In the alliance, the more they attack me, the stronger I become!

Then, silence swept over everything.

"They're coming."

The first bears emerged silently from the shadows on the hillside—savages, their skin brown with blood. Their hair matted with dirt. Some were naked, others covered in bearskins or rags.

Next came the beasts, mostly bears, of all shapes and colors. They were once spirit walkers, now trapped in the form of ruthless giant bears. They had long forgotten they were once human.

Next comes the monster.

They are all strange hybrids of bears and other creatures, things from legends, nightmares and folk tales. They were once human, but now they have been completely consumed by the true beast spirit and have long lost their normal animal form.

The largest of them—a massive bear-like creature—slowly emerged from the woods. Where its head should have been was a decayed elk skull, framed by a mane of black feathers. Its eyes burned with blue fire, and when its maw opened, the face of a child appeared within. Then the child opened its mouth again, spewing a foul, brown, slimy substance.

Other nightmare creatures emerged from the woods as it did, limping, crawling, and stumbling forward.

He is simply a follower of Cthulhu... Cheng Xiao couldn't help but shudder, and his hand holding the sword became tighter.

Olaf's eyes widened as he watched these strange, unfamiliar creatures give him a whiff of extreme danger. He almost couldn't help but rush out to fight them, hoping that would bring him the death he so longed for.

But he had to hold back... in order not to disrupt his boss's plans.

And the group of terrible monsters did not launch an attack.

They moved slowly between the valleys and on the hillsides, forming two rows, as if welcoming someone.

Soon, a "person" who looked no different from a normal human came out.

He walked to the front of all the bearmen and opened his arms as if he was hugging something.

"I am a bear man. I come to speak for my god."

The voice was full of piety, but it was not as low and hoarse as those of other bearmen, as if there was still some human will in it.

Of course Cheng Xiao didn't know this person, but he could guess his identity - the only one among the bear people who still retained some human consciousness and a complete human form.

Volibear's spokesperson.

【Hunter Lord】

He possesses extremely strong power and is second only to Volibear among the bearmen.

It is also the last level for all humans to see Volibear.

"Tell me, human." The beast-hunting lord was not strong, but looked like a thin teenager. However, the terrifying aura that erupted from his body was enough to make the strongest mammoth bow down to him.

"Why do you keep destroying the hunting grounds of the gods' followers? Why do you slaughter the gods' followers? Why do you speak disrespectfully to the gods and go this far?"

As soon as the words fell, the silent bears began to roar, and the deafening sound almost triggered an avalanche.

But Cheng Xiao still looked calm and unhurried, without a trace of panic on her face.

He simply placed his clenched sword in front of his chest and assumed a fighting stance.

"Voli'bell, your purity has truly declined greatly... I provoked you so much and killed your followers, yet you didn't come out to kill me immediately. Instead, you sent your spokesperson to ask me what I wanted?"

"Thousands of years of forbearance have earned you the courage to be even more cowardly now?"

"No wonder you were tricked by the three sisters."

"Your purity is really too low."

Cheng Xiao's words seemed to be directed at the Beast Hunter Lord, but every word was directed at Volibear. His attitude was very clear - the Beast Hunter Lord was just a spokesperson and had no right to speak to him.

"Come forth, Volibear. I will crush your teeth, break your bones, peel your flesh, and stomp upon your severed head to declare the end of the Ursine."

Cheng Xiao's bold words directly suppressed the roars of the bears.

The noisy environment was reduced to silence.

The Beast Hunter Lord looked in disbelief at this human who clearly didn't seem that strong yet was so arrogant. He opened his mouth but couldn't squeeze out a single word for a long time - he was surprised to find that the voice in his head had disappeared.

His gods... no longer grant him great oracles.

His god...

Angry.

"You're so powerful, boss!"

Olaf on the side was shocked by Cheng Xiao's momentum.

But before he could finish his second boast...

Boom——! !

The first lightning struck.

That was black thunder.

Olaf was not hit head-on, but the aftermath and explosion around him were enough to blow him dozens of meters away. His skin and flesh turned black, and the raging electric current even made his numb muscles unable to support his body.

He twisted his neck with difficulty and looked towards the center of the black thunder... where Cheng Xiao was standing.

That young man who just spoke so proudly...

not dead.

But both of his arms were turned into powder by the lightning, and not even bones were left.

This doesn't make sense... No, that god did it on purpose...

Anyone standing nearby would have been blown dozens of meters away by the aftermath. How could Cheng Xiao, who was directly hit, have only been injured in the arm? The god who released the thunder had done it on purpose... He precisely controlled the thunder to strike the part He wanted to hit, while leaving other parts unaffected.

Terrifying power coupled with perfect control... He was showing off his skills! He was insulting mortals!

For the first time in his life, Olaf felt true despair—the feeling of not even having the desire to pick up the axe... He clearly felt that he had no chance of winning.

If he insists on fighting...

This isn't even a "battle"!

dong... dong... dong...

The earth suddenly began to shake, like an earthquake.

But the rhythmic beating told everyone that this was not an earthquake, but the movement of a huge "creature"...

The towering glaciers swayed and shook, and a dark figure taller than a mammoth descended from the clouds.

This is a city of muscles, and every limb supporting it is thicker than the human body. Its ancient and broken ancient armor is composed of dark metal plates, with the blood of hundreds of battles condensed into a thick layer on it.

On its back and shoulders were stuck numerous broken weapons, all rusted by age. Half of its face had been stripped of flesh and blood, revealing only white bones, teeth, and horns.

Strange black blood flowed from its mouth. Its four eyes looked incredibly ancient, strange, and cold, looking down at Cheng Xiao, whose arms had been destroyed in an instant.

This is... Bear Spirit.

Volibear.

"What kind of mortal dares to challenge a wild god?"

Chapter 49: This big bear is lame!

Cheng Xiao looked down at her severed arm. The cut was smooth and bloodless, as if it had been cut by a sword.

The high temperature brought by the thunder had burned the wound, and while the bleeding stopped, it was also accompanied by a disgusting smell of barbecue.

In front of him, the tall figure looked down at him with contempt as if he was looking at an insignificant ant.

This was Volibear's true form... deformed. Twisted, shaped like a giant bear with a skull like an elk. Four deep eyes hidden within the dark purple hair flashed with a strange and fierce light.

As a demigod of the Freljord, he has the ability to change his body size at will within certain limits. At this time, he is already very huge, but not as big as he was at his largest.

He was only two or three stories tall now, but Cheng Xiao knew how big he could be at his maximum - just like in the CG... When he stood up, he was even taller than the city walls painstakingly built by humans, and he could easily sweep down all the cannons on the battlements like toys with just one slap.

It was obvious that whether it was the control of lightning just now or the suppressed body shape now, he was expressing his attitude -

Contempt.

A mortal repeatedly challenged him, and he was filled with anger and disdain. He could easily kill his challenger in an instant, but he would use contemptuous humiliation to prove the difference between them.

The majesty of God cannot be challenged.

Cheng Xiao felt immense pressure from that deformed body... Even LeBlanc or Lissandra didn't possess such a terrifying aura.

Compared to the two old sorcerers' reserved and low-key style, Volibear was clearly more flamboyant. He never concealed his power, believing in the brutal way of showing off his strength and crushing his enemies.

It's scary...that size.

Cheng Xiao, who possessed scientific knowledge, understood that if a creature wanted to grow to a large size, it must possess extremely high muscle density—otherwise, the influence of gravity alone would be enough to separate the flesh from the bones.

Volibear's largest form is at least several dozen meters tall. In such a terrifyingly huge body, he still wants to maintain the normal function of his muscles... His muscle density has reached a level that ordinary people cannot even comprehend.

The power that comes with it is so terrifying that it cannot be described in words.

Whether his size grows or shrinks, it will not affect the strength of his body.

In other words... the monster Cheng Xiao is facing at this moment is not as "weak" as its "tiny" body looks.

What he was going to challenge was a monster that was almost as big as a mountain.

That kind of extreme pressure...

"How are you going to defeat me?"

There was a heavy hint of amusement in Volibear's voice. He didn't yell at all, and even lowered his voice deliberately, but the sound he made was still deafening.

Not to mention Cheng Xiao, a normal human being, even those monstrous bear people had to cover their ears in pain.

It was like thunder exploding in my ears.

"No... I should be asking, how are you going to challenge me? What gives you the qualifications to stand here?"

Cheng Xiao was being stared at by four eyes at the same time, and the terrible pressure almost turned into reality and crushed his waist.

Fortunately, he had already prepared himself mentally.

He knew what a terrifying monster he was about to challenge.

He will not feel fear, nor will he succumb to the wilderness.

"By..."

Cheng Xiao spoke slowly, and the arm he was staring at began to change strangely - there was a strange wriggling, as if there were insects or something hiding in his flesh.

Gu...Puff...Puff...

A slightly disgusting sound was heard, and Cheng Xiao's broken arms regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bones, blood vessels, nerves, muscles, skin... layer by layer they regenerated and wrapped around each other, and finally turned into an intact arm in the strange wriggling.

"You can't kill me, stupid bear. You think you're insulting me by holding back, but you don't realize you don't have the power to kill me at all."

Such ridicule caused the bearmen to roar in anger, and Volibear's number one follower, the Beast Hunter Lord, was so anxious that his clothes exploded on the spot, revealing his monstrous muscles under the shattered black cloak.

Volibear himself was also extremely furious - being attacked by a mortal right in the face, and in front of all his tribesmen... He was really embarrassed.

But he couldn't show it.

If his defense is broken at this point, it will only make him look too narrow-minded.

"If I can't kill you...you might as well give it a try."

Volibear laughed coldly, but the laughter did not seem sinister or vulgar at all. Instead, it had a kind of overwhelming momentum.

The next moment, he gently shook his little finger.

Boom——! !

Another terrifying black thunder fell from the sky and hit Cheng Xiao head-on.

He still accurately controlled the attacking part, but this time it was not just his hands that were broken.

His legs also turned into ashes in the roaring thunder.

With all four limbs broken, Cheng Xiao fell to the ground instantly.

But there was still no fear on his face, not even anger... as calm as if nothing had happened.

"Is that all?"