C9 Kill the ice bear

Zi Chen stood silently outside the valley where the snow ginseng used to be.

Adjusting his mood, he wanted to kill the bear today.

To kill a Level Five Vicious Beast.

After taking in a deep breath, Zi Chen entered the valley. Unexpectedly, he discovered that there was only one ice bear instead of the previous two.

"Roar!"

The ice bear that had just fallen asleep let out another roar. As a Level Five Vicious Beast, it naturally had its sharp senses. No matter how careful Zi Chen was, he was detected by the ice bear after he got close to the valley.

Its body was over three meters long and its hair was like steel needles, which stood erectly. Its pitch-black eyes emitted a cold light.

Upon seeing Zi Chen, the human, the ice bear immediately rushed towards him. Its large, fan-like palms swept towards Zi Chen's face along with a gust of wind.

The ice bear hated human very much. The attack he unleashed at this moment was definitely an attack with his full power.

"Good timing."

Zi Chen's eyes lit up, and the aura around him immediately increased like a tiger that was in hibernation and was ready to strike at any time.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the three moves of Fierce Tiger Fist were instantly unleashed. In an instant, Zi Chen seemed to transform into a fierce tiger and pounced towards the ice bear.

A tiger and a bear collided head-on.

"Bang!"

A dull sound of impact echoed in the valley. Zi Chen's fist made contact with the ice bear's palm, and his body abruptly trembled. He involuntarily took a few steps back, and the aura in his body churned.

With the third stage of the Genuine Qi and his tough body, Zi Chen was able to fight evenly with a ice bear that was known for its great strength, which was simply inconceivable.

Zi Chen retreated a few steps, while the ice bear's body also shook violently, and the ice bear could not help but retreat two steps. Within its cold eyes, a light of surprise seemed to appeal, but soon after, it became even more furious.

The ice bear roared, and once again flew towards Zi Chen. The wild wind blew the snow on the ground to the sky.

"Roar!"

The fierce tiger's roar also appeared once again, and the aura of a King of the Mountains instantly spread throughout the entire valley.

A tiger and a bear, the two overlords began to fight with each other.

Dull thumping sounds repeatedly resounded over the entire valley.

"Alright, again!"

Once again, Zi Chen was forced back. There was already blood at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were shockingly bright. After continuously attacking several times, his Genuine Qi had been completely used up. Until now, he had only relied on his strong physique so that he would not be defeated.

To be able to compete with a Level Five Vicious Beast in physique, Zi Chen's body could be said to be terrifying.

As the fist wind swept across, Zi Chen struck out a strike that was as powerful as a fierce tiger once again.

The bear paw descended, creating a massive pressure.

"Floating Cloud Steps."

Stomping his feet on the ground, Zi Chen’s figure suddenly flashed and suddenly dodged the ice bear's attack. The Fierce Tiger Fist instantly hit the ice bear's body.

"Bang!"

The massive body of the ice bear had been knocked down by Zi Chen for the first time ever …

With a roar, the ice bear stood up once again. They just clashed with each other fiercely in such a hard way.

During this period, the two sides were occasionally in advantageous position or disadvantageous position.

Two hours later …

With a roar, the two of them clashed again. Following that, Zi Chen's body flew backwards, and after flying for more than ten meters, he finally fell into the snow.

After the battle for entire two hours, Zi Chen was already exhausted. After fighting with the ice bear, Zi Chen could feel that his physique was stronger than a Level Four Vicious Beast but weaker than a Level Five Vicious Beast. His physique was now in the middle of Level Four and Level Five.

Seeing Zi Chen being knocked flying and spitting blood, the ice bear's cold eyes finally fluctuated. It roared towards the sky, as if it was expressing its joy, and then, it quickly walked towards Zi Chen.

The human was already exhausted and no longer had the strength to fight again. The ice bear could tell that it was time to reap the rewards.

Zi Chen was indeed exhausted, and was no longer able to continue fighting. He did not even have the strength to escape. He had already reached the limit of his energy consumption, just like when he was about to die that day.

However, when Zi Chen saw the ice bear coming, he did not feel much fear. Instead, there was some hope in his tired eyes.

"Buzz!"

Just at that moment, Zi Chen's heart suddenly trembled and a pure silver energy appeared from within. The energy instantly surged towards Zi Chen's body, like a dried-up desert suddenly encountering water.

Every part of Zi Chen's body, blood, and bones were absorbing the energy wantonly, and all the strength that had been, consumed was instantly recovered, as though he had eaten some panaceas.

"This is the fastest way of improving the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Spell." Zi Chen's eyes lit up. Under the nourishment of this energy, Zi Chen could feel the growth of his own strength.

After the body was consumed to its limitation, Zi Chen absorbed the silver energy, which allowed his strength to increase rapidly. This rate of increase also far surpassed the speed at which Zi Chen was meditating with his leg crossed earlier.

Zi Chen's tired expression had been completely swept away. His eyes shone as he jumped up from the ground and shouted angrily, "Again!"

Looking at the ice bear in front of him, Zi Chen seemed to see an extremely precious opponent and a sparring partner as his eyes emitted a green light.

"Roar!"

The tiger's roar shook the mountains. Zi Chen was like a fierce tiger and rushed towards the ice bear once again.

The Level Five Vicious Beast had gained some intelligence, but it did not understand why the human, who was clearly exhausted, would suddenly be refreshed and release a stronger aura.

But the ice bear was still a beast after all. With its cruelty, it couldn't figure it out and it would directly fight.

A tiger and a bear once again fiercely battled.

This time, another two hours had passed. Zi Chen gradually occupied the advantageous position, and even though more and more blood were flowing out from the corner of his mouth, his eyes were still extremely bright.

"Buzz!"

After exhausting himself again, Zi Chen's heart beat once again. This time, the pure energy entered his body and Zi Chen felt that his body was undergoing a transformation, which showed improvement and breakthrough.

"A physique comparable to a Level Five Vicious Beast." Zi Chen's eyes shone with an incomparably bright light.

After fighting for four more hours, the ice bear had exhausted all of its energy and had reached its limit. However, when it suddenly saw the exhausted human becoming energized, it became alarmed and had a feeling of retreating.

However, at this time, Zi Chen's body exploded with an aura comparable to that of a Level Five Vicious Beast, as though his entire person had turned into a five level fierce tiger, which was exceptionally frightening. And that king's aura made the ice bear tremble even more.

This was the aura of a king that was released from the Fierce Tiger Fist.

"Roar!"

With another tiger's roar, Zi Chen consecutively released three moves, and they struck onto the ice bear's body like flowing clouds and flowing water.

"Bang!"

Amidst the dull sound, the three-meter-tall ice bear was sent flying by Zi Chen's fist accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.

With the third stage of Genuine Qi and the physique of a Level Five Vicious Beast, Zi Chen’s strike combining his aura and strength was simply frightening to the extreme.

In the valley, the cries of the ice bear sounded. The ice bear, who had already consumed a lot of energy, had no strength to dodge Zi Chen's attacks that were like a torrential rain.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

After a few consecutive attacks, the ice bear was finally lying on the ground without moving. It was unknown if it died from exhaustion or was forcibly killed by Zi Chen.

With the death of the ice bear, Zi Chen sat on the ground and panted heavily.

Today, he had actually killed a Level Five Vicious Beast. This was something that Zi Chen did not even dare to think about in the past.

Taking out Lin Ying's long knife from afar, Zi Chen cut off the bear's paw when the Genuine Qi was surging.

One big bear was enough for him to eat for a very long time.

It was not easy to start a fire in a world of ice and snow, but as long as one work hard, it did not seem that difficult.

Smoke rose as Zi Chen roasted the bear's paw and ate the bear's meat in the snow and ice.

With the death of the ice bear, this valley became Zi Chen's territory.

After eating and resting for a while, Zi Chen took out the long knife, cut open the ice bear's body, and took out a black bear gall.

The bear gall was a great tonic, and was also an essential ingredient in refining some special Pills. It was also extremely useful to cultivators. Although it would be a little wasteful to directly consume it, Zi Chen had no other choice.

After splitting open the bear gall, inside there were some sparkling and translucent little round chips, with occasional light golden radiance.

"Their color is light golden. They are really good things."

Looking at these light golden round chips in the bear gall, Zi Chen was a little surprised. Golden colored round chips in the bear's gall were the best, followed by copper colored, black colored and dark green colored. And light golden colored round chips were better than that of copper colored.

Zi Chen was lucky.

Without any hesitation, he directly swallowed these small round chips.

A strong bitterness spread out from his mouth. When the small round chips reached his stomach, a faint fragrance filled the air.

The Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Spell once again circulated and Zi Chen began to refine these light golden things in the bear gall.

A warm glow with a light golden color appeared from within Zi Chen's body. It flowed along his meridians and started to circulate its energy.

After going through half a cycle of circulation, all the energy was absorbed by the heart. After Zi Chen escaped from the death, he discovered that his heart was like a high-speed filter, and all the energy of heaven and earth that reached this place would be absorbed, resulting in the appearance of purer silver energy.

Although Zi Chen did not understand the reason, he knew that all of this was naturally caused by the fortuitous miracle back then. Maybe there was something in his heart. But his strength was only at the Genuine Qi Stage and he did not have any perception. So maybe by the time he reached Inborn Stage, he would be able to discover the secret to his heart.

A moment later, when his heart was still trembling, he completely refined all the energy of the bear gall and transferred it into his limbs and bones. Some of it even passed through his meridians and reached the dantian.

The Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Spell mainly focused on refining the body, so the energy that entered his body and bones would always surpass the energy that entered the dantian.

If the energy within the bear gall was completely refined and entered the dantian, Zi Chen would definitely back to his previous state of being at the fourth stage of Genuine Qi, and even reach the peak of the fourth stage. However, more than half of the energy was completely absorbed by his body, so Zi Chen was only at the peak of the third stage of Genuine Qi.

"It only costs me a dozen of days to reach the peak of the third stage of Genuine Qi."

However, Zi Chen was very satisfied with this. Other than his strong physique, Zi Chen had changed from a man with crippled dantian to a man with the strength of the third stage of Genuine Qi in just ten days. The speed of his growth was terrifying.

"There's still another ice bear. I must find it. Although I don't kill it, I can use it as a training partner to strengthen my physique a bit more."

Zi Chen's eyes were filled by expectation.