One hundred meters.
It's getting closer.
It was as if one could smell that nauseating stench, a mixture of rotting flesh and pine resin.
The brown bear suddenly stood upright.
This is its habit; before the final sprint, it uses this posture to intimidate its opponent while simultaneously gathering strength for a pouncing attack.
And that is its only flaw.
The instant its chest was fully exposed in the scope.
The golden lines in Su Wei's eyes suddenly contracted, converging into a scarlet dot.
[The guaranteed winning trajectory has been generated.]
At that moment, the world seemed to stand still.
"Bang."
A second gunshot pierced the sky.
The 220-grain Nosler Partition Bullet spun and penetrated right to the center of the chest of the King of Kodiak Island.
It bypassed the hard sternum, instantly tearing through layers of muscle tissue, creating a massive cavity effect, and accurately pulverized the enormous heart.
The brown bear's massive body stiffened abruptly.
The light in its small, savage eyes quickly faded, replaced by a look of bewilderment.
Immediately afterwards, the mountain of flesh collapsed with a roar.
It wasn't completely dead yet; its limbs were still twitching unconsciously on the snow, making a "hissing" sound in its throat, and a large amount of pink blood foam was gushing from its mouth and nose.
It was fatally wounded, and even a mighty beast like this could no longer stand up and roar at this desolate wasteland filled with the smell of gunpowder!
This is nature!
This is the wilderness!
The call of the wild lasts only a fleeting moment.
It's either you die or I die.
Su Wei maintained his gun-holding posture, panting heavily.
White mist spewed from his mouth and was instantly dispersed by the wind.
His whole body went numb, his vision was filled with white, and his ears were ringing.
The heart beating within my chest is a heart that never stops, never ceases.
Previously, he didn't know where it belonged or what it was for.
And now, he knows it clearly.
It was for this wilderness...
[Target Kill: Kodiak Brown Bear (Male, Adult)]
[Level Assessment: lv7 Elite!]
[Estimated weight: 613kg!]
[Rating: Fatal Strike. Your rite of passage as a hunter comes from the ultimate hunting dream of all hunters.]
[ Hunting Module Experience +80.]
[Host detected first kill of apex predator, Hunting Experience +30.]
It wasn't until the system notification sounded that Su Wei felt his almost frozen blood begin to flow again.
He put down the gun, feeling a sudden weakness in his arms.
My palms were sweaty, and when the cold wind blew, they felt icy cold and sticky, making them quite uncomfortable.
Black glanced at the bear carcass lying in the distance, and a faint trace of certainty finally appeared on his usually hard face.
He took the flat wine flask out of his pocket, tilted his head back and took a swig, then held the flask up to Su Wei.
"Good."
Su Wei was about to respond, even if it was just to force a smile.
Sudden.
A gust of wind blew from the other side of the Su Wei.
This wasn't an ordinary mountain wind; it carried a scent that was even stronger and more suffocating than before.
It was a strong smell of blood and stench.
The smell made Su Wei's stomach churn, and the hairs on his body stood on end for a moment. A chilling feeling of being watched by something crept up his spine.
" Su Wei, be careful."
In the distance, Aruk on the snow-covered hill suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream, his voice even cracking from extreme terror.
His finger trembled as he pointed to Su Wei's side, to the dark pine forest where Su Wei had just seen a shadow.
Su Wei suddenly turned his head.
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Aruk's hoarse roar, punctuated by a crack, came to an abrupt end in the wind and snow.
The hunting dogs that had been tearing at the dead deer suddenly bristled, sprang back, and barked wildly at a snow slope to Su Wei's right, their cries sharp and somewhat mournful.
Caesar lowered his body further, the hair on his back standing on end like steel needles, and a fierce whimper was squeezed out of his throat.
That's a blind spot.
A protruding grayish-white rock and several black pines bent under the weight of the blizzard concealed the movement behind them.
Just as Su Wei suddenly turned his head...
"Whoosh!"
The sound of large swathes of snow collapsing was like muffled thunder rolling by.
A brown shadow, like an out-of-control landslide, cascaded down the slope at a mere thirty-degree angle, carrying with it a cloud of snow dust.
Another brown bear!
Although this bear was slightly smaller than the King of the Island from before, weighing approximately 400 kilograms, its movements were more fluid and swift.
It didn't roar, or even make any extra panting.
This was a meticulously planned, silent hunt.
It remained hidden there, behind that rock, enduring the wind and snow, enduring the rage of its companions' deaths.
Until the gunfire stopped, until everyone relaxed and cheered for killing the giant beast.
It was activated.
The distance was only fifty meters.
This distance is only the time it takes three breaths for a brown bear that can sprint at full speed, reaching a speed of fifteen meters per second.
The ground was shaking, and Su Wei could even feel the snow beneath his feet trembling as the giant beast ran.
He was still holding the Browning rifle, its magazine empty.
Bolt?
Shedding the shell?
Loading?
There's simply not enough time.
That deadly sense of crisis made Su Wei's scalp tingle instantly, and his blood seemed to rush to his head.
Aruk and Old Kash on the distant snow-covered hill shouted anxiously, raising their guns only to have to put them down in despair.
Su Wei and the charging bear were on a very short line in their field of vision, and at such close range, with the speed of a brown bear, it would be extremely difficult to hit it!
Any bullet could potentially penetrate Su Wei's body first.
Black had just finished reloading and was struggling to turn the gun around, but the heavy double-barreled shotgun seemed so clumsy at that moment.
No one can save him.
Except for himself.
"Throw the gun!"
Black's furious shouts echoed through the wind and snow.
There's really no need for a reminder.
The moment Su Wei caught sight of that shadow out of the corner of his eye, his body reacted before his brain could process it, driven by the muscle memory formed from countless tedious training sessions.
He loosened his right hand.
The valuable Browning rifle slammed into the thick snow like a burning stick.