Chapter 974: Chapter 974

"Tang Xin, what should we do now?"

Watching the Wild Bear getting closer, Long Ao couldn’t help but ask Tang Ming.

"You’re the main force, we’re all just support. Hurry up and take him on."

Tang Ming encouraged, but with a tone of irritation.

Long Ao’s mouth twitched. If he could take on the bear, why would he be wasting words here with Tang Ming?

"Now is not the time for petty squabbles. The three of us haven’t fully adapted to the heavy load, but you’ve managed to take down so many hungry wolves with ease. You need to think of something."

Wu Xiaoyu urged anxiously.

"Now you think of me, but I’m not the leader here."

Tang Ming sneered dismissively.

"The Dark Group family, united with sincerity. If you can deal with this Wild Bear now, it will prove you’re stronger than me, and during the big martial contest, I’ll willingly support you."

Long Ao quickly stated his position, emphasizing the overriding unity within the Dark Group faction.

"Do you think I’m stupid? Rushing up now would just get me slapped to death by the big bear."

Tang Ming looked at Long Ao with disdain and said, "But if you want to survive, you might as well listen to my orders. I’ve already figured out how this special training will improve our cultivation."

Lin Canghai responded promptly.

Long Ao and Wu Xiaoyu expressed their stance through silence; this was not the time for showing off.

"If that’s the case, follow my command and run fast."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Ming turned and ran.

Lin Canghai cursed and quickly followed Tang Ming in a sprint.

"Is this the method?"

Long Ao and Wu Xiaoyu’s faces turned dark, but facing the charging big bear, they had no choice but to turn around and run.

Thus, the four of them ran ahead while the Wild Bear chased behind. Anyone who falls behind would surely be eaten by the big bear.

"Hahaha, see that? Being chased by such a big bear has made us speed up quite a bit!"

Tang Ming, running ahead, shouted without looking back.

"Nonsense! If you can’t run, you’ll be eaten. Who wouldn’t run desperately?"

Lin Canghai shouted irritably.

"This is the key to the special training, forcing us to unleash our potential in a crisis."

Tang Ming laughed, exclaiming with emotion, "Without this special training, I wouldn’t have known I could carry 800 pounds and still run so fast."

Long Ao and Wu Xiaoyu also realized that this was very similar to the concept in movies where soldiers are trained with gasoline behind them.

At this moment, they were higher-level soldiers carrying insane loads, not necessarily matching the physical fitness of those soldiers.

"Keep running, when we’ve adapted to the current load, our limits will be broken."

While running, Tang Ming didn’t forget to encourage those behind him.

The group ran around aimlessly, chased by a bear, not knowing where they were, but facing no obstacles during their sprint.

No one knew how long had passed, when suddenly a woman’s scream came from the rear.

Turning back, Tang Ming’s face changed. He saw Wu Xiaoyu, who had fallen at the back for no apparent reason, with the Wild Bear already in front of her, swinging its massive paw towards her head.

Tang Ming roared angrily, turned sharply, and sped up.

Seeing the bear claw approaching, Wu Xiaoyu, fallen on the ground, screamed in terror.

At the critical moment, a shadow appeared in front of Wu Xiaoyu, with arms crossed just in time to block the Wild Bear’s paw.

Having escaped a disaster, Wu Xiaoyu was shocked, looking at Tang Ming’s back.

"Don’t just stand there waiting to die!"

Tang Ming gritted his teeth and yelled.

The Wild Bear, with its right paw blocked, became furious, swinging its left paw like lightning towards Tang Ming’s head.

"If you can withstand it, so can I."

Another shadow appeared on Tang Ming’s right side, crossing arms to block the bear paw... resulting in...

Long Ao spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body flying like a broken kite from the bear’s slap.

Although Long Ao was knocked away, he still managed to buy Tang Ming some time.

Tang Ming pushed the bear paw upward with force, retreated quickly, and faced off with the big bear.

"Am I really not as good as him?"

Fallen to the ground, wiping blood from his mouth, Long Ao stared complexly at Tang Ming.

His purpose in intervening was to prove he could do what Tang Ming could, but the fact was clear: Tang Ming withstood the bear’s frontal attack, while he couldn’t.

"Long Ao is already injured, seems he can’t run?"

Tang Ming didn’t care what Long Ao thought, clenching his fists tightly and staring at the Wild Bear ahead.

The enraged Wild Bear roared and charged at Tang Ming.

Tang Ming scoffed, jumped quickly, his speed returning to normal, fighting fiercely with the Wild Bear.

"He... he doesn’t look like he’s bearing the load’s limit at all?"

Wu Xiaoyu watched Tang Ming in shock.

Lin Canghai and Long Ao were equally dumbfounded. They barely adapted to the current load state, completely incapable of moving freely like Tang Ming. If they fought the big bear, they’d likely be squashed within a few rounds.

A few minutes later, Tang Ming jumped onto the bear’s back, grabbed its head with both hands, and forcibly twisted its neck, ending the Wild Bear’s life.

"Whew, finally done."

Sweating profusely, Tang Ming sat on the dead violent bear, wiping sweat while panting heavily.

He quickly adapted to the current state utilizing a trump card in his body that could store energy.

Previously during the hungry wolf attack, he gathered energy within his body, focusing it on his hands and feet, allowing him to break the limit of the heavy load, successfully fending off the wolves.

This time, to deal with the Wild Bear, he had to distribute energy throughout his body to achieve coordinated combat readiness.

Yet, this approach also swiftly consumed his resources.

The three others were all dumbfounded.

In the control room, Doctor Sun pounded the table anxiously, shouting, "What on earth happened just now? How did his physical fitness improve so dramatically, only to return to normal? What is he?"

"Doctor, he might have practiced some kind of Secret Technique that can boost cultivation temporarily. That’s the only explanation that fits."

Staff immediately analyzed.

"A Secret Technique to temporarily boost cultivation?"

Doctor Sun paused slightly, then nodded repeatedly, "That’s very possible. Now, how should I fix the training program for him?"