Everyone stood up and followed Dai Mubai deeper into the dense forest.
Ning Rongrong walked in the middle of the group, still turning over the scene she had just witnessed in her mind.
The instant Xu Yuan had lunged toward Zhu Zhuqing, it had been like a pebble dropped into the lake of her heart, sending ripples spreading across the surface.
The light in the depths of the forest suddenly dimmed. A suffocating pressure filled the air, more than a hundred times stronger than the Black Wind Leopard King's.
"Stop!" Dai Mubai suddenly raised a hand, his eyes fixed warily on the thick bushes ahead.
Ning Rongrong's heart clenched. The pressure made it almost impossible to breathe.
Tang San, Oscar, and the others felt the same aura, and their expressions turned tense.
"Roar!"
A deafening roar exploded through the forest. The bushes were torn apart, and a giant bear nearly five meters long emerged with heavy, lumbering steps.
Its entire body was covered in dark golden fur, every strand standing on end like a steel needle. Its eyes were blood-red, and the fur on its chest formed a sinister skull pattern.
"A-a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!" Oscar's voice trembled. The sausage in his hand nearly fell to the ground.
This group, whose strongest members were only Soul Elders in the thirties, would almost certainly die facing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Tang San stared at the bear with a grim expression. He recognized it.
His teacher had once explained that bear-type Soul Beasts ranked among the very strongest.
And this bear-type Soul Beast was a Ten-Thousand-Year Diamond Bear.
The Diamond Bear raised its enormous, fan-like paw and slammed it into the ground. With a boom, the earth shook violently, and several jagged cracks raced toward them.
"Spread out!" Tang San barked, unleashing