Yun Che had barely spoken when heavy footsteps sounded outside. A Blue-Eyed Bear twenty to thirty feet tall crashed through the bushes at the cave entrance, sniffed the air, and fixed its gaze on the two people inside. With one swipe of its paw, it smashed half the rock wall apart.
The girl in red went pale. She tightened her grip on her sword and was about to charge forward when Yun Che walked out with the Immortal-Splitting Saber. The Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand had already locked onto the Blue-Eyed Bear automatically, drawing out immortal power like a water pump running at full capacity.
"A Great Demon at the eighth level of the Fourth Turn. This should be quite a challenge for me!"
The Blue-Eyed Bear roared and lunged at Yun Che, a foul-smelling gust rushing into his face. Yun Che dodged sideways and slashed its neck, cutting half a foot deep. Bear blood sprayed all over him.
The Immortal-Splitting Saber was still absurdly sharp. Even the thick-skinned, tough-fleshed Blue-Eyed Bear could not withstand it.
Maddened by pain, the Blue-Eyed Bear swiped wildly, its claws raking toward Yun Che's lower abdomen. Yun Che leaped back onto its back, gripped his saber with both hands, and plunged it straight down through the crown of its skull.
The next instant, the bear's roar cut off. Its enormous body swayed, then crashed to the ground and lay still.
Ding! Congratulations on your breakthrough. Current realm: Immortal Realm, Third Turn, fifth level.
Yun Che pulled out his saber, dug out the Bear Core, and put it away. When he turned around, he found the girl in red staring at him, utterly transfixed.
"What are you looking at?" Yun Che wiped the blood off his saber. "How did you run into that thing