Anxiously watching the brown bear's movements, Hua Tianxiong kept another arrow nocked on the bowstring, struggling because he could not get a clear aim on the rolling creature. It was only when the bear gradually stopped rolling that Hua Tianxiong shot the second arrow into its lower abdomen. By then, however, the bear had almost finished rolling. Seeing that it had completely ceased all movement, Hua Tianxiong collapsed onto a thick tree branch, feeling his back drenched in cold sweat. He performed an internal inspection and saw that a little less than half of his Dantian's true Qi was completely depleted. He thought to himself that this Piercing Cloud Archery really consumed a hell of a lot of true Qi; just two fully-powered shots had drained nearly half a Dantian's worth. No wonder it could increase attack power by twenty percent.
Subsequently, Hua Tianxiong jumped down from the tree, thinking that his first hunt of a beast had gone surprisingly smoothly. Approaching the brown bear, he saw that it was thoroughly dead. One of the arrows had pierced all the way through the bear, with half of its shaft buried directly into the mud behind the carcass. However, Hua Tianxiong noticed no exit wound on the bear's neck. Inspecting the bloodstains on the ground, he rolled the brown bear over and discovered a bloody hole in the back of its head. It appeared the arrow had entered through the bear's mouth and pierced straight through its neck, while the other arrow had plunged entire…
Chapter 52