She continued through the mountain forest, spreading her vast perception of Qi and Blood as she searched for powerful ferocious beasts.
Before long, she found an Earth-Rending Bear sleeping before a cave deep within the mountains.
This Earth-Rending Bear was as massive as a mountain, with an exceptionally powerful body. It was the undisputed overlord of this region.
Its condensed demonic qi and blood qi alone were enough to make even Seventh or Eighth Realm martial artists avoid it like the plague.
It could not have been more suitable for a test.
Su Yueli landed on a towering tree outside the cave.
Looking at the Earth-Rending Bear still sleeping soundly, Su Yueli locked onto it.
She took a deep breath, her mind sinking once more into that world of self as she searched for that fleeting sense of resonance.
She threw a punch at the Earth-Rending Bear's head.
There was no wind from the fist, as though the punch had never happened.
Yet at the instant that punch fell—
The Earth-Rending Bear, which had been sleeping soundly just moments ago, suddenly shuddered, as if it had sensed some ultimate danger.
Before it could even open its eyes, it began to howl in terror.
Then, beneath Su Yueli's astonished gaze—
The Earth-Rending Bear's originally glossy black fur rapidly turned pale and fell away in the blink of an eye.
Its body shriveled at an alarming speed. Its tightly packed muscles seemed to lose all vitality and nourishment, turning into a wrinkled layer of dead skin hanging from its skeleton.
Its Qi and Blood... likewise declined sharply in that instant, while its condensed demonic qi vanished into thin air.
What had happened in that instant was simply too bizarre, too terrifying.
The Earth-Rending Bear had not suffered any injury, yet it had