Exhaustion

Grizzly bears were omnivores.

Most of the time, they did not even need to go out hunting.

Therefore, unlike other solitary animals, they were not afraid of getting injured.

Even if they were injured, they could survive by eating roots, moss, and insects.

That was why bears often truly dared to risk their lives!

"Roar!"

The grizzly bear let out an angry roar.

Its dull roar reverberated through the frigid air.

Then,

it charged at Su Lin.

As it sprinted,

the grizzly bear's speed had already surpassed that of an ordinary Arctic Wolf, even reaching Wolf Dad's speed.

Combined with its weight of six to seven hundred pounds, that speed carried an aura as if it could crush everything in its path.

Su Lin did not take the grizzly bear's Savage Charge head-on.

He swiftly dodged aside.

However, unlike a musk ox, as Su Lin evaded, the grizzly bear rose onto its hind legs again. Borrowing the momentum of its charge, its enormous Bear Paws viciously slammed toward him! The force brought out by this strike, fueled by extreme hatred, made the air shriek sharply.

This strike was aimed at taking his life!

Su Lin only had 600 Health Points. The attack power behind the grizzly bear's furious blow likely already exceeded its strength.

If he took this strike solidly, a third of Su Lin's Health Points would probably be wiped out!

Even if he did not die, he would be crippled!

This caused Su Lin to retreat rapidly!

The bear paw missed,

and smashed into a nearby mound of ice and snow.

It instantly shattered the mound, sending countless shards of ice and snow flying in every direction.

Some fragments splashed onto Su Lin's body.

Their icy chill seemed to remind him what kind of opponent he was facing.

This was a grizzly bear that had fought and killed for a long time, one that had developed battle instincts!

It was also a grizzly bear in a raging fury, intent only on taking his life!

This made Su Lin let out a long breath! Had this grizzly bear gone mad? Even though its Endurance and stamina were strong, how long could it sustain such violent attacks? However, Su Lin soon realized,

this grizzly bear really had gone mad.

It charged at him once more.

This time, they were very close. When the grizzly bear was only two or three meters away, it leaped again and pounced at him.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed through Su Lin's eyes as he turned slightly sideways.

Then he extended his sharp right claw and viciously slashed at the grizzly bear's soft abdomen! The dull impact of the bear paw,

and the sound of sharp Wolf Claws cutting through flesh, rang out at almost the same time.

Su Lin's wolf claw carved a deep gash into the grizzly bear's abdomen.

Fortunately, its thick fat served as a second layer of defense, preventing it from being disemboweled.

At the same time,

Even though Su Lin dodged quickly, the enormous bear paw still grazed his side.

Though it was only a scrape, Su Lin felt a burning pain in his side.

That single scrape had cost him at least twenty or thirty Health Points! This was the grizzly bear's terrifying attack power.

And his strike had also dealt considerable damage to the grizzly bear,

but the grizzly bear's Health Points and life force were several times Su Lin's.

To it, such damage was insignificant.

"Roar!"

The grizzly bear roared furiously, its bear paw striking down again.

Its enormous bear paws were as if two giant hammers, crashing toward Su Lin with a howling rush of air.

Su Lin dodged quickly. The Bear Paws struck the Snow Slope, smashing one deep pit after another into the ice and snow.

Su Lin's snow-white wolf body repeatedly dodged,

but he had clearly been suppressed by the grizzly bear.

At this point, Su Lin could either rely on his speed to widen the distance between them and withdraw from this area of battle.

Or he could activate Hunter Talent and engage the grizzly bear in a brief, intense fight!

But Hunter Talent only lasted for just sixty seconds. Within that time,

Su Lin was not confident he could kill the grizzly bear.

Very soon,

the wolf and bear fought their way from the Snow Slope to its base.

Then from the bottom of the Snow Slope, they fought to the place where the grizzly bear had just been eating the lynx.

Along the way,

ice and snow flew everywhere.

Several snow pits had also appeared across the vast white earth.

The grizzly bear's dull roars and Su Lin's clear Wolf Howls rang out in alternation without pause!

The two sides fought fiercely.

Both of their Endurance and stamina were being rapidly depleted.

Several more wounds made by Wolf Claws appeared on the grizzly bear's body, while a bleeding wound had also appeared on Su Lin's wolf body.

It had been cut by the claw spurs on the enormous bear paw.

Grizzly bears also had claw spurs, and they were a full seven or eight centimeters long.

Even though Su Lin's fur was thick and his flesh taut, he still could not withstand the grizzly bear's claw spurs.

"Huff! Huff!"

Now, the wolf and bear temporarily stopped fighting.

Separated by dozens of meters, they stared at each other from afar, both gasping violently.

Even the grizzly bear, with its extremely high Endurance, had expended far more stamina than usual due to its excessively violent attacks and frenzied sprinting along the way.

Just as both sides were resting, suddenly,

a young, immature bear roar sounded from the grizzly bear's cave.

This caused Su Lin's pair of green eyes to turn toward it.

The grizzly bear's cave was very close by.

Su Lin clearly saw a Grizzly Bear Cub that was only about one or two months old.

"Hm? Do male bears raise cubs too?"

Su Lin, still panting, felt somewhat surprised.

But very quickly, he saw the undisguised hatred in the Grizzly Bear Cub's gaze as it looked at him.

What could a one- or two-month-old cub possibly understand? Why would it hate him so much? Su Lin truly could not understand.

But,

he suddenly thought of something.

Then he abruptly raised his head to look at the Grizzly Bear Cub again, sniffing the air.

Although wolves' sense of smell could not compare to that of bears,

it was still very keen.

Very quickly, Su Lin caught a familiar scent from the Grizzly Bear Cub.

It was unmistakably the scent of the female grizzly bear he had hunted before.

The Grizzly Bear Cub had only been born one or two months ago, and the strong scent inherited from its mother had not faded at all.

Su Lin had not forgotten that scent.

Because there were still over two hundred pounds of grizzly bear meat left uneaten in the cave.

At This moment, Su Lin finally understood.

He understood why he had not found the newborn cub in the female grizzly bear's cave when he hunted her.

He also understood why a cub only one or two months old was so hostile toward him.

And he understood even more why this male grizzly bear had attacked him like it had gone insane.

Su Lin raised his snow-white wolf head and felt the intense pain in his side.

He could not help marveling at nature's wonders! He had not expected the grizzly bear that had clashed with Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom

to be the mate of the grizzly bear he had Hunted before.

"Enemies were bound to meet!"

At this moment, a flash of ruthlessness and savagery passed through Su Lin's wolf eyes!

As for how this Grizzly Bear Cub had survived, or how it had left the grizzly bear's cave, Su Lin could not be bothered to think about it.

But he knew clearly

that in this region of the Arctic Continent, only one of him and this grizzly bear could survive.

Bears held grudges.

From the grizzly bear's brutal attacks just now, Su Lin knew that if he did not kill it,

who knew how long this grizzly bear would keep thinking about him?