It has been more than an hour since Li Jing killed the two Demonic Black Bears. Since then, he met and killed six other bears. Of course, he didn't forget to extract their Demonic Core after killing them.
Li Jing was getting more and more used to kill and even started to enjoy it. This feeling of power was very addictive but it scared him a lot, he didn't want to become a psychopathic killer!
The sun will set in a few hours and Li Jing estimated that he would not reach the territory of the Four-eyed Jade Monkeys before another day of walking. Therefore, he decided to walk for an additional hour before searching for a cave where he could cultivate for the night.
Half an hour and two Demonic Black Bears dead later, Li Jing suddenly heard noises coming from his right. A powerful roar followed by several people shouting.
Curious, he decided to follow the direction of the noise to see what was going on.
"GHHHHHHAAAAA!!!!" The ground shook when the mighty roar resounded.
"Hahaha, We hit the jackpot!"
"Yes, this is a unique opportunity, we must kill this beast!"
"You're right, imagine the amount of Spirit Stones we can gain if we kill it!"
As Li Jing got closer and closer to the noise, he finally spotted three middle-aged men, probably Beast Hunters, surrounding a huge blue bear.
Blue? Was this bear a variant Demonic Beast? Li Jing widened his eyes.
The bear was at least seven feet tall, his thick fur was sky blue and his eyes golden. Its large mouth was wide open, revealing long, sharp teeth that could probably shred a man in half in just one bite.
It was definitely a variant Demonic Beast. Such a lucky encounter, it was understandable that these Beast Hunters still wanted to fight it despite their inferior strength instead of running away, but it was also suicidal.
Usually, only a few beasts among an entire Demonic Beast breed would be born as a variant. A variant Demonic Beast had more than twice the strength than a normal one and was also smarter.
It was said that eating the flesh of a variant Demonic Beast could greatly increase one's cultivation as well as strengthening one's body. The rest of the beast's body was also extremely valuable, just its fur alone could be sold for thousands of Spirit Stones!
Li Jing who was hiding behind a tree not far from them, thought about what he should do. He could wait for the Beast Hunters to die and then kill the beast himself or he could save them by killing the beast right now.
Normally, he would not have hesitated and would have saved them. But he was not on Earth anymore, he was in a cultivation world.
Judging from the previous conversation of these three men, they were probably greedy people. If Li Jing appeared out of nowhere, killed the beast, and took its body, they would accuse him of having stolen their prey and attack him. Then, Li Jing would have no choice but to kill them. He was not the kind of person who would spare someone who tried to kill him.
The value of this beast was so high that If Li Jing let them go, these men would seek for reinforcements and look for him all over the forest to recover the body of the beast.
Li Jing sighed, he was not a hero, he wanted the whole beast for himself and didn't want to share it. By eating this beast, his strength will greatly increase. And strength was the law in this world. For this reason, he decided to just watch and wait for the beast to kill them.
As expected, when the first Beast Hunter ran to the bear, he received a powerful claw strike that sent him flying away and crashing into a tree. Dead.
The second man repetitively attacked the beast with his sword but couldn't pierce its fur. The bear then opened its mouth widely and crunched a third of the man in one bite.
The third man was shaking in fear and immediately ran away, but the bear ran after him. The beast was faster than the man and charged him from behind, killing him.
Seeing this, Li Jing clenched his fists. Although he didn't kill these men, he still felt guilty. He didn't regret his decision but was furious with the huge bear and decided to kill it immediately.
He rushed towards it, focusing his Qi in his right fist.
"Hammer Fist!"
He dealt a powerful blow to the beast's head, but contrary to his expectation, its head didn't explode. However, the beast was ejected several meters away and crashed through many trees.
Since there was no notification, it meant that the bear was still alive. A variant Demonic Beast was indeed very strong.
Li Jing saw the beast get up from the ground, its face was bloodied. It growled furiously and charged at him. Each of the beast steps made the ground shake violently as it rushed towards him.
"GHHHHHHAAAAA!!!!"
Since the body of this beast was very valuable, Li Jing decided to kill it causing as little damage to its body as possible. He took out his Lightning-flame Spirit Daggers from his system inventory, activated his Elusive Smoke Steps technique, and waited for the beast to charge him.
When the beast passed through his body, Li Jing jumped and landed on its back. With his two daggers, Li Jing stabbed the bear's neck making it roar in pain and stop its course.
"GHHAA! GHHAA! GHHAA!!"
The bear tried to struggle to topple Li Jing, but he was stronger than it and didn't let go. He stabbed the neck of the beast again, which this time collapsed to the ground.
The beast stopped moving and breathing, there was no doubt that it was dead.
[Host has killed a variant tier-1 Demonic Beast: XP + 1500.]
Li Jing didn't smile when he saw the notification, he just stored the body of the variant Demonic Beast inside his spatial ring and looked one last time at the dead body of the three men on the ground before leaving this place.
He decided to find a cave to cook the variant Demonic Beast and spend the night.