Chapter 120

Chapter 120: The Giant Bear, Oh the Giant Bear – The Door to Rebirth in the Apocalypse

The Door to Rebirth in the Apocalypse

Its body was almost half the size of a bus! Its limbs were unusually thick, and when it ran, you could almost feel the ground trembling! And its hefty body didn’t seem to affect its speed at all; it was turning around and chasing after them at an incredible speed, roaring with the fury of being toyed with! It was absolutely terrifying!

In this situation, only someone with a speed-based special ability like Method might have a chance to escape. Everyone else would be caught in just a few steps!

Gu Ning knew it, and so did everyone else.

“Zhuang Chen! Take Gao Yue, Xiang Xu, and Yi Shaoqing to find a safe place to hide,” Gu Ning said calmly, then turned to Jia Daozhang. “Daozhang, can you still hold on?”

Jia Daozhang, holding his head, nodded. “No big problem.”

“Be careful!” Zhuang Chen knew her special ability hadn’t even recovered to one-tenth of its capacity. Staying here would only be a burden. She gave Gu Ning a solemn nod, then led Yi Shaoqing and the others to run toward the back, searching for a safe refuge.

The remaining people exchanged glances, their faces grave. They knew this battle would be extremely perilous, and they were all prepared for combat.

“Everyone, spread out!” Gu Ning calmly directed the battlefield. “Third Brother! Try to trap it for a while!”

“Got it!” Third Brother responded promptly, his special ability surging! He pushed his hands forward, and instantly, five three-meter-high earthen walls rose from the ground, blocking the path of the enraged Mutated Black Bear ten meters ahead!

At the same time, the others, following orders, spread out in a semicircle.

Those earthen walls, which could even hold off high-level mutated zombies for a while, now seemed as fragile as paper in front of this Mutated Black Bear. With just a light bump, there was only a brief moment of delay before the walls were shattered!

This scene made everyone’s pupils contract. At this life-and-death moment, Gu Ning no longer held back. The sea of special abilities within her roared, and countless whirlwinds swept up seawater from the surface, spiraling into the sky!

Gu Ning spread her arms wide, her special ability surging. Instantly, countless vines burst from the ground on either side of her, shooting straight up before suddenly plunging down toward the black bear, which was charging toward them with unstoppable momentum! The speed was incredible!

Yi Shaoqing, who was fleeing for his life, was startled by the sound of the stone walls shattering and couldn’t help but glance back. He was shocked to see the speed of the vines controlled by Gu Ning. In his understanding, wood-type special abilities were never known for their attack speed, but the speed of Gu Ning’s vines had surpassed anything he thought possible for a wood-type ability! It even exceeded the attack speed of Zhuang Chen’s fourth-tier wind-based special ability! Although he didn’t have any special abilities, he knew that attack speed was greatly related to the amount of special ability and the control over it. Was Gu Ning a fifth-tier or higher special ability user? And her close-combat skills when she came to rescue them were also astonishing. How could Gu Ning be so… abnormal? In a flash, Yi Shaoqing suddenly recalled a strange incident that had happened two months ago.

That woman who had disappeared right before his and Ji Jiuzhe’s eyes… Yi Shaoqing’s heart was filled with doubt and unease.

By now, Gu Ning’s vines had reached the Mutated Black Bear, directly wrapping around it!

But the Mutated Black Bear, despite its seemingly bulky body, made an incredibly agile move, dodging the vines with ease!

Gu Ning shouted at Jia Daozhang, “Daozhang! Make an ice rink!”

Jia Daozhang, still holding his head, stomped his foot hard on the ground. Instantly, white frost spread rapidly from his foot, freezing into ice and surging toward the black bear!

The black bear was running at an incredible speed! By the time the ice formed under its paws, it was too late to stop. The combination of inertia and the slippery ice caused its body to lose balance. Its limbs splayed out, and it slid across the ice like a rocket! Gu Ning almost saw the terror in its crimson eyes—

Gu Ning’s eyes flashed with determination. Taking advantage of the bear’s loss of control, she crossed her arms in the air like a conductor. The vines on either side, as if pulled by invisible strings, wrapped around the bear, completely enveloping it.

Gu Ning clenched her right hand. “Capture!”

The vines immediately began to tighten rapidly! The tips of the vines continued to extend, wrapping around the overpass in the direction the bear had come from, quickly looping around it and tying it securely. Before the bear could escape the icy area, the vines tightened abruptly, trapping it! With every step it tried to take forward, the vines tied to the overpass tightened further, and the vines around its body constricted even more! It was enough to halt the bear’s rapid slide on the ice! The bear, with its limbs splayed out on the ice and its body tightly bound, looked utterly pathetic. But Third Brother and the others didn’t have time to celebrate. The bear began to struggle, pulling at its limbs, and somehow managed to stand shakily on the ice. Originally running on all fours, it now stood upright, using its front paws to tear at the vines binding it. Its claws were like sharp steel blades, slicing through the vines with ease! In no time, it had cut through the vines restraining one of its paws.

“Full attack!” Gu Ning, seeing the situation turn dire, urgently shouted.

The others, already poised, unleashed their strongest attacks at the bear! Every type of special ability was thrown at the giant bear’s head!

Dozens of fireballs rained down, accompanied by the howling wind blades and the thunderous roar of a lightning dragon! The scene was spectacular! One would think the bear would be either dead or severely injured! But when the smoke cleared, aside from its fur being singed and the smell of burnt hair and roasted meat, the bear looked disheveled but not seriously injured! The bear, now thoroughly enraged, let out a furious roar and tried to steady itself on the ice. Even this couldn’t seriously harm it!

Gu Ning’s heart raced. She suddenly shouted at Third Brother and the others, “Run!”

Third Brother and the others instantly realized that even such a powerful attack had only singed the bear’s fur. This bear was the epitome of thick skin and high stamina! They knew there was no way they could kill it without suffering casualties themselves, so without hesitation, they turned and ran!

Gu Ning didn’t run. She spread her arms wide, and the sea of special abilities within her surged once more! Twice as many vines as before burst from the ground! Within ten meters of her, the ground was covered with vines summoned by Gu Ning! The bear, having just steadied itself on the ice, saw the annoying vines sprouting again in such numbers and was furious! It roared and charged toward her! But it still couldn’t get used to the ice, so its charge was more of a clumsy shuffle, which was somewhat comical. However, Gu Ning wasn’t laughing. With a grave expression, she controlled the vines, sending them toward the bear!

The bear, unable to move flexibly on the ice, was at a disadvantage. No matter how much it roared and struggled, it was once again bound tightly by the vines!

Gu Ning, not sparing a thought for the toll on her special abilities, summoned another wave of vines, wrapping the bear into a dense, impenetrable ball! Even the bear’s roars became muffled.

Gu Ning turned around and saw the others standing about twenty meters away, waiting for her. A warm feeling surged in her heart, and she quickened her pace to join them.

But at that moment, a deafening explosion-like sound came from behind her!

Gu Ning instinctively turned to look!

She saw a massive figure lunging toward her! She could almost smell the stench from the bear’s wide-open mouth! Gu Ning’s pupils contracted sharply! She reacted instantly, closing her eyes. In a flash, she was inside her space. But she didn’t relax; she had entered the space to avoid danger, but what about the others outside?

She opened her eyes and nearly had a heart attack!

The giant bear was standing right in front of her, face to face, though she was facing its black fur. Its fur even brushed against her face, instantly numbing her entire face! In the blink of an eye, Gu Ning was fifty meters away, staring in shock at the bear! She couldn’t understand how it had entered her space! No one else could come in here; she thought only she could enter, and no other living beings from outside were allowed. So how did this Mutated Giant Bear get in?!

Meanwhile, the bear was even more confused than Gu Ning. It stood there dumbfounded, its stiff neck slowly turning as it looked around at the mountains, the water… water?! So much water?!

Gu Ning was still pondering how the bear had entered her space when she saw the bear suddenly charge at her like a madman! She quickly shifted her position, appearing fifty meters away again.

But the bear didn’t even seem to see her. It charged straight past her and, with a splash, jumped into the sea of special abilities! Gu Ning was stunned, then watched as the bear paddled in the water for a bit before opening its huge mouth and starting to gulp down the special ability water from the sea!

Gu Ning was momentarily dumbfounded, then she went crazy! That wasn’t just water it was drinking! That was her special ability!!! And it was a finite resource that couldn’t be regenerated! That was her lifeblood!!!