Chapter 00115: The Black Bear Demon (Part 1)
# The Black Bear Demon (Part 1)
Chapter 115
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 115: The Black Bear Demon (Part 1)
Great King Shanying said it wasn't far, and Li Chengxi had thought it would be like popping over to a neighbor's house.
But in reality, what Great King Shanying meant by "not far" was swinging through the treetops.
For a monkey, it wasn't a long journey.
Walking step-by-step beneath the trees, however, took them more than an hour to finally reach the Pear Tree Forest.
After another half an hour of walking, they at last saw a large, exposed rock wall.
At the base of the rock wall were several large caves.
The entrances had been rubbed to a glossy patina, likely from animals constantly going in and out.
"Black Bear! Come on out! It is I, Great King Shanying, and I've brought a guest!"
As soon as they arrived, Great King Shanying started yelling at the top of his lungs toward the cave entrance.
After he shouted twice, the darkness at the cave entrance seemed to squirm.
Then, a group of chubby, roly-poly, charmingly clumsy black bears ran out of the cave.
"What are you hollering about! You mischievous monkey, you've come to disturb my peace again."
The voice sounded like that of a middle-aged uncle.
A moment later, a massive black bear crawled out of the cave and impatiently scratched the crescent moon marking on its chest.
So this was the "Black Bear," just a common black bear.
This black bear demon had to be three meters tall when it stood up.
Even though what Li Chengxi saw on his computer screen was in a chibi pixel style, it was still a huge blob.
Its size alone was not to be underestimated.
Its fur gleamed with an oily sheen in the sunlight.
Against its enormous body, its pair of small eyes actually looked a bit comical.
One glance and you could tell it was an expert at stealing kasayas from the Guanyin Zen Temple.
"You've challenged me four times this month, and you've been my defeated opponent every time. Instead of training properly, you come looking for me again..."
At this point, it finally noticed Yang Yiyi standing beside Great King Shanying.
Truly a black bear, only noticing her now.
"A bit strange. What's with that hairless female monkey?"
Yang Yiyi: "......"
"Hehe, you don't know, do you? She's a human, not a monkey. And she's our new Great King."
"Oh? A human? Never heard of them. But a new Great King... you lost to her?"
"That's right. One move nearly knocked my Demon Core right out of me."
"That powerful, huh."
The black bear demon blinked its small eyes and looked at Yang Yiyi.
She quickly cupped her fist and said:
"My name is Yang Yiyi, not some hairless monkey..."
She was still a little bothered by it.
"Well met. I am Great King Black Wind of this place."
It really was the one who stole the kasaya.
"You mischievous monkey, bringing your new Great King to my door. Surely you didn't just come to introduce me, right?"
"Actually, it's this one."
It pointed at the jade tablet floating beside Yang Yiyi.
"Immortal Li wants to ask if we know anything about the Sky-Upholding Stone, or the immortal who created Peach Blossom Valley."
"Immortal Li? Where?"
Li Chengxi spoke through the microphone at this moment:
"It's me, over here. Look next to Yang Yiyi. Hey, right, it's this stone."
The black bear demon was greatly shocked, its small eyes wide.
"This is the first time I've ever seen a stone talk."
"Tell me about it. I was startled when I first saw it too."
"I'm not a stone, I'm just speaking to you through it."
"Oh, oh, you truly are an immortal, to understand immortal arts."
The black bear demon actually believed it.
It then lowered its head and pondered for a moment before saying:
"I've never heard of the Sky-Upholding Stone. As for the immortal who created Peach Blossom Valley... Heh, my hands are getting a little itchy. Have your new Great King come up and have a spar with me. If she wins, I'll tell you."
Of course, it would turn out this way.
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Big monkeys and little monkeys, big bears and little bears, all gathered in a circle.
As if watching a good show, they passed around wild fruits and tubers.
It was a good thing this place didn't have corn, otherwise they might have even arranged for popcorn.
Yang Yiyi and the black bear demon who called himself Great King Black Wind stood in the middle.
The former held her staff in one hand, assuming the opening stance of the White Monkey Staff Technique.
The latter stood up from the ground, its two bear paws held flat above the crescent moon on its chest, a very strange posture, as if protecting its chest before the fight even began.
Great King Shanying and Li Chengxi were naturally watching from the side.
He asked:
"Why is Great King Black Wind's stance so strange?"
Li Chengxi didn't know much about martial arts; his knowledge basically came from watching action scenes in Hong Kong movies.
But he had truly never seen a stance where someone held both hands flat at their chest.
"Don't underestimate it. The Black Bear looks clumsy, but it's incredibly fast when it strikes."
Not that a reminder was needed.
Yang Yiyi dared not underestimate the black bear demon.
After all, the creature was over three meters tall when it stood up.
Standing face-to-face with it felt as if Mount Tai itself was looming over her.
Who could possibly underestimate that?
Once both sides were ready, the black bear demon said:
"A guest from afar is to be honored. It's fine if you make the first move."
Yang Yiyi nodded and didn't stand on ceremony with the black bear demon.
"Take this! White Monkey Teases the Oriole!"
Holding the staff with one hand lacked power, but it was exceptionally agile.
Yang Yiyi took square steps, her figure flashing as she closed in on the black bear demon.
With a swing of her staff, she seemed to slice toward the black bear demon's head, but in reality, with just a twist of her wrist, the wooden staff could change direction and strike straight at the black bear demon's waist.
Her first move was a feint, a way to test the waters.
After all, one look at this black bear demon told you it was not to be trifled with, and feints were agile and easy to change.
But the black bear demon was completely unmoved.
It just stared with its small eyes wide as Yang Yiyi approached, right until she struck with her staff.
In an instant, the black bear demon thrust out both its paws, posturing as if it was willing to trade a blow from Yang Yiyi's staff for landing a blow with both its paws.
With the black bear's physique, taking a hit from a feinted staff attack was nothing.
But if Yang Yiyi took two palm strikes from the black bear demon, it would be no laughing matter.
She would be defeated in a single exchange.
She instantly halted her advance and used a series of small backward hops from Monkey Boxing to quickly evade the incoming pair of paws.
Even though her dodge was very timely, the sense of crisis, like a tightening golden headband, did not recede in the slightest.
Yang Yiyi's legs didn't stop moving.
She pivoted on her left foot, twisting her body to barely avoid the horizontal path of the bear paws.
Only then did that sense of crisis disappear.
And on the ground behind her, with a boom, two bear paw prints had appeared.
"That's the move! I've lost to that move several times!"
Seeing Yang Yiyi dodge, Great King Shanying was so happy he looked as if he had won himself, dancing for joy and waving a peach.
It was happy, but a cold sweat was about to break out on Yang Yiyi.
The wind from the black bear demon's palms was concentrated and did not disperse.
This wasn't a simple matter of great strength.
The black bear demon did not continue its attack, but instead retracted its paws and sat down cross-legged.
"You female monkey have some quick reactions. If you were a female bear, I might even be moved."
Yang Yiyi had almost lost the will to even retort that she wasn't a monkey.
She stared intently at the black bear demon sitting cross-legged on the ground, her gaze darting up and down, left and right, searching for an opening.
Logically speaking, if two people were fighting and one of them sat on the ground, their openings would be numerous, a whole bunch for the picking.
But strangely, when this black bear demon sat on the ground, it was as if it had become a mountain, a sheer cliff, a towering tree.
It looked so natural, yet there were no openings to speak of.
Its sitting on the ground was by no means a sign of looking down on Yang Yiyi.
Rather, it had brought out its true skills; it was just that this set of postures was very strange.
As the saying goes, when an expert makes a move, you know if they've got the goods.
They had only clashed for a single round, yet the black bear demon had already displayed abilities far surpassing Great King Shanying's.
If Yang Yiyi relied solely on the physical strength augmented by the Sky-Upholding Stone, she would have absolutely no chance of winning.
Four chapters this morning _(:зゝ∠)_
(End of this chapter)