Although its offensive power was far inferior to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Dark Gold Dreadclaw, this skill was vastly more useful in terms of versatility. It could be used for attack, defense, control, and agility—there was a corresponding application no matter how one thought about it.
And unlike Lan Moumou's, this skill was exceptionally powerful. Its value was comparable to, or even greater than, the White Tiger Martial Soul's White Tiger Adamant Form. Once obtained, it could be used all the way up to the Titled Douluo level without becoming obsolete.
Sunken Valley had poor terrain, but few powerful Soul Beasts. The soul skills it yielded were excellent, and the Crit Bear lineage did not have a powerful clan leader like Bear Lord watching over it. It was practically a choice piece of meat delivered by fate.
As a result, for a very long time, no matter what Martial Soul someone possessed or what their specialization was, anyone capable of withstanding gravity—human or otherwise—wanted to catch a Crit Bear and obtain a soul skill with Gravity Control.
Although Sunken Valley itself was a remote and extremely dangerous forbidden land, this branch of Crit Bears had nearly been hunted to extinction by Soul Masters driven mad with bloodlust.
Because these Soul Beasts had mutated to develop exceptionally high spiritual power, widespread hunting had also made them extremely vigilant. Every individual that survived was extraordinarily sensitive to the outside world.
Since Soul Masters could rarely find these Soul Beasts, most people gradually shifted their attention elsewhere. Only the Dragon Elephant Sect maintained the attitude of "might as well do it while we have nothing better to do," continually having people keep watch over Sunken Valley. That was how they managed to corner this one.
Over the past few decades, this kind