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Chapter 20 Greedy Bear
"Whoosh-"

With a sharp sound of breaking wind spreading through the forest, a dark blue mantis beast with a body of nearly six meters turned into a shadow and pounced on another panicked centipede star beast. Its forelimbs, like long swords, shone with cold light. Ignoring its hard exoskeleton, it slashed continuously and quickly cut it into several pieces.

The towering body of the centipede star beast fell to the ground with a loud bang, blood splattered all over the ground, and the chopped-off corpse twisted hard for a few times, and then there was no movement.

It skillfully manipulated its sharp forelimbs to chop up the exoskeleton-covered corpse of the centipede beast. After putting away the blade, it used its sharp claws to grab the incredibly elastic meat under the exoskeleton and stuffed it into its mouth. The mantis's compound eyes suddenly lit up.

Not bad. The taste is a bit like the big lobster that I tasted when Liu Chang treated me to dinner yesterday. It was crispy, chewy and delicious, with a hint of sweetness.

While eating, Chu Mu looked at the centipede star beast with satisfaction.

I didn't expect that this thing is so ugly, but tastes so good.

After a hearty meal, he wiped his mouth with a feeling of unsatisfied taste.

[Evolution Degree +0.4%]

[Current stage: Beast Soldier Level 82.0 [%]]

withdraw!
Without staying here any longer, Chu Mu climbed up a tree immediately, washed off the bloody smell that was on his body from hunting, and turned away.

But before he had walked far, Chu Mu stopped among the branches. With some confusion, he turned his head and looked in the direction he came from.

It's this feeling again.

When he left after hunting the previous star beast, he had a strange feeling that he was being followed. After hunting this centipede star beast, this feeling became even stronger.

Considering that the mantis' body has stronger intuition than his own, Chu Mu feels that this feeling is likely to be true.

So, I'm being targeted by someone?

Chu Mu stayed there for a moment, and then tiptoed back in the direction he came from.

He wanted to see where the guy who was targeting him came from.

A big part of the reason for this decision was that he didn't sense much danger from the sensory feedback.

The guy who was following him might not be very strong.

"Click——"

"Click——"

As Chu Mu approached the location where he had hunted the centipede star beast before, crisp chewing sounds floated into his ears.

Soon, Chu Mu saw the current situation at the hunting scene.

It was a star beast covered with long dark green hair, and its appearance was somewhat similar to that of a bear. There were green whisker-like structures extending outwards on both sides of its snout and the top of its head, with the ends spread out like leaves.

At this moment, it grabbed a piece of the centipede star beast's exoskeleton with its front paws, and then opened its mouth wide.

Two full rows of stacked sharp teeth were exposed to Chu Mu's sight, causing a hint of surprise in his eyes.

What amazing teeth.

With just one look he could confirm that the bear star beast in front of him had a very terrifying bite force.

Combined with the "crunch" sound heard before and the opponent's behavior of grabbing the exoskeleton at this moment, it is obvious that the opponent can directly eat the exoskeleton.

In contrast, the mantis beast that Chu Mu transformed into had sharp mouthparts, but it generally only ate the tender meat of star beasts.

Just as Chu Mu was observing the other party carefully, the bear star beast suddenly stopped putting the exoskeleton into its mouth. Its long green leaf-like whiskers trembled, and then it glanced at the branch where the mantis beast was.

Did you discover yourself?
Chu Mu raised his left forelimb, and the folded blade unfolded instantly.

"Ow~"

The bear star beast howled dryly and stuffed the exoskeleton fragments in its hand into its mouth. With a clear "click" sound, the exoskeleton that required Chu Mu to cut open with all his strength was quickly bitten into pieces by the other's sharp teeth.

There is no common language between star beasts, and their way of communication is relatively primitive. He didn't understand the howl of the other party just now, but he could roughly understand the meaning.

This guy told him not to interrupt him while he was eating. Chu Mu slowly lowered his raised left forelimb, with an incomprehensible light flashing in his compound eyes. Since the opponent had no intention of fighting immediately, he was not in a hurry to attack, but instead carefully observed this bear star beast.

Judging from the strength and aura alone, the Bear Star Beast is slightly weaker than himself, but the gap is very small, so it can be considered that their evolutionary levels are similar.

After the deer-headed lizard-bodied star beast, this is the first time Chu Mu has encountered an opponent of the same level. If he swallows it, his evolution degree may directly increase by about 1%.

Thinking of this, Chu Mu couldn't help but be moved.

He continued to observe and soon discovered the characteristics of the bear star beast.

This guy has some pretty amazing teeth, but his strength is average. Although his limbs are thick, he doesn't have much sense of power and looks more like bloat.

Could it be that the other party attacks by biting?

If this is the case, then I have a lot of self-control over it.

After all, an inch longer is an inch stronger.

After eating all the exoskeleton fragments and taking the last bite of the centipede star beast's head that was discarded by Chu Mu, the bear star beast raised its head, looked at Chu Mu again, and let out a howl filled with fighting spirit.

"Ow!"

This means an invitation to fight.

Judging from the appearance, the other party probably became a little stronger after devouring the centipede star beast and felt that he was capable enough.

"hiss--"

The mantis screamed, and its six long legs instantly exerted force on the tree branches. Its body shot towards the bear beast below like a cannonball. The blade of its left forelimb, which had been extended, drew a cold trajectory in the air and slashed straight towards the chest of the bear beast.

Facing the fierce attack, the bear star beast rolled over in an instant and avoided it safely, then pounced towards the fallen mantis beast.

The powerful blow left a long knife mark on the ground, but at the moment the Bear Star Beast pounced, Chu Mu had adjusted his state, and the blade was raised sharply, heading towards the chest of the Bear Star Beast again.

"Om-"

The moment the sharp blade touched the bear star beast's fur, Chu Mu only felt that the force of the cut was instantly deflected to one side, and most of it was reduced.

Weird!
He stepped back suddenly, avoiding the other party's bloody mouth biting towards his head, and then looked at the very shallow wound on the chest of the bear star beast.

A trace of bright red blood oozed out of the wound, but it healed right under Chu Mu's eyes in just one breath.

This made the mantis's compound eyes focus quickly.

Amazing defense, powerful self-healing ability.

This bear is not good at attacking.

I'm afraid I won't be able to take this guy down with just the blade in my left hand.

Realizing this, Chu Mu raised his right forelimb and was about to unfold the other blade.

"Ow!!!"

Without waiting for Chu Mu to attack again, the bear star beast, which was still ferocious a second ago and seemed to want to compete with Chu Mu, moved its long leaf-shaped whiskers and let out a miserable howl without hesitation. It lowered its head and lay on the ground, making a gesture of admitting defeat towards Chu Mu.

…what?

This sudden change made Chu Mu stunned for a moment.

In the moment he was stunned, the bear star beast turned around and ran away without hesitation. Its round body moved at an abnormally fast speed and it was a hundred meters away in a flash.

Watching the figure of the bear star beast disappear quickly in the woods, Chu Mu lowered his head to glance at its right forelimb which had not yet been unfolded.

That rascal…

Such keen perception?

(End of this chapter)