"Ugh... aaaah..."
Black Bear's agonized howls were piercing. Its defenses were formidable, but the stinging pain, like countless ants gnawing at it, was still unbearable.
And now that it had been badly poisoned, that pain was magnified several times over.
Enduring the pain, it turned toward the incoming attacks, scooped up a huge boulder with both paws, and hurled it forward.
"I'm telling you, human, you've made me angry now."
Yui moved swiftly. The moment it began to act, she had already darted away to safety.
Rumble...
The boulder smashed into the ground, making the earth tremble. The violent shaking gave Yui the illusion that her bones were about to fall apart.
Once the attack was over, she saw a massive crater roughly seventy or eighty meters across, centered on Black Bear, with countless fragments of rock scattered around it.
"Bastard... where the hell are you?"
Black Bear's roar echoed throughout the dark chamber, loud enough to make her eardrums ache.
Watching it, Yui's expression grew slightly grave. "I need to finish this quickly. I can't give this bear time to recover."
She could already tell that Ibuse's poisonous mist had posed no lethal threat to this powerful Black Bear. It would probably recover completely before long.
Once that happened, defeating it would likely cost her dearly.
With barely any hesitation, she formed hand seals and leaped upward. As the Hurricane rose around her, Yui used a burst of Flying Ninjutsu to propel herself high into the air, heading toward Black Bear's back.
She knew full well that doing this might expose her position, but she had to take that risk to end the fight as quickly as possible.
Her body traced an arc through the air. The Hakutaku in her hand flashed coldly as she slashed at Black Bear's