"Senior, please help me!" Sure enough, as soon as the pockmarked man spotted Chu Feng, he hurriedly called out for help.
In fact, to speed things up, Chu Feng had been borrowing Egg's power ever since entering the Hundred Bend Gully. However, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he had disguised himself. He wore a simple cloth robe and a straw hat that concealed his features. Such an outfit wasn't uncommon in the Hundred Bend Gully, but since the pockmarked man couldn't see Chu Feng's face or determine his age—and still wanted his help—he addressed him as "senior."
"If I help you, how will you compensate me for that high-grade Mystic Medicine?" Chu Feng adjusted his voice to sound like a young man and stated his terms directly.
"As long as you help me deal with this crisis, the high-grade Mystic Medicine and the demon beast are all yours!" the pockmarked man shouted.
"Deal!" With that, Chu Feng launched himself into the air and dove straight into the three-way battle like a sword.
"Ignorant humans, you will all die!" The moment Chu Feng landed, the giant bear demon beast lunged at him.
The demon beast truly possessed intelligence—it could speak human language perfectly. However, its voice still carried a wild, bestial quality, and its strength was immense. A single swipe of its claw came down with crushing force.
"Hmph!"
Yet when the demon beast's massive paw came crashing down, Chu Feng merely let out a cold snort. Instead of dodging, he clenched a single fist and punched straight back at the beast's giant claw.
"This...!" The sight terrified the pockmarked man. After all, Chu Feng's aura was only at the first level of the Xuan Martial realm—the same as his own—and in terms of build, Chu Feng was even scrawnier. So this move was practically like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—courting death. But in the very next instant, he was utterly stupefied.
BOOM!
Chu Feng's fist collided with the demon beast's giant claw, and a thunderous impact rang out. Despite the fist being small, it contained tremendous power. A ripple of energy exploded outward, and the demon beast let out a miserable howl, hastily retreating.
And when it looked at its thick, tough claw—strong as steel—it was now torn wide open, blood streaming down, with white bone exposed beneath the shredded flesh.
"Heavens... is that even a human fist?!"
By this point, the pockmarked man was completely dumbfounded, staring blankly at Chu Feng's fist with a face full of disbelief. He had clashed with the giant bear demon beast before and knew firsthand just how tough its body was. Yet Chu Feng had shattered it with his bare fist—something he simply could not accept.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
While the pockmarked man was still frozen in shock, the high-grade Mystic Medicine had already leapt into the air. The vines covering its entire body transformed into a sky full of razor-sharp blades, shooting toward the pockmarked man at lightning speed.
"Damn it!"
By the time the pockmarked man snapped back to reality, it was already too late. Those countless vines would pierce his body in the next heartbeat. There was nowhere to dodge, nowhere to run—no chance left.
Whoosh!
But just when the pockmarked man thought he was doomed, Chu Feng appeared before him like a ghost.