Soon, our group of seven arrived at the place where Luo and that large beast were fighting.
Upon arriving here, a strong stench of blood immediately hits you. By the light of the blue-green fluorescence, you can see Luo and the huge creature that has stood up.
This is a giant cave bear!
Cave bears can stand over 3 meters tall, 1.7 meters wide, and an astonishing 3 to 4 meters long.
Cave bears had enormous heads and strong jaws; a typical cave bear skull was over 40 centimeters long, larger than modern bear skulls.
The diet of cave bears has long been a subject of debate. In the past, some believed they were herbivores, preferring tender grass, roots, and strawberry-like plants.
However, some studies have found that cave bears have high levels of nitrogen-15, suggesting that they may be omnivorous, not only eating plants but also preying on some animals, possibly including humans.
What's even more critical is that cave bears do not live alone, but exist in small family groups with considerable coordination and communication among themselves.
The struggle between humans and cave bears for cave space has a long history. Neanderthals began hunting cave bears hundreds of thousands of years ago, and the emergence of modern humans intensified this hunting.
Time flows like a long river, and years pass by.
When I see this wild beast that has fought against humans for countless years again, I feel great admiration for those humans who originally intended to hunt it.
At this moment, both Luo and the giant cave bear were injured. Luo had three bloody scratches on his body caused by the cave bear's claws, and blood was flowing continuously from the wounds.
The cave bear didn't gain much of an advantage either. Although Luo wasn't as big as the cave bear, he was much more agile.
Giant hyenas are already extremely ferocious wild beasts, but they were still wary of this cave bear weighing nearly 800 kilograms.
However, being more agile than the cave bear, Luo had already left several bloody holes in its body.
Luo's powerful bite even tore off several pieces of flesh from the cave bear and swallowed them, a scene that looked extremely bloody.
The bear roared in pain and tried to slap Luo.
However, Luo was also clever. After suffering a loss in their first encounter and being scratched by the cave bear's claw, he stopped confronting the cave bear head-on.
Luo kept circling around the cave bear, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack. The cave bear, with its bulky body, tried to swat Luo.
However, he couldn't keep up with Luo's speed at all when he turned around. After more than ten laps, he started to feel dizzy and lightheaded.
This is also because the cave bear has a lot of meat, and Luo couldn't bite its bones for a while, otherwise this battle would have been over long ago.
The two beasts were already evenly matched, and now with the arrival of the seven of us, the cave bear instantly felt the pressure increase.
At that moment, the cave bear roared angrily at the night sky, and then we heard several more bear roars coming from the opposite steep slope.
Judging from the sound, it wasn't just one head, but at least three!
The indigenous chief's expression immediately changed. He had thought that only this male cave bear had come out to hunt, but he hadn't expected that it would bring its whole family here.
The roars of the bears opposite us are now echoing in our ears; they've come down the mountain together and are attacking us.
The tribal chief immediately issued a series of commands without hesitation. At this moment, the remaining five tribal men gripped their spears tightly and hurled them at the cave bear fighting with Luo.
Their attack was also quite unique; they didn't just leave the cave bears with their spears stuck in their bodies.
Instead, they would wait for the right opportunity to pull out the spear and then repeatedly throw it at the cave bear.
Obviously, the best way to deal with such a powerful beast is by throwing. At a safe distance, even if the cave bear gets angry and rages, the spears stuck in its body will not hurt anyone.
If you try to stab someone directly with a spear in your hand, the enraged cave bear might swing the spear around wildly, potentially causing a broken hand.
Soon, several bloody holes appeared on the bear's body, and its blood flowed out of those holes as if it were free.
I held my breath, just like the natives do, and then raised my spear and hurled it at the bear's body.
My spear is nothing like those sharpened wooden spears in the hands of the unsophisticated. The metal tip is extremely sharp, and the triangular structure greatly enhances its penetrating power.
The spear I threw was so devastating that it startled even myself.
I saw that the cave bear's chest had been pierced directly through its back by my spear, a blow that must have caused serious damage to its lungs.
The cave bear immediately felt an extreme difficulty breathing, and frothy blood foam gushed from its mouth with each heavy breath.
The next second, the cave bear's massive body crashed to the ground. All the natives stared at me as if I were a monster, and only then did I realize that I had been underestimating the lethality of the triangular spear.
If I had known this would happen, I would have just thrown the spear I was holding when I was dealing with that short-faced bear, and it would have been a sure way to get its meal done.
Where would there be so many strange things to do, giving it a chance to jump up the tree?
While my weapons shocked these natives, the exclamations coming from the other side gave them an even greater shock.
Without a second thought for the slain cave bear's corpse, the tribal chief gave a shout, and Luo, still wounded, charged back towards the opposite battlefield without hesitation.
Our group followed closely behind, running down the hillside and rushing towards the place where the crowd was rioting.
At that moment, many women were leading children in an orderly fashion towards our hillside. The three cave bears were moving very fast; they had already reached the path we were on.
Now, the indigenous warriors, like ants, have surrounded the three cave bears from all directions to protect the women and children of the tribe, trapping them within a human wall.
But at this moment, the cave bear knew that its family members were in danger, so it became extremely agitated and showed no fear of the spear in its hand.
The three cave bears went berserk and slammed their paws at the natives. The strength of each cave bear's paw was comparable to that of a saber-toothed tiger.
If someone is hit by its claws, they instantly become a VIP customer of the underworld. Even a scratch from its claws, amplified by its immense strength, can easily disembowel someone.
Even these brave and fearless indigenous warriors felt a chill run down their spines when faced with three cave bears charging at them recklessly.
Many of the locals standing in the front row broke out in a cold sweat. The damage was off the charts; many wooden spears were sent flying, and even Cheng Yaojin couldn't withstand it.
Behind them were their families, and at this moment, these indigenous men dared not retreat even a step.
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