped beast?" Li Wei used the Wandering Dragon Palm, flashed to the black bear's side, and launched three palm strikes.

The first palm strike landed directly on the bear monster's stomach. Li Wei's full-force attack was powerful enough to leave an inch-long mark on the bluestone slab, and even against the thick-skinned black bear monster, it was still quite powerful.

The bear-like monster felt a sharp pain in its abdomen, let out a mournful howl, and bent over.

Li Wei unleashed his second palm strike, this time landing squarely on the black bear monster's belly. This time, Li Wei could hear a cracking sound of bones breaking; clearly, the black bear's sternum was fractured.

The immense pain drove the black bear monster into a complete frenzy; it spread its arms and lunged at Li Wei.

At this moment, Li Wei unleashed his third palm strike. It was aimed directly at the black bear monster's face. At this moment, Xue Yan's dagger was still stuck in the bear monster's eye. Li Wei's palm strike hit the dagger's hilt directly, smashing the more than one-foot-long dagger into the bear monster's eye socket.

With a splattering sound, blood gushed out, and the enormous bear-like monster shuddered before collapsing to the ground like a pile of rotten flesh. It twitched a few times before its last breath came out.

"Phew!" Li Wei let out a long breath. He had just taken a risky move. Only by getting close to the bear monster could he have a chance to touch the dagger stuck in its eye, which was the bear monster's true weakness.

Fortunately, everything went very smoothly. They expended a great deal of effort and finally killed the first monster.

At that moment, all the reincarnators present heard a notification: "Successfully defeated the Black Bear Spirit, time taken 37 minutes. Mission 'Hero' complete. Reward: Each participating reincarnator receives one 'Martial Training Pill,' quality determined by their performance score..."

At the same time, Li Wei and the others found themselves holding an earthen-yellow pill.

Li Wei glanced at the pill in his hand and immediately determined its grade.

'Third-grade Martial Training Pill, consumable. After consumption, it can increase cultivation speed by 45% for 24 hours...'

It turned out to be the highest quality Martial Training Pill. After thinking about it carefully, Li Wei realized that he had delivered the final blow that killed the black bear monster, so his mission rating must have been very high, which was why he had received this third-grade Martial Training Pill. After putting the Martial Training Pill away, Li Wei and the others began cleaning up the battlefield. As for Mu Yuan and Situ Nan, they looked at Li Wei and the others in astonishment while bandaging the injured Zhao Kai.

Li Wei glanced at Zhao Kai, then, remembering that the three of them had also contributed a lot, he got up and walked over. Amidst their puzzled gazes, he handed them a small bottle of 'Golden Sore Medicine'.

Because Li Wei used the Rule Codex, the Reincarnators were severely restricted in this mission, but some consumables with weaker effects could still be used. The 'Golden Sore Medicine' in Li Wei's hand was one of them, but when Mu Yuan and the other two took it and looked at it, they were filled with disappointment.

Golden Sore Medicine is something that anyone with some martial arts skills would carry with them; it's not particularly precious. Since Zhao Kai's head was bleeding uncontrollably, ordinary Golden Sore Medicine wouldn't be effective.

In the past, they might have made some sarcastic remarks about Li Wei, but now, they wouldn't dare to do so even if they had a few more lives.

They had witnessed Li Wei's battle with the Black Bear Monster perfectly. Without a doubt, those were moves only a true master could make. Moreover, the 'Wandering Dragon Palm,' which they had considered trash, was completely unexpected by the three of them. It was so fierce and powerful that, for a moment, they seemed to think that the seemingly swindler Wandering Dragon Hermit, had gained a little bit of the aura of a 'peerless master.'

All three of them wondered if the seemingly conman-like old man was actually playing dumb to deceive them.

Therefore, they were both jealous and afraid of Li Wei, and naturally dared not say anything. Not only that, they also made up their minds to report to their respective sect leaders as soon as they returned, saying that the Wandering Dragon Palm was actually very powerful, and that Wandering Dragon Hermit must be a master with extraordinary skills who did not show them off. They said they should probably visit him more often in the future.

That's a story for later. Li Wei, who had handed the 'Golden Sore Medicine' to the other party, didn't say much and went straight back to the Black Bear Monster's side to begin examining the corpse with Blood Wolf and the others.

Mu Yuan and Situ Nan, who had received the medicine, exchanged a glance, then opened the Golden Sore Medicine in their hands and sprinkled some on the back of Zhao Kai's head, who was groaning incessantly.

The white powder covered the wound and immediately coagulated with the blood, stopping the bleeding that had been flowing continuously.

Both Mu Yuan and Situ Nan were startled. They looked at the Golden Sore Medicine in their hands with disbelief.

"How strange! What kind of medicine is this? How can it be so effective!" Situ Nan held the medicine under his nose and smelled it. A refreshing and invigorating fragrance filled his nostrils, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary medicine.

"What medicine? Didn't that person say... Golden Sore Medicine!" Mu Yuan snorted coldly, but still didn't believe it and sprinkled some more powder on Zhao Kai's wound. Sure enough, the bleeding stopped completely after a while. Moreover, Zhao Kai's screams of pain also subsided, clearly indicating that the medicine was effective.

"Who exactly is this kid?" Mu Yuan looked at the Golden Sore Medicine in his hand, then at the two 'junior sisters' chatting happily with the kid. He was filled with resentment, but he dared not show it and could only swallow his anger.

Taking in Mu Yuan's expression, Li Wei sneered inwardly, but pretended to be indifferent. Although these three were not weak, they preferred to fight one-on-one in battle, making them essentially useless. Moreover, he had obtained a Grade 3 Martial Training Pill this time, and as long as he found a powerful martial art to practice, he wouldn't need any help afterward.

Moreover, Li Wei had more important things to do.

After searching the black bear's carcass for a while, Li Wei made a discovery: an inner core inside the bear's body.

It's well known that it's not easy for a demon beast to cultivate an inner core. If it were to form a core naturally, it could take hundreds of years. But this bear monster doesn't seem to have formed a core naturally at all. Moreover, the weapon it wields and the tiger-skin skirt around its waist are not things that a wild animal could make.

In an instant, Li Wei thought of a possibility.

He immediately summoned the several still-shaken hunters and questioned them carefully. The hunters were filled with admiration when they saw Li Wei, after all, it was rare to see someone capable of fighting a bear monster in close combat. Moreover, Li Wei and his companions were the great benefactors who had eliminated this bear spirit, so they naturally told him everything they knew.

Soon, Li Wei obtained a very valuable piece of information.

Behind the mountain where they first discovered the bear monster, there was an ancient temple with Millennium Ancient Temple.

"When we were little, we heard many legends from the mountains. They said that the ancient temple there was built by immortals who descended to earth a thousand years ago. Otherwise, how could ordinary people have the ability to build such a thing deep in the mountains? We even went there to play when we were kids, but after being beaten by our parents, we never dared to go again!" A middle-aged hunter recalled the past with a sigh on his face, but continued, "This Black Bear Spirit was found in that ancient temple. When we found it, this beast was kneeling on a prayer mat, bowing to the statue of the deity in the main hall of the ancient temple, just like a human. Isn't that strange? That's why my mother was right, this beast that has become a spirit just likes to cause trouble!"

Listening to the hunter's rambling story, Li Wei took notes of the key points, thanked the hunter, and then returned to tell Zheng Yutong and the others the news.

After a moment of contemplation, everyone briefly shared their thoughts.

"I think the appearance of the Black Bear Spirit must be related to that ancient temple in the deep mountains. However, our mission is to kill six demonic beasts, which has nothing to do with that ancient temple. If there is any danger hidden in that ancient temple, we might suffer a great loss if we go there rashly..." Zheng Yutong analyzed calmly.

She was dressed in a red robe, the fitted outfit perfectly accentuating her figure, and the Spring Grace Saber at her waist further highlighted her heroic spirit. No wonder the three Mu Yuan them kept staring at her the whole way.

"I have a different idea. Any clues that appear in the mission world are not useless. Since the mission world has allowed us to find clues about the ancient temple in the mountains, it must be related. Perhaps there will be unexpected gains in that ancient temple..." Xue Yan's expression was cold. She had an innate love of adventure, so it's no wonder that she would make such a suggestion.

Both men had valid points. After thinking for a moment, Li Wei said, "Whatever is in that ancient temple, we shouldn't let it go. Fortunately, it's not far from Liu Family Village. Let's carry the bear spirit's corpse back first to reassure the hunters, and then I'll go to the ancient temple..."

"No!" Zheng Yutong panicked upon hearing this. She wanted to say something more, but when she saw the three of Mu Yuan approaching, she quickly stopped talking. However, her eyes were already filled with threat as she looked at Li Wei.

The meaning was clear: If you dare to go, I won't let you off the hook.