Chapter 63

The captain with the yellowish hair and the ox bone knife came over with a smile, swaying unsteadily:

"What's wrong, are you already cowering after just a couple of moves? Afraid to fight the wild bear with your fists?"

The ox bone knife captain taunted Zhou Lu and the other bandits behind him, noticing their extremely frightened faces. He added fuel to the fire:

"The rules in the mountains are indeed like this. Not only can you challenge the wild bear, but you can also challenge me. If you can beat me, you can become the captain just as well."

"Really?"

Zhou Lu's eyes lit up again: "Can I challenge you too?"

"Yes." The ox bone knife captain nodded with a playful expression.

Zhou Lu's eyes darted around, and he swallowed hard. The captain's fists were clearly much smaller than the wild bear's, and his muscles didn't seem very strong.

Zhou Lu stared at the ox bone knife captain, slowly bent down, and picked up the green stone from the ground, hugging it in his arms.

The other bandits behind him were so tense they could hardly breathe, watching the fat man and the ox bone knife captain without blinking.

The ox bone knife captain and the wild bear exchanged a smile. Suddenly, a thin and sharp ox bone knife appeared in the captain's hand, spinning dizzily between his fingers.

The ox bone knife was only half a foot long, curved like a horn, with a sharp tip. It spun so nimbly in his fingers that it looked like a whirlwind growing on his hand. The bandits behind him were amazed again; how skilled must one be to play with the knife to such a dazzling degree?

Suddenly, the ox bone knife captain's hand swung outward, and a sharp whistling sound rang in everyone's ears. The ox bone knife disappeared from his hand and shot like a bolt of lightning, embedding itself in a rock wall thirty steps away.

The rock wall was already marked with several targets, and the ox bone knife hit the center of one, burying itself completely.

The bandits turned their heads to look, all drawing in a sharp breath. Zhou Lu was so scared that he dropped the green stone with a thud.

What a magical throwing knife technique.

From thirty steps away, hitting the target precisely, the ox bone knife buried itself in the rock. If it hit a human, the person would surely die instantly. This captain, with his smiling face, was even more ferocious and domineering than the wild bear.

Who would have thought that the captains of Heihushan would all be so bizarre?

Only then did they realize where the ox bone knife captain's name came from.

The ox bone knife captain looked at Zhou Lu with a smile and asked teasingly: "Do you want to challenge me?"

Zhou Lu's face turned pale, his flesh trembling uncontrollably. He looked around and shook his head forcefully: "Who said that, who said that? I didn't say it."

The ox bone knife captain then looked at the other bandits and asked loudly: "Is there anyone else who wants to play with me?"

All the bandits shook their heads vigorously. They were all scared stiff, their muscles trembling. If they had rushed up rashly just now, they probably wouldn't have known how they died.

They could see that the two captains were showing off their strength.

The ox bone knife captain laughed loudly and shouted: "Good, if no one wants to challenge, we'll start training in martial skills. Those who want to learn bone spear combat, follow the wild bear. Those who want to learn the throwing knife technique, follow me."

The ox bone knife captain turned around, and a large group of people followed him. Out of the sixty or so bandits, almost all of them followed the ox bone knife captain, with Zhou Lu pushing to the front.

The ox bone knife captain's magical throwing knife technique had amazed everyone. Not everyone could develop the brute strength of a wild bear, and improving one's power level was extremely difficult. If they could learn the magical throwing knife technique, it would be like having an additional means of self-defense.

Imagine how impressive it would be to walk anywhere, and as soon as the ox bone knife appeared, the enemy would collapse with blood gushing from their throat.

The ox bone knife captain turned around in surprise, seeing so many people following him. He and the wild bear exchanged a surprised look and laughed: "You all want to learn the throwing knife technique from me?"

The bandits behind Zhou Lu nodded vigorously.

"Why?"

The ox bone knife captain pointed at Zhou Lu and asked.

Zhou Lu glanced shyly at the wild bear and said in a low, embarrassed voice: "I want to learn the throwing knife technique from you and then challenge the wild bear captain. I can use the throwing knife to pierce him with several transparent holes."

The wild bear was so angry that his nose was twisted.

The ox bone knife captain was almost laughing uncontrollably.

This fat man was so peculiar. He wasn't completely foolish, but he was also abnormally naive. Although everyone had similar thoughts, no one would say them so openly.

The ox bone knife captain laughed for a long time, then tilted his head to look at the fat man: "I'm not sure I can beat the wild bear with the throwing knife. Are you sure you can pierce him with several transparent holes after learning a few moves?"

"He, he is that strong?"

The fat man's face was filled with despair.

The ox bone knife captain ignored him and called each of the bandits following him to the front, making them extend their hands flat in front of him. He carefully felt and kneaded each one: "You, go to the wild bear's group."

"Why?" The bandit who was picked out shouted in dissatisfaction.

The ox bone knife captain sneered: "Your bones are not suitable. With those hands, you can't practice the throwing knife."

"You, also go."

In a short while, he had picked out more than half of the people as unsuitable. When it was Zhou Lu's turn, the ox bone knife captain carefully felt and kneaded his hands.

Zhou Lu's face was full of anticipation, bowing and smiling, looking eagerly at the captain.

"These hands, to practice the ox bone throwing knife..." The ox bone knife captain mused, drawing out his words.

"Can I?" Zhou Lu was anxious, stepping forward, his face filled with even more anticipation.

"Maybe in your next life."

The ox bone knife captain coldly pushed Zhou Lu's hand away, his mouth twisted to one side: "Your fingers and wrists are too thick, seriously affecting flexibility. If you learn the throwing knife, it will take years to make any progress. You should follow the wild bear to learn the bone spear."

The ox bone knife captain led the few bandits he had picked out and left, leaving the fat man behind, who looked aggrieved. The fat man picked up the bag of treasures given to him when he entered the mountain, touched the few ox bone knives inside, and muttered angrily:

"Damn, you won't teach me? How do you know I can't learn? If I can't learn, why did you give me these ox bone knives?"

...

There were over forty people following the wild bear.

When the extremely muscular captain coldly looked at the bandits, everyone was uneasy, their hearts pounding. After all the commotion, no one knew how the wild bear would deal with them.

However, to everyone's surprise, the wild bear did not make things difficult for them. He gathered them together, raised the bone spear, and taught them a forward block and thrust. Then he let them practice on their own.

Seeing such a simple move, the bandits were all puzzled. What was so great about a horizontal block followed by a forward thrust? Was it worth such hard practice?

But when the wild bear explained the combat principles in detail and demonstrated the bone spear technique, advancing instantly through the bone spears of three muscular bandits and pressing the spear tips to their throats, making them break out in cold sweat, everyone's enthusiasm exploded.

The forward block and thrust looked simple but was incredibly powerful.

Once mastered, no matter how the opponent's bone spear came, there was always a way to block it cleanly and then step forward to strike.

The bandits became more and more engrossed in the technique, each one practicing diligently with great joy.