CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 27: BAREHANDED COMBAT

With a light tap of his toe, Yan Luo nimbly leaped away from his original spot.

The stone-armored bear’s massive paw struck the ground, causing it to crack open, sending waves of soil surging up.

The flying dirt hit Yan Luo’s body, but he didn’t feel any pain at all.

At this moment, Yan Luo had removed his exoskeletal armor, not even carrying a weapon, facing an injured stone-armored bear with bare hands.

For him, this was undoubtedly a challenge.

But only in this way could he progress! Could he grow!

The meat formed from the magic power of the fierce wolf was very tough, Yan Luo chewed with all his might, but still couldn’t chew it apart.

The raging stone-armored bear pursued Yan Luo, constantly swinging its strong and powerful arms, slapping the ground and tree trunks repeatedly, running vigorously, chasing after Yan Luo’s steps.

Although Yan Luo’s speed was not as fast as that of the stone-armored bear, his agility far surpassed it.

He could be seen leaping back and forth in front of the stone-armored bear, dodging its numerous strikes.

Crash!

Once again, the stone-armored bear slapped the ground, causing the earth to tremble. The next moment, Yan Luo, contrary to his usual evasive tactics, shot straight at the stone-armored bear like an arrow leaving the bow, his right foot thrusting boldly as if it were a spear.

This kick struck the stone-armored bear’s left forearm elbow joint, instantly breaking it.

Yan Luo quickly kicked again, using the rebound force to jump away from the stone-armored bear, his numbed right foot nearly causing him to stumble upon landing.

Damn hard bones!

"Roar!!!"

The stone-armored bear’s left elbow bent into a bizarre arc, the intense pain forcing it to roar.

This roar shook the heavens and earth, even leaving Yan Luo in awe.

Seeing Yan Luo ’standing still’, the stone-armored bear immediately lunged despite the severe pain, opening its mouth full of sharp teeth, intending to bite off Yan Luo’s head.

However, this was merely a feigned illusion created by Yan Luo.

Yan Luo’s right leg bounced off the ground once again, his foot soaring skyward like a dragon emerging from the sea, striking the stone-armored bear’s lower jaw, snapping its mouth shut.

The lower jaw’s forceful impact with the upper jaw sent a heavy force thrumming through its head.

Clearly in a forward lunging position, the stone-armored bear’s head was knocked backward.

After delivering such a heavy blow to the stone-armored bear’s chin, Yan Luo swiftly moved away from the spot, allowing the beast to continue its forward inertia, crashing into the ground and plowing a deep trench.

Even as one of the top ten terrifying demons among dangerous-level demons, the stone-armored bear suffered such a heavy attack, leaving its mind muddled and incapable of immediate clarity.

Pursue the fierce enemy with remaining courage, never seek false fame like an overlord.

Yan Luo didn’t even catch a breath, taking advantage of the situation to leap onto the stone-armored bear’s back, stomping down on the demon’s head with a forceful kick.

Thump!

The ground emitted a muffled sound, and the stone-armored bear’s head was pressed further down, burying into the dirt.

The stone-armored bear’s head suffered another concussion, but this time, the fury jump-started its consciousness.

"Awoo!!"

With an angry howl, the stone-armored bear propped itself up with all four limbs, even with one forepaw in excruciating pain, it still stood up.

The massive bear body stood upright, flinging Yan Luo off its back.

Yan Luo’s body flipped a circle in the air, landing steadily.

Gulp!

Amidst a swallowing sound, Yan Luo finally managed to swallow the piece of meat in his mouth.

Yan Luo raised his hand to touch his cheek, sucking in a cold breath, "Chewing it made my teeth ache."

Then, Yan Luo looked up ahead, only to see the stone-armored bear turning around, the gigantic beast over three meters tall emitting an aura of rage.

The stone-armored bear clumsily began to advance towards Yan Luo.

Its speed was astonishing, reaching Yan Luo in the blink of an eye, immediately bending down to swipe its claws.

Yan Luo jumped back, instantly leaping two meters away.

Just as he anticipated, with its claws missing their target, the stone-armored bear immediately lunged forward with an open mouth, trying to bite Yan Luo.

Yan Luo leaped backward again, causing the stone-armored bear to miss.

In the next second, the stone-armored bear rolled on the ground, its massive body rolling along the earth like a steamroller suddenly charging towards Yan Luo.

Yan Luo did not jump back this time. He turned around, stepped onto the trunk of a towering tree beside him, ran a couple of steps along the trunk, and flipped himself down, just in time to dodge the rolling attack of the stone-armored bear.

Huff, huff, huff, huff...

The stone-armored bear was panting heavily because it had already fought a dangerous-level fierce wolf before, consuming a lot of stamina, and missing quite a few stones and patches of fur on its body.

But truth be told, the most severely injured part was still its elbow, which bent backward from a kick delivered by Yan Luo.

Continuous combat and injuries had severely drained the stone-armored bear’s stamina; at this moment, it was at its weakest.

Inhale—exhale!

Yan Luo stood straight while taking a deep breath, stretched his limbs to let his blood oxygenate fully.

With a slight push of his foot, his body suddenly shot forward, accelerating from stillness to high speed in an instant.

His heartbeat thundered in his chest, and his blood surged and flowed towards his limbs throughout his body.

Yan Luo broke through the air, abruptly stopping in front of the stone-armored bear, converting all his kinetic energy to momentum, twisted his right fist tightly, and launched it explosively.

—Boom!

His fist struck the chest of the stone-armored bear covered by an enormous stone block. The skin at the point of contact ripped instantly, and blood from the capillaries was squeezed out, blooming into a blood lotus on the stone-armored bear’s chest in a flash.

But at that very moment, from the point where Yan Luo’s fist landed, countless cracks erupted across the stone.

The stone-armored bear was hit severely, causing its body to sway violently backward and its back to slam heavily onto the ground.

It tried to roll over and rise, but Yan Luo leaped up, landing on its head, pushing its just-raised head back down.

The stone-armored bear swiped its left paw in the air above its head.

—It hit nothing!

Yan Luo dodged to the side, and the stone-armored bear took the chance to roll over and rise.

"Roar!!"

The stone-armored bear channeled all its fury into this roar, immediately using its three limbs forcefully to leap high.

But its body was simply too heavy, and it didn’t leap very high before its body plummeted rapidly down.

Yan Luo rolled on the ground, dodging from beneath where the stone-armored bear was landing.

Boom!

The stone-armored bear crashed onto the ground with a tremor impact, as if the earth shook, shedding numerous leaves and branches.

Despite its massive weight, after falling from a height, the stone-armored bear rose as if it were unbothered and charged again towards Yan Luo.

The stone-armored bear paid no mind that behind Yan Luo was a giant tree. Yan Luo merely propelled himself into the air while the stone-armored bear flew underneath him, smashing into the tree.

With a sudden head collision against the tree, the stone-armored bear ended up dizzy, just as Yan Luo landed, stepping on its back.

Yan Luo lifted his foot and stomped down viciously.

The force penetrated through the stone, hitting directly at the stone-armored bear’s spine.

Even though the stone-armored bear had hard bones, Yan Luo’s strike displaced its spine.

The stone-armored bear, dazed, stood up again, flinging Yan Luo away. Then it turned to face Yan Luo, staggered forward two steps, its body could no longer support itself, and crashed down heavily.

Lying on the ground, the stone-armored bear couldn’t help but breathe rapidly.

It seemed pitiful, but Yan Luo wasn’t the type to indulge in needless kindness, especially towards demons, against which he harbored an inexplicable hostility.

Yan Luo suddenly rushed to the front of the stone-armored bear, raised his leg, and delivered an axe-like chop, shattering the stone-armored bear’s skull.

The fragments of the skull pierced into the brain, the stone-armored bear could only let out a wail before falling silent.

"Damn..."

Yan Luo cursed, his face looking grim, as he took two steps back and stomped his right foot hard in an attempt to ease the numbness in his leg.

The body of the stone-armored bear gradually dissipated, and an item appeared amidst the floating light points.

Yan Luo was momentarily stunned, then, ignoring the numbness in his leg, he quickly walked over to pick up the whole piece of bear skin that had fallen to the ground.

Although the bear skin was not adorned with stones, as long as magic power is injected into it, a protective shield could be formed. This is the stone-armored bear’s most precious drop, even more valuable than its core.

The core still needs to be made into an engraving tool or requires Engraving to use, but the bear skin of the stone-armored bear can be used directly by just injecting magic power.

The protective shield formed by the bear skin has quite an impressive defensive capability, loved by both hunters and rich people alike.

Not being able to drink the stone-armored bear’s blood was a bit of a loss, but just getting this piece of bear skin was enough to recoup all of Yan Luo’s losses.

"Jackpot!" Yan Luo couldn’t help but smile.