"Roar!"
Just as the Cloudwing Beast swooped down, its sharp talons only a few dozen meters from the Shadow Bear, the Shadow Bear moved.
With an enraged roar, the Shadow Bear raised both paws and slammed them toward the Cloudwing Beast.
Terrifying power gathered in the Shadow Bear's paws, bursting the air with sharp cracks.
"Hmm?"
Qin Hao's gaze sharpened as he sensed something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next second, the Shadow Bear blocked the Cloudwing Beast's talons with its left paw. Two wet tearing sounds rang out.
Two enormous bloody gashes appeared on the Shadow Bear's left paw, deep enough to expose bone!
"Awooo..."
The Shadow Bear roared in agony, but at the same time, its right paw swung out and seized one of the Cloudwing Beast's talons in an iron grip.
"Chirp, chirp!"
The Cloudwing Beast flapped its wings, trying to take flight, but caught in the Shadow Bear's grasp, it could not rise at all.
Both the Cloudwing Beast and the Shadow Bear were tier three low-rank monsters, with little difference in strength.
But the Cloudwing Beast excelled at long-range diving attacks, as it had demonstrated against Tian Zhongtian.
Even as a tier three low-rank monster, the Cloudwing Beast could hold off Tian Zhongtian, who was at the True Martial seventh layer.
The Shadow Bear, however, excelled at close combat!
Once trapped in close quarters, the Cloudwing Beast would likely face more peril than hope.
"Little One, I'll help you!"
The Blazing Sky Sword appeared in Qin Hao's right hand in an instant. He leaped up and, with a few bounds, reached the place where the Cloudwing Beast and Shadow Bear were fighting.
"Roar!"
The human's sudden appearance startled the Shadow Bear, but it quickly recovered, baring its teeth at Qin Hao and letting out a