The hunters waiting outside the cave heard only thunderous crashes and screams from within. The sounds surged like waves battering the stone walls of Sword Cliff, their echoes seeming to descend from the highest heavens and linger endlessly. Everyone who heard them felt their hearts tighten; they could not ignore them.
"They seem to have started fighting that white bear. What should we do? Should we go in?" It was Ai Xiao speaking, asking his older brother Ai Da for instructions.
"No, don't worry. With an Elementalist as outstanding as Deputy Commander Wu Di there, nothing will go wrong. Even if they can't beat the Diamond White Bear, they can still escape the cave. And listen-the fighting in there is so fierce. That means they have the upper hand right now."
Ai Da's judgment did justice to the experience he had accumulated over countless days and nights. He was entirely correct. Inside the cave, Wu Di and the others had already secured an overwhelming advantage, and the scales of victory had tilted heavily in their favor.
Normally, an Elementalist who could kill an Elemental Beast alone already had ample reason to be proud. If the beast was a tier above him and he still managed to kill it, his name would spread throughout an entire kingdom.
If he killed a Fine Grade Elemental Beast, his name would reach even the emperor's ears.
Beyond that, if an Elementalist killed a Superior Grade Three-Element Beast entirely through his own strength, he was destined to enter the annals of the entire continent.
That honor was so tantalizingly within reach. Wu Di's wildly pounding heart brimmed with boundless anticipation, driving his attacks to become even faster and fiercer. Behind him, the others drew their bows, loosed arrows, and hurled throwing knives, but their efforts