As Chen Xiao walked in the middle, he vaguely sensed that the fog was somewhat strange, as if it carried a faint chill that seemed to seep into one's bones.
Just as she was about to warn everyone to be careful, a deep roar suddenly came from ahead. The sound echoed in the fog, making it impossible to pinpoint its exact location, and it only sent chills down one's spine.
Chao Yuan immediately became alert and signaled everyone to form a circle, stand back to back, grip their weapons tightly, and be ready for battle.
As the roar grew closer, a gigantic figure appeared and disappeared in the mist.
As the fog dissipated slightly, everyone could see clearly that it was a giant bear covered in long black fur. It was enormous, more than two people tall, and its eyes gleamed with a fierce red light in the fog.
Upon seeing the group, the giant bear suddenly stood upright and roared again, its roar seemingly shaking the entire valley. Then, it brandished its enormous paws and pounced towards them.
Ye Yu rushed forward in a flash, his figure as fast as lightning, and swung his sword straight at the giant bear's eye, trying to distract it.
Chao Yuan then used all his strength to attack the giant bear's legs and abdomen, hoping to find its weakness.
However, this giant bear had thick skin and flesh, and although it moved somewhat clumsily, it possessed immense strength.
Ye Yu's sword pierced near its eye, only enraging it further. A bear paw swept out, and Chen Xiao, unable to dodge in time, was sent flying backward and crashed heavily to the ground.
"Ye Yu!" Chen Xiao exclaimed in surprise. A sword immediately appeared in her hand, and she attacked the giant bear without hesitation, trying to buy Ye Yu some breathing time.
Chen Xiao had practiced martial arts for many years and had some real skills. Her sword pierced through the giant bear's leg, slowing its movements.
"Host, are you out of your mind! Come back!" "Xiao Xiao, don't go! Come back!" "Master, be careful! We're here!" "Master, go back quickly, I'm here!"
Under the weight of everyone's long-winded explanations, Chen Xiao obediently returned to his original position.
Seeing that Chen Xiao had obediently returned to his original position, Chao Yuan calmed down. At this moment, seeing that the giant bear's leg was injured, he seized the opportunity, leaped up suddenly, and plunged the sword in his hand into the giant bear's back.
The giant bear, in pain, roared and turned around, slapping Chao Yuan with its paw.
As Chao Yuan dodged, she slipped and fell to the ground, just as the bear's paw was about to fall.
At this critical moment, Ye Yu, enduring the excruciating pain, leaped up from the ground and threw his sword with all his might. The sword streaked across the sky like a meteor and accurately pierced the giant bear's other eye.
With both eyes injured, the giant bear went berserk, wildly waving its paws and crashing into everything in its path.
Taking the opportunity, everyone retreated, creating distance between themselves and the creature, and readjusted their positions.
Yin Yuyao had a sudden inspiration. She remembered hearing that wild animals were afraid of fire, so she quickly took out a tinderbox from her bag, lit some dry branches around her, and made a simple torch.
Seeing this, others followed suit.
When the group approached the giant bear again with torches, the bear seemed to sense the danger and began to retreat.
Seeing this, the group waved torches and slowly approached the giant bear, trying to force it out of the valley.
With everyone's efforts, the giant bear was finally forced to turn around and flee, disappearing into the depths of the valley.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Chen Xiao and Yin Yuyao hurriedly went to check on Ye Yu and Chao Yuan's injuries.
Fortunately, Chao Yuan was not injured, and Ye Yu only suffered minor injuries; none of them were in mortal danger.
After the fierce battle, everyone became even more cautious. After Ye Yu treated his injuries briefly, the group rallied and continued their exploration in the misty valley.
As they ventured deeper, the path became increasingly rugged and difficult to traverse, and the surrounding trees grew taller and more sinister, resembling menacing monsters.
Yin Yuyao had a vague premonition that an even more troublesome situation was about to arise.
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the treetops overhead. The sound was like someone weeping softly, or the murmur of some unknown creature, which sounded particularly eerie in the silent valley.
Everyone looked up, but the dense foliage blocked their view, and they couldn't see anything.
Just as everyone was wondering, strange-looking flying insects swarmed out from the tree canopy.
These flying insects were enormous, their bodies shimmering with an eerie blue light, and the sound of their wings vibrating was a buzzing, as if it were the mournful music played by the Grim Reaper.
"Everyone be careful, those flying insects look hostile!" Ye Yu shouted a warning.
Before he could finish speaking, the flying insects swarmed towards the group like raindrops.
They were incredibly fast, arriving in an instant.
The crowd hurriedly waved their torches and weapons to defend themselves.
A flying insect suddenly swooped towards Chen Xiao. She quickly dodged to the side and swung her sword, slicing the insect in two.
But more and more flying insects followed, and she gradually became overwhelmed.
Ye Yu's situation was also not good. His injuries made him move a little slower, and several flying insects took the opportunity to bite him.
He felt a sharp pain, as if his skin was being burned by fire, but he didn't make a sound. He just stood in front of Chen Xiao and Yin Yuyao, shielding them.
"Ye Yu!" Upon seeing this, Chao Yuan rushed over to help.
Ye Yu unleashed a fierce sword technique, dispersing many of the flying insects swarming around Chen Xiao.
However, these flying insects seem to be endless; as soon as one wave is driven back, another surges in.
Moreover, the blue light emanating from them seemed to possess a bewitching power; as people resisted, their eyes gradually became glazed, and their movements began to slow down.
Yin Yuyao sensed something was wrong and was alarmed. She knew that if things continued like this, everyone would be in dire straits.
Suddenly, she remembered seeing a similar record in an ancient book, which said that certain evil flying insects could emit a hallucinatory aura, and to break it, one needed to use powerful internal energy to disperse the aura around them.
At that moment, Yin Yuyao couldn't care less about anything else. She took a deep breath, circulated her internal energy, and then shouted loudly. A powerful surge of internal energy erupted from her body and spread outwards like ripples.
Wherever this internal force reached, the blue light on those flying insects dimmed slightly, and everyone seemed to wake up from their trance.
"Quickly, everyone, let's all circulate our energy!" Yin Yuyao shouted.
Upon hearing this, everyone followed suit. In an instant, streams of internal energy intertwined, forming a powerful force. The flying insects could no longer withstand it and fled back into the tree canopy.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they were all exhausted.
Chen Xiao stared at Yin Yuyao in surprise. So Yin Yuyao possessed internal energy? It turned out that among the four of them, she was the only one without internal energy...
They just launched such a fiery counterattack, but she was the only one who stood there stunned, chatting with Xixi.
Yin Yuyao noticed their gazes, but before she could speak, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which was black in color.
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