Deep in the dense forest, the light was dim, and the sky was overcast.
Occasionally, a gust of wind blew through, making the leaves rustle as if some unknown creature were whispering, enough to set anyone's heart pounding.
Chen Xiaojun and the others were carefully making their way along a narrow path.
Suddenly, thunderous bang, bang, bang rang out from far to near, and an earth-shaking roar shattered the silence. Immediately after, a massive black shadow burst out of the woods.
It was a One-Horned Black Bear, its eyes bloodred, its whole body radiating a ferocious aura as it charged wildly toward them.
But when they looked closely, that mighty One-Horned Black Bear was fleeing in blind panic, its eyes filled with terror, black swellings covering its body one after another.
Behind it, amid a ceaseless buzzing, a vast black storm cloud came swooping after it like a shadow. They beat their wings and let out furious droning cries, like a black army bent on revenge.
The One-Horned Black Bear's enormous body weaved through the forest, but no matter how hard it tried, that black cloud clung tight and refused to let go.
The black bear's breathing grew heavier and heavier. Every breath seemed to ignite a raging fire in its chest, pain and fear intertwining until it was nearly breaking down.
As they rapidly drew closer.
"It's Black Fiend Bees! Run!" Sharp-eyed, Zhang Ci roared.
Black Fiend Bees were notoriously vicious in the soul beast world, one of the natural disasters, third-grade soul beasts with extremely potent poison and overwhelming numbers, easily thousands upon thousands.
They had long since learned from their textbooks how terrifying Black Fiend Bees were. Now that they were seeing them with their own eyes, they were even more frightened out of their wits and