29: Chapter 29 The Raging Giant Bear

Nie Ning first glanced at the containment pods inside; the three monsters were still standing silently.

Unfortunately, Nie Ning did not know the composition of the liquid inside, otherwise he would have definitely wanted to taste these Strange Beast Body specimens.

He arrived at the place where he had buried the wizard books last time; some fungal plants had already grown on top.

Nie Ning brushed away the soil, opened the cloth bag inside, and the nine wizard books were still in their original state.

Glancing at the withered bones in the corner, Nie Ning tightened his collar and patiently began to examine the books.

There were nine books in total: three travelogues, two rune analyses, one experiment log, and...

Nie Ning held the remaining three books, excitement appearing on his face.

He was not disappointed; there really was a wizard cultivation method, and even two spells!

"Qiong Guang Meditation Method..."

Nie Ning hurriedly picked up the Meditation Technique to examine it.

It recorded the wizard's path of cultivation as well as some precautions.

Soon, Nie Ning discovered a problem and couldn't help but frown.

Wizards need to advance from the apprentice level to a First-Ring Wizard, but the Meditation Technique in his hand was a cultivation method for a First-Ring Wizard.

Although it did not record the consequences of practicing it directly, since there was a grading system, following the order was definitely the most correct approach.

Just like the Knight cultivation method.

If one were to directly practice the Mid-level Knight cultivation method from the Elementary Stage, it might be impossible to even mobilize blood energy, or it could cause one's own blood energy and fighting spirit to go berserk.

Thinking of this, Nie Ning searched around in the cave.

But even after searching the pile of bones in the corner, he did not find the apprentice-level Meditation Technique that Nie Ning needed.

"What should I do?"

Nie Ning was a bit dumbfounded.

He had been longing for this for so long, and this was it?

Or should he force it and see if he could withstand it?

Nie Ning suddenly had an idea: "Modify it myself?"

After all, this cultivation method was also conceived by someone, so modifying it himself didn't seem to be a problem.

The main issue was that things related to wizards were too hard to find.

Nie Ning had once asked Borton, but Borton only had a superficial understanding; it was rumored that there might not even be any wizards in the entire Ska City.

Even Borton's connections didn't know, so relying on Nie Ning himself was even more out of the question.

After pondering for a moment, Nie Ning sighed and decided to wait until he returned.

At the very least, he had to study it first, rather than just deleting a few words and calling it a modification; such an approach was undoubtedly seeking his own death.

...

Carefully putting away the books, Nie Ning left the underground cave and then covered the entrance with stones nearby.

After confirming there were no issues, Nie Ning did not rush to leave Wantai Forest.

Besides retrieving the wizard books, he actually had another purpose for coming out this time.

A few days ago, while chatting with Borton, he learned that a Frenzied Giant Bear had recently arrived on the outskirts of Wantai Forest.

The Frenzied Giant Bear is a very powerful type of strange beast; it is said that one needs to reach at least a High-Tier Knight to confront it, and even then, the chances of winning are very slim.

However, he heard that the Frenzied Giant Bear was seriously injured and seemed to have been driven out by other strange beasts inside Wantai Forest.

Nie Ning had already eaten most of the animals in Ska City, and he had even gnawed on quite a bit of tree bark.

Now that three months had passed, his Supernatural Adaptability had not been put to use, so Nie Ning prepared to hunt the Frenzied Giant Bear.

Of course, while he called it hunting, Nie Ning actually just wanted to obtain some flesh and blood from it.

After all, a starving camel is bigger than a horse, and Nie Ning would not be stupid enough to go head-to-head with the Frenzied Giant Bear.

With the Frenzied Giant Bear's nearly four-meter-tall stature, a single slap would probably send him flying a hundred meters away; even injured, it was not something he could deal with.

...

After spending more than twenty minutes, Nie Ning arrived at the eastern part of the forest where the Frenzied Giant Bear haunted.

As soon as Nie Ning activated the smell of his Strange Beast Body, a strong stench of blood rushed to his face.

After observing the surroundings, huge footprints were scattered on the ground, and there were traces of clawing on many large trees.

Following the lingering smell of blood in the air, Nie Ning quickly found a large, pitch-black ball.

"It's nice to be strong; it doesn't even bother to hide."

Seeing this, Nie Ning couldn't help but exclaim.

More than a hundred meters away from Nie Ning, the pitch-black giant bear was curled up on the ground sleeping, with many unhealed claw marks and bite wounds still on its body.

Especially on the back of the Frenzied Giant Bear, it seemed to have been bitten by some creature, leaving a hairless wound nearly fifty centimeters wide, where one could even see the bright red flesh inside.

Suddenly, Nie Ning sniffed his nose.

"Human scent..."

Nie Ning frowned and looked in the direction from which the scent came.

Under the gaze of his Tiger Pupils, several figures were hiding in a large tree.

"It seems there are quite a few like-minded people."

It was just that the distance was too far, so Nie Ning could not confirm the other party's strength.

However, since they dared to come to such a place, they were probably at least Intermediate Knights.

After all, the span from Elementary Stage to Mid-level is large; when facing a strange beast like the Frenzied Giant Bear, there is no difference between being hit by one slap or two.

After pondering for a moment, Nie Ning found a place to lie in ambush.

Originally, according to his plan, he would naturally launch a sneak attack directly and then run with the meat.

But now that others wanted to hunt the Frenzied Giant Bear, and the other party had many people, rushing out would be unwise; he didn't want to let others reap the benefits.

...

Nie Ning lay quietly in a depressed hollow.

As time passed, not only did those few people hiding show no signs of making a move, but Nie Ning also noticed that two more groups of people had arrived nearby.

Clearly, the Frenzied Giant Bear was valuable and had already attracted the attention of those powerful knights in Ska City.

Hunting the Frenzied Giant Bear is naturally better with more people, but this disrupted Nie Ning's plan.

It didn't matter if the hunt failed; he could fish in troubled waters and look for an opportunity to obtain the flesh and blood of the Frenzied Giant Bear in the chaos.

But if these people succeeded in the hunt, it would be difficult to snatch food from the tiger's mouth; Nie Ning did not have the confidence to defeat more than ten Intermediate Knights.

Therefore, at the moment, timing was very important.

With three groups of people appearing on the scene, it didn't take long for someone to discover the existence of other teams.

No one wanted others to reap the benefits, so the three parties began to discuss the distribution issue.

And just as the three parties were discussing, a breeze blew by, and Nie Ning frowned and turned to look at the position to his rear left.

There were still more people!

But it looked like there was only one person, clearly harboring the idea of snatching food from the tiger's mouth.

Nie Ning chose to ignore this directly.

His requirements were not high; if he could obtain the entire Frenzied Giant Bear, that would of course be best, but it didn't matter if he couldn't, as long as he could take a piece of meat, that would suffice.

...

Soon, the three parties reached a result.

Three of them raised their bows and arrows and shot towards the wound on the back of the Frenzied Giant Bear.

'Roar!'

The Frenzied Giant Bear felt the pain and let out an angry roar, followed by charging towards the direction from which the arrows were shot like a tank.