Chapter 1016 - 1025: Departure
Chapter 1016: Chapter 1025: Departure
The giant bear earlier, in its waning years, despite being at Early Innate Stage strength, couldn’t exert its full potential. Otherwise, Avril and her group wouldn’t have had enough time to escape into the Stone Mountain.
But now, it has changed.
Its fur has become exceptionally smooth and shiny, and its eyes are bright and energetic. Amazingly, some white fur has regained its youth, turning black in less than five minutes.
Now, the giant bear appears in the peak condition of its life, emanating an undeniable powerful aura.
In this state, Lin Xi cannot guarantee he can defeat the giant bear, or rather, he cannot.
Earlier, if he had to fight to the death, he still had a good chance of killing the bear.
Now, even if there were ten Early Innate Stage people, they wouldn’t escape its grasp as before; they would be doomed.
As for injuring it?
That’s almost impossible now.
The bear clearly senses its transformation and becomes extremely excited. It extends its huge arms towards Lin Xi as if wanting to embrace him.
Lin Xi doesn’t move.
He can feel the goodwill emanating from the bear.
However, the bear’s towering physique means its arms are thicker than Lin Xi’s waist.
So at the moment of the embrace, if someone else were present, they’d think the sight strange or terrifying.
It’s like watching an elephant hug a goat.
Of course, when the bear embraces Lin Xi, it doesn’t use much strength.
It worries about hurting Lin Xi; after all, it’s not comparable to a mindless beast.
"Let’s go, let’s leave here!" Lin Xi said.
The bear nodded and howled towards the direction of Stone Mountain, as if bidding farewell to the Holy Land.
Then reluctantly followed Lin Xi towards the magic portal.
Upon reaching the magic portal, the man and bear stood on it, and the portal flickered but immediately dimmed, failing to transport them.
"Is the bearing capacity exceeded?" Lin Xi noticed a crack forming at the corner of the magic portal.
He greeted the bear and stored it into the Jade Pendant Space.
The next moment, the magic portal flashed brightly.
Having exited the Holy Land, Lin Xi observed the magic portal completely obliterated in front of him.
It seems this entrance to the Holy Land is no longer accessible.
Whether there are other entrances or not, he doesn’t care.
To him, he’s not particularly interested in places like the Holy Land.
Finding any natural treasures useful to him is quite challenging.
Lin Xi doesn’t sigh.
Right now, his needs are sufficiently met by the Jade Pendant Space, and he has discovered it to be a divine artifact that far exceeds any Secret Realm or Holy Land.
Or perhaps, it’s simply not on the same level.
Leaving the ruins, the cab driver had long left, but he didn’t mind.
Asking a cab driver to wait here was undoubtedly asking too much.
After all, in these desolate mountains, with no people around and pitch-black surroundings, occasionally hearing the cries of wild beasts.
Moreover, bears reportedly abound in foreign forests, and they may attack people.
Thinking of bears reminded him of the giant bear in the Jade Pendant Space.
In the next moment, the bear appeared in front of him.
By now, it was around five or six in the morning, the sky was slightly bright.
For the first time in the outside world, the giant bear was like a curious baby.
It could sense the significant difference between here and the Holy Land, such as a strange object not far away.
This object was something it had never seen in the Holy Land.
"Crack!"
It extended its arm, and the object ended up with several large holes while emitting a whimpering sound.
"Howl!"
The bear was startled, threw the object ten meters away.
Its copper bell-like eyes fixed on the still whining object, ready to destroy it upon any further movement.
Lin Xi, "...."
Alright, he covered his forehead.
That noisy object was a Hummer, a high-end one worth at least a million.
This car was left behind by those forever staying in the Holy Land.
Luckily, there’s one more available.
Otherwise, he would’ve stopped the bear when it first clawed into it.
He roughly explained to the bear.
Advised it not to touch other things randomly, otherwise, when at his home, breaking things would be painful for him.
Most importantly, he told it to control its strength.
Otherwise, he’d never dare let it out again.
The bear understood its mistake and nodded obediently towards Lin Xi.
Afterward, Lin Xi stored it back into the Jade Pendant Space.
Initially, he wanted the bear outside, but the current car couldn’t accommodate it.
After all, spending years in the Holy Land alone, loneliness was palpable for it.
Now, having just emerged from the Holy Land, it has to stay in the cramped Jade Pendant Space, which is even more punishing.
Of course, Lin Xi won’t keep it in the Jade Pendant Space permanently.
Once it learns to control its power, he’ll release the bear at every opportunity.
In any case, nowadays, keeping animals is quite common both domestically and internationally.
Even though the bear is intimidatingly large.
But explaining it as a special breed, like the world’s largest Kodiak Island brown bear, people could buy that.
Bear in mind, Kodiak Island brown bears can reach over three meters tall and weigh over a thousand kilograms.
Currently, the giant bear, although nearly six meters tall, weighs less than six hundred kilograms.
If someone explains it as a mutation or malnourishment, it could pass.
Since humans can grow nearly three meters tall, though that would be a result of gigantism.
Hence, for bears, a similar explanation could be valid.
"Thin, is it?" driving the last remaining car back, Lin Xi mused over the issue.
Before, he didn’t consider it, for the bear seemed mighty robust, but by bear standards, it was quite lean.
Otherwise, at that height, it should weigh at least fifteen hundred kilograms.
Returning to the hotel, it was around eight in the morning.
Dili Bare and Xie Ziqi, although awake, weren’t suspicious.
After breakfast, Lin Xi checked the next flights, noting the first-class flight at 3:30 PM.
He informed Dili Bare and purchased tickets for everyone.
He, along with Dili Bare, Luo Susu, and Xie Ziqi, booked first-class, while others booked economy.
Others included Dili Bare and Xie Ziqi’s assistants, staff, and bodyguards.
The total cost was hundreds of thousands, but it didn’t bother him financially.
The morning presented ample time; Dili Bare and Xie Ziqi, along with others, wasted no time, heading out for shopping.
Shortly after they left, Avril arrived.
But beside her was not William, but another middle-aged man.
In terms of strength, he wasn’t as formidable as William.
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