Essence "The End" 039. (Guardian of the Forest Chapter) The Submission of the Mountain Brown Bear

“The ability to make magical beasts submit?!”

Uncle Tian scanned the girl in front of him from head to toe. No matter how he looked at her, she seemed like a fragile young girl, which made him both surprised and puzzled.

Du Gu Xiaoxuan playfully blinked her eyes and proudly confirmed:

“Yes, it's a natural ability!”

Qing Yan glanced at Du Gu Xiaoxuan from the corner of his eye, tensed the corner of his mouth slightly, said nothing, and turned his head back. However, his ears twitched as he carefully listened to the movement around them.

“Rumble rumble…”

Suddenly, the ground shook unexpectedly. Qing Yan and his companions quickly braced themselves against nearby tree trunks, cautiously observing their surroundings, holding their breath, and trying to sense the source of the tremor.

“What's happening?” Qing Yan crouched slightly and tugged at the man beside him, whispering.

“Over there, something is coming!”

The man lowered his voice, with mystical energy slowly flowing across his palms. His eyes, sharp like swords, fixed on the forest behind Du Gu Xiaoxuan.

“Boom boom!”

This time, it was definitely the sound of footsteps. With each step, the ground jolted violently. Moreover, the tremors grew stronger, clearly indicating that some monster was approaching!

“Huff huff…”

Finally, a colossal creature emerged from the dense forest! Standing not far behind Du Gu Xiaoxuan, it breathed heavily. Or perhaps it was just breathing normally, but its enormous body made it look like it was gasping.

At least three meters tall! Brown fur, claws sharp like long knives, long nails stained with blood and patches of fur from unidentified magical beasts! Its wide, lantern-like eyes, blood-red in color, burned like a flame of blood! Through its snarling mouth, it was easy to see two rows of blood-red spiked teeth, seemingly capable of crushing anything at any moment!

At this moment, five reddish-brown beast rings coiled around its arms. The surging mystical energy made Qing Yan feel as if his blood was freezing.

A fifth-level magical beast, a mountain brown bear! This is an extremely ferocious magical beast found in the Daywatch Forest, regarded as a bloodthirsty killer among magical beasts. Legend has it that a punch from a mountain brown bear can crush a massive iron mountain rock!

“Beep beep!"Qingyan took out the Combat Power Bracelet, and mystical energy surged instantly. He directed a calculation at the mountain brown bear in front of him. \ \ 'Combat Power Index: 2680; Level: 26.' \ \ The brief combat power information made Qingyan's heart sink completely! Although he still didn't fully understand the differences in combat power, just a simple comparison of these numbers made it clear that there was almost no way for his group to defeat the fifth-level magical beast before them, the mountain brown bear! \ \ 'Roar!' \ \ The bloodthirsty nature of the mountain brown bear began to boil. Without any hesitation, it swung its right paw and struck toward Dugu Xiaoxuan, who was closest to it! \ \ What's happening? Dugu Xiaoxuan seemed to be frozen in fear! \ \ Qingyan's heart was filled with panic. He hesitated for only a moment before instantly activating the Flame Technique, hurling a fireball at the mountain brown bear, and swiftly rushing toward Dugu Xiaoxuan. He grabbed her right hand, flipped, and rolled to the side to dodge. \ \ Only then did Dugu Xiaoxuan shout 'Ah' in Qingyan's ear, her body being held in his arms as they tumbled aside. \ \ Just realizing now? That's a bit too late! My god, why did I agree to trust my life to a girl like this? \ \ Qingyan's thoughts raced. \ \ However, Qingyan clearly underestimated the mountain brown bear's strength, or rather, at that moment, he hadn't even considered it! \ \ The fireball had no destructive power against the mountain brown bear. It was only slightly startled, then completely disregarded Qingyan's attack. With a light slap of its left paw, the fireball was extinguished. Its right paw moved relentlessly, suddenly chasing after Qingyan and Dugu Xiaoxuan! \ \ 'Boom!' \ \ The heavy right paw crashed onto Qingyan's back, blasting both of them away, slamming heavily against a thick tree trunk. The tree groaned under the impact, and dust flew into the air. \ \ With a 'puff,' Qingyan was shaken violently and vomited a mouthful of blood onto the tree trunk, staining it crimson; small droplets also splattered onto Dugu Xiaoxuan's clothes, looking glaringly bright. \ \ Just from this casual swipe, Qingyan was severely injured, nearly losing consciousness! \ \ 'Hey, are you an idiot?!'"Du Gu Xiaoxuan suddenly yelled sharply in Qingyan's ear, showing not a trace of gratitude for Qingyan's heroic rescue, but instead forcefully trying to push away the embracing Qingyan while shouting: 'You pervert!' The sound erupted violently, almost shattering Qingyan's eardrums. The extremely high-frequency sound waves reverberated continuously through the Sun-Guard Forest. At that moment, the mountain brown bear, without any pause, was already right in front of them. Its huge paws swept in from both sides, ready to strike heavily! The whooshing sound of the air from its swift movement made Qingyan desperately close their eyes. 'Clang!' Suddenly, a thunderous roar rang beside Qingyan, making them doubt whether their eardrums would burst at that instant. At the same time, the embrace loosened sharply, and Qingyan was thrown heavily to the ground, letting out a painfully miserable groan. However, in the next few dozen seconds, Qingyan finally recovered their ability to think from the pain, and feeling that there was no threat to life, carefully opened their eyes. But the scene before them made Qingyan utterly stunned! The mountain brown bear, which had just been furious, was now lying completely on the ground, as docile as a domestic pet. Its pair of bear ears trembled slightly, and its short tail wagged coquettishly. Du Gu Xiaoxuan was sitting on the bear's hind legs, giggling softly. An incredibly harmonious atmosphere pervaded the air. At that moment, Qingyan suddenly slapped their forehead and cried out in pain, finally remembering what Du Gu Xiaoxuan had just said: 'The ability to subdue magical beasts.' Clearly, Du Gu Xiaoxuan had not been frozen in fear before, but had been preparing to make the mountain brown bear submit. Qingyan's heroic rescue, obviously, was completely unnecessary. It seemed the injuries sustained were in vain. Sigh, who told them not to believe! Now, having somehow performed a meaningless heroic rescue, they were even called a 'pervert.' Qingyan sighed bitterly, enduring the pain to shift slightly, feeling a tearing pain within, but still managed to curl up carefully, sitting up cautiously to cultivate and nourish their body."Suddenly, with a 'pop' sound, a pure cyan pill fell in front of Qing Yan, and at the same time, Duguxiao Xuan's voice coldly came: 'Take the medicine and recover quickly, we still have to keep moving, there's no time!' Qing Yan gave a bitter smile and looked at Duguxiao Xuan, only to see her turn her head away expressionlessly.