Zeus thought for a while and nodded his head.
They shook on the deal and both of them went on their own ways.
Back in Hell. Sam is currently in the second floor of the tower. He looked at the final opponent he had in front of him.
Now that he explored all of the second floor and dealt with every opponent possible, only this one creature is left before he could leave this place and reach the third floor.
In the past two days, while Hel is looking for those tokens, Sam was busy plowing through his opponents on this floor. After the horrible experience he had at the Sura clan, he understood one thing.
He shouldn’t hold back anymore. He has to push himself further and make sure that his condition has not deteriorated to the point that he cannot use his full powers.
So, Sam put up fixed intervals to suppress the corruption in his body. As for the lack of tempering because of this early suppression, he had thought of some other way that he could use.
Before he could try that, he needs to deal with this last opponent.
It is actually a bear.
A bear that he hunted by himself as part of his training. The bear is the toughest opponent he had faced that year.
Currently, the bear is twice its original size. Its eyes are bloodshot. The fangs and claws are of course much more lethal. Unlike most of the opponents he faced, this beast didn’t have any additional ability like poison or some other thing.
All it had is an upgrade in its raw power. Just its aura is intimidating to him.
Sam held his bow and looked at the beast from far away. He took out a special arrow and aimed at it.
The arrow whistled through the air and left the bow.
The bear who is just walking around looked in Sam’s direction and grunted.
It slammed its claw on the ground and roared.
*ROAR* *BAM*
The earth shattered and created a shock wave of spiritual energy. The wave destroyed the arrow in its tracks.
The bear looked at the poison that spilled from the arrow and sniffed it. Its gaze turned towards Sam who still stood far away.
Bear made a move and lunged toward him.
With every single step, it crossed dozens of meters. In a blink of an eye, it is just a few yards away from Sam.
Sam came back to his senses and started running. He put the bow away and took out the sword. He took the executioner instead of the reaper.
He used the wind element to boost his agility as he moved around in the area trying to take advantage of the bear’s large figure.
No matter how agile the bear is, the forest’s trees and rocks, simply put its terrain is going to leave some troubles for its huge figure. Sam is adamant about taking advantage of that.
But he noticed that the huge body is really not much of a disadvantage for the bear. The energy waves coming out of its body are strong enough to destroy the trees in their way and turn into debris.
Sam kept on running for a while.
The bear didn’t leave him alone and just ran after him while throwing its claws.
Energy rays didn’t come out of the claws, but the sheer force is wrecking chaos in the surroundings.
The trees are being destroyed. Cracks appeared everywhere.
If not for the fact that this is not a real place and the creature is not a real one, he would have thought that the whole scenario is real. He wouldn’t have even stopped to think if by any chance fake.
After running around for a while, they finally arrived at the spot Sam wanted them to arrive at. He stopped in his tracks and turned around. He lunged at the bear, which caught the beast off guard a bit.
The bear didn’t think for long though. It threw its claw at Sam.
Sam swung his sword and tried to cut through the shockwave coming from that claw. He utilized spatial energy and the ripple style to accomplish that.
The mild application of the spatial energy and the ripple style just barely created spatial ripples with the sword strike.
It is just enough to throw away all of the unwanted noise as well as some people’s physical presence.
Sam didn’t know if it will work for disrupting the ear, but it did.
Even though its attacks were blocked, the bear didn’t even flinch for a moment.
It just roared powerfully and attacked Sam once again.
This time, Sam smiled and stomped his leg on the ground.
The earth rumbled a bit and three spikes came out of the ground. They went straight to the belly of the bear.
The Bear sensed the danger and tried to jump away from the spot.
Sam didn’t let it though. He is already mid-air with the sword in his hand.
He slashed the bear that came up.
The slash barely left a mark on the Bear’s thick flesh. But the force made the massive creature crash to the ground.
One of the spikes that popped up previously brushed past the bear slightly at its belly.
A small nick appeared on that part.
The bear which was completely unscathed from the sword coming from the top was injured by something as simple as an earthen spoke on its belly.
Apart from the obvious reason for the difference in toughness, there is one more reason for this to happen.
The material of the ground.
The reason Sam brought the beast here before engaging is to take advantage of the material in the ground. It is a type of rock that has strength that could compare to a very high-level metal that could be used to make some high-class weapons.
Sam knew the bear is stronger than him, so he decided to use the surroundings to the best of his ability to take it down. And the strong stone in the ground is just one of the many measures he took.
