Perhaps the sudden appearance of Ye Xunzhi and the others had made the black bear wary. It deliberately slowed down.
That gave Lin Ranran and the others a chance to catch up, but jungle law meant the strong devoured the weak, and only the fittest survived.
As soon as the black bear saw them start running, it realized its advantage and charged after them. Lin Ranran had strong explosive power, but clearly lacked stamina, and gradually fell behind.
Seeing that the bear was about to attack her, Jiang Qi's eyes reddened. Almost immediately, his gaze locked onto Ye Lan, who was a short distance ahead of him.
As long as I throw him at the bear, Ranran will be saved!
Jiang Qi could no longer worry about anything else. He reached straight out, but Ye Xunzhi moved a step faster, noticing something was wrong with him.
Her gaze changed.
[Who gave you the nerve to touch my brother?!]
Ye Xunzhi moved closer almost without thinking.
[You want to use my brother as a shield? Then be one yourself!]
She leaned in, exerting force under the cover of an obstacle, and used a deft move to stay perfectly out of the camera's view.
At the same time, under Jiang Qi's incredulous gaze, she raised her foot and kicked him toward Lin Ranran.
Jiang Qi tumbled backward. Startled by his sudden movement, the bear thrust its head forward hard, sending Jiang Qi crashing headfirst into a tree. His vision went black, and he passed out.
[What a shame. Bear, I'm very disappointed in you.]
Ye Xunzhi was heartbroken.
Lin Ranran screamed and charged ahead, her mind blank, without sparing the fallen Jiang Qi so much as a glance.
The bear stopped running. It hesitantly glanced at the unconscious Jiang Qi, then doubled