Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Physical Strength Depletion.
Grizzly bears are omnivorous.
Often, they don’t need to go out hunting.
Thus, they are unlike other solitary animals who fear injury.
Even if injured, they can survive by eating roots, moss, and insects.
So, many times, bears truly dare to risk their lives!
“Roar!”
The grizzly bear roared angrily.
The dull roar of the bear vibrated through the chilly air.
Following that,
it charged toward Su Lin.
In its mad dash,
the grizzly bear’s speed had surpassed that of a normal Arctic wolf, even reaching the speed of Wolf Dad.
That speed, combined with the bear’s weight of a good six to seven hundred pounds,
seemed to have the momentum to crush everything in its path.
Facing the savage collision of the grizzly bear, Su Lin did not try to withstand it.
He simply dodged to the side.
But the grizzly bear was different from the musk oxen.
As Su Lin evaded,
the grizzly bear once again stood upright, its massive paws using its momentum to swipe viciously at him!
This palm strike filled with extreme hatred,
brought forth a force that made the air whistle as it passed.
This paw strike was aimed to take his life!
Su Lin only had 600 Life Points,
and the attack power of the bear’s resentful strike probably exceeded its own Strength Value.
If he took this blow squarely,
it’s feared that a third of Su Lin’s Vitality Value would be wiped out!
It would not kill him, but cripple him!
This forced Su Lin to retreat quickly!
As the bear paw struck empty air,
it landed on a pile of snow and ice nearby.
It shattered the pile instantly, sending countless shards flying in every direction.
Shards also splattered onto Su Lin’s body,
the chill as if reminding him of the formidable opponent he was facing.
This was a grizzly bear honed by countless battles, one that had developed a conditioned reflex!
It was also a grizzly bear in a state of fury, intent only on taking his life!
This made Su Lin involuntarily let out a long sigh of frustration.
Had this grizzly bear gone mad?
Even if Endurance and Physical Strength were outstanding, how long could it sustain such a furious assault?
However, Su Lin quickly realized,
the grizzly bear really had gone mad.
It charged at him again.
This time the distance was very short,
when the bear was two to three meters away,
it leaped again, pouncing toward him.
A flash of ruthlessness crossed Su Lin’s eyes,
he slightly shifted to the side,
then his sharp right claw shot out,
slashing viciously toward the grizzly bear’s soft belly!
The thud of the bear paw,
and the sound of the sharp wolf claw slicing through skin,
resounded almost simultaneously.
The grizzly bear’s abdomen was ripped open by Su Lin’s wolf claw, leaving a deep gash.
But luckily, its thick layer of fat served as a second defense, preventing its guts from spilling out.
At the same time,
no matter how quickly Su Lin dodged, the massive paw still brushed against his side.
With just a graze, Su Lin felt a searing pain on his flank.
This mere scratch cost him twenty to thirty Qi-Blood Points!
This was the formidable attack power of the grizzly bear.
And his own strike just now also inflicted considerable damage on the grizzly bear,
but the grizzly bear’s Vitality and Life Points were multiple times that of Su Lin’s.
Such damage was negligible to it.
“Roar!”
The grizzly bear roared and its paw struck down fiercely again.
The enormous bear paw, like two huge hammers,
came down on Su Lin with an air tearing sound.
Su Lin dodged quickly,
the bear paw smashed onto the snowy slope, creating one large pit after another in the snow.
Su Lin’s snow-white wolf body was clearly being suppressed by the grizzly bear amidst repeated dodging.
At this point,
Su Lin either had to rely on speed to widen the distance from the grizzly bear, retreating from this battleground,
or he had to activate his Hunting Talent and engage in a brief but fierce fight with the grizzly bear!
However, the Hunting Talent only lasted a mere sixty seconds,
and in that time,
Su Lin was not certain he could kill the grizzly bear.
Soon,
the wolf and bear had fought from the snow slope to the bottom of the slope.
And from the bottom of the slope, they fought to where the grizzly bear had just been eating the lynx.
Along the way,
snow splashed around,
and the pristine white ground was now dotted with dozens of snow pits.
The grizzly’s muffled roars and Su Lin’s resounding wolf howls also kept alternating.
Both sides were fiercely fighting.
Their Endurance and Physical Strength were rapidly being depleted as well.
The grizzly bore several wounds caused by the wolf claws,
while Su Lin’s wolf body also had a bloody wound.
It was caused by the huge bear paw’s Claw Spikes.
The grizzly also had Claw Spikes, and they were a good seven or eight centimeters long.
Even though Su Lin had a thick coat of fur and tough skin, it was no match for the grizzly’s Claw Spikes.
“Huff! Huff!”
The wolf and the bear had momentarily stopped fighting,
staring at each other from a distance of several tens of meters, both panting heavily.
Even the grizzly bear, known for its high Endurance Value, was over-exerting itself with its savage attacks and violent sprints, draining much more Physical Strength than usual.
While both were resting,
suddenly,
a juvenile bear’s roar echoed from the grizzly bear’s cave.
This made Su Lin’s pair of green, haunting eyes turn to look.
The grizzly bear’s cave was very close,
and Su Lin clearly saw a grizzly bear cub that was only about one or two months old.
“Hm? This male bear can care for a cub?”
Su Lin thought in surprise as he panted.
But soon,
he saw the sheer hate in the eyes of the cub looking back at him, which was not disguised at all.
What did this one- or two-month-old cub understand?
How could it harbor such hatred toward him?
Su Lin really didn’t understand.
But then,
he suddenly thought of something.
And then he looked up sharply again at the cubs, sniffing the air with his nose.
Though the Wolf Clan’s sense of smell was not as good as the Bear Clan’s,
it was nevertheless very keen,
and soon Su Lin caught a familiar scent on the grizzly bear cub.
That was the same scent of the female grizzly bear he had hunted before.
The scent of the mother bear was so pungent on the cub that had only been born for a month or two that it couldn’t fade away.
Su Lin had not forgotten this scent.
Because in the cave, there were still around two hundred pounds of grizzly bear meat left uneaten.
At this moment,
Su Lin finally understood.
He understood why he hadn’t found any newborn cubs in the cave of the female grizzly he had hunted before,
and why this one- or two-month-old cub was so hostile toward him.
He also understood why this male grizzly was attacking him with such a frenzy.
Su Lin lifted his snow-white wolf head, feeling the sharp pain on his side.
He felt a sense of wonder at the marvels of nature!
He hadn’t expected that the grizzly bear that had a conflict with Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom,
was actually the mate of the grizzly bear he had previously hunted.
“What a small world indeed!”
At this moment, a trace of ruthlessness and ferocity flashed through Su Lin’s wolf eyes!
As for how the grizzly bear cub survived and left the bear cave,
Su Lin couldn’t be bothered to think about it anymore.
But he knew clearly,
that in this region of the Arctic Continent, only one of him and the grizzly bear could live.
Bears were known for holding grudges.
Based on the grizzly’s recent brutal attack,
Su Lin knew that if he didn’t kill it,
there was no telling how long the bear would hold a grudge against him.