A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 4. Twist
However, with the increase of "0.1", Ning Xuan only felt that his strength, stamina, and even reaction speed had improved slightly.

Based on the panel that appeared before him, he made a natural deduction.

His life, that is, his physique and spirit, are only 1 point. In the process of fighting with the bear demon, he injured the bear demon and thus plundered part of the bear demon's power. This part of the power is external, so there are the words "the Heavenly Demon Talisman adds extra" and "1 (1.1)".

His true fate is 1.

With the addition of the Mountain-Collision Bear, it becomes 1.1.

Ning Xuan recalled the scene of his previous battle with the mountain-collision bear demon.

As the mountain-ramming bear demon developed wounds, the black smoke transferred to him, making him stronger and the mountain-ramming bear demon weaker.

Although I don't understand what's going on, it must be related to the "Heavenly Demon Register".

'Therefore, the key lies in how to deal more damage to the mountain-ramming bear demon more efficiently.'

Ning Xuan's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

"In a head-on confrontation, I would be sent flying by the enraged mountain-ramming bear demon almost instantly, and even my hand bones would shatter."

He recalled the scene from "Four out of Ten" in his mind.

He exerted all his strength, used all his knowledge and courage, and with a death wish, unleashed that fierce and powerful strike.

The blade struck the black hill that was hurtling towards it at high speed.

He was sent flying backward, his arms shattered. Even his suicide attempt was only accomplished by sliding his body and neck past an upward-pointing blade.

A flash of memory crossed Ning Xuan's mind, and he came to a conclusion.

Avoid direct confrontation whenever possible.

He suddenly stood up, put on his boots, and remembered that the manor's storeroom had an armory.

I don't know what my father did, but there were even repeating crossbows in the armory that were strictly prohibited by the imperial court.

This item, along with armor, was listed as a prohibited item; possessing it was punishable by death.

My father, however, kept many things hidden.

Before dawn, Ning Xuan reappeared in the hanging basket.

He turned his head and looked at the narrow pass of the mountain peak, watching the mountain mist roll out in an uncertain gray light.

Aside from the time he trained with Master Zhang, he never got up early again.

At times like these, he would always be holding a beautiful woman in the warm, fragrant bed, thinking about what to do that day.

Is it a banquet? A visit to brothels? A hunt? An animal fight? A horse race? An appreciation of paintings? An appraisal of jade? Or should we go to that wealthy merchant guild that he frequents every few days to see if they have any novelties from other places, especially from the Western Regions?

He never imagined that one day he would have to fight so desperately to kill.

He doesn't know how.

How could a pretty boy like him, the only son of Master Ning, risk his life? Why would he risk his life?

He throws a handful of silver, and many people will risk their lives for him.

But now, he can.

He faced this terrifying demon all alone, endlessly "enjoying" this hellish existence.

He stood quietly in the basket, his eyes slightly closed, his whole body relaxed, to avoid pointless exertion and to look forward to giving his all in the battle to come.

His heartbeat should have been fast, but it was suppressed by a calmness, and it beat rhythmically and peacefully.

He finally saw a glimmer of light through the cracks in his eyes.

A pale, lifeless light.

Finally, the sound of water dripping from above his head could be heard.

The saliva of the bear demon.

Ning Xuan suddenly noticed that the bear demon seemed to have weakened a bit, which was an unexpected surprise, because it meant that in the "ten cycles of reincarnation," as long as he plundered the bear demon's power, he would be permanently strengthened, while the bear demon would be permanently weakened.

Almost instantly, time seemed to speed up.

The bear demon grabbed the rope, intending to drag its prey.

Ning Xuan jumps onto the basketball, grabs a dagger with one hand, and hangs from the cliff.

The bear demon crawled down like a gecko.

Ning Xuan released his grip.

The bear demon rescued him.

Ning Xuan's left hand unleashed hundreds of pear blossom needles from a black metal tube. The needles pierced the bear demon's eyes, while the bear demon's claws grabbed his waist and pierced his flesh.

Ning Xuan swung his sword, unleashing a flying swallow-like strike that expanded his gains.

The bear demon, in pain, released its claws.

Ning Xuan fell, then suddenly pulled out a dagger and used all his strength to plunge it into a crevice in the rock. Inside the crevice was the remaining root of a withered pine tree, which he had been observing for a long time.

Blood was dripping from his waist. He plunged his long sword into the crevice in the rock, then rolled over to stand up, looked up, and gazed at the bear demon from afar once more.

The bear demon roared angrily and stopped holding back, brandishing its sharp claws that cracked the rock as it crawled toward him, but it was not as fast as it was on the ground.

He took out two repeating crossbows from behind his back and pulled the triggers repeatedly upwards.

Swish swish swish! !

Arrows pierced the air, shooting out with a whooshing sound.

A wisp of black smoke appeared on the bear demon's body, and his body seemed to have a suction force, drawing the black smoke in.

He is getting stronger, while the bear demon is getting weaker.

In the blink of an eye, the bear demon was in front of him. He stopped attacking, jumped off the cliff, and appeared in the bedroom.

He took a few breaths, and then the sound of everything being shattered came again from afar, the thunderous drumming growing louder as it approached.

He took out a powerful crossbow that he had prepared in the bedroom and aimed it at the door.

boom! !

The door is smashed!

Amidst billowing smoke and dust, he pulled the trigger.

Swoosh! Arrows shot into the smoke and dust, but with little effect.

Bang!
He felt himself being struck by a crushing force.

He drew his spare dagger and swiftly slashed at his neck.

[Six out of ten]

【Heavenly Demon Talisman: Mountain-Collision Bear (17/100)】

[Seven out of ten]

【Heavenly Demon Talisman: Mountain-Collision Bear (30/100)】

[8 out of 10] [Heavenly Demon Talisman: Mountain-Colliding Bear (46/100)]

Nine out of ten

Cliff, Dawn, Hanging Basket
But there was more than one hanging basket; many hanging baskets were suspended in mid-air.

At the eight-tenths mark, Ning Xuan discovered that his physique was similar to, or even slightly surpassed, that of the Mountain-Piercing Bear. So he decided to fight it head-on. However, he was still paralyzed by the Mountain-Piercing Bear's first impact, his muscles became congested with blood after the second impact, and his bones were shattered after the third impact.

He realized a truth: this mountain-ramming bear demon not only possessed a powerful physique and a strong life force, but also most likely had its own demonic arts.

Although he was physically equal to the Mountain-Collision Bear Demon, he was still no match for the Mountain-Collision Bear Demon when the latter used his demonic arts.

His improved physique has made his previous work much easier. What used to take him most of the night to design a gondola can now have at least ten gondolas hanging on the cliff.

Improving physical fitness involves not only physical strength, but also power and speed, including running speed, reaction speed, and so on.
He had already practiced footwork when he practiced "Swallow Chasing the Wind Blade".

The first move, "Flying Swallow Chasing the Wind," requires coordination with footwork.

At this moment, with the enhancement of his physique, his figure became even more agile.

It's finally dawn.

Ning Xuan mechanically looked up, meeting the bear demon's ferocious face, and fear appeared in his eyes.

The familiar scene unfolded once again.
What was unfamiliar was that when one of the gondolas broke down, Ning Xuan, like a mountain ape, would swiftly leap to another gondola using daggers and rock crevices.

Each basket contained two rapid-fire crossbows.

The bear is like a gecko, and the man is like a monkey.

The basket swayed back and forth, arrows piercing the air with a piercing whooshing sound.

In the midst of the back-and-forth fighting, the bear demon suddenly seized an opportunity, leaping and pouncing on Ning Xuan, who was running towards the next hanging basket.

"caught you!"

Ning Xuan looked up in fear, then drew the long sword from behind him.

A slash in mid-air.

The flash of blades pierced the snow!
Wow! !
A deep gash, about an inch wide, was ripped open in the bear demon's left arm, from which billowing black smoke flowed and was sucked toward Ning Xuan.

In that instant, the bear demon's mind went completely blank, buzzing loudly.

In its eyes, the nimble creature still held fear, intense fear. Yet, after the initial cut, the creature deftly leaped away, grabbed a hanging rope, and, as if swinging on a swing, charged at it again.

Ning Xuan's eyes still held fear.

The bear demon realized that the food was a trick.

The power of this food is in no way inferior to it.

It stopped heading towards the food and turned to climb up the cliff.

Its sorcery can only be performed on flat ground, and it needs a "running start" to activate it.

Just then, a heart-wrenching pain came from behind. It turned its head and saw that the food had plunged the long knife deep into the most vulnerable part of its buttocks.

"Ouch! Ouch!!!!"

The bear demon let out an unimaginable scream.

It exerted all its strength, used all its knowledge and courage, and with a death wish, climbed out with the fiercest and most intense leap.

It leaped onto the cliff, looking down in shock.

In its eyes, the food looked as if it had been inflated, its whole body swelling up, while it looked like a deflated balloon, thin and weak.

The bear demon looked terrified and turned to flee.

Ning Xuan glanced at the panel:
【Heavenly Demon Talisman: Mountain-Collision Bear (65/100)】

【Fate (Constitution): 1 (2.7)】

[Sex (Mental): 1]

He grabbed a black protruding rock on the cliff with one hand, exerted his strength, and leaped up about ten feet, landing steadily on the top of the cliff.

He twisted his neck and flashed his knife, his whole body brimming with boundless power.

He had originally set up a repeating crossbow mechanism in his bedroom, which could fire multiple crossbows simultaneously with a single trigger, but now it seems it's no longer needed.

He entered the villa.

The manor was very quiet at this moment, so quiet that the thin bear demon seemed to have disappeared.

Ning Xuan focused his attention and listened intently.

His senses have become much sharper.

He heard extremely suppressed breathing.

It's in the direction of the side yard.

He dragged the knife and walked over.

He saw a rockery with a view, and the faint breathing sound came from it.

He approached quietly.

The bear demon was hiding inside, unaware of what was happening. It only felt sweat pouring down its body; it was filled with fear.

Suddenly, it sensed something was wrong. It mechanically and slowly turned its head, only to be met with a ferocious glint of light.

With the death of the bear demon, the manor, bathed in the pale sunlight, crumbled.
Ning Xuan suddenly felt a slight pressure on his left arm, and a sticky, warm sensation against his body.

Ning Xuan opened his eyes and saw the beautiful maid lying on his left arm.

Looking again, his pupils slowly contracted.

Ning Xuan

【Heavenly Demon Talisman】

[Life Gate 1: Mountain-Colliding Bear] (Not yet summoned)
[Life (Constitution): 1]

[Sex (Mental): 1]

Upon closer inspection, some new information emerged.

[Bear that crashed into a mountain]

[Heavenly Demon Fate Attribute: Bear Class, Common Family, Mountain Crash Species (Constitution): 3.2] (Only main attribute is displayed) (After being summoned, it can provide an additional 2.7 to the Fate attribute)

[Innate Demonic Technique: Bear-Shattering Mountain: Its speed is like the wind, and the faster it goes, the more powerful it becomes, shattering a person's body upon impact]

Look again
Here's another message.

[Heavenly Demon Talisman: Observe the approaching Heavenly Demon, examine its life essence, and forcibly refine the talisman. Failure to refine the talisman will result in death and dissipation of one's cultivation; success will allow it to be used by oneself.]

Ning Xuan was taken aback.

Does this mean that the bear that crashed into the mountain will have to do it again in the near future?
(End of this chapter)