Chapter 1373: Big White Bear! Little White Bear! (Bonus Chapter)
After standing in silence before the ruins for a long time, Bai Kou finally took a deep breath!
The ruins before her gradually overlapped with her memories—she remembered where this was!
With a flap of her icy wings!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A series of air-burst sounds rang out as her body shot toward a direction like a white arrow!
"It should be this way, follow me!"
Hart quickly led the signal gun team to follow, confusion filling his mind.
Where exactly was Lady Snow trying to take everyone?
The group headed straight into the depths of the Divine Ruins Lingxu, only to charge into another even larger, raging snowstorm!
Wind howled in their ears, white filled their vision, and they walked for who knows how long.
Suddenly, Mo Mo's scalp went numb as she stared ahead in horror!
(٥●口ὅ)☛ "Ah ba ba~"
Countless spatial cracks writhed like demon serpents ahead of them—gnashing teeth, crisscrossing!
They roamed unrestrained in the air, emitting terrifying suction forces!
Even the snowstorm was mercilessly devoured!
Everyone stared in terror at the area dense with spatial cracks before them!
It was as if the world itself had shattered!
Hart's eyes widened: "What the hell is going on here?"
Even Bai Kou frowned deeply.
But just then, carried by the snowstorm, a piercing sound of breaking air came speeding in from the left!
It shot straight toward the signal gun soldiers!
A Spirit Martial warrior paid no attention and swung his blade at the sound!
After all, in such a terrifying windstorm, even a small pebble flung up would become something more dangerous than a bullet.
But Bai Kou was startled: "Don't!"
It was too late. A water-drop-shaped bead, no larger than a fingernail, crystal clear, appeared!
Like an inconspicuous little ice pearl—the blade slashed heavily against it!
"Boom!"
The moment the water-drop bead shattered, boundless spatial power erupted instantly. This power was wild and ferocious!
In an instant, the space within a thousand meters was blasted to pieces by the spatial force!
The space ripped apart like a tattered cloth, jagged spatial cracks akin to abyssal maws, devouring all nearby signal gun warriors!
The concentrated spatial power even formed blades sharp enough to cut through everything, slashing wildly in all directions!
Screams rang out, severed limbs flew everywhere, and hundreds were killed on the spot!
Mo Mo quickly activated the Void Spirit Butterfly, releasing a prismatic film to block the successive spatial blade strikes!
"Boom!"
A massive amount of spatial power was absorbed by the prism, dissipating into butterfly shadows.
But this collision tore the already unstable space even further!
Hart was horrified: "What the hell was that thing?"
If things went wrong, they'd be wiped out here! Damn!
Bai Kou stepped forward, reached out, and condensed a blue ice longsword in her hand!
She slashed heavily at the countless spatial cracks that had burst forth!
"Ten Thousand Miles Frozen!"
Boundless cold radiated forth. At the countless spatial cracks that had torn open, massive amounts of frost condensed, sealing the cracks in this manner!
Thus, a catastrophe was averted.
But that eruption seemed to trigger a chain reaction!
The previously calm spatial cracks ahead suddenly writhed!
Like vicious mouths, they tore toward the group at high speed!
Bai Kou's expression grew serious: "That was the Oracle's Tear! Endless time has caused things here to spiral out of control!"
"You guys go first, find the Star Ring fragment—leave this place to me!"
Hart quickly activated his hot core domain to envelope everyone!
"Lady Snow? But what about you…"
Bai Kou, carrying her longsword, walked alone into that shattered space!
"Don't worry about me! I'm going to see the Oracle! You need this thing to drive the Star Ring!"
As she spoke, she had already disappeared into the blizzard.
Hart: !!!
"Mo Mo! Let's go!"
...
At that moment, in the eye of the raging snowstorm, Xiao Jiuwo had been carrying everyone for most of the day.
Not a single ancient ruin was seen—not even a ghost shadow!
Not only were there no scavengers, there wasn't even a single spirit beast in sight!
Just then, sharp-eyed Xiao Jiuwo suddenly spotted two white figures on a distant frozen lake!
꒰ঌ(๑ὅ口ὅ) "Spirit beasts! There are spirit beasts!"
Everyone got excited, quickly hiding and sneaking over.
They crouched behind a strange rock to peek.
On the frozen lake, a thick ice cover had formed.
Two massive white bears, each over sixty meters tall, stood on the ice.
But they looked anything but cute—sunken cheeks, thin as bamboo poles!
(›´㉨`‹)(›⁼̴㉨⁼̴‹)
)づど()づど(
Their white bear hides were sagging, and their waists were tied three times with tree bark!
The slightly larger one had a fir-ironwood pole on its shoulder.
Tied to the wood was a rope twisted from white bear fur!
The big white bear used its paw to open a hole in the lake ice.
Little white bear: (›￢㉨￢‹) "Your turn this time, right?"
Big white bear glared: (›ರ㉨ರ‹) "My turn? When there's a fish, can you even pull it? You go down!"
The little white bear muttered curses, skillfully tying the fishing line to its waist: "Over a hundred times! Every time it's me down there! The water's cold! And no fish!"
With that, it shrank itself to about ten meters, pinched its nose, and jumped straight into the iced lake, disappearing from sight.
The big white bear sat on the lake with its fishing rod, its stomach rumbling like thunder!
It smacked its belly twice, tightening the tree bark around its waist again.
Xiong Er crouched behind the rock and translated accordingly.
The scene on the frozen lake shocked everyone for a hundred years.
Katerina stared dumbfounded.
(❀꒪꒫꒪) "Are... are they fishing? Spirit beasts fish? What the hell?"
And using themselves as bait? I don't even know where to start complaining!
Xiong Er shrugged: ╮(ิ◕㉨◕ิ)╭ "Is it that strange for spirit beasts to fish? They can drive cars and be translators too!"
Katerina facepalmed—she forgot that Xiong Er himself was a spirit beast!
Jiang Tianqing was full of curiosity: "What breed are these two bears? Why is their fur sagging? Shar-Pei polar bears?"
Xia Yao: ???
What the hell is a Shar-Pei polar bear? I've only heard of Shar-Pei dogs!
Xiong Er rested his chin on his paw: "Probably polar bears? There aren't any of this breed where I'm from. Being this thin is probably from hunger."
Just then, the fishing line suddenly pulled taut, the rod bending from the immense force!
Big white bear: !!!
Finally, a bite!
It stood up abruptly, red-eyed, and heaved with all its might on the fir wood!
But after pulling a short distance, it ran out of strength, panting heavily.
The fish rod dragged it back to the starting point.
After a few back-and-forths, it was completely exhausted and couldn't pull any more.
But the big white bear just wedged the rod into the ice hole!
٩(›´㉨`‹) "Little brother! Hang in there! Big brother's got no strength left. I'll go back and call a few more bears to pull together!"
With that, it turned around to leave.
At that moment, Jiang Nan and the others were dumbfounded!
What the hell? Your little brother is still in the fish's mouth! By the time you go back and call the bears,
The fish will have digested him completely!
Seeing the big white bear getting farther away, Jiang Nan couldn't stand it anymore.
"Come on! Let's go help it pull!"
He led the group out. Xiong Er immediately transformed into a sixty-meter-tall giant bear, raising a paw:
(｡╹㉨╹)つ "Hey, brother? I've got strength, I..."
The big white bear froze, turned back, and saw Xiong Er and the others. Its face filled with terror!
Then its eyes reddened, drool pouring like a waterfall!
It turned and ran, diving into the snowy plain, vanishing in an instant.
Xiong Er's paw froze mid-air!
Why does he have to run so fast?
Seeing the ice hole about to give way, the rod about to be dragged into the water,
Xiong Er dashed over, grabbed the rod, let out a roar, and pulled hard!
The line drew taut!
"Crack!" The ice surface split open, and a massive fish of Diamond Eight Stars was yanked up!
It flailed wildly on the ice, still not letting go of its mouth!
Wu Liang immediately beastified, activated his Thorns Armor, and started pounding the giant fish violently, eventually beating it to death.
The fish's mouth opened wide, and the little white bear climbed out cursing, shivering from the cold.
(›•̆㉨•̆‹) "Big brother, why did you pull for so long? I almost never saw you again, you know?"
"But we finally caught a fish! Ahaha! Now we've got something to eat! No more starving! I demand a big share! I... s-s-s—"
The joyful little white bear froze when it saw Xiong Er holding the rod.
It trotted over, its bear paw patting Xiong Er's round, big belly:
(›⚆㉨⚆‹) "Whoa! Big brother, how did you get so fat? Did you eat something good while I was underwater?"
"And why did you change color? How did you get so tanned in such a short time? Is the sun that fierce?"
Xiong Er facepalmed.
What the hell is "tanned"? The fur color is completely different, you know?
We're not even the same breed!
The little white bear finally noticed Jiang Nan and the others,
Plus Wu Liang by the big fish...
Its expression stiffened, cold sweat pouring off its forehead.
Xiong Er: (̿▀̿㉨▀̿̿)̄ "I'm not your big brother. You've mistaken me for another bear. Your big brother ran away!"
Little white bear: (乛㉨乛‧̣̥̇) "Cough... nonsense! How could I mistake my own brother? With that bear shape of yours?"
"You caught the fish and now you don't recognize your own little brother? That's not cool!"
But inside, it was terrified. In this situation, these bears were so fat and strong—they must have serious strength!
And they even dyed their fur? So trendy?
This is bad! Bad!
Its eyes darting, the little white bear spun around and dove straight for the ice hole,
Trying to escape!
But it slammed headfirst into Wu Liang's belly, landing on its butt with a thud!
It immediately covered its head and begged for mercy:
୧(›꒦ິ㉨꒦ີ‹)୨ "Two bear lords, I don't have much meat! Don't eat me!"
"I'll give you the fish we caught, okay?"