Chapter 52: Holy Stone of Origins
In his heart, Xiao Yu was terrified. He clutched his left hand, trying to condense a flame missile, but only a few sparks spilled out of his palm, after which there was silence. No matter how hard he tried, it was useless. Even though he used a high-level soul gem to recover his lost energy, twenty minutes alone were not enough to regain much power; he couldn’t condense a trace of spiritual power at all, and even a small flame missile couldn’t be used.
The black bear slowly approached, and it came closer and closer to the point where Xiao Yu could smell its foul stench. He opened his blood-stained eyes and glared viciously. The beast stared at those pair of murderous eyes, and its hair stood on end all over its skin before it backed away several steps in dread. As the saying goes, “a centipede dies but never falls down,” Xiao Yu used his momentum to frighten the black bear. However, this was only a temporary effect, and unless he could somehow regain his strength, he wouldn’t be able to keep the opponent at bay for long. It would only take a moment for the black bear to notice the anomaly, and then he’ll be doomed.
“I’m not going to die right here, am i?”
Xiao Yu had a crazy notion in his head. He was first ambushed by a dreadful ghoul, then pursued by an enraged ogre. Then he brought together those two formidable creatures at the peak of the first order and somehow compelled them to murder each other so as to reap all the benefits. He’s done all those unimaginable deeds, yet here he is, feeling helpless in the face of a mere elementary monster.
The irony.
The black bear circled Xiao Yu several times, getting closer and closer as it found the other party to be of no threat. Finally, no longer hesitating, its massive legs kicked the earth, and it flew forward.
Whoosh.
Right then, a flaming arrow shot out from the woods and struck one of the black bear’s eyes in the air just as it was about to leap on Xiao Yu. In an instant, that powerful fire element burned the beast’s brain tissues into scorched matter, and the bear’s hefty weight slammed heavily against Xiao Yu’s, almost preventing him from exhaling.
Ignoring the weight, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief.