The mountains behind the village are called the Xuanwu Mountains.

The Xuanwu Mountains sound very unusual. As one of the mountains, the mountain behind the village is always shrouded in smoke. There are birds and beasts on the mountain, and even powerful monsters are not absent. The strange thing is that usually there are no monsters coming down the mountain. Only when some special circumstances occur will some monsters come down.

Like after a storm.

The strange thing this time was that despite such a severe storm, there was no movement on the mountain. Although this was a good thing for Leishen Village, as the village chief, Lei Gu always felt that this time was very strange because it was too quiet.

Regu, who has always had a keen sense of danger, wanted to go up the mountain to see if there was anything unusual.

However, even with his strength, he did not dare to go too deep and only went up a little bit. Otherwise, he might encounter a powerful monster, and then he would be the one to suffer.

"call……"

Taking a deep breath, Lei Gu's eyes looked energetic.

Walking up the mountain along the familiar path, Lei Gu carefully observed the surrounding situation as he walked.

Having lived in this village for so many years, Lei Gu is very experienced.

He can judge whether there is any monster passing by here based on some footprints, smells, or some monster feces somewhere on the mountain. In addition to the specific strength, what kind of monster it is, and when it passed by, Lei Gu can usually easily judge these.

So Lei Gu paid special attention to these traces on the road.

As he walked, Lei Gu suddenly stopped before he left the foot of the mountain.

In front of him, on the ground, there was a huge footprint, lying quietly on the ground.

Lei Gu's face instantly became solemn. It was the footprints of a monster!

Such a large footprint is enough to show the huge size of the monster. Generally speaking, the larger the monster is, the stronger it may be.

Of course, this is not absolute, there are always exceptions.

Regu looked around, then slowly walked to the front of the huge footprint and squatted down.

Regu stretched out his hand and gestured, and the corner of his mouth twitched. The footprints on the ground were three palms long!

"With footprints this large, the bear's body would have to be conservatively estimated to be four meters tall. And judging by the outline, it's likely the footprint of a bear."

Lei Gu muttered something, looking at the outline and depth of the footprints on the ground, he was basically certain that these were footprints left by a bear-like monster.

But Lei Gu couldn't guess what kind of bear-like monster it was.

"Over the years, I've encountered many bear-like monsters, including Savage Bears, Earth Bears, Violent Bears, King Kong Bears, and White-browed Bears. These are the most common, but this footprint clearly doesn't belong to one of these monsters. Could there be other types of bear-like monsters?"

Although it is normal to have other types of bear-like monsters, Lei Gu does not want this to happen. Because the people in Leishen Village have accumulated time and experience with the monsters that have appeared in the past, they have basically mastered the methods to fight against those monsters. Dealing with monsters requires more than just force.

Now, another kind of bear-like monster has appeared, which may overturn Leishen Village’s previous experience in resisting bear-like monsters.

"Although this bear-like monster may be a different kind that has never appeared before, it shouldn't be a big problem. Although it's quite large, there should still be a way to deal with it."

Relying on years of experience, Regu quietly breathed a sigh of relief. It was okay, not a big problem.

Memorizing the location of the footprints in his mind, Regu looked around the footprints.

If this kind of footprint appears, there must be other traces around it.

Sure enough, not far from the footprints, Regu found another trace.

Just this trace shocked Lei Gu completely.

"How...how could this happen?"

In front of Lei Gu was a half-broken thick tree. Judging from its diameter, even three people probably couldn't hug it. Lei Gu had a deep memory of this tree. This tree was extremely conspicuous when he went up the mountain before, so Lei Gu remembered it very clearly.

But now, this towering tree was actually bent and broken, and on the trunk of the tree, there was a claw mark one foot deep and firmly imprinted on it!

The culprit that caused this towering tree to break was this terrifying claw mark!

Regu took a deep breath and felt a little nervous. He could feel his heart pounding.

"What terrifying claw marks, what terrifying power! Could this be the work of that bear?"

Regu walked forward and gently stroked the broken cross section with his palm. He couldn't help but tremble slightly. A picture emerged in his mind: a four-meter-tall bear-like monster casually swung its claw, and the towering tree was directly broken!

"hiss……"

Unable to help but take a breath, Regu had already imagined the horror of this monster.

Looking at the road ahead, Lei Gu was a little hesitant. Should he continue going up?

Judging from the freshness of the soil in the footprints, Lei Gu could judge that this bear-like monster appeared about half a month ago, when the storm came that day.

"It's been so long, shouldn't we leave?"

Regu was a little worried. If that guy hadn't left by now, then the monster would be in real trouble.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!