Volume 1 Chapter 602 Bottle Neck

Just as Yan Ling and An Shasha were pondering Peng Hao's words, Li Tian walked out of the tree hole.

"It's okay, come over here." Li Tian waved at them from the door of the tree hole.

Upon hearing this, the four of them hurried over.

We walked into the tree hole one by one and found that the space inside was larger than we had imagined. The air was filled with the smell of animal fur, which was a bit unpleasant, but the tree hole was relatively dry. Except for the entrance, the surroundings were solid, which gave people a sense of security.

"We'll stay here for now."

Li Tian said to the four people, and specifically said to Yan Ling and An Shasha, "You may never have lived in such a bad place in your life, but believe me, this place is definitely safer than just finding an empty place to camp."

Yan Ling and An Shasha nodded.

To them, this place is like a pigsty.

But they also knew that this place was safer and more secure than Zhang Yange and his men setting up camp randomly in the mountains.

Seeing that they were obedient and had no complaints about the accommodation, Li Tian had a good impression of them, so he asked Peng Hao and his friends to set up their tent in the tree hole and gave it to the two girls.

Three men, just spend the night in a tree hole.

An Shasha was wearing perfume. She sprayed it into the air, and the air in the tree hole had a hint of fragrance, which dissipated a lot of the smell of animal fur.

Night falls.

A fire was lit in the tree hole, and Li Tian asked Peng Hao to count all the supplies of the small team.

Four buckets of instant noodles, eleven sticks of ham, and some biscuits and snacks were barely enough for the five of us to get through the night.

Li Tian had water in his bag, and Peng Hao and Zhou Ren both brought stainless steel lunch boxes. They boiled the water, divided the four buckets of instant noodles into five portions, and evenly distributed the ham and biscuit snacks. The five of them ate half full.

"Brother Tian, ​​we have finished eating everything now, what should we do tomorrow?" Yan Ling asked.

She knew her position clearly. This was not the time to act out of temper or show off her arrogance. Their safety depended entirely on the man in front of them, so they were particularly respectful to Li Tian.

After these words were spoken, the other three people also looked at Li Tian. Yes, after eating, they would be hungry tomorrow.

Li Tian smiled and said, "The forest is so vast, you're not afraid of not being able to find food. Besides, I might be able to find a way out tomorrow, so there's no need to worry about that."

The way out?

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

When supernatural events happen to oneself, everyone is at a loss. At this time, someone says that they can find a way back to the original world, just like suddenly grabbing a life-saving straw while floating in the ocean.

"Yeah." Yan Ling nodded heavily.

After eating, the night gradually deepened.

The two girls went into the tent to rest, while Peng Hao and Zhou Ren leaned against the wall of the tree hole to rest.

Li Tian sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and practiced the "Tai Shang Yi Jing", preparing to improve his strength.

The spiritual energy in this secret realm is very rich. He feels that if he continues to absorb it, he may be able to reach the level of an earthly deity.

However, after practicing the technique for a long time, the conversion rate of spiritual energy was extremely low.

He remembered that the first time, the conversion rate of spiritual energy into spiritual power was almost 100%, the second time was 80 to 90%, the third time was 50 to 60%, and by the fourth time, which was the piece of jade obtained from the ancient tomb, the conversion rate was as low as about 20%.

Now, the conversion rate is even lower, less than 5 percent.

Could this be the legendary bottleneck?

Li Tian opened his eyes and looked down at his body.

That's right, no matter how amazing a martial art is, it is impossible to increase one's strength endlessly. There will always be a bottleneck, and now, this should be his bottleneck.

When you reach a certain limit, you need to break certain limitations of yourself in order to continue absorbing spiritual energy and improving your strength.

Otherwise, no matter how rich the spiritual energy is, your strength will only stop here and will not be able to advance at all.

Suddenly, a beast's roar was heard.

It was like thunder exploding in the ears, causing the eardrums to ache.

Peng Hao and Zhou Ren were suddenly awakened.

The two girls in the tent also ran out quickly, their faces full of horror.

"What kind of beast is this?" An Shasha asked in panic.

"It looks like a bear." Yan Ling said.

"Oh no, this tree hole must be its nest. We are doomed." An Shasha was almost crying.

Peng Hao and Zhou Ren were just about to say something to comfort them when they saw a black-haired human bear appear at the entrance of the cave.

It was huge in size, at least twice the size of an adult brown bear in the original world. The man-bear had already smelled the scent of other animals in the tree hole, and the roar just now was a warning.

At this time, he saw that there were several very weak creatures occupying its nest, and he roared again.

The roar was like thunder, filled with the breath of wild beasts.

Yan Ling and An Shasha were so frightened that they sat on the ground. Peng Hao and Zhou Ren were also panicked.

It happened so quickly that the huge human-bear violently pounced towards Li Tian, ​​who was closest to the cave entrance.

Li Tian snorted lightly and went forward like a warrior in an octagonal cage.

He and the bear-man were like two wrestlers fighting hand-to-hand. He grabbed its right paw with his left hand and controlled its left paw with his right hand, using his own strength to counter the bear-man's power.

In front of the standing human bear, Li Tian was almost half his size.

But despite this, he still managed to stop the man who was rushing towards him.

Yan Ling and An Shasha were stunned. Is he so strong? He actually fought this terrifying bear with bare hands and even held his own.

Peng Hao and Zhou Ren were equally shocked. Even though they knew that Li Tian was very strong and were mentally prepared, they still found it extremely unbelievable to see Li Tian in a stalemate with such a powerful human bear.

The bear-man seemed a little confused as well. He couldn't understand why the creature in front of him, which looked so weak, had such strong explosive power that he couldn't suppress it.

"I have requisitioned your nest. If you don't want to die, get out now!"

Li Tian didn't know whether the man-bear could understand. Since it was a creature in the secret realm, it was likely to understand something. It made no sense for him to occupy the man-bear's lair, but he had occupied it anyway. Who made him stronger?

The bear-man seemed to understand and became furious.

“Roar~”

He let out a wild roar, opened his bloody mouth full of saliva, and bit towards Li Tian's head.

Li Tian tilted his head to the right and dodged.

The bear-man bit him on the shoulder.

The sharp teeth pierced in like a steel knife, and the bones seemed to be bitten to pieces. A piercing pain surged up from the shoulder, causing Li Tian's eyelids to twitch in pain.

Even with his physical strength, he could still be injured, which shows how terrifying the bite force of this man-bear is. If it were an ordinary person, this bite would probably have torn his entire shoulder and bones off alive.

Li Tian was angry.

Since he didn't listen to my advice, it's no wonder that he took such ruthless action.

All the strength of his body was poured into his right foot. The next second, his right foot kicked out like a spring compressed to the limit, hitting the bear man in the chest.

"Bang~"

There was a dull bang.

Accompanied by the man-bear's wailing, the man-bear, which weighed over a thousand pounds, was smashed backwards like a cannonball.

Li Tian followed closely and rushed out of the tree hole.

Yan Ling, An Shasha, Peng Hao, and Zhou Ren all looked on in shock.

They didn't dare to go out of the tree hole, but they heard the wailing of the man-bear outside, like the sound of a pig being slaughtered, which became weaker and weaker, and finally could no longer be heard.

Yan Ling and An Shasha were shocked, thinking, is Brother Tian so strong? Can he just press the bear man to the ground and rub him?

"It's okay, it's okay. From the sound, you can tell that the bear man is getting beaten." Zhou Ren comforted.

Yan Ling nodded, then lowered her eyes and fell into deep thought.

There are no human bears in Taihang Mountains, but now there is one, a terrifying creature that is twice as big as an adult brown bear. This is enough to prove that this is not Taihang Mountains, but a secret place.

The last bit of hope in my heart was completely shattered at this moment.

Not long after, Li Tian appeared at the entrance of the cave, dragging the human-bear in his hand.

"Gu~"

The four people in the cave all swallowed hard, as if they had seen something horrifying. Their hair stood on end and they retreated to the edge of the tree hole, leaning against the cave wall.

"Why are you panicking? It's already dead." Li Tian gave the four people a blank look and pulled the body of the man-bear in.

After hearing this, the four of them calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Tian is awesome!" Zhou Ren flattered him.

Li Tian ignored the conversation and said calmly: "Give me your spring knife."

"Okay, Brother Tian." Zhou Ren quickly took out his spring knife and handed it to Li Tian with both hands.

After Li Tian took the knife, he began to deal with the body of the bear man.

Cleanly and neatly peel off the bear man's fur, and then deal with the bear man's internal organs.

Yan Ling looked at Li Tian quietly, feeling indescribable shock and curiosity in her heart.

What kind of person is this man?

Just now, the man had been bitten on the shoulder by a bear-man, leaving a large amount of blood, but he ignored it and focused on dealing with the bear-man's body. Wouldn't his shoulder hurt? Moreover, he was so strong that he killed a bear-man with his bare hands. How could he be an ordinary man?

Soon, Li Tian removed the human bear's internal organs and wrapped them with fur.

"You guys stay in the cave and don't run around. I'm going to throw away its dirty organs."

Li Tian gave some instructions, then stood up and left the tree hole.

The internal organs cannot be eaten and must be thrown away to avoid attracting other wild animals. However, the meat of the man-bear can be roasted and used as food for five people.

"It's so inhuman. Is that guy even human?" An Shasha said in shock.

"Don't talk nonsense, Brother Tian is definitely a human being." Zhou Ren shouted.

Peng Hao said: "Brother Tian may be the reincarnation of a cultivator from the Immortal Cultivation Era."

The three of them looked at him in unison.

Peng Hao further explained: "Didn't you read the news? Someone claimed to be a cultivator from the era of immortality, died due to the five decays of heavenly beings, and then was inexplicably reborn. The appearance of Brother Tian is a good proof of the authenticity of that news."

Yan Ling, An Shasha, and Zhou Ren were shocked and all took a deep breath, thinking that the world was really becoming more and more crazy and more and more difficult to understand.