After registering the mission, Lin Fan didn't waste any time as he headed out of the city with Xiao Yue.
Throughout the week of grinding out missions, Lin Fan already had a habit of keeping supplies in his Pet Storage Space, so he could head out at any time if he wanted to. There was no need for him to keep going around buying different supplies anymore.
Once he was out of the city, he immediately summoned out Hi and rode with Xiao Yue behind him.
With how fast Hi was now, it only took them around an hour to reach their destination.
The target area this time was a lake in the middle of a forest. However, to call it a lake was a bit of an understatement.
It was so wide that Lin Fan couldn't even see the other side of the lake.
But it was a good thing that his target wasn't something that lived in the lake, but rather something that lived on the edge of the lake. It lived in the sand on the shores of the lake, so Lin Fan wouldn't have a problem searching for it with the Gale Sparrow.
As the Gale Sparrow was sent out to look for their target, Lin Fan and Xiao Yue moved along the coast looking for other spirit beasts to either fight or possibly tame.
Of course, even with Lin Fan's Love Gauge Taming, it wasn't that easy for him to tame pets since most spirit beasts ignored him, giving him no chance to increase their affection.
As they went along, they were able to find a few crabs that were buried in the sand.
These crabs were only in the First Qi Gathering Level, so they weren't a match for Lin Fan's group at all.
Even Hi was able to easily take care of these crabs with his flames, so there was no need to mention Xiao Yue or even Lin Fan who was much stronger than both of them.
After they had finished taking care of these crabs, they immediately threw them into the Pet Storage Space and started walking along, looking for more spirit beasts.
But before they could get far, the Gale Sparrow had already come back.
It had already found their target, so it quickly led Lin Fan and Xiao Yue off.
The Gale Sparrow didn't lead them that far away, but it did lead them away from the lake and into the forest.
After a few minutes, they came to a clearing where there was a large animal that was currently scavenging for berries from the bush in the clearing.
This animal was the one that Lin Fan's mission was for, it was a giant bear.
This bear was called the Burst Bear and it mainly lived off the fish in the lake, but from time to time, it did eat things like berries and honey that it found in the forest, so it wasn't strange for it to be here.
After confirming that this was indeed their target, Lin Fan looked over at Xiao Yue and said, "It's time for you to go back in."
Xiao Yue had an unwilling look, but she knew that if she insisted on fighting with Lin Fan, she would just be a burden for him. Instead of helping him, she would actually divide his attention and pull his focus away from the Burst Bear to help her.
After all, she was only in the Second Qi Gathering Level and the Burst Bear was in the Third Qi Gathering Level.
So in the end, Xiao Yue gave a nod and said, "Good luck." Then she walked into the portal that Lin Fan pulled out for her with Hi.
Lin Fan turned his attention back to the Burst Bear that was still foraging for berries from the bush in the clearing.
Lin Fan didn't immediately attack the Burst Bear since he knew that it was unlikely he would catch this Burst Bear if he attacked without a plan. After all, the name Burst Bear wasn't given at random.
The Burst Bear had been given this name because of its ability to burst forth with an explosive speed.
It was said that this speed was something that even surpassed the realm of the Mid Qi Gathering Realm, which meant that at its peak speed, this Burst Bear was even faster than someone in the Sixth Qi Gathering Level.
Once this Burst Bear was able to use its ability, there was no doubt that it would escape.
So Lin Fan had to find a way to trap it before he engaged it.
Lin Fan looked around the area, but he found that there really wasn't anything that he could use.
So seeing this, he knew that he had no choice but to use that power…
At the very least, the bear was close to the edge of the clearing, so he was able to sneak in the grass until he was at a position that was close to the Burst Bear.
Once he was there, Lin Fan raised his hand that had a faint blue glow around it.
After focusing his mind to calculate the distance, Lin Fan suddenly squeezed his hand.
The moment that he squeezed his hand, there was an ice wall that appeared in front of the Burst Bear.
The Burst Bear was caught off guard by this sudden ice wall that appeared, but it didn't remain stunned for long as it immediately turned to run. It was just too bad that Lin Fan didn't give him a chance.
After the first ice wall, there were three more ice walls that suddenly appeared around the Burst Bear, creating a box of ice around it.
The Burst Bear saw that it was surrounded and didn't waste any time at all as it released its burst of speed power. It charged right at the ice wall right in front of it, trying to shatter it with all its power.
Normally, this power would only be used to run away and never to attack, but when forced into a corner, the Burst Bear could use this to attack. After all, with the speed that it provided, it created quite a bit of momentum which made its attacks quite heavy.
With this momentum, its attack could each hurt an expert in the Fourth Qi Gathering Realm.
The only problem was that the burst of speed only made it move in a straight line, so this attack was easy to predict and easy to dodge, which was why it normally didn't use it to attack.
But it wasn't like the Burst Bear had another choice right now.
The Burst Bear's paw slammed into the ice wall in front of it, but it wasn't even able to make a single crack on the ice wall. Instead, the force from the Burst Bear's paw was completely absorbed by the ice wall before being reflected against the Burst Bear.
Feeling the shockwave that was reflected by the ice wall, the Burst Bear was frozen in place, unable to move at all.
Lin Fan who had already taken a position atop the ice wall seized this chance to jump down and slash right through the Burst Bear's neck, separating its head from its body.
With the difference in cultivation levels, the Burst Bear wasn't able to resist this slash at all as its head was severed and its body crumpled to the ground.
At that point, Lin Fan also collapsed to the ground, having completely run out of energy.
This was the reason why he didn't want to use this move.
He had learned how to manipulate the Ice Mirror after breaking through the Fourth Qi Gathering Level so that he was able to make multiple Ice Mirrors, but each extra Ice Mirror took even more spiritual energy to make.
With his current cultivation level, four of them was his limit.
So to create this box around the Burst Bear, he had already used most of his spiritual energy. What remained of his spiritual energy was used to separate the Burst Bear's head from its body.
Once he had completely run out of spiritual energy, naturally he collapsed to the ground.
Since he was out of spiritual energy, the Ice Mirrors around him also naturally dissipated.
After collapsing to the ground, with a single thought, Lin Fan opened the portal to the Pet Storage Space and let Xiao Yue out.
Xiao Yue looked around and after seeing the Burst Bear's corpse, she could tell what happened. But then when she saw Lin Fan lying on the ground without any strength, she was filled with worry.
She came over to take his head and put them on her lap as she asked, "What happened?"
Lin Fan didn't reply right away because he was surprised by how soft her laps were. Even though they had already been doing dual cultivation at night, this was his first time getting a lap pillow.
He had to admit, this really was a nice feeling! It was no wonder all those mangas always had some kind of lap pillow scene!
After taking a moment to enjoy it, Lin Fan said with a smile, "It's nothing, I just used up all my energy fighting the Burst Bear."
Xiao Yue had been looking down at Lin Fan with a worried look, but hearing his answer, she just said, "Oh."
The two of them just stayed there like that for a few more minutes before Lin Fan was able to move his body again.
Of course, even if he was able to move his body, that didn't mean that he wanted to leave the comfort of this lap pillow just yet.
So he didn't say a thing as he continued to lie there with his head in Xiao Yue's laps.