Chapter 115: Slaying the Bear

Xiong Wang's body, already larger than an ordinary person's, gradually grew, becoming three times its normal size!

Chen Yi He stared dumbfounded, watching a person swell up! That was definitely not a 'blinding trick'! He hurriedly stepped back three steps, distancing himself from Xiong Wang.

The berserk Xiong Wang's gaze also became like that of a brown bear!

A palm strike came, imprinting a seven-to-eight-meter-long palm print on the ground beneath Chen Yi He's feet!

Chen Yi He looked up at Xiong Wang and couldn't help exclaiming, 'As expected of the Bear King, truly like a bear!' But now was not the time for him to think much, as Xiong Wang had already killed his way to his front.

Xiong Wang's one punch caused the entire corridor to collapse! Rubble flew everywhere with a clatter!

Chen Yi He fought while retreating, finally driven into a corner, he turned and thrust his sword at Xiong Wang.

Xiong Wang caught the bare blade with his bare hands, clasping his hands together, tightly gripping the blade of the Heavenly Mechanism Sword!

Chen Yi He discovered he could not pull his sword out!

Xiong Wang violently twisted his wrists, spinning Chen Yi He and his sword around!

Chen Yi He did not want to let go of his sword, resulting in his whole body suspended in midair.

At that moment, Xiong Wang let out a roar! 'Hoohoohoo!' The endless roaring shook the heavens, and Chen Yi He nearly fainted from the shock.

Xiong Wang gripped the sword ever tighter; no matter how Chen Yi He circulated his true qi, he could not shake open Xiong Wang's palm, thicker than bark or stone. He could only brace against the sword hilt's support, lifting his legs and fiercely kicking Xiong Wang's inflated belly!

Xiong Wang instantly deflated like a punctured ball, falling straight backward.

Only then did Chen Yi He regain the initiative of the Heavenly Mechanism Sword.

Before Xiong Wang's leaning-back body even touched the ground, he relied on his tremendous resilience and waist-abdomen strength to force himself back up, then swung a punch at Chen Yi He.

This Xiong Wang's strength surpasses Xiao Feng's! If it had been half a year ago, Chen Yi He would certainly have been torn to pieces by him, but now Chen Yi He is already a Fourth Heaven expert.

Compared to peers at the Fourth Heaven level, unless they are perfected masters, even mid-tier opponents need not necessarily frighten him!

The Heavenly Mechanism Sword cuts iron like mud; Xiong Wang also fears it threefold. Though his attacks are brutal and powerful, they are not lacking in flexibility—hard with soft, soft with hard—always perfectly neutralizing Chen Yi He's sword moves.

Chen Yi He and Xiong Wang fought straight to the top of Bear King Fortress; the common folk far away were all drawn by this huge commotion, pointing and discussing, cheering for Chen Yi He in their hearts.

"Isn't that the great hero who saved us?"

"Go, great hero!" The common folk rescued by Chen Yi He from the mud cheered for him.

On the fortress top, sword light and true qi flew everywhere.

Chen Yi He marveled at Xiong Wang's strength; after three hundred rounds, he had actually not yet subdued the bare-handed Xiong Wang!

Xiong Wang's destructive power far exceeds Chen Yi He's; as he throws punches, he aches for his nearly completed Bear King Fortress! It is all his hard work, squeezing the common folk's hard work!

"If I don't kill you, I won't quell my hatred!" Xiong Wang roared in anger, then unleashed a chain of punches—thirty to forty blows in an instant! He smashed the brand-new fortress top, hole after hole, reducing it to rubble, yet not a single blow landed on Chen Yi He!

Xiong Wang's fists are so hard they can match the Heavenly Mechanism Sword; each strike on the sword's blade makes a 'dong dong' sound, yet leaves not a scratch! Chen Yi He couldn't help but marvel at his thickness!

Chen Yi He feigned a weakness, deliberately leaving his lower stance empty to lure Xiong Wang into taking the bait.

Xiong Wang, a veteran of battle, would normally not fall for such a false opening from Chen Yi He, but today he ached for his fortress top; panicking, he followed Chen Yi He's lower stance and swung a punch!

Indeed, he nearly captured Chen Yi He, but Chen Yi He had done this on purpose, having long prepared himself mentally for danger!

Chen Yi He stomped hard, piercing the fortress top with his foot, launching himself high into the air; he backhanded a sword strike, the move 'White Rainbow Piercing the Sun', aimed at Xiong Wang's back! Xiong Wang, distracted, was shocked and dismayed!

"Boom!" Xiong Wang fell from the high fortress top! He crashed into his castle.

Chen Yi He floated down lightly.

The common folk's applause welcomed him.

Just as Chen Yi He also thought Xiong Wang was dead, he only heard a 'boom'—a huge figure burst from the ruins and charged at him.

The speed was extreme; Chen Yi He could hardly escape!

Another "boom!" Chen Yi He did not dodge this heavy blow; the tremendous impact nearly shattered him to pieces!

Intense pain burned Chen Yi He's five viscera and six bowels!

Xiong Wang's death-defying strike!

The pain made Chen Yi He agitated; he raised the Heavenly Mechanism Sword with both hands, then, while Xiong Wang's body had not yet fallen, he fiercely thrust it in!

"Hiss!" A sword pierced into Xiong Wang's body!

Fresh blood dripped down from the air, scattering all over Bear King Fortress.

Xiong Wang's lifetime treasures finally absorbed all his blood.

Chen Yi He clutched his ribs, slowly lowering himself; one knee on the ground, one hand bracing the sword on the earth, he looked around.

The surroundings had become a wasteland! This is the destructive power of a Fourth Heaven expert!

Qiu Yichen waited outside Bear King Fortress to rendezvous with Chen Yi He; seeing Chen Yi He defeat Xiong Wang at that moment, he brandished a knife, threatening the fortress's underlings to open the castle gates and let the common folk in.

"What belongs to the common folk we must return to them; it is all their blood and sweat!" This is what Chen Yi He said to Qiu Yichen before entering Bear King Fortress.

Qiu Yichen both approved of Chen Yi He's idea and had no objection; having long wandered the jianghu, so-called feelings had become numb.

"Thank you, great hero!"

"Thank you, great hero! Thank you, great hero!"

The common folk filed in, their steps hesitant, as if they feared retaliation from the vicious Bear King, even though they had personally seen that Bear King was already slain!

"This belongs to you; Bear King Fortress has monopolized so many resources, unfair to you!" Chen Yi He told the common folk, feeling himself like a historical court official opening the gates to distribute grain to the people.

"How is it?" Qiu Yichen stepped forward and asked Chen Yi He, not forgetting to joke, "Great hero."

"Don't laugh at me, I'm not a great hero......" Chen Yi He laughed and waved his hand, "By the way, do you think these common folk are rather pitiful?"

"Pitiable; those who are pitiful must have something hateful about them." As Qiu Yichen said this, his eyes flashed with a cold glint.

Chen Yi He turned his head, looking at Qiu Yichen, "Oh."

"Alright, we should be on our way; the Five Absolutes Palace is not far."

"Five Absolutes Palace..." Chen Yi He turned his head northward, gazing at the vast northern lands; he seemed to already see that palace standing in the center of the grassland!