Chapter 57

However, it was impossible for any kind of fight not to consume any stamina .

After struggling for a full seven minutes, the giant Leicester silverback bear obviously slowed down . It seemed tired and its stamina was thoroughly exhausted .

While Tang Ling never fought it face-to-face, he was not having an easy time either . Maintaining his condition took a toll on his body .

He panted heavily as two lines of blood dripped from his nostrils . Overusing his Precise Instinct would certainly burden him like this .

Can I hold on for another three minutes? Tang Ling did not dare to slow his movements down or change his posture .

In this seemingly cunning confrontation, he had fully experienced the silverback bear’s intellect . As a matter of fact, he experienced it from the very beginning .

The bear knew how to disguise its goal . When the instructor voiced his conditions at it, the bear’s eyes obviously widened, but it chose to feign ignorance and nonchalance in front of Tang Ling .

That was why Tang Ling was already in his battle-ready position from that moment onwards .

Because of his vigilance and the bear’s lack of understanding of its prey, the cunning giant Leicester silverback bear did not make its move right away .

It was at that moment when two options popped up in Tang Ling’s mind . Firstly, he wanted to use the vigilance of the bear to buy himself more time . Secondly, he wanted to make his move right away, but only with transits that would immobilize the bear and not allow it to recklessly charge forward .

Therefore, Tang Ling feigned being relaxed in front of the king beast . It was a little outrageous but the facts were as such .

As for the following dodges that looked ridiculous? The crowd cackled excitedly as if they were chewing on Blue Jukarta leaves .

Only Tang Ling himself knew how scary and risky the details were .

Even in an enraged state, the bear displayed a high level of intelligence . Every single one of its moves was humane as if it thought it over carefully and not just throw itself left and right in panic .

For example, there was one time when the bear stood in the corner of the cage and was very close to the iron bars . In that position, Tang Ling would not be able to cling on its back anymore, meaning that the only place he could duck to was in front of the bear . The amount of space determined that Tang Ling could never perfectly dodge the strike of its paw and its bite .

He was down to a single choice: standing on top of the bear’s head .

However, the bear’s arms were long enough to reach above its head, so the slightest misstep would allow it to catch him by the leg . Even if it was one leg, it would win .

On top of that, Tang Ling could not hold on to the slippery iron bars to support himself up in the air either . The bear could simply walk away to ditch him completely .

It seemed to be the best choice . If it was not for its high intellect, other normal wild beasts would never have made such a decision .

It also gave Tang Ling’s Precise Instinct a huge challenge to discern when to move his legs, jump up in the air, or cling onto the bear once it walked away .

Therefore, he was nearing his limit as well .

This would be another situation where his Precise Instinct reached its limit even after the slight powerup . In fact, it might even be more exhausting than facing that ferocious snake .

Nevertheless, he could not simply give up the fight to the end!

What remained was a contest of wills .

Both man and bear were still tangling with each other with one trying to ditch the other, and one trying to cling on desperately .

By now, Tang Ling understood that he must do something .

He managed to control his fierce panting, but only barely, as he started to mutter on and off . He controlled his volume carefully to the point that only the bear could hear him . The audience that glued their eyes to the live telecast might be able to hear some mumbling .

In fact, although Tang Ling had more thoughts rolling around in his mind, it was all just to avoid the instructor .

The strong that stood out would always be targeted first .

Moreover, he was being bullied by the instructor .

“Hey, man, do you think you can really be free after playing such a tiring game with me? Do you even understand, human? Do you think we will keep our promises? Just look at you . Your pride as the great silverback bear is insulted today . I know I’m being an ass, or why don’t I go along with your pace and make you look a little more competent?”

Those several simple sentences almost took up a minute while Tang Ling was dodging and panting . Neither did he expect the bear to understand him fully, nor did he have the confidence to persuade it . It would be rather absurd if he could .

All he wanted to tell the bear was to save its strength and simply play along to muddle through the clock .

After informing the bear that he would play along, Tang Ling purposely slowed his movements a little to make it look like he was not as precise as before .

As a result, the bear’s claw was able to touch him and one of the sharp ends scratched Tang Ling’s calf .

It was the mark of sincerity that Tang Ling wanted to show to the bear .

Moreover, he could not afford to risk exposing his Precise Instinct . If he kept on performing his perfect dodges, it would attract tremendous suspicion .

Even judging a situation with foresight was not as precise as his Precise Instinct that could do no wrong .

Tang Ling’s prolonged thoughts seemed a little effective .

The silverback bear did not fall under Tang Ling’s persuasion due to its hatred for him, but its suspicion was piqued . It started to get distracted, and it would look at the instructor from time to time . Its suspicious gaze was coupled with a heavy growl sometimes .

“Motherf*cker!” The word was squeezed out of the instructor’s gnashing teeth . After all, no one would feel safe when they were being questioned by a bear .

It seems like this little rascal has noticed something . He seems to be whispering to the bear, but I can’t hear anything clearly .

With that thought in mind, the instructor’s mood started to get somber . Tang Ling’s performance seemed a little wicked although such trickery was not part of his strength but his battle knowledge .

The same thought was shared among the deputy speaker, Fei Long, Alan and some of the Purple Moon Warriors .

No matter how strong a person could be, battle knowledge that consisted of battle instinct, battle consciousness, and battle tactics were utterly precious .

Therefore, when Tang Ling was injured by the bear, somehow everyone heaved a breath of relief .

Safety Sector No . 17 naturally preferred geniuses, but not so much of this kind of battle knowledge that reflected one’s intelligence to a certain extent . Would a smart person be easy to control?

Therefore, Tang Ling was trying to make up for it .

After the first scratch, he started to make more mistakes and get hurt .

Although none of those were lethal, it also clearly stated that he relied a lot on the so-called judging beforehand to skillfully dodge the attacks like a genius and not some wicked presence . As a result, it would be fine .

Of course, because the time was almost up, Tang Ling decided to take some hits .

If it were not for the disgusting giant Leicester silverback bear, why would he risk exposing himself to this extent?

Therefore, Tang Ling started to ‘barely’ survive every second and moved a lot more clumsily . The distraction of the bear also slightly gave him a little window to breathe .

However, the burden from his Precise Instinct was still heavy, not because of the mistakes that he really made, but because feigning mistakes strained him even more .

Fortunately, time was up .