Chapter 45 Chase
The distance between the two was getting closer and closer. Zhou Chen directly threw Leng Yiyao forward, then turned around and slapped the ground with his hands. Countless vines around him entangled towards the black bear.

When Leng Yiyao was about to hit the ground, she was caught by a vine and dropped to the ground. "Yiyao, run quickly. I'll guard here first. We'll meet at the county government office later."

Leng Yiyao also knew the seriousness of the matter and turned around and ran away immediately so as not to cause trouble for Zhou Chen. The black bear was also angered by these endless vines at this time, and roared to the sky, "The power of the giant spirit."

Then the black bear's body suddenly doubled in size. When the vines were about to wrap around his entire body, the black bear opened his hands with a little force, and the vines wrapped around his body broke.

Then the black bear bent its legs slightly and glared hard, then jumped high and pounced towards Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen exerted force with both hands again, and this time countless spikes appeared around his body, rising from the ground and stabbing towards the black bear.

At the same time, a green snake shadow appeared behind Zhou Chen. The five-meter-long green snake shadow swung its tail towards the black bear in mid-air.

The black bear had just smashed the vines in front of him with one palm, and before he could catch his breath, a green snake's tail hit him. The black bear was hit hard, and although he did not suffer any substantial damage, his body flew backwards for more than ten meters.

The force of this attack was as much as 4,200 kilograms, but it couldn't hurt him at all. Zhou Chen didn't want to fight anymore. He controlled the surrounding trees to wrap around him, while he stood high above the green snake's head. The green snake ran towards Qinghua County at an extremely fast speed.

It only took him a minute to catch up with Leng Yiyao. Zhou Chen picked up Leng Yiyao. Leng Yiyao was startled, but when she saw Zhou Chen, she put her arms around Zhou Chen's neck.

The black bear behind him was blocked by vines and its speed was obviously slower than Zhou Chen. Seeing Zhou Chen getting farther and farther away, the black bear roared angrily and its aura became stronger several times again. The vines were shattered before they even touched his body.

Originally they thought that the two could escape to Qinghua County safely, but suddenly they felt that the black bear's speed had increased significantly, and the distance between them was rapidly narrowing.

Zhou Chen turned his head and saw that the black bear was less than ten meters away from the two of them. When he saw the ferocious black bear punching them, Zhou Chen thought and the green snake phantom used its body to protect them both.

The moment the green snake's phantom touched the black bear's fist, Zhou Chen saw countless cracks appear on the green snake's phantom's body. At the same time, the two of them flew in opposite directions even faster.

The phantom of the green snake also dissipated and turned into bursts of green smoke at this moment. Zhou Chen felt that the power of the snake pattern was instantly reduced by half. Although the phantom of the green snake had dissipated, Zhou Chen could still release his magical powers to summon another one.

Just when the two were about to fall to the ground, several vines caught them steadily. Then Zhou Chen summoned the green snake again to drag them up and continue to escape.

The black bear accelerated again to catch up with the two and punched them. The green snake phantom dissipated again. This time the power of the snake pattern was completely exhausted. Zhou Chen could no longer condense the green snake phantom again. However, the two could already see the city wall of Qinghua County from afar.

The black bear also realized this and began to attack more fiercely. Zhou Chen pushed Leng Yiyao away again and directly drew out the Black Abyss and chopped at the black bear's fist.

With a bang, Zhou Chen's body retreated again. At this time, Zhou Chen's entire right hand was numb, "Boy, today is the day you die."

As he said that, he jumped high up and rushed towards Zhou Chen. At this moment, his right hand was still numb, and Heiyuan could hardly hold it, so there was no way he could defeat Zhou Chen with just one move.

Just as he was thinking about what to do, a square seal appeared in front of him and took the attack from the black bear for him.

"How dare you, a bold monster, hurt people's lives in my Qinghua County." A middle-aged man on horseback came from behind, and the seal in the air flew back to him.

"Who are you to dare to ruin my good things?"

The middle-aged man threw the seal again, and the seal flew quickly towards the black bear. The black bear did not show weakness and punched the seal directly. The seal flew back and the black bear also took a few steps back. "Since you are still practicing and still don't retreat, I will not be polite if you don't leave." Seeing that he could not kill Zhou Chen today, the black bear said viciously, "Boy, this matter is not over yet, I will come to find you again." Then he turned and left.

Zhou Chen wanted the man to get rid of the black bear, but before he could open his mouth, the man stopped him with a look. After Zhou Chen walked away, the man said, "After all, this is not in the city. My strength is limited and I cannot kill this evil beast."

Zhou Chen didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't ask and said, "Thank you very much for your help today, otherwise I would have died here."

"Haha, you don't have to be polite, little brother. You saved my daughter before, and I saved you this time, so we are even."

Zhou Chen asked doubtfully, "I wonder who your daughter is?"
"Xia Rong is my daughter."

Zhou Chen was shocked and said, "So you are Lord Xia. I, Zhou Chen, greet you, Lord Xia."

"No need to be polite. It's not convenient to stay here for long. Let's go back to the city quickly."

After hearing what Zhou Chen said, Lord Xia in the county government office was so angry that he slapped the table and said, "Huh, this damn black bear demon actually killed so many people."

Seeing this, Zhou Chen quickly suggested, "Sir, if this monster is not eliminated, the people will never have peace."

"This black bear demon must be eliminated, but his strength is only that of a seventh-grade demon. The county government does not have the power to deal with him, so we can only report him to the Demon Suppression Division."

Zhou Chen and Leng Yiyao were once again arranged to rest in the guest room of the county government office. Leng Yiyao was quite frightened today, so Xia Rong stayed with him for the whole afternoon and did not leave until the evening.

Zhou Chen got a martial arts book, which was also a set of sword techniques, called Killing Sword. According to Lord Xia's explanation, this set of sword techniques was extremely powerful. Although it was a lower-third-grade martial art after being practiced, after being practiced to perfection, even a lower-third-grade martial artist could unleash bursts of sword energy.

After thanking the county magistrate, Zhou Chen couldn't help but go to the backyard of the yamen to practice. Although the killing knife was powerful, it was not easy to practice. It was difficult for ordinary people to master it even after practicing for more than ten years.

For example, Zhao Kuo learned this killing sword. It took him a full ten years to learn it and he was barely able to master it to a small degree. This was based on his good talent. If one was not so talented, it would take at most ten years for one to gain just the basics.

However, Zhou Chen is different from them. With a system, he can upgrade himself to the maximum level as long as he has strengthening points.

After an afternoon of familiarization, the words "Not yet at the entry level of the killing knife" appeared smoothly on his attribute panel. Zhou Chen had accumulated three strengthening points in the past few days and immediately chose to upgrade. What surprised him was that this killing knife required three strengthening points just to get started.

However, Zhou Chen did not feel sorry and chose to strengthen directly. In an instant, a memory flooded into Zhou Chen's mind. In his memory, Zhou Chen practiced swordsmanship day after day, and it took him eight years to reach the entry level.

Host: Zhou Chen
Realm: Eighth Grade (Muscle Training)
Strength: 350 (190+160)

Speed: 18
Skill: None

Martial arts: Ordinary archery (great success), Liuhe swordsmanship (breaking the limit), iron shirt (perfection), killing sword (entry level)
Strengthening points: 0
(End of this chapter)