Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 190 - 180: Roasting Bear’s Paw

Qin Qing closed his eyes, his blood already congealed around him.

At this moment, these scabs of congealed blood began to fall off like dead skin.

Qin Qing carefully sensed the changes within his body.

After breaking through to the Divine Might Realm, the compression of the Spiritual Power inside his body was incomparable to what it had been before.

The high degree of compression of the Spiritual Power was not merely a superficial change in the vessels, but also contained the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao of cultivation. It was this change that led to the formation of the Gang Patterns.

Opening his eyes, the green flames surrounding Qin Qing subsided, and at this moment, his aura had reached an unprecedented level.

"Boom!"

Qin Qing once again executed the Blood Burning Secret Technique.

Flames erupted around him.

This time, the green flames that appeared were even brighter and more profound than before.

"Upon breaking through to the Divine Might Realm, the amplification of the Blood Burning Secret Technique has further increased!"

"A Golden Core Realm Explosive Flame Bear? Just the right thing to test my current strength!"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Qin Qing’s mouth as he charged once more, his Azure Dragon Spear whirring, piercing like a dragon!

The Explosive Flame Bear’s eyes revealed a hint of avoidance, noticing that the human before it now exuded a completely different aura compared to the last encounter.

The human had made a breakthrough!

The Explosive Flame Bear wanted to flee, no longer wishing to continue the battle.

Originally, it had perceived that the human was merely at the Soul Refinement Realm, but he could collide with it head-on time after time, though each collision caused the human significant injury.

However, the human’s ability to resist hits far surpassed the bear’s expectations.

Even though the Explosive Flame Bear had fought against Divine Might Realm martial artists before, at that time it had not yet broken through to the Golden Core Realm, fighting a Divine Might Realm human with an equivalent cultivation.

The result was that the human martial artist did not last long before being torn apart by the Explosive Flame Bear, which then enjoyed a hearty meal.

After tasting the delicacy of humans, over the following years of growth, the Explosive Flame Bear consumed no less than twenty human martial artists. These included hunters entering the Tianjue Forest and martial cultivators on excursions, ranging from the elderly to youngsters around twenty.

All of them ended up as delicacies in the stomach of the Explosive Flame Bear.

The bear initially thought it could easily feast on this human too.

But unexpectedly, this Soul Refinement Realm martial artist was even more troublesome to deal with than the most formidable Divine Might Realm martial artist it had encountered.

And now, the human martial artist’s cultivation had made another breakthrough!

Without making a breakthrough, the bear was already having a tough time, and now that the human’s cultivation had broken through, the Explosive Flame Bear naturally began to consider retreating.

But! The Explosive Flame Bear wanted to escape, but Qin Qing would not give it the chance!

"Little White, trap this stupid bear, don’t let it escape!"

Qin Qing yelled to Little White.

"Moo moo!"

Little White responded to Qin Qing, transforming into a white streak of light and charging towards the Explosive Flame Bear.

In the next moment, atop Little White’s head, it expelled jets of white chill from its feelers.

The white chill instantly solidified mid-air, turning into a vast ice net that swooped down over the Explosive Flame Bear!

The Explosive Flame Bear opened its mouth and exhaled fiery flames.

The net surprisingly did not burn up straight away.

Instead, it landed on the Explosive Flame Bear and held out for three or four breaths before being burned to nothing by the scorching Spiritual Power of the bear’s body.

Though it was only three or four breaths, for Qin Qing, that was ample time.

"Boom!"

The Azure Dragon Spear struck the Explosive Flame Bear once again.

This time, the spear tip pierced directly into the bear’s back.

With a painful roar, the Spiritual Power patterns accumulated on the bear’s back were instantly shattered, its thick layer of skin and fat pierced through by the spear tip, blood gushing forth.

"Ao ao..."

In agony, the Explosive Flame Bear’s cries were continuous, and it began to panic, crashing chaotically in all directions.

But Qin Qing’s movement technique was even faster than before.

With Little White constantly interfering, the Explosive Flame Bear’s attempts to charge were fruitless, unable to find any opportunity to escape.

In this way, with the perfect cooperation between Qin Qing and Little White, the Explosive Flame Bear gradually exhausted itself.

Finally!

As Qin Qing exhaled, a green Flying Sword instantly penetrated the skull of the Explosive Flame Bear.

The massive body of the Explosive Flame Bear collapsed with a thunderous crash, snow scattering in all directions.

"Phew!"

Gazing at the fallen Explosive Flame Bear’s corpse, Qin Qing let out a long breath.

"Finally took it down!"

Little White also excitedly charged over, twisting its pure white, silvery Dragon Body as if seeking praise in front of Qin Qing.

"You did well, Little White!" Qin Qing said with a smile.

Through this battle, Qin Qing and Little White’s coordination had become even more in tune.

"Moo moo!" Xiao Bai roared with pride twice.

Next, it was time to harvest the spoils of war.

An Explosive Flame Bear, and a Fourth Rank Ferocious Beast at that, represented an incredible fortune.

Qin Qing first carefully peeled off the entire bearskin inch by inch.

Such a bearskin was very valuable, worth at least a few thousand taels of gold. Merchants and the wealthy were most fond of using such furs to make clothing, not only for warmth but also for a certain degree of defense capability.

Of course, the skin of a Golden Core Realm beast could also be used to forge armor. After being turned into armor, the price would naturally surge by several times.

Bear bones, bear sinew, and even teeth were also very valuable.

A single tooth from an Explosive Flame Bear was enough to cover the normal expenses of an ordinary family for one year.

As for the most valuable part, that was the Explosive Flame Bear’s inner core.

In the Golden Core Realm, the inner core has already condensed the True Intention. Such an inner core, whether consumed directly or used to make pills, is very much needed by martial artists in the Golden Core Realm.

A single Golden Core Realm Explosive Flame Bear’s inner core was conservatively estimated to be worth at least 50,000 taels of gold, which translated into spirit stones, was upwards of ten thousand.

Weighing the Explosive Flame Bear’s inner core in his hand, Qin Qing’s lips curved into a smile of gain, and he then stored it in his Spirit Ring.

Even though Qin Qing was now a resident Spiritual Pattern Master at the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion, his monthly salary was only a thousand spirit stones.

This inner core was equivalent to Qin Qing’s annual stipend at the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion!

In the end, Qin Qing cut off all four bear paws of the Explosive Flame Bear and stored them as well in the Spirit Ring.

The following day, Qin Qing didn’t continue hunting in Tianjue Forest.

After all, both Qin Qing and Xiao Bai had suffered no small losses in their battle with the Explosive Flame Bear.

Especially Qin Qing, although he had broken through to the Divine Might Realm, his injuries were far from light.

Moreover, using the Blood Burning Secret Technique, though it did not impact his foundation for cultivation, had overdrawn a large amount of his Qi-Blood and Spiritual Power.

So, Qin Qing found a Stone Cave that day, sealed it off, and set about healing his body in peace.

Fortunately, his Dragon Blood Physique was incredibly strong, and with the Emperor Dragon Secret Technique, which fit him as if tailored, Qin Qing’s physical injuries were recovering at an unimaginably fast pace...

About a day and a half later.

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed at the entrance of the Stone Cave.

The boulder blocking the cave entrance was directly shattered into numerous pieces by Qin Qing with a single punch.

"Having broken through to the Divine Might Realm, my strength has greatly increased. After a day’s recuperation, not only are my injuries nearly healed, but my cultivation in the Divine Might Realm has also been thoroughly consolidated!"

Qin Qing withdrew his fist and stepped out of the Stone Cave.

"Moo moo!"

Xiao Bai, coiled on Qin Qing’s shoulder, roared with pride twice, equally looking forward to the upcoming hunt in Tianjue Forest.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

However, at that moment, Xiao Bai’s stomach suddenly made a series of noises.

"Hehe! Little guy, are you hungry?"

Qin Qing turned his head to look at Xiao Bai, who was lying on his shoulder.

"Moo moo!" Xiao Bai nodded with some embarrassment.

"Alright! I’ll get you something tasty!"

Qin Qing chuckled. Xiao Bai was only at the Soul Refinement Realm, and most of the nutrients his body needed could only be replenished through food.

In the Divine Might Realm, it would be somewhat better. For example, Qin Qing’s body could go for a long period without food and still not experience a strong sense of hunger.

At the Golden Core Realm, one could live off breathing in the essence of nature and almost never need to eat to replenish the body’s energy.

Next, Qin Qing took Xiao Bai through the woods to a stone cliff.

With a few leaps, Qin Qing climbed the cliff, and under a protruding edge on the top, he picked a beehive.

Then, he also gathered some spices in the mountain woods.

After that, Qin Qing lit a roaring campfire. Once it was ready, he took out the bear paws he had cut earlier, skewered them with sharpened long sticks, and coated them with pure wild honey.

This honey wasn’t ordinary honey, but honey containing Spiritual Power, and Qin Qing had gone through a lot of trouble to collect it.

Then he started roasting the bear paws over the fire.

Soon, the bear paws were sizzling with oil and the fragrance began to fill the air.

By the side, Xiao Bai sat with his upper body propped up like a human, rubbing his belly with his front paws in an impatient manner.

Qin Qing laughed, sprinkled the spices on the bear paws, and then evenly dusted them with salt he took out from the Spirit Ring.

After roasting for a while longer, two delicious bear paws were ready!

"Here, Xiao Bai, this one’s for you!"

Qin Qing handed one of the bear paws to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai happily took it and immediately started gobbling it down ravenously.

As for Qin Qing, he too began to savor it carefully.

The last time he had bear paw was when he was six or seven years old, and that time his father had brought it back...

Qin Qing thought of his father and couldn’t help feeling a wave of longing in his heart.

"Father, wait for me, it won’t be long before your son can bring you out..." Qin Qing silently vowed, all the while quietly gnawing on the bear paw in his hand.