HUN Chapter 72: Thrilling Life-and-Death Battle

That black bear clearly didn't understand Lin Yu'an's warning.

Or rather, the rich aroma drifting from the shelter direction, mixed with smoked venison and fat, was an irresistible temptation to it.

It lost its last patience, its massive head suddenly lowered, and it let out a deafening roar!

Then it powered forward with all four limbs, its huge body charging toward Lin Yu'an at an astonishing speed completely inconsistent with its size! Snow scattered in all directions under its heavy footsteps!

"Now!"

The moment the black bear launched its charge, Lin Yu'an's thoughts became unprecedentedly calm.

He didn't choose to stand his ground and fight head-on, nor did he turn and run, but instead suddenly stepped back diagonally!

His target was the simple woodshed he had built himself, stacked full of firewood!

This movement wasn't just to create linear distance from the black bear.

More importantly, it was to use the complex terrain between the woodshed and shelter to create maneuvering space for himself.

The black bear's straight-line charge was extremely fast, but Lin Yu'an's diagonal movement forced it to adjust direction during its high-speed charge, slightly affecting its speed.

Lin Yu'an used these fleeting seconds to complete the first step of his combat plan!

While quickly retreating, he lightning-fast drew an arrow with a three-blade hunting point from his quiver!

This type of arrowhead had sharp cutting blades, specifically designed for hunting large animals.

Nocking the arrow and drawing the string, he completed his aim almost while moving!

His balance and core strength, enhanced by his spatial ability, were displayed to perfection in this moment!

The instant the black bear charged to within about thirty meters of him!

"Whoosh!"

The bowstring vibrated sharply, the fifty-pound draw weight launching the hunting arrow at extremely high speed!

Lin Yu'an's target wasn't the bear's hard skull, nor its torso covered in thick fat, but the relatively exposed right shoulder blade area that became visible as it adjusted direction!

The black bear was charging with full force and couldn't make any effective evasion.

With a dull "thud" of flesh being pierced, the sharp arrow hit precisely, embedding deeply into the muscle of its right front limb shoulder!

Although the arrow's kinetic energy wasn't enough to shatter the hard shoulder blade, the three sharp blades instantly severed numerous muscle fibers and blood vessels!

"ROARRR!"

The intense pain made the black bear let out an angry and agonized roar!

Its forward momentum suddenly halted, the wounded right front limb obviously not daring to bear full weight.

This caused it to stumble, its massive body creating a long trail in the snow due to pain and inertia.

Blood also began gradually staining the snow red.

"Effective!"

Lin Yu'an's heart tightened, but he didn't pause for a moment.

Taking advantage of the distance gained in that instant, he turned and ran toward a sparse woodland of sturdy spruce trees to his rear side!

He knew that fighting such a beast with both strength and speed in open ground was suicide, while narrow spaces meant being trapped.

Only by using trees as obstacles for constant direction changes and evasion could he gain precious shooting time and reaction space.

The thoroughly enraged black bear, dragging its injured front limb and roaring continuously, chased Lin Yu'an into that woodland.

Although its speed was noticeably slowed by the injury, no longer possessing that thunderous impact force, it was still alarmingly fast.

Lin Yu'an's nerves were stretched to their limit.

He swiftly weaved and changed direction among the sturdy spruce trees.

Never running in straight lines, constantly using tree trunks as cover.

The black bear's massive body was greatly limited in agility when chasing through the forest, frequently having to slow down to circle around obstructing tree trunks.

Its injured front limb made every turn seem somewhat clumsy and painful.

Lin Yu'an maintained a distance of about ten to fifteen meters from the black bear.

At this point, Lin Yu'an's physique, strengthened by the spatial ability, gave him absolute confidence that even without using the spatial containment method, he could slowly wear down this black bear!

His hunting bow opened again, a second hunting arrow already nocked.

During each tree-circling direction change, he searched for fleeting shooting opportunities.

During one impatient pursuit, the black bear tried to intercept Lin Yu'an by forcing its way between two closely spaced spruce trees.

Just as its massive body was briefly stuck by the tree trunks, its entire side was temporarily fully exposed in Lin Yu'an's shooting field of view!

"Whoosh!"

Lin Yu'an's second arrow left the string, again precisely hitting the black bear's side!

"ROARRR!"

The black bear let out another agonized roar, the intense pain causing it to forcibly break free from the tree trunk's constraint!

Lin Yu'an knew that simple maneuvering could no longer stop this maddened beast!

He no longer retreated deeper into the forest, but changed direction, quickly withdrawing toward his shelter.

Preparing to launch the final deadly attack!

At the same time, his right hand had already removed the bear spray from his waist and pulled the safety pin.

His sixth sense was frantically warning him! He could clearly "feel" every minute adjustment in the black bear's charge path!

Just as the black bear charged to within about ten meters, entering the spray's optimal range, it suddenly lunged forward violently, its huge body like a black cannonball hurtling toward him!

At the same moment the black bear lunged, Lin Yu'an's spatial perception seemed to fully activate, his distance control reaching its peak!

He suddenly made a lateral sprint to the side!

"Whoosh!"

The black bear's massive body almost brushed against his body, heavily crashing into the snow where he had just been standing!

Missing its strike, the black bear angrily climbed up from the snow, shaking the snow from its head.

Its blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Lin Yu'an, who had retreated to the wall, letting out a deafening roar, preparing to attack again!

But this time, Lin Yu'an didn't give it another chance!

He aimed the bear spray in his hand at that gaping maw opened wide due to roaring!

"HISSSS!"

A stream of orange-red, extremely pungent and irritating mist shot out like a high-pressure water dragon, instantly covering the black bear's entire face!

Then at maximum speed, he consecutively shot three ordinary metal arrows, and drew the final three-blade hunting arrow from behind, nocking it on the bowstring!

"ROARRR!"

The black bear let out its most piercing, most agonized scream yet!

Its bead-like black eyes were instantly engulfed by the capsaicin mist, the intense burning sensation driving it completely insane!

The severe burning sensation even made it ignore the three arrows in its body.

The black bear began wildly rubbing its face with its front paws, its huge body rolling painfully in the snow, temporarily losing all attack intention.

It lost direction, spun around twice, then was finally driven by survival instinct to suddenly turn around, wanting to flee desperately toward the forest depths.

Just as the black bear rolled and struggled to get up, one of its hind legs was completely extended for that split second, exposing the most vulnerable area on the inner side of its thigh root!

"Now!"

The opportunity Lin Yu'an had been waiting for! A chance to attack the black bear's vital weakness!

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