Boulder Bear

Tan Mansion.

Inside a dark room, the luxuriously decorated interior now seemed to have lost its luster.

The windows, closed and boarded up, blocked out all the light and with it any hints of life.

Master Tan sat at the table in the middle of the room.

Sounds of bones cracking could be heard as Master Tan munched on his meal.

Blood dripped down his chin, making a muted sound as it hit the silk tablecloth.

The chewing stopped when Master Tan's face had a red glow on it.

A red-colored stone in the middle of the table had started to glow, radiating throughout the room with its dark crimson.

Master Tan's face turned to anger.

Someone had disturbed the blood pool in the woods.

How dare anyone disrupt his plan!

With anger, Master Tan put down the chunk of meat in his hand, picked up the glowing red stone, and stood up.

Thud!

The doors to the room burst open as Master Tan left like a gust of wind.

Light finally shone into the room, revealing Xiao Fang's head with her expression of agony on the table.

...

In the woods.

"Huhu…"

The beast's powerful roar sent soundwaves reverberating through Lin Fan's chest, causing him to draw short breaths.

His adrenaline had instantly kicked in.

This is not the time to panic, Lin Fan told himself silently.

He took a deep breath, held it in, and aimed at the beast appearing out of the woods.

A huge shadow slowly cast upon Lin Fan.

Before him was a bear with a bloodshot eye on the left and the right eye gone. The bear had rocks on parts of its head, neck, and back instead of fur.

Its right paw was also gone, and tissues on its shoulders seemed to indicate that the paw had been torn from its body.

Blood trickled down the open wound where the front paw should have been.

This was a demonic beast, the Boulder Bear.

With the injury and pain, it was in a rage; anything that stood in front of it deserved to die.

Whoosh!

Lin Fan aimed at its remaining eye and shot at it.

Clack.

The arrow was swatted away like a fly by the Boulder Bear's front paw.

Roar!

This angered the Boulder Bear, and it charged at Lin Fan.

Before Lin Fan could arm another arrow, Bai Qiao, standing a meter away from Lin Fan, raised his hand and pushed his palm toward Lin Fan.

Lin Fan could feel a strong gust of wind blow at him, and within the wind, he felt a powerful force.

The force was strong enough to send Lin Fan flying ten meters away.

Qi!

Bai Qiao must have used some technique to put Lin Fan out of harm's way.

He had to take a few steps to walk off the remaining force after he landed.

When he was safe, he raised his head and looked up at Bai Qiao, thinking to himself that he must join the Qing Feng sect.

"Run and keep yourself safe!"

Bai Qiao shouted as he dodged the Boulder Bear's paw coming down at him.

His brother, Bai Ti, lunged in with a flying kick at the Boulder Bear's back.

Thud!

The kick landed on the back of the Boulder Bear.

It did nothing as the Boulder Bear stood still, as if Bai Ti had hit a mountain.

Bai Ti somersaulted as he was repelled by the Boulder Bear.

"Go away and don't be a nuisance to us," Bai Ti gave Lin Fan a side eye as he joined in the battle again.

The Boulder Bear now had its attention on Bai Qiao.

Strangely, the Boulder Bear turned its back to face Bai Qiao.

Bai Qiao quickly used his sword and thrust at the Boulder Bear even though he was five meters away from it.

A gust of wind twirling like a tornado came out of the sword's tip and shot at the Boulder Bear's back.

Leaves on the ground were sucked up, partaking in the strike at the Boulder Bear.

Roar!

The Boulder Bear roared out when the thrust hit the rock on its back.

A few cracks appeared on the rock; the twirling wind strike didn't manage to do much.

Then the Boulder Bear struck back.

Fragments of the rock on its back tore off and shot at Bai Qiao.

"Brother, let me help you!"

Bai Ti, standing by the side of them with his sword, slashed out in the shape of an X.

Crack.

Crack.

The rock fragments got sliced into small pellets and dropped onto the ground.

Thud.

Tree trunks finally caught the force of the slash, pieces of the trunks flew off, leaving the mark of an X in its wake.

So far, it was an even match between the Bai brothers and the Boulder Bear.

Lin Fan, looking from afar, marveled at the techniques the Bai brothers were using, but at the same time tried to figure out a way to finish the Boulder Bear.

Right now, it was tough as a rock and packed all the power to destroy and maim in one package.

Perfect combination of attack and defense all in one.

What's the weakness of such a perfect demonic beast?

Weakness…

Yes, weakness!

Inspiration hit and Lin Fan quickly shouted, "Attack the beast's wounds! Attack from where the beast lost its eye!"

When the Bai brothers heard Lin Fan, they wanted to slap their foreheads.

How could they not realize this sooner?

This Lin Fan is not a simple young man.

The Bai brothers wasted no time and immediately acted upon Lin Fan's advice.

Both of them jumped to the beast's right where the eye was gone.

Bai Qiao thrust at the Boulder Bear's open wound on its shoulder.

Not to be outdone, Bai Ti slashed with his X strike at the Boulder Bear's head.

Roar!

Pain coursed through the Boulder Bear's body as its open wound got drilled into by the twirling wind strike.

Flesh and blood splattered all over.

The wind slash left a mark of an X on the Boulder Bear's head, and bits of its skull could be seen.

In a frenzy, the Boulder Bear wielded its paw aimlessly, but it was enough to force the Bai brothers to dodge.

The next moment, it made use of this chance to come at Lin Fan.