My heart pounded as I watched the giant, short-faced bear's body about to collide with my spearhead. I was overjoyed, but the next second I was utterly disappointed.
The short-faced bear in front of me wasn't having any of my tricks. With a powerful horizontal strike of its huge paw, it easily knocked down the upright spear.
I was shocked. How could this be! Had this beast seen the spear before? It knocked it away without hesitation.
When I encountered the Sand Beasts before, I thought it was just a coincidence, a case of their high intelligence. But once might be a coincidence, twice definitely isn't!
They must have seen what I had elsewhere, which proves from another angle that there are very likely humans in this land, or at least the kind of primitive, intelligent humans who can use tools!
However, these thoughts only flashed through my mind for a moment before the giant short-faced bear charged right in front of me, and we were almost face to face.
I could even smell the suffocatingly strong odor emanating from the giant short-faced bear, and the stench of its gaping maw as it lunged at me.
"Grass!"
After suffering two consecutive setbacks, I couldn't help but swear.
However, I haven't been in this land for nothing after all this time. I used to live in constant fear and come into contact with all sorts of dangerous animals, so my body's instinctive reactions are no longer comparable to those of the pale and thin young man I was back then in the workshop.
Just as the giant short-faced bear pounced, my body instinctively rolled to the side into the low grass.
This was a low-lying area, and with the force of the roll, I increased the distance between myself and the giant short-faced bear.
Seeing me run away, Top ignored his injuries and followed my example, rolling down the low, gentle slope with me.
The giant short-faced bear's paw struck nothing but a tree as thick as an arm. The tree couldn't withstand the bear's full-force blow and snapped in half, flying backward.
This scene almost scared me to death. Are all the beasts here this monstrous? No wonder even saber-toothed tigers would avoid this guy.
Not only does it possess excellent defense, but its offensive capabilities are also terrifying. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a top-tier predator.
"Waaah!"
Having failed in its first attack, and seeing that I had already run away, the giant short-faced bear roared to the sky and immediately gave chase.
At that moment, I tossed Pat into the air and gave it a command: Attack!
Although Pat was also afraid of this giant short-faced bear, which was absolutely no match in size, Pat's advantage was that he had a pair of wings, and air superiority was a skill that could be described as cheating.
I didn't drop the torch before it rolled down; now I stick it in the spot to light Pat's way.
"Hiss!"
A sharp eagle cry rang out in the night sky, and Pat immediately flapped his wings and took off, reaching a height of twenty meters.
At the same time, the giant short-faced bear also happened to run near the torch.
Because of its injury, Top couldn't run fast at all. I scooped Top up in my arms and sprinted towards the nearest tree, while Pat issued another command from the sky.
"attack!"
Pat had hesitated before facing this huge beast, but now that it heard my call again, its instinct made it no longer hesitate.
At a height of over twenty meters, it folded its wings and launched an attack on the giant short-faced bear, which was hundreds of times larger than itself.
Pat could just see the silhouette of the giant short-faced bear in the firelight, and it was poised to swoop down at the bear's head.
The head is probably not a weak point for most wild animals. When fighting between wild animals, they usually target relatively vulnerable areas such as the throat, spine, and anus.
However, the attack locations of eagles and birds of prey are somewhat different. They have developed an instinct that whenever they launch a surprise attack, they will always target the head of an animal larger than themselves.
Because most of the time, if an eagle cannot hunt its prey with its strength, it can only drive it away. Since direct confrontation is not their forte, eagles have evolved a strategy of attacking their prey's eyes.
Eyes are more vulnerable than any other part of a wild animal's body, yet their importance is irreplaceable. Once the eyes are lost, it's practically a death sentence in the wild.
Therefore, even if wild animals rely on their large size, they will not easily provoke birds of prey such as eagles, after all, their pair of sharp and powerful claws are not just for show.
With just one accident, you could very well be the one who suffers the accident.
The giant short-faced bear paused, looking up at the night sky. It naturally heard the sharp cry of the eagle and the whooshing sound of air being cut by Pat as he descended.
However, the giant short-faced bear was so arrogant that even saber-toothed tigers would avoid it in this land, and a mere harpy eagle dared to taunt it, as if it didn't take it seriously at all.
"Woo, woo!" The giant short-faced bear let out two rapid and high-pitched roars facing the night sky, its provocation quite obvious.
Taking advantage of the giant short-faced bear's distraction, Top and I found the nearest tree and climbed it. Because we were running for our lives, Top and I climbed the tree at a speed that was almost as fast as Usain Bolt's running speed.
A tree as thick as a bucket. Top and I used our hands and feet to climb to the top in no time. We weren't even out of breath when we reached the top. I knew it was because the surge of adrenaline had unleashed our potential.
We were once beasts, but over the long course of evolution, our power was gradually sealed deep within our cells.
Human potential is only unleashed in moments of extreme crisis.
There was once a report about a frail mother who, in order to save her child from falling off the balcony, managed to reach the child in less than two seconds from a distance of several dozen meters and catch the falling child.
There are many other examples like this, such as a frail scholar who lifted a boulder weighing three or four hundred pounds with his bare hands to save his mother.
What soldier, when surrounded by the enemy, fired fourteen shots in ten seconds, killing all fourteen of the surrounding enemies?
I feel like I'm in this state right now. This is the potential that bursts forth from me when I'm extremely afraid that my life is threatened. Normally, I'd probably need to find vines to climb such a big tree.
At this moment, Pat had already swooped down to the top of the giant short-faced bear's head, let out a sharp screech, and aimed his claws straight at the short-faced bear's face.
The giant short-faced bear realized something was wrong and tried to stop it, but it was too late.
Just as the bear's paw blocked its face, Pat's claw pierced the short-faced bear's left eye first.
Then it snapped its claws shut, flapped its wings and pulled upwards with all its might, actually tearing the giant short-faced bear's eyeballs out.
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