Infinite Fighting

The next day, Zhang Ji lay on a chair as the archer Mels carried him to their mission location.

The den of a raging bear.

A third-tier mutated magical beast lives inside.

It roamed the surrounding area, killing many people, including two caravans.

Therefore, some nobles in the surrounding area pooled their money to post a bounty at the Adventurers' Guild.

Only a team of the same tier 3 can defeat this berserk bear.

As they walked, Mels chatted idly with Zhang Ji.

“Hey buddy, how did you end up here in the middle of nowhere?” Mels asked.

“It’s just that on a spacetime scale, a certain consciousness particle here has gathered. In essence, I can’t control the location where this vessel appears. My other consciousness particles are still in the black hole, which is what makes me the most uncomfortable. In that environment, spacetime is extremely chaotic. Only a small number of consciousness particles can’t condense into a vessel at all. Even if they do condense, the information within them will be torn apart instantly and dispersed again,” Zhang Ji explained.

"Your words are even more mystical than Gaia's," Mels said speechlessly.

He only saw Zhang Ji as a pitiful person who had been abandoned and was making up lies to save his last bit of self-respect.

In fact, he believes that Zhang Ji's current state is better off dead than alive.

Therefore, when the team decided whether to bring Zhang Ji along, Myers was against it.

When he joined this team, he had already worked in several teams.

I have witnessed the deaths of many of my companions.

He takes life and death lightly; even if he were to die on this road one day, it would be perfectly normal.

He felt that if he were crippled to the extent that Zhang Ji was, he would also choose to die with dignity.

“You’re using that energy in your body very crudely,” Zhang Ji suddenly said.

"You also understand martial arts?" Mels asked.

“Ultimately, the essence of energy is pretty much the same; it’s just a force that makes matter move. The difference is just how it moves,” Zhang Ji replied. “If you directly use it to travel by your legs, you’re wasting a lot. By controlling and concentrating it on a few muscle groups in your legs, you can precisely apply the power and reduce unnecessary losses by 70%.”

"You really know a lot!" Mels said in surprise, but then added, "Anyone can say that, but I haven't studied the corresponding movement techniques. How am I supposed to control it? If I use the wrong force, I'll get hurt."

"Concentrate on the right half-inch of the ankle."

"what?"

Mels glanced back at Zhang Ji, only seeing the back of his head. He wondered how Zhang Ji had determined his current battle qi circulation. After thinking for a moment, he tried it with some skepticism.

"No, a little lower... leave a fraction of your left knee, and add a third when you engage your calf muscles. The position is... a little lower, a little lower still. After exerting force, gather a fraction of your fighting spirit in the sole of your foot, release control after touching the ground, and let it disperse to form a propulsive force."

As Zhang Ji corrected his movements, Mels's steps became easier and easier as he circulated his battle qi. It felt as if his legs were springy, able to lift off instantly. His speed increased rapidly, and he quickly ran from the back of the squad to the front. In this process, he only consumed 60% of his previous battle qi.

"Why are you running so fast?" Kenzie grabbed Mels, who was about to overtake him, and said, "You have so much fighting spirit you can't use it all up?"

Mels snapped out of his daze, his eyes gleaming with excitement. Not knowing what to say, he hesitated for a moment before choosing to remain silent.

“I think I’m getting distracted,” Mels said.

"We're almost at the mission location, so adjust your mindset," Kenzie advised.

“Yes, Captain,” Mels said.

He immediately slowed down and rejoined the group.

The rest of the group looked at him strangely, not understanding why he was suddenly behaving so oddly.

After they were a short distance from the back of the line, Mels whispered to Zhang Ji, "What did you do before?"

He realized that Zhang Ji might have a complicated story.

“A pioneer of a civilization, and also an observer who has set foot on the other side and entered the depths of the space-time realm,” Zhang Ji said.

Myers, of course, did not believe it.

He probably guessed that Zhang had a story, and that what he was doing now was just a disguise.

“I think you’re more like a novelist who writes all sorts of miscellaneous notes and fantasy stories,” Myers said.

"Therefore, it's difficult for intelligent beings to understand this behavior; more often than not, they understand themselves," Zhang Ji said casually.

The process of elevating information to interfere with reality is boring; it's more interesting to just chat with someone.

As for whether the other party believes it or understands it, Zhang Ji doesn't really care.

"Do you know any other fighting techniques?" Mels asked.

He was a bit greedy and wanted to trick Zhang Ji into giving him more fighting skills.

“Your current learning ability is limited. That little trick you just used was just a very common technique, but you haven’t even fully mastered it yet. Giving you more techniques is meaningless if you can’t learn them. On the contrary, it will erase your original fighting instincts, which may be detrimental to you,” Zhang Ji said.

Mels assumed Zhang Ji didn't want to teach, but didn't ask any further questions.

Getting even one combat skill is already quite an achievement.

This level of combat skill, as you can imagine, would cost at least ten Golden Wheels to buy, and even then, you'd need personal instruction and guidance, plus an additional two Golden Wheels for the teaching fee, and there's no guarantee you'd be able to learn it. If you can't be taught, it's just that your comprehension is too poor.

He had never thought that fighting techniques were so easy to learn.

Simply concentrate your fighting spirit at the corresponding location and release it precisely.

From beginning to end, there's no need to even think about it.

He felt that Zhang was extraordinary, very extraordinary!
But the more complicated something is, the more trouble it means.

Therefore, he did not tell Kenji about Zhang Ji's extraordinary abilities.

If Zhang Ji wants to say it himself, then so be it; but if Zhang Ji doesn't say it on his own initiative, he won't overstep his bounds.

When they part ways, he will not say anything about it; he will keep it buried in his heart forever.

This is his way of survival.

With the help of Rona's information gathering, the team gradually corrected their position and soon arrived at a huge cave.

This cave is really big.

It is six or seven meters high, and there is some kind of animal droppings left around it.

The smell was so direct and pungent that even those who weren't wind whisperers could smell it.

The bear occasionally eats highly toxic thorns. These toxins do not harm the bear, but they can coat its teeth and claws with toxins, and make its feces more irritating, keeping insects and other animals away.

“Let’s rest for a bit, then lure it out and fight it again,” Kenzie said.

In open forest areas, they can more easily avoid attacks from bears, making this tactic correct.

"Where did he put it?" Gray pointed to Zhang Jidao.

He was supposed to take turns carrying Zhang Ji for a distance with Mels, but Mels insisted on carrying him the whole way, which puzzled Gray.

He and Mels used to be the most compatible, both believing in the survival of the fittest. How come Mels has suddenly become so kind-hearted?

“Just like before, put it on the tree,” Kenzie said.

They had encountered similar situations before, where teammates were injured and unable to fight, and it wasn't safe to leave them on the ground, so they would put them in a tree and tie them up in a safe place.

Of course, there are risks involved, but what adventurer can live without risks?
Can someone be called an adventurer if they only do things without risk?
“I’ll do it,” Mels volunteered.

Then, Mels found a tall and thick tree branch and put Zhang Ji on it. When he tied Zhang Ji up, he was very careful, worried that Zhang Ji would be uncomfortable.

He then returned to his team, ready to fight alongside them. After a brief rest, Yesh concealed himself and headed towards the cave, intending to lure the raging bear out.

Before long, a huge roar was heard, and the earth trembled slightly. A giant bear with black and red fur and a height of more than three meters with its four legs on the ground rushed out.

"Good heavens, it's a whole size bigger than a regular bear! And why is it female? This isn't the one on the bounty! Those old guys can't even tell the gender of a magical beast? Don't tell me there's another male waiting for us after we kill this one!" Gray said.

"Stop jinxing it!" Rona scolded.

“If two more come, we’ll kill them all at once!” Kenzie said confidently.

"Awooo~ Waaah!"

With a deafening roar, Mels, who was already fully prepared, drew his bow and nocked an arrow. The next moment, a red arrow flew out swiftly, heading straight for the bear.

"Whoosh~!"

"Pfft~!"

The arrow traveled more than two hundred meters, piercing the bear's fur and barely injuring it. It also allowed the bear to determine the direction of the group, and it roared as it charged towards them.

"Such tough skin!" Mels exclaimed in surprise.

His arrow, which he had charged up to its fullest extent, should have penetrated at least halfway into the ground at this distance, but the arrow didn't even get firmly planted; it merely grazed the skin.

“The usual,” Kenzie said.

After saying that, he charged out, carrying the giant sword that was at least 1.5 meters long.

The blade was coated with blue light, and he was also enveloped in blue light. He leaped more than ten meters and headed towards the raging bear.

The bear reached out its claws and struck Kenji, the greatsword clashing with the bear's claws.

"Clang! Bang!"

Amidst the sparks flying, Kenzie flew backward, his feet leaving several meters of furrows on the ground before he regained his footing, but he also successfully stopped the bear's advance.

Mels leaped to the treetop and drew his bow again.

Gray roared, his skin turning crimson, his muscles bulging, and he charged forward, swinging his giant axe at the raging bear.

Gaia chanted a spell, and beads of light element appeared and shot towards the bear like a barrage of bullets.

As a wind whisperer, Rona also made her move, stretching her hands forward. The air currents enveloped hundreds of metal blades around her, transforming into a storm that swept out and slashed at the berserk bear.

Yes's figure also appeared silently, and the Taliel steel dagger swiftly pierced the bear's artery to bleed it.

Delina also gripped the handle of her pot tightly, guarding Rona and Gaia to protect her ADC and prevent them from being overwhelmed by the enemy tank.

The team worked together very well.

After a few rounds, the bear was covered in wounds, and blood was sprayed all over the ground.

As Kenzie plunged his final sword into the wound that had been opened in the bear's abdomen by the others, piercing its heart, a mournful cry rang out, and then it was all over.

Kenzie was already a Tier 3 Hall of Fame swordsman, and with the help of his six teammates, defeating a Tier 3 Berserker Bear was a piece of cake.

"We succeeded," Kenzie said, panting heavily.

Gray also snapped out of his berserk state, looking exhausted. "That was tough," he said. "Much harder than the last one we killed. But with such a big one, its materials must be very valuable. It's a pity our storage boxes can't hold such a large bear; it'll be a huge waste."

"You've made quite a bit of money. Going to Leila's shop every day would be enough for you to play around for two months," Mels teased Gray.

Gray loved to frequent brothels, spending over 60% of his earnings there, and he didn't save the rest; he spent it drinking, eating meat, and gambling.

If you neither upgrade your equipment nor buy resources to improve yourself, relying solely on your bloodline talent will inevitably lead to your downfall sooner or later.

Of course, most adventurers live like this. It's already high-risk, and with each day they live one less day, they don't have the leisure to think about the future.

As the group chatted and laughed, Lorna's smile suddenly froze. "Wait," she said, "so fast, such a strong aura! The wind element tells me danger is approaching."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a huge black and red figure appeared in the distance. It was another bear, and a male one at that, much larger than the previous one.

This is the real bear in the bounty; that female bear has never gone out to hunt humans.

Everyone has figured this out.

Kenji gritted his teeth and said, "Be careful, everyone."

After saying that, he rushed forward and swung his sword again. But this time, facing a much stronger opponent, he also exhausted a lot of his strength. At the moment of collision, he was sent flying back like a cannonball, crashing into a tree and breaking its trunk. After landing, he couldn't help but spit out blood. He had overexerted himself and injured his internal organs.

"Roar~!"

This ferocious bear stood upright, over seven meters tall, resembling a small building, which was incredibly terrifying.

Gray's two-meter-long axe looked like a small stick in front of it.

"Bang~!"

Gray was also sent flying; the axe didn't even manage to strike.

Having just used Berserk mode, his hormone levels are almost depleted, and he can't muster much strength even if he tries.

Yes's figure flashed, narrowly avoiding several attacks. His dagger grazed the bear, leaving wounds, but they were of little significance and could not hurt any vital organs. To the bear, these wounds were just a scratch.

Mels tried to fire arrows, but he had run out of arrows. He pulled out his magic pistol from his waist and fired a few magic bullets, which hit the bear, but the effect was not very good.

"Trickster!"

He cursed under his breath, deciding that he would never trust the technology of these sorcerers again.

Gaia's barrage of light and electricity spells only managed to inflict pain and enrage the bear, but had little other effect.

Rona's attack effect was similar.

Instead, this forced the bear to close its eyes and charge at them.

At the critical moment, Dalina stepped forward and stood in front of the pot, protecting herself from the blazing fire.

Her thick, brown battle aura manifested as she clashed with the raging bear.

"Dang~!"

With a loud bang, the fighting spirit dissipated, and Delina's legs, including her knees, sank into the ground, connecting her to the earth. However, the bear was actually held back for a moment.

But before they could relax, Delina revealed an unpleasant expression.

That blow broke her leg and arm; another one and she would definitely fall apart.

When the bear's initial charge failed, it stood upright and slammed its paws down, intending to kill Delina.

A look of astonishment crossed everyone's eyes; they dared not imagine what would happen next.

At that moment, on a distant treetop, Zhang Ji, who was bound, turned his head and pointed in this direction.

The pure white inner energy condenses, then condenses again, and is then released.

"Pfft~!"

The air was pierced, covering a distance of thousands of meters in an instant, striking the bear's forehead before it could attack, and destroying its central nervous system.

The bear stood there for half a second before falling backward.

"Boom! Bang!"

With a loud bang, it died.

Rona seemed to sense something, turning her head to look in Zhang Ji's direction. Through the information transmitted by the wind element, she saw him gently lower his raised hand. (End of Chapter)