Looking at the faint blue aura emanating from Sun Muchen, where he could vaguely make out Sun Muchen's outline, Wang Lan asked, "Your skill can determine the location of an opponent by detecting their energy, right?"

Sun Muchen thought for a moment, then nodded. "That's right. For example, my current detection range is about 50 meters in diameter. I can accurately sense the location of that energy, which is 30 meters away from us to the right front. And this energy is very powerful!"

Wang Lan pressed further, "How powerful are they? How do they compare to me?"

Sun Muchen shook his head and said, "It's impossible to judge. It seems that my ability to probe can only determine the strength of those who are weaker than me and their energy levels. But I can't judge those who are stronger than me. For example, you, brother, I can feel that your energy is very strong, far exceeding mine. Similarly, that energy is also very strong, far exceeding mine, but I can't judge who is stronger or weaker."

“I see,” Wang Lan said. “I thought you could identify the strength of energy. If you could, it would help us avoid a lot of pitfalls.”

Sun Muchen shrugged, "Uh... I can't yet."

Wang Lan shrugged and turned around. "If we can't, we can't. Since this animal is the closest to us, it will be our hunting target tonight!"

"Have you identified your target so quickly?" Sun Muchen said, "Although I can't sense whether this energy is stronger or weaker than yours, I can feel that this energy is full of violence. We can definitely move forward a bit more and see if we can encounter other energies."

"I'm not going!" Wang Lan said decisively. "Didn't you say before that our physical strength has already reached its limit? Besides, in the darkness of night, it's even easier for our bodies to feel fatigued. So we can't delay any longer. Let's cut to the chase. Even if it's a mutated tiger, I'll still tear off two whiskers from its mouth!"

“Alright!” Sun Muchen took out his longbow, exerted force, and the bow arm sprang out, connecting the two ends of the bowstring. Then he took out an arrow with a thick arrowhead from the quiver behind him.

Wang Lan looked at the faint outline and assumed a fighting stance, smiled, drew his Vajra Umbrella, and said, "Remember, the first element of hunting is stillness. Animals are far more perceptive than humans. To avoid being detected by them, we must be quiet, especially in the darkness, as if we were facing... Hey, Mu Chen?"

As he was talking, he suddenly realized that he couldn't even hear Sun Muchen's breathing anymore.

Wang Lan quickly looked around, only to find it pitch black all around. She could only see faint shadows of the trees, but she couldn't see Sun Muchen anywhere.

"Mu Chen?"

Wang Lan raised her voice and shouted again.

The next moment, Sun Muchen's voice rang in my ears, "Brother, are you trying to die?! Why are you shouting so loudly?"

Only then did Wang Lan see the blue light emanating from Sun Muchen. He asked, "Have you been by my side the whole time?"

Sun Muchen nodded. "Yes, I've been here the whole time!"

But Wang Lan didn't notice at all!

Even when I looked around just now, I couldn't find any trace of Sun Muchen.

Sun Muchen then said, "It was probably when you told me about the first step of the hunt that I remembered reading in a book about some elements of stealth, which is to blend into the darkness and befriend the night. So I gave it a try, and to my surprise, I actually succeeded. You don't seem to have noticed me."

Wang Lan was speechless after hearing this.

Sun Muchen appears to be a gifted player. Wang Lan had never even heard of the so-called stealth technique, but it wasn't hard to understand from the literal meaning. Yet, Sun Muchen succeeded after just one try, and even under the nose of the experienced hunter Wang Lan, he wasn't discovered.

Sun Muchen asked again, "By the way, brother, it seems you haven't finished speaking? It's as if we're with something? What's next?"

"No, it's nothing," Wang Lan said awkwardly, "Let's begin, let's not waste any more time."

"But isn't what you're about to say very important? Why do you stop there?"

"I'm hungry, I want to hunt and eat as soon as possible!"

Sun Muchen: "......"

It's unclear what Wang Lan was keeping secret.

The brother and sister then headed towards the prey, following the faint blue light emitted by Sun Muchen.

Their feet touched the ground without making a sound. Under the cover of night, the forest was utterly silent, and the brother and sister seemed to have truly blended into the darkness.

Sun Muchen spoke softly, "Ten meters left."

The Vajra Umbrella was already resting on his shoulder, ready to be unleashed.

"Five meters..."

Wang Lan took a deep breath. He could already see the darkness ahead, which was far deeper than the surrounding area.

The two took another step forward, and Sun Muchen had already nocked an arrow and slowly drew the bowstring taut.

Wang Lan walked ahead cautiously, her mind already highly tense.

But suddenly, a faint sound rang out from the woods.

"hiss--"

It felt as if he was inhaling heavily through his nose.

Then...

"call--"

Wang Lan suddenly felt a warm breeze blowing on his ankle, and he immediately stopped moving.

Seeing Wang Lan's appearance, Sun Muchen was also very puzzled, so he reached out and nudged him, asking, "Brother, what's wrong?"

The sound was very soft, but at that moment it was like a bolt from the blue.

Wang Lan's body trembled suddenly, and he wanted to turn around and tell Sun Muchen to quiet down, but as soon as the thought came to him, he felt a wave of heat rushing to his feet.

This hunt was a complete failure!

Wang Lan's mind went blank for a moment. Without thinking, he suddenly swung the Vajra Umbrella off his shoulder and slammed it down hard from above.

There was a loud "clang!"

A crisp sound suddenly erupted, and if it weren't for the absence of sparks flying everywhere, Wang Lan would have really thought that the blow had hit metal or stone.

He felt as if his tiger's mouth had been torn apart by the blow, and the pain was unbearable.

The next moment, a roar suddenly came from ahead. The sound was full of the violence unique to the mutated animals, and there was even obvious anger and pain in it.

Then, Wang Lan saw the deep darkness in front of him gradually expand and spread, and an invisible sense of oppression came over him.

The brother and sister then suddenly woke up.

This is a huge creature!

He stood up!

A flash of light appeared between Sun Muchen's fingers, and the blue light instantly burst forth with dazzling brilliance, dispelling all the surrounding darkness.

The enormous creature came into clear view of the brother and sister.

It was a black bear that was four meters tall!