Chapter 26: Sudden Change
This was a battle I could not describe. The power of the bear and the speed of the wolf gave me a vivid demonstration of the action movie “Beasts,” and made me realize that if humans did not have wisdom and a little bit of the divine aura bestowed by heaven, what could they possibly use to compete with these beasts?
I believe that if I were to fight with any of them, I would be killed in two moves, either by a bite or a slap!
The wolf was cunning and agile, and in just five minutes of fighting, it had actually bitten the bear several times. So, from now on, the bear was in a more difficult situation, with several wounds on its body. After all, when it came to agility, it was far inferior to the wolf.
I thought the man-bear would lose, and I whispered to Old Zhang, “It seems that we may have to face the wolf cub in the end.”
Lao Zhang shook his head and said, “I think we’re going to face the man-bear in the end.”
“Why?” I hadn’t had time to speak when Wu Laogui suddenly interrupted, scaring Zhang almost off the tree. He couldn’t help but spit at Wu Laogui and said, “Don’t interrupt without thinking. If you didn’t have a body, I would have to beat you up.”
Wu Lao Gui smiled sheepishly. Sometimes he was really annoying, but you couldn’t really hate him, except for a few scoldings. So, after Lao Zhang scolded him, he didn’t care about it. But this was the first time I saw Lao Zhang lose his temper, so you can see how nervous he was. After a while, Lao Zhang explained to Wu Lao Gui “The wolf cub was agile, so it bit the bear several times, but its chance of defeating the bear was just a few minutes away. It was very simple. Because the wolf cub and tigers, leopards and other such creatures are the same kind of thing, endurance and physical strength cannot be compared to that of the bear. In the first few minutes, it was unable to bite the bear’s vital points, so it had no chance.”
As if he was afraid we wouldn’t believe him, Zhang pointed at the bear and said, “Look, although the bear is injured and looks rather disheveled, how much blood has it actually lost? And what has it affected? It’s not a big deal, but do you think the wolf could withstand a slap from the bear? I don’t think it could withstand even one slap! I just don’t understand why this powerful bear would use the forest outside as a ‘stick’. It doesn’t make sense.”
I think Zhang is right. After all, as a mountain man, he understands the fighting of wild animals better than we do. In addition, I also have the same question as Zhang. Why would a powerful bear come to the outer forest? I firmly believe that for wild animals, the most dangerous thing is not encountering a more powerful wild animal, but getting along with people. This is a person who is full of tricks and can use tools. If he really makes up his mind to get rid of it, it will not escape.
It has to thank the country’s current animal protection policy.
Time passed by minute by minute, and their fight continued. I was very surprised. In theory, a master’s fight is just a matter of seconds, and fights between wild animals usually don’t last long.
But in fact, as Lao Zhang said, the demon wolf was getting weaker and weaker, and its movements were far less agile than they had been at the beginning. In fact, when it comes to wild animals, they have a stronger sense of danger and can accurately estimate their strength. I don’t quite understand what kind of thing is supporting this demon wolf to persistently challenge the man-bear! Is it really because the guy inside is restless and has come out to settle down, as Lao Shen said? But why did it choose the strong man-bear?
Just as I was thinking, Lao Zhang suddenly exclaimed, “It’s almost over. The wolf cub is finished.”
With Zhang’s cry, I suddenly came to my senses and saw that the man-bear suddenly broke out, giving up his body to the demon wolf to bite, but in that instant, it fiercely and lightning-fast expelled its bear paw!
How could a beast use such a ‘strategy’ that hurts the enemy a thousand times and injures itself eight hundred times?
The demon wolf didn’t have time to dodge, and there was no way it could avoid the slap. What’s even more surprising is that the bear’s slap was aimed at the demon wolf’s waist. Anyone who has hunted with their master for a few years knows that wolves have iron tails and copper heads, but this is at least a human conclusion. How could a beast know that?
I knew that the wolf was finished, as Lao Zhang had said, but I had underestimated the cunning of the wolf and the survival instinct of the beast. In such a short time, the wolf decisively let go and almost made a desperate effort to shrink in the other direction.
With a ‘pop’, the bear’s half-open palm almost grazed the werewolf’s head. Although it didn’t hit the target, it was still a powerful blow that sent the werewolf flying 7 or 8 meters away, where it fell heavily into the snow and couldn’t get up for a long time.
In the moonlight, I saw blood flowing from the wolf’s eyes, nose, and ears. Just imagining it gave me goosebumps. This was definitely a high-intensity concussion!
Fortunately, it was only a half-slap, but if it had been a full slap, it would have knocked away any kind of head, even an alloy head would have been smashed.
The man-bear is the victor, and of course it will not mercifully let the demon wolf go. Seeing the demon wolf fall to the ground, it rushed over at great speed. Of course, it had to seize the advantage it had finally gained and truly lay the victory!
What followed was a massacre, I thought. The poor wolf hadn’t even had time to call its cubs. But it was for the best. Facing a lone bear was better than facing a pack of cubs. In the long run, the hunters here, the mountain people who lived off the land, didn’t want a pack of wolves here either. A lone bear, though fierce, was not dangerous if you avoided it.
It was as if the dust had settled, I thought. Facing the charging man-bear, the demon wolf stood up with its teeth clenched, growling and refusing to give in. It faced the man-bear, or rather, at this point, it was in a state where it could not escape, and could only fight.
But, can it fight back? Anyone with a discerning eye knows the answer. We all thought that maybe in two minutes we would have to face the bear.
However, in the old forest, you can act according to its rules to survive. But you should never think that you can guess everything here. As it turns out, the results that each of us thought were wrong, and they were wrong by a huge margin.
“Heh heh heh…” Just as the man-bear was 2 meters away from the demon wolf, a burst of laughter came from the top of the mountain. The laughter was indescribably evil and made people feel uncomfortable. In the deep and silent night of the old forest, it was so clear and so piercing that it could be said to have given me goosebumps!
Who is it? Not only was I surprised, but Chengxin and Lao Zhang were also surprised. Even Ruoxue, who was always calm, let out a surprised “eh” from the tree. What is this sudden appearance? In theory, only a talented person would laugh like this, but after witnessing and hearing so much about us, I really don’t dare to definitely define this sudden appearance as a human being.
The man-bear stood there, and somehow I could always feel a hint of fear from it. I couldn’t see its eyes clearly, but I always seemed to see it revealing a kind of fearful look. It also began to look around in a daze, just like us, and its body was actually slowly backing away.
“Over there, over there! What the hell is that?” Wu Laogui, who was rarely seen wandering around, stood next to me and Zhang, and his voice also carried a hint of fear.
A sense of danger that I had never felt since entering the forest exploded in my heart, even more powerful than the crisis I had felt when the mountain god had warned me that there would be a battle here.
I could feel my body hairs standing on end, and my body became a little stiff. I looked in the direction that Wu Laogui was pointing, and I saw a figure dressed in colorful cloth, wrapped up tightly, standing on a nearby hill鈥攖hat was our camp!
White clothes, wrapped tightly, hairy legs, tail, my scalp was numb, I suddenly remembered what Lao Shen said, I didn’t believe it at the time, I thought I had never seen a shape-shifting drug, I thought it was a story my master told me about his story, a story from my master’s story!
I really met him? Although the figure not far away was wearing colorful cloth pieces, I didn’t think it was a horrible scene when I saw it. It was hard to accept that a person had a beast’s head, and it was also hard to accept that a person had a beast’s body underneath his head. It was extremely terrifying to imagine it.
Time seemed to have stopped. I distinctly heard the demon wolf start to roar with pride, but the sound was weak, and the power of the slap had not yet dissipated.
Then I saw the man-bear turn and run, looking even more disheveled than when he had been bitten by the demon wolf.
“Heh heh heh…” Laughter continued to echo from the hillside!