Chapter 171: Ursa Smash!
Translator: AstralGhost Editor: Kurisu
"Junior Brother Li, quickly go out of the canyon and find master! After I catch this fellow, we'll depart immediately with the fastest speed possible!"
Ma Dao Zhu turned around and instructed Li Zhi who was lagging behind the group.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother! I'll go first then!"
Li Zhi stopped and hollered, before turning around and sprinting back.
Bei Feng paid no heed to their conversation. He simply continued fleeing as fast as he could. By now, the forest was getting thinner, and there was less trees around. At the same time, the road became more rough, and the number of rocks had increased.
'Sh*t!'
Bei Feng's expression changed dramatically. This was as good as running into the end of the road. It didn't matter what lay beyond the forest, but the wide, open rocky field was like a voodoo talisman, hastening his death!
His speed on flat land was definitely incomparable to his pursuers. It was also too late to change directions now. The group of martial practitioners had already arrived within fifty meters of him!
The only option left for Bei Feng now was to run towards the edge of the cliff. The group chasing behind him had also relaxed their speed. The terrain here had already been researched thoroughly by them more than once. The only thing in the direction which Bei Feng was running towards was the cliff! And below that, was the raging Yarlung Zangbo River!
"Haha, keep running! Why aren't you running anymore? If you have the ability, go ahead and jump down from here!"
Ma Dao Zhu and the rest had caught up to Bei Feng. At this moment, they were swaggering over with wicked grins on their faces, as though they were toying with their prey. The five men formed a semicircle around Bei Feng, cutting off all his possible escape paths.
"Huff, huff!"
Bei Feng panted heavily as he backed up closer to the edge of the cliff. Running at top speed for such a long time was still extremely exhausting for him. Bei Feng struggled to catch his breath as he looked up warily at the group of people closing in on him. "Aren't you guys here because of the Reishi King? If I really jump down from here now, I wonder if you'll have the abilities to find the Reishi King within the raging river?"
"Wait!"
Ma Dao Zhu narrowed his eyes and hurriedly raised his hands to stop the others from approaching Bei Feng. This damn brat and his puny thieving life... if he died, so be it. However, the Reishi King was a heavenly treasure born once in hundreds or even thousands of years! They couldn't allow anything to happen to it!
"Brat, hand over the Reishi King immediately and we'll let you go! On top of that, I'll give you 500,000 yuan as compensation!"
Ma Dao Zhu said with a sincere expression.
"Senior Brother?"
The other disciples looked over with shock and questioned together.
Ma Dao Zhu raised his hands impatiently to shut the mouths of the rest. His eyes never left Bei Feng as he waited patiently for his decision.
"You must understand, that 500,000 yuan is already an amount that most people had to scrounge and save for an entire lifetime to obtain! Getting that much for a single Lingzhi which is more harmful than beneficial for you to hold onto is already a very good bargain!"
Seeing Bei Feng standing at the cliff with an uncertain expression as if he was somewhat moved, Ma Dao Zhu hurriedly struck while the iron was still hot. "Furthermore, you need to know that we are not the only ones after this Reishi King! I won't dare to guarantee that the others would be as merciful as us once they catch up to you!"
At the same time as he was trying to convince Bei Feng, Ma Dao Zhu secretly signaled at another man close to Bei Feng's left side. The man nodded slightly with understanding and slowly approached Bei Feng's blind spot. His footsteps were so light that there was no sound at all.
When he had approached within three meters of Bei Feng, he suddenly struck!
His foot kicked off explosively and like an arrow released from a bow, the man shot towards Bei Feng! His fingers were both stiffened like an eagle's claws as he grabbed towards Bei Feng. Those fingers looked like they could even tear off a tree's bark if he tried! A gleam of arrogance fleeted across the man's eyes as he neared. He was confident that if he managed to grab Bei Feng, it was impossible for the latter to escape from him!
"Just what I wanted!"
Bei Feng shouted crazily as he planted both his feet firmly on the ground and limbered up his muscles and joints. His entire person seemed to have transformed into a fierce bear that had awoken from a long hibernation!
"Not good! Come back!"
The color on Ma Dao Zhu's face drained rapidly as he hurriedly called out. In his eyes, Bei Feng looked like he had turned into a real bear as his body radiated a savage, wild aura!
The man who was shooting towards Bei Feng had assumed that his target was being distracted by Ma Dao Zhu and did not see him advancing. But, he didn't know that his actions had all been predicted by Bei Feng!
For this Reishi King, Bei Feng did not believe for one second that these people would let him off!
The moment he saw the man sneaking towards his blind spot, Bei Feng immediately readied himself to execute the technique he'd learned from the large bear. Bei Feng had even given the technique a name, Ursa Smash!
Not only did the man not pull back after hearing the warning from Ma Dao Zhu, he even shot forward with greater urgency!
He was just like an eagle swooping down from the sky onto its prey!
"Kacha!"
The moment his 'claws' reached Bei Feng, his facial expression changed dramatically. The claw skill which he had honed so painstakingly, which was capable of tearing off tree barks, felt like it had met a steel plate as soon as it touched his opponent's back! A huge, unimaginable power suddenly burst forth from that back, blowing against him! In that instant, the sound of bones cracking was exceptionally distinct.
"Peng!"
Bei Feng remained unmoving on the spot, as though his feet had grown roots. As for the man who was charging at him a moment ago with great vigor, he was directly blasted backwards, soaring a good distance away before landing heavily on the ground!
"Greh, owh!"
The man's arm was bent at an unnatural angle, and a portion of his chest had also sunk in. Blood flowed continuously out of his mouth as a strange gurgling sound was issued from his mouth. There were no longer any signs of life from his person.
"Junior Brother Wen!"
The others hurriedly ran up to him. But, how could he possibly still be alive after meeting Bei Feng's Ursa Smash head on?
Bei Feng did not feel the slightest bit of compassion for the man. After spending so many months in the wild forest alone, he came to understand that all creatures lived by the desire for freedom! The laws of nature had never changed since the beginning of time. Every creature was fighting for a chance to live, that's all!
Towards people who wanted his life, no matter who they were and where they came from, Bei Feng would not go easy on them!
"Good! This sir had indeed hidden his skills deeply! Of the twelve animals form Xing Yi Quan style, your bear form could be said to have reached the pinnacle of mastery!" [1]
A hint of trepidation flashed past Ma Dao Zhu's eyes as he looked at Bei Feng. Xing Yi Sect was not some small sect. Since this person was taught the bear form Xing Yi Quan, his status in the sect must not be low!
Ma Dao Zhu readied his stance, "But no matter what your background is, since you've killed my junior brother, you can only pay with your life!"
Following that, he beckoned for the other four to guard the area properly, so as not to allow Bei Feng a chance to make a move!
The others immediately perked up once they heard Ma Dao Zhu's words. Xing Yi Sect was not a sect that could be offended. Their experts were as numerous as the clouds, and they even had esteemed Xiantian masters watching over it!
If news that an inner sect disciple of Xing Yi Sect was surrounded and killed got out, even their master would not be able to save them!
As soon as Bei Feng began exchanging blows with Ma Dao Zhu, he quickly fell into a disadvantaged position! In no time, he was facing deadly dangers at every blow!
'No! I can't let this fight go on like this! If this continues, I'll be captured within three more moves!'
As his thoughts traveled thus, Bei Feng executed another Ursa Smash to force Ma Dao Zhu back!
"If I don't die, this one will definitely pay a visit to your clan one of these days!"
Following that, with a savage growl, Bei Feng stuffed the Reishi King into his mouth and jumped off the cliff into the Yarlung Zangbo River without any hesitation!
"F*ck, we're finished! Hurry, get down and find him!"
Ma Dao Zhu rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down. However, other than the fiercely raging waters, where was there any sign of Bei Feng's shadow?
Ma Dao Zhu scaled down the cliff in a hurry and ran towards the river in a crazed manner. Along the way, his expression was exceptionally ugly.
Whenever he thought of the Reishi King, he would feel a deep ache in his heart. After falling into the Yarlung Zangbo River, the odds of recovering the Reishi King were not any better than fishing for a needle in the ocean!
Right now, he could only pray hard that the Xing Yi Sect kid was not dead. Otherwise, it would be difficult for this Reishi King to reappear in the world again!
At the same time, Ma Dao Zhu was still rather impacted by Bei Feng's savage resolve. He could not help but to wonder—if it was him, could he do what Bei Feng had done with such decisiveness?
Shaking his head, Ma Dao Zhu already knew the answer in his heart. There was no way he could do something like that. Jumping off such a high cliff into a raging river? That was a path to sure death!
The only pity was that heavenly Reishi King being lost! With that single rash leap, it'd also sunken into the depths of the winding river!