Chapter Killing the Bear
Sam ducked the claw and moved inwards. He tried to get the sword deeper into the mouth while he moved deeper into the bear"s area.
He controlled the sword with one hand while he hit the shoulder joints of the bear. It is like infighting in boxing. Trying to get into the personal s.p.a.ce of the opponent and making it impossible for them to attack.
That is the only way for Sam to have a chance. Luckily, he is a cultivator now, and he has enough physical strength to match a bear if not more than what"s needed. When he first fought it, he didn"t have any of that.
He had to use a lot of tricks. But of course, he used this infighting technique even then, but with a different set of weapons and skillset.
He wore down the bear using all kinds of tricks before he managed to get in that zone and kill it.
Luckily for him, now he doesn"t have to do all that and go through so much trouble.
As he struggled a bit, Sam finally got into the proper position he wanted. He used the void style with the sword and the blade vibrated a bit before it hit the teeth.
The teeth were shaken and the bear was stunned. The sword moves forward and hit the bear on the top of its mouth. Sam left the sword there and let the spirit take over while he physically went under it.
The bear that was swinging its claws caught hold of the sword with both of its paws and pulled it out forcefully. It was smart enough to know that letting a sword that is controlled by a spirit so close to its mouth is not an ideal scenario.
So, it acted immediately and pulled it out.
Meanwhile, Sam is almost hugging the belly of the bear. The bear threw the sword to the side and felt Sam"s presence. In an instant, the bear hugged Sam and started crushing them. But that is not all, the fur on its body turned into extremely sharp needles.
The needles directly pierced at Sam from all directions. The bear almost curled into ball around him. Of course, it cannot cover his whole body, but Sam was pushed to the ground and the bear covered as much body as it could.
Sam felt the stabbing pain in his back. The needles came in through the gaps of the feather coat. The needles stabbed into him. The spirit of the feather coat immediately closed up making it harder for the needles to stop a bit. Sam who was thinking of handling this with physical strength, stopped in his tracks.
The golden flames erupted. The Bear about instinctually got out of the grip. But Sam activated his earth element. The surrounding ground morphed as it protruded out before it caught the bear on the back from the sides. IT basically compressed and suppressed the back into that small s.p.a.ce.
Sam is feeling a pinch of what is happening of course. He had to hold his breath. But he is really making some serious damage.
*ROAR* *ROAR*
The bear struggled with all its might and was trying to get out of the lock. Sam pushed it back of course.
As the heat of the flames increased, the struggle of the bear increased and at one point, the bear has broken the lock and escaped. It rolled to the side and tried to put out the fire in the most appropriate way possible, but rolling on the ground in the dirt
Of course, it didn"t work completely. The golden flames are no joke. But the slight reduction of pain was enough for the bear to turn the rest of the pain into anger and frustration as it lunged at Sam who was about to stand up as well.
It didn"t care about any of its injuries and just wanted to destroy him. Sam struggled to defend himself. Surprisingly when he met the blows of the claws with the blows of his own, he was pushed back.
Or in this case, he was crashed into the ground even harder.
The bear took the chance and started smashing Sam.
He has to manipulate the earth quickly and started defending the blows that are coming at him rapidly. As the earthen blocks took most of the brunt, he created an energy barrier to add an extra layer of protection.
"How the f.u.c.k is that even possible? How is its strength greater than mine?"
Sam muttered to himself in shock and frustration. He has been cultivating for years and in those years, he was always the best in within his cultivation level. There were times when he whopped the a.s.s of the people who were stronger than him.
But now, a bear who has the same level as cultivation of him is actually dealing him some heavy blows.
*BAM*
*GRRRR*
*BAM*
The bear started growling as it hit the barrier again and again. It didn"t even bother if it could hit Sam or not. It just bashed on the barrier continuously. Sam gritted his teeth and thought of how to proceed with this.
He took a deep breath and activated metal elemental fusion before he jumped right up. He went past the barrier and met the swing on the claw with his punch. The spiked fist was stuck back by the claw and Sam was thrown away.
"So, the long range it is."
Sam muttered and started throwing golden flames. The bear is agile enough to dodge most of the attacks, but of course, there were always a couple of hits that he could land.
He shifted to wind blades, lightning, shadow necromancy, etc. None of them worked. He even tried the spatial blink with wearing the bear down. Soon they realized that it is impossible to do that smash directly.
The only thing he can think of that might even chance of working is the spatial energy.
But he doesn"t know the close quarters will favor him for the nth time.
Soon, he was overpowered once again and he has to find a way to get out of this deadlock.
After much thought, Sam decided to just fight back seriously. Of course, there is not much he can at this point. Except for the bloodline arts he doesn"t see any other attack working to achieve goal.
So, he got ready. But while he was preparing, he was once again pushed onto his back.
Sam was under the barrier and started thinking about how he could make the situation better. He exteneded his hand and started gathering energy.
He felt pretty exhausted from all of the battle. Not just physically, but mentally as well. He just wants to finish it off now.
So, at the end of the extended hand, there is a lot of energy gathered to one single point. All the gathered energy is chaotic with one move.
*BOOM*
The explosion blew the barrier away and the bear that was constantly growling was blasted off to the side.
Sam walked to the bear and finished it off. He was panting hard and couldn"t help but feel a bit content for getting through this. He didn"t expect that one energy beam could do this much damage in such a close range.
As he was thinking about it. He noticed something entirely different.