Chapter 85 77: Bear

When the girl pulled the longsword from the ghoul's neck, the whole scene fell silent."What just happened?" asked a dissector. "Wasn't she cornered just a second ago?"

"No idea, I couldn't see clearly. It seemed like she suddenly dashed past them."

"Not dead? I thought she was a goner just now..."

Then, there came the thunderous cheers of the crowd!

Xu Xiaoyou rubbed her sore shoulder, letting the longsword in her hand hang down.

A few crystal sweat droplets slipped into the hair by her ear. She gently shook her head and tied her loose hair into a ponytail.

Thinking back, using Wind Tight Pulling previously almost exhausted her stamina, but now, even after the battle, she felt no fatigue, her condition was excellent.

She surveyed the surroundings, and after a while, her gaze locked onto a figure on the high platform; the person controlling the stone gates of the arena.

Beyond the glass screen, the figure was gazing indifferently at her.

"Have I proven myself enough?" Xu Xiaoyou asked.

Her voice echoed alone.

The figure remained silent.

Soon, simultaneously, three loud rumbles sounded.

Another stone gate opened.

In the darkness, a beast's howl thundered, rolling and reverberating!

Xu Xiaoyou tightened her grip on the longsword in her hand.

This howl, she's only heard it from the mouths of large predators.

The penetration is extremely strong, the roar shakes the heavens, chilling all beasts, as if declaring ownership over a prey!

A creature of brown-gray skin and massive size slowly emerged from the darkness. Upon seeing it, Xu Xiaoyou's face turned extremely grave.

Its broad and powerful claws left one footprint after another on the ground, with fetid saliva dripping from its foul-smelling mouth, and with each step, the flesh wrapped in brown-gray fur quaked.

This was a famished brown bear, its aura was manic.

Not a humanoid beast, but a genuine bear!

And it was covered by heavy alchemy armor, the crimson patterns on it glowed, looking like a war pet specialized in breaking formations and defeating enemies in battles.

Xu Xiaoyou couldn't fathom where these dissectors had acquired such a creature.

"Roar..."

Upon seeing the blonde girl, the brown bear's aura grew more agitated, its claws incessantly scratching at the ground, leaving dreadful marks; hunger driving away reason; it couldn't wait to pounce forward, wanting to rend the body of the person before it.

A dissector rode on its back, raising the war spear in his hand.

Cheers filled the arena!

"Yiqi!"

"It's Yiqi!"

"Cute Yiqi! It seems to have grown since we last saw it!"

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The power of a brown bear, a single paw's force can exceed sixteen hundred kilograms, able to easily shatter the spine of prey or the skull of an adult.

Not to mention that the bear before her seemed even larger than those she's seen, its body length approaching three meters, its weight likely exceeding a ton!

Even from this distant position, it still resembled a moving hill.

She swallowed her saliva, staring intently at the brown bear.

This omnivorous animal may not favor actively attacking humans, but facing a ravenous brown bear, playing dead couldn't be a more foolish choice.

Brown bears aren't like other large predators that bite the prey's throat, waiting until the prey suffocates before beginning to eat.

They often start disemboweling and devouring organs while the prey is still alive.

She had no favorable feelings toward such creatures.

"Kill!"

The dissector on the brown bear's back raised the war spear, issuing orders.

With the deafening roar of the brown bear, the second battle commenced.

Watching the robust figure gradually approach, Xu Xiaoyou didn't immediately confront it head-on. Instead, she turned and swiftly ran in one direction.

"Roar!!"

After the paw swung in vain, seeing the enticing prey fleeing, the brown bear, as if enraged, roared, shaking its head, and sprinted rapidly toward Xu Xiaoyou's direction!

Xu Xiaoyou did not look back.

The sound of the wind behind grew closer. She knew very well that she couldn't possibly outrun a brown bear at her speed.

At the moment when the paw swung toward her head with a whooshing gale, she decisively used Wind Tight Pulling again, her entire being dispersing into countless shadows, crouching low, just barely maneuvering through the raised armpit of the brown bear.

The brown bear reacted swiftly, realizing the prey in front had dodged, it quickly turned and lunged again, its entire body descending heavily like a mountain.

Xu Xiaoyou hadn't expected the response to be so rapid. She quickly raised the longsword in her hand horizontally in front of her, trying to block the slap from the opponent.

The disparity in power was immense, almost instantaneous upon contact; the longsword in Xu Xiaoyou's hand bent, and she was flung away, rolling on the ground several times.

The shrill howling sounded like the death knell, Xu Xiaoyou, disregarding the pain of her body feeling disassembled, quickly rose, using the back of her hand to wipe away the dust on her face, a skill card appeared at her fingertips.

She used Wind Tight Pulling again to distance herself from the brown bear.

This time, her body maneuvered and darted, speeding toward a stone pillar, leaping onto the top of the pillar within a few quick movements.

A stone pillar near four meters high, even if the brown bear stood tall, couldn't reach her.

Just as she was about to take out a physical strength card for recovery, the brown bear displayed an unnaturally human-like eerie smile, instantly sending a rush of unease through Xu Xiaoyou's heart.

That smile was like an evil ghost, chilling to the bone.

The brown bear stood upright, stretched its claws to grasp the pillar, and suddenly leaped, climbing upward at a rapid pace!

"Forgot this guy can climb trees," Xu Xiaoyou clicked her tongue.

Flames gathered in her palm as she kicked the fire basin beneath her toward the brown bear.

The splashing embers scattered across the brown bear's face, sparks entered its eyes, causing painful screams, further agitating its aura, and increasing its climbing speed!

At the moment when she saw it climb to the pillar's top, Xu Xiaoyou leapt backward, fiercely hurling the fireball in her hand toward the bear's face!

The blazing ball of fire made contact with the brown bear's body, the vast energy absorbed by its armor.

Just as Xu Xiaoyou anticipated, this level of attack couldn't harm the creature, only further fueling its internal chaos.

After landing, the brown bear stood erect and roared, surprisingly tossing the dissector from its back.

The dissector's face flashed with shock, trying to raise the war spear for defense, but the bear's giant paw descended, smashing its head.

Listening to the eerie crunching sounds in the arena, Xu Xiaoyou gripped the longsword tightly, refraining from launching an attack, silently counting down, waiting for something.

After a long while, the brown bear raised its head again, its damp mouth stained with fresh blood, dangling a half-cut intestine, with blood and saliva dripping down.

"Roar!!" it thundered.

The roar, the girl's panting, the cheering, together heightened the atmosphere to a climax!