The black bear attacked continuously for seven or eight times, each assault weaker than the last. The heavy crashing sounds slowly turned into feeble slapping sounds.
"Almost..."
Qi Xia said, "Its attacks should end here." Indeed, just as Qi Xia said, after finishing its final weak attack, the black bear cautiously looked at the iron plate in front of it, snorted out a few breaths of hot air from its nose, and gave up. It didn't look very tired, but it still stopped its attacks.
"Is it over just like that?"
Qiao Jiajin peeked out from the side of the iron plate.
"That guy should still have strength."
"Animals are different from humans. In order to deal with the dangers seen everywhere in nature, they rarely allow themselves to fall into a state of total exhaustion. Right now, even if it has strength left, it isn't prepared to fight to the death with this iron plate."
Sure enough, the black bear silently turned around and walked towards a corpse on the ground. This was the woman who lost her life right at the beginning of the game. Likewise, she was a more stable and safe source of food for the black bear.
The black bear's eyes stared in the direction of the iron plate, sniffed the corpse on the ground, then opened its mouth, and with a squelch, bit open the corpse's stomach. The sound was like biting through a plastic bag filled with water, as bright red things spilled all over the ground.
Then, the black bear nudged with its nose and began using its tongue to pick out satisfying organs. It wasn't long before smacking sounds could be heard, as if it was eating with great relish. The crowd turned their faces away, truly not daring to look at this scene.
While eating, the black bear looked towards the iron plate, forming a bizarre standoff between the two sides. Fortunately, there was very little time left. Under the crowd's tense and oppressive atmosphere, the black bear made no further movements, only completely eating the abdomen of that corpse empty, revealing a few eerie ribs.
Qi Xia checked the time. There were only over thirty seconds left, and it seemed the game was about to end. But at this moment, having eaten and drunk its fill, the black bear suddenly let out a low roar and once again twisted its massive body and ran over.
It also seemed to know that little time remained and prepared to give it its all.
"It's coming!! Get ready!!"
Qi Xia shouted loudly, warning Qiao Jiajin. Qiao Jiajin kicked his feet back, pressing his whole body against the iron plate at an angle. The column behind him also hurriedly stood ready.
At this time, the crowd was somewhat united, each person firmly supporting the person in front of them with their hands. They originally thought this assault could also be weathered safely, but they never expected the black bear to run up to the iron plate and actually lean back and stand up.
Its figure, over two meters tall, gave the crowd an immense sense of oppression.
"This is bad..."
Qi Xia immediately felt something was wrong. In the next second, the black bear rested its two front paws on top of the iron plate and poked its head over. It opened its mouth, and there were still bits of human flesh between its teeth.
"Roar!!"
With a massive roar, Qi Xia felt like his ears were about to be deafened, and the black bear's foul saliva sprayed all over his face.
"Hold it!" little glasses yelled.
Qiao Jiajin clamped his teeth tightly and forcefully pushed the table board. He clearly felt several hundred kilograms of weight pushing forward, attempting to crush him into a meat patty.
"What... the... fuck..."
Even speaking became difficult for Qiao Jiajin. Qi Xia immediately stepped forward to help him hold it. The black bear's strength was too terrifying, so much so that the people behind were somewhat scared stiff.
The black bear forcefully pushed forward a few more times, and finding that the iron plate would not advance even a fraction, it actually grabbed the edges with both paws and abruptly pulled it in its own direction.
Qiao Jiajin and Qi Xia were originally pushing outward against the table board, but they never expected the black bear to pull outward as well, directly pulling the table board and flipping it onto the ground with their momentum. The two of them instantly lost their balance and fell to the ground.
Clang!!
Along with a loud crash of the iron plate hitting the ground, everyone was exposed to the black bear's eyes, including Qiao Jiajin and Qi Xia, who were the most vulnerable. Before the two could react, the black bear immediately reached out its front paw and struck at Qiao Jiajin. Qiao Jiajin abruptly rolled over, narrowly dodging this strike.
"Hey! con man! Stand up quick!!"
Qiao Jiajin, having rolled to the side, roared loudly.
"If you keep lying there, you'll die!!"
Qi Xia fell on the ground and kept rolling. He felt as if his chest had just been slammed into, and breathing was somewhat difficult for a moment. Qiao Jiajin got up and looked anxiously in Qi Xia's direction.
"Bad news... con man, get up quickly!"
Qi Xia also wanted to get up, but his body truly hurt terribly, and after trying a few times, he fell back to the ground. The black bear also seemed to discover Qi Xia's situation, and immediately gave up on the agile Qiao Jiajin, turning to pounce on Qi Xia instead. Qiao Jiajin gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.
After taking two steps of a running start, he flew into the air and executed a jumping knee strike from the side, crashing right into the black bear's face. The black bear howled, immediately closed its eyes, and swung a front paw, swatting it onto Qiao Jiajin's abdomen.
"Ugh ah!"
This strike looked to be delivered casually, but it just happened to hit the most vulnerable part of the human body, sending Qiao Jiajin flying straight out.
"Cough cough... damn..."
Qiao Jiajin felt as if his ribs were broken.
"What, what do we do..." little glasses said nervously, "We have to save them..."
After speaking, he thought of something and immediately turned back to the middle-aged man, saying, "Old Lu! Take off your shoes quickly! I have a way to save them!"
"Don't be stupid!" the middle-aged man said, "little glasses, do you want to draw fire to yourself?! Right now, as long as the black bear eats those two, we'll be safe! The time is almost up!" little glasses looked up and saw that there was indeed less than twenty seconds left in the game.
At this time, the black bear reached its forearm towards Qi Xia again. Looking at the current situation, even though the game was about to end, Qi Xia would undoubtedly die. This man had just been trying his best to deal with the black bear in front of the iron plate.
Regardless of what his ultimate goal was, he had truly saved everyone's lives. After struggling internally for a second, little glasses immediately made up his mind.
"Hey! Bastard!!"
He shouted while taking a step forward.
"Don't touch him!!"
The black bear paused and shrank back a bit. The middle-aged man was also startled and roared in a low voice, "Fuck! little glasses, are you crazy?!"
"You blind bear..." little glasses ignored the middle-aged man and instead cursed at the black bear, "If you have the guts, come chase me..."
Before he could finish speaking, the black bear immediately pounced over. little glasses turned pale with fright, spun around, and ran. He originally thought he could be like Qiao Jiajin and tangle with this black bear for a few dozen seconds.
But he never thought that being chased by a giant predator filled with endless killing intent would be such a terrifying thing. Hot wind continuously came from behind him, emitting a faint stench. Although he had made himself as calm as possible, his legs kept trembling, and he fell down every two steps.
He could only keep standing up and falling again, falling and getting back up. Looking at this situation, before the black bear could kill him, he might just fall to his death first.