Seeing the giant palm coming towards him with a sharp sound, Lu Zhan used all his strength to jump up and barely avoided the fatal palm.
The bear's paw slammed heavily on the tree trunk, tearing off half of the bark and leaving behind a large, terrifying claw mark as sharp as a knife.
If this palm had landed on Lu Zhan, half of his body would probably have been cut in half!
The black bear became even more angry after its attack missed. It opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards Lu Zhan madly. Its white fangs flashed coldly like two sharp scimitars in the moonlight.
But the tiny human in front of it was obviously not as easy to deal with as it imagined -
Relying on his strong physical fitness and the help of the trees growing scattered among the dense forest, Lu Zhan moved flexibly on the slope.
Several times, he saw the bloody mouth about to bite his neck, but he took advantage of the momentum and slid away cleverly. However, the black bear missed its attack several times, rolled down the slope, and broke several tree trunks before stopping.
The black bear, which had suffered repeated defeats, climbed up while roaring angrily. Its blood-red eyes were like burning evil flames, revealing a bloodthirsty desire, and it locked viciously on Lu Zhan.
In fact, the current situation of Lu Zhan is not optimistic.
His right arm had completely lost sensation and he was unable to maintain balance properly, which required him to expend more energy with each dodge. During several extreme dodging attempts, his back and waist were scratched by broken branches, and the palm of his left hand was scratched by sharp gravel. His entire body began to tremble slightly due to exhaustion.
But he still gritted his teeth and persevered, believing that Liu Jincai and the others would come to rescue him after hearing the black bear's roar.
He must at least hold on until someone comes, so that the unconscious girl can be rescued!
Lu Zhan concentrated all his energy on avoiding the next attack from the black bear, but at this moment, the black bear that was approaching him suddenly stopped, as if thinking about something, and the next second suddenly turned around to look at the unconscious girl under the tree trunk on the other side.
Lu Zhan's heart tightened, and he quickly grabbed the stones beside him and threw them at the black bear, trying to attract its attention again.
But the black bear's fur was dense and thick, and the stones thrown at it were not enough to pose a threat. It ignored Lu Zhan and ran towards the girl under the tree with its bloody mouth wide open.
Seeing this, Lu Zhan hurried forward to chase after it. Just when he was about to catch up, the black bear suddenly turned around and pounced on him like a black lightning. Its huge paw, with a thousand pounds of force, was like an iron clamp, and it slammed towards him with a "whoosh".
Caught off guard, Lu Zhan had no time to dodge.
The palm hit his right side solidly, and it felt like being hit by a battering ram. His entire arm instantly made a crisp sound of fracture, and he was thrown out like a kite with a broken string, and then hit the tree trunk heavily and fell to the ground.
The vicious and cunning black bear didn't give him any chance to breathe, and rushed towards him like a black hurricane.
Every step it took caused the earth to tremble slightly, and it kept making creepy growls, as if it was provoking and showing off to Lu Zhan, displaying the results of its revenge.
Lu Zhan struggled to stand up, but found that half of his body was no longer under his control.
But in just one or two seconds, the black bear rushed to Lu Zhan, opened its bloody mouth full of stench and big enough to swallow a head, and faced him. Its sharp fangs were still covered with foul-smelling saliva, flashing the cold light of death in the dim light.
It did not rush to bite off Lu Zhan's neck, but raised its thick front paws and pressed down on his body. Its sharp claws pierced deeply into his skin, and blood immediately oozed out.
In an instant, Lu Zhan felt that all his ribs were crushed. The severe pain that was beyond the human body's endurance made him scream in pain. However, this cry seemed to make the black bear more excited and aroused its more ferocious nature.
The next second, it opened its bloody mouth and bit straight into Lu Zhan's neck -
“Ouch—”
Earth-shaking roars echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
"Commander! Hold on! We're coming!"
Liu Jincai and Ma Jun were terrified when they heard this. They jumped down the slope without caring about anything and rushed forward, rolling and crawling all the way.
When the two men stumbled to the rescue location, there was no trace of the bear, but the strong smell of blood in the air was so strong that it made people shudder.
The surrounding trees were covered with sharp palm marks from bear paws. Trunks as thick as bowls were broken in half, revealing uneven wood stumps at the fractures. Countless broken branches were scattered on the ground. The scene was obviously in a mess after being ravaged by a huge force.
Liu Jincai quickly looked under the tree. The girl was still unconscious and seemed to be fine. However, Lu Zhan was nowhere to be seen. The ground was covered with blood, and it was obvious that a fierce fight had just taken place here.
It’s over, the battalion commander was taken away by a bear!
Liu Jincai burst into tears as this thought flashed through his mind. He deeply regretted leaving the battalion commander alone. How could he fight a man-eating beast with his bare hands?
Ma Jun looked around unwillingly with red eyes, and suddenly found a figure under a tree not far away. He immediately shouted in surprise:
"Old Liu! Look! Is that the battalion commander?"
Liu Jincai wiped away her tears and ran towards him. When they got closer, they saw that the person lying under the tree was actually Lu Zhan.
But when they saw the current situation of the land battle, the smiles on their faces disappeared instantly.
The Lu Zhan in front of him was covered in blood all over, his face and neck were splattered with blood, his military uniform was already riddled with holes, and in the firelight, one could see the hole-like wounds still oozing blood.
His eyes were tightly closed, his face was paler than paper, and even the blood color on his lips had faded. He lay there flat and motionless, like a rag doll with the stuffing taken out.
His right arm was bent backward in a strange position, and it was obvious that the bones were broken...
"ah--"
Liu Jincai roared with his eyes wide open, punching the ground in grief and anger. The tears that had just stopped flowed again. He subconsciously reached out to help Lu Zhan press the wounds on his body that were still bleeding, but there were too many such wounds and his two hands were not enough.
Ma Jun looked at Lu Zhan's already somewhat collapsed chest and could no longer hold back his tears. All that flashed through his mind were the vivid scenes of training with Lu Zhan and completing missions together.
Lu Zhan is younger than both of them, but they all respect him.
It is not only because Lu Zhan has strong personal military capabilities and qualities, but also because in every training and mission, he always sets an example, carrying the heaviest burden and taking on the most dangerous tasks alone, standing in front of everyone with practical actions, both blocking the wind and rain and setting an example.
This time, he also led all of them to escape the raging flood. The heavy rain had stopped and it would be dawn in a few hours. They would be able to go home after the flood receded.
But their battalion commander died before dawn...
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