In the depths of the Red Leaf Forest.
Surrounded by nine blood fiends, a middle-sized man, and five assassins from the Snake of Shadows, Gray stepped on the withered leaves and walked forward without hiding his tracks.
He was not here to avoid the blood fiends, but to find them. Naturally, he did not need to hide his tracks.
It was better to make a big commotion so that the surrounding blood fiends would be attracted.
Howl — —
The effect was immediate. More than ten minutes later, a roar of anger and warning suddenly rang out.
Then, the trees in the distance shook violently and even collapsed. A huge creature was walking toward them.
It was a huge blood fiend in the shape of a bear.
Its body was 2.5 meters long and covered in yellow fur.
Its two forelimbs stood upright and its huge paws were as big as palm-leaf fans. Its black claws shone with a dark light.
The bear opened its mouth, revealing its white teeth that were as sharp as daggers. Saliva dripped from its mouth.
Howl — —
It was patrolling like a king, but when it saw the extremely exaggerated team led by Gray, its originally unruly bear eyes clearly showed a hint of fear.
However, even so, it still did not retreat. Instead, it roared and issued a warning. The reason for that was because this was its territory.
However, all powerful creatures were extremely possessive and valued their own territories. Sometimes, they would even risk their lives for the sake of their territories.
Kacha, kacha!
A few thick trees collapsed under its bear paw's attack.
It was showing off its "powerful" strength to its enemies.
"Herculean Bear!"
Gray muttered as he sized up the bear blood fiend in front of him.
If he was not mistaken, this blood fiend in front of him should be a murderous level blood fiend called the Herculean Bear that he had read about in a book.
After thinking for a while, Gray did not command the blood fiends to attack the Herculean Bear. Instead, he walked out of the crowd of blood fiends and walked toward the Herculean Bear.
This time, one of his goals in coming to the Red Leaf Forest was to expand the number of blood fiends. Another goal was to hone his combat skills.
He had many blood fiends' characteristics. If he wanted to effectively utilize these characteristics, he had to form a unique combat style that belonged to him.
This was something that needed to be slowly explored through actual combat.
Roar —
Seeing Gray approaching, the Herculean Bear became more and more irritated. Its eyes flashed with anger and bloodlust.
If it weren't for the numerous blood fiends behind Gray, he would have pounced on the tiny Gray long ago.
Finally, at some point, it could no longer endure Gray's provocation and pounced on Gray.
A huge bear paw, like a huge hammer, hammered towards Gray.
Under his hammering, a strong wind pressure was formed, causing the surrounding leaves to tremble.
Hu — —
Facing the incoming bear paw that was even larger than his head, Gray did not draw his sword. Instead, he threw out a punch.
He needed actual combat to test his iron fists.
Boom!
There was a loud boom, as if a bomb had exploded.
The raging air caused the surrounding leaves to rustle. The withered leaves on the ground were swept up and fluttered in all directions.
The bear paw and Gray's fist quickly separated.
Smack!
The Herculean Bear's huge body could not help but take a few steps back before stabilizing itself.
Smack, smack, smack!
On the other hand, Gray's body took a few steps back.
"As expected of a Herculean Bear. Its strength is even greater than Hanhu's!"
Gray stomped hard on the ground and forcibly stabilized himself. He was slightly surprised.
However, the next moment, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He looked at the Herculean Bear's paw that had been hit by his fist.
There was a dark red mark in the middle of the giant bear's paw. Drops of blood dripped onto the withered leaves.
The Herculean Bear was injured!
The Herculean Bear was injured in the first exchange. Although the injury was not serious, it was enough to show the strength of Gray's iron fists.
Roar — —
The injured Herculean Bear let out an extremely angry and bloodthirsty roar.
There was a rumbling sound as it stomped on the ground. As the ground trembled, it pounced towards Gray and slammed its paw down.
Bang!
With a dull thud, the huge Herculean Bear was sent flying.
It smashed heavily onto the ground, creating a loud sound that sounded like gold and jade being overturned.
Before the Herculean Bear's paw landed, Gray had already appeared in front of the Herculean Bear and punched it in the chest.
He had used the speed of the Wind Wolf, and the clumsy Herculean Bear could not react at all.
Dark red blood stains appeared on the Herculean Bear's chest, dyeing its yellow fur red.
The Herculean Bear got up angrily, but the next moment, it was sent flying again.
Crack!
Several trees were directly smashed by the Herculean Bear.
Bang, bang, bang!
In front of Gray's speed, the clumsy Herculean Bear was punched repeatedly by Gray, and its injuries were not light.
Roar — —
After being hit repeatedly, the Herculean Bear saw Gray rushing towards it again and let out an extremely angry roar.
Then, in the next moment, an invisible ripple spread out from it.
Bang!
Gray, who was running towards the Herculean Bear, suddenly felt his body sink.
It was as if there was a boulder weighing thousands of kilograms on his body, and the ground under his feet could not bear the weight and sank down a few centimeters.
Whoosh!
At this moment, the Herculean Bear's huge paw slammed towards Gray.
Bang!
Gray was slapped backwards, and there were two straight scratches on the ground beneath his feet.
"Gravity field?"
Although he was hit by the Herculean Bear's paw due to its surprise attack, Gray's expression did not change at all. Instead, he looked interested.
He was not injured.
Before the Herculean Bear's paw slammed down, he used his two arms to block in front of him, and blocked the Herculean Bear's attack without any damage. He did not even feel the slightest pain.
Just as he had expected, his arms were an indestructible shield at the crucial moment.
It was like this just now.
"This is the gravity field mentioned in the books?"
Lifting his legs, Gray found that his whole body was unusually heavy, as if it was filled with lead.
He did not doubt that his current movement speed was not even comparable to the Herculean Bear's.
"A very good ability, very effective against speed opponents."
Gray judged in his heart.
Howl!
At this moment, accompanied by a rumbling sound, the Herculean Bear's eyes were full of hostility, and it charged towards him again.
Facing the Herculean Bear, Gray's expression was calm.
His speed was limited, and his strength was weaker than the Herculean Bear's. However, this did not mean that Gray did not have a way to deal with the Herculean Bear.
The Herculean Bear had already used its blood beast ability, but he had not!
"Huff!"
He growled and used his blood beast ability, Ice Wind Blade.
Whoosh!
A sparkling and translucent wind blade appeared.
In an instant, it was close to the Herculean Bear, and before the Herculean Bear could react, it had already slashed its body.
Poof!
The Herculean Bear that was charging towards Gray was sent flying backwards.
On its chest, a clear bloody wound appeared. At the same time, an ice-cold aura was spreading through its body, freezing it.
Whoosh!
As the Herculean Bear was sent flying by the Ice Wind Blade, the Gravity Field that the Herculean Bear had used was lifted.
Gray rushed out, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the frozen Herculean Bear, which could only move with difficulty.
Poof!
He pulled out the magic sword, which was surrounded by lightning, and pierced the Herculean Bear's heart while it was struggling angrily.
He broke the ice, collected the blood, and used his ability to control corpses.
More than half an hour later, the Herculean Bear, with a clear wound on its chest, slowly got up and joined the army of blood beasts behind Gray.
"It's a pity that the blood beasts are controlled by the ability to control corpses. The blood beast ability cannot be preserved."
Looking at the Herculean Bear that had joined the army of blood beasts, Gray felt a little regretful.
The Gravity Field of the Herculean Bear was simply the nemesis of speed opponents. If it could be preserved, it would be extremely useful in battle.
"Should I choose the Gravity Field as my next ability?"
Gray could not help but consider if he should use the Herculean Bear's blood the next time he consumed blood beasts to obtain the Gravity Field.
"It's still too early to consider this."
However, in the end, Gray did not make a decision.
He had just consumed the Steel-armed Ape's blood, and the next time he could consume it would be at least a few months later. There was no need to make a decision so early.
Moreover, the Herculean Bear was only the first blood beast he had hunted after entering the Scarlet Night Forest. Among the blood beasts he hunted after that, would there be any more unique and powerful abilities?