Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 589 Life-or-Death Struggle: The Power of the Bear
When Gao Dongxu returned to Yunqi Rose Garden, he found that all four women were not there. He originally wanted to call them back and have some fun while he was drunk.

However, after receiving a call from Laura in Paris, he gave up his idea of ​​fooling around.

He took off his clothes, lay on the bed, chatted flirtatiously with Laura for a while, and then hung up the phone. He remembered the totem spirit stones in his space, and the next moment, a giant bear totem spirit stone appeared in his hand. After a slight hesitation, he prepared to try to activate the spirit stone with his spiritual energy.

He would find it rather difficult to gain power through shamanistic rituals.

Try using spiritual energy first. If that doesn't work, then you'll have no choice but to take the path of shamanic rituals.

Gao Dongxu held his breath and focused intently on channeling spiritual energy into the bear totem spirit stone. The ancient patterns on the surface of the spirit stone gradually glowed faintly in his palm, as if a life that had slumbered for thousands of years was awakening. His consciousness cautiously explored the depths of the spirit stone, as if groping for an unknown door in the dark.

"Buzz——"

The spirit stone suddenly emitted a deep resonance, followed by a burst of dazzling green light. Gao Dongxu felt a blur before his eyes, and his entire consciousness was violently pulled into the spirit stone by an irresistible force. In a dizzying moment, he felt as if he had been thrown into a whirlpool, his entire soul churning.

When the dizziness finally subsided, Gao Dongxu found himself lying in a dark forest. Looking up, a thin crescent moon hung alone in the sky, casting a sparse, veil-like moonlight. Ancient trees surrounded him, their trunks so thick that several people would need to encircle them, their bark etched with the grooves of time. The air was filled with the damp scent of earth and some indescribable, ancient aroma.

"This is the Spirit Stone Space?" Gao Dongxu murmured to himself, his voice unusually clear in the silent forest. He cautiously looked around, his feet rustling softly on the loose humus.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine. Gao Dongxu's muscles tensed instantly; his extraordinary intuition told him that something was watching him from the shadows.

"roar--"

A deep roar echoed from the depths of the dark forest, shaking the leaves. Then, two crimson lights shone in the darkness, like lanterns from hell. The red light contained pure ferocity and brutality; a mere glance at it was enough to freeze one's blood.

Gao Dongxu took a deep breath, his internal energy rapidly circulating throughout his body. He slightly bent his knees, assuming a defensive stance, his eyes fixed on the two points of red light.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a foul-smelling gust of wind, a colossal creature lunged out of the darkness. Gao Dongxu dodged the fatal blow with a swift movement.

Once he regained his footing, he finally saw the attacker's true form—a giant bear over two meters tall, its shoulder height exceeding his chest when it was on all fours. The bear was covered in black fur as sharp as steel needles, its blood-red eyes flashing with a crazed light, and its gaping maw revealing dagger-like fangs. Thick saliva dripped from the corners of its mouth, gleaming disgustingly in the moonlight.

"A totem spirit?" Gao Dongxu's heart stirred. It seemed that to obtain the power of the bear totem, he had to defeat this guardian spirit first.

The giant bear gave him no time to think. With a push of its hind legs, it pounced again. This time, it stood upright, brandishing its two enormous paws, their sharp claws gleaming coldly in the moonlight. Gao Dongxu could even smell the stench of rotting flesh emanating from those claws; clearly, this beast had recently enjoyed a "delicious meal."

"Well done!" Gao Dongxu advanced instead of retreating, channeling his inner energy into his arms. Just as the bear's paw was about to strike him, he suddenly ducked, stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, and shot into the giant bear's embrace like an arrow.

"boom!"

A vicious elbow strike landed precisely on the giant bear's heart. Gao Dongxu felt as if his elbow had hit a wall of flesh, the recoil making his arm numb. The giant bear let out a painful howl, staggering back a few steps, a hint of surprise flashing in its blood-red eyes—this seemingly small human possessed such strength.

Gao Dongxu gave it no chance to catch its breath, his steps following closely behind. His gaze shifted downwards, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, and his right leg lashed out like a whip.

"oh--!"

The groin kick struck its target squarely, and the giant bear let out an unprecedented scream, a sound so piercing it could shatter eardrums. It clutched its lower abdomen with both paws, its massive body crashing to the ground, writhing in agony amidst the fallen leaves. Gao Dongxu wasn't sure if the totem spirit truly possessed such a physiological structure, but the attack had clearly been effective.

Strike while the iron is hot! Gao Dongxu channeled his energy into his right leg and delivered a fierce upward kick aimed straight for the bear's chin.

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of bones cracking was particularly jarring in the silent forest. The bear's jaw was twisted to one side, and blood gushed from its torn mouth. However, the pain did not break the beast; instead, it completely ignited its ferocity. The bear's eyes were bloodshot, and ignoring its injured jaw, it swung out a powerful paw.

"Snapped!"

The palm strike came too fast; Gao Dongxu only had time to slightly turn his body before the bear's paw slammed heavily onto his right back. He felt as if he had been hit by a galloping horse, and his entire body flew sideways, breaking several low-hanging tree branches before crashing to the ground.

"Cough—" Gao Dongxu spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, his entire body feeling as if his bones had shattered. His back burned with pain; he knew without looking that several deep, bone-revealing claw marks must have been left. He struggled to his feet, shaking his dizzy head, his eyes blazing with fury. "Beast!" Gao Dongxu gritted his teeth; since receiving nourishment from spiritual energy, he had never suffered such a loss.

The giant bear had stood up again. Although its jaw was crooked and its gait was somewhat unsteady, its ferocity remained undiminished. It opened its blood-red maw, revealing its bloodstained fangs, and let out a provocative growl.

Gao Dongxu took a deep breath, suppressing the pain, and his internal energy circulated again. This time, he changed his strategy, no longer engaging in a direct confrontation, but instead using his agile movements to maneuver around the giant bear. He moved as lightly as a cat, circling around the bear, waiting for an opportunity to attack its vulnerable eyes and nose.

With a "whoosh!" Gao Dongxu feinted to fool the giant bear, jumped up, and brought his right middle and index fingers together like a sword, aiming straight for the giant bear's left eye.

"Roar!" The giant bear tilted its head to avoid a fatal blow, but its fingertips still grazed its nose, leaving a bloody mark. Gao Dongxu kicked the bear's body hard, using the recoil to dodge the bear's angry paw retaliation.

And so, the man and the bear engaged in a life-or-death struggle that lasted for an hour in the moonlit forest. Gao Dongxu's clothes were already tattered, and he had several more wounds on his body. His right arm was torn open by the bear's claws, but no blood flowed. Yet, he fought with increasing ferocity, his eyes gleaming with unwavering determination.

The giant bear was in even worse condition; its nose was a bloody mess, its left eye was so swollen it could barely open, and its hind legs walked with obvious awkwardness—the result of Gao Dongxu's repeated groin kicks. Now, whenever Gao Dongxu approaches, it instinctively covers its eyes with its right paw while waving its left paw wildly.

Gao Dongxu knew it was time to end the battle. His stamina was nearing its limit, and dragging it out would only be detrimental to him. He took a deep breath and mobilized all his remaining internal energy.

As the giant bear covered its eyes again, Gao Dongxu suddenly accelerated, his figure moving like a ghost to circle behind it. He leaped up, his arms wrapping around the bear's thick neck like iron hoops, hanging on its back.

"Roar!!" The giant bear was horrified to find its enemy climbing onto its back. It twisted its body frantically, trying to shake off Gao Dongxu. At the same time, its paws lashed out wildly, several of which landed heavily on Gao Dongxu's lower back, causing him pain so intense that his vision blurred.

But Gao Dongxu gritted his teeth and refused to let go. His arms were bulging with muscles and veins, and he tightened his grip with all his might. This was a method of killing bears that he had learned from Liu Xin's "Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital" from the Han Dynasty—when unarmed, strangling a bear by the neck was the only way to kill it.

Therefore, we should really read more books and learn more knowledge in our daily lives, because you never know when you might need it.

"Ugh—ah!" Gao Dongxu's face turned red, veins bulged on his forehead, and all his strength was concentrated in his arms. The giant bear struggled more and more violently, even falling backward, trying to crush the enemy on its back with its weight.

Gao Dongxu felt his ribs groan from the unbearable pressure, his lungs squeezed so hard he could barely breathe. But he knew that letting go now meant certain death.

"Break it!" Gao Dongxu roared with a heart-wrenching fury, and his arms strained again.

"Crack!"

A crisp snapping sound rang out, and the giant bear's body stiffened abruptly before collapsing. Gao Dongxu released his grip with a sigh of relief and struggled to crawl out from under the bear. He lay on his back on the damp fallen leaves, panting heavily, every muscle in his body protesting.

"Hahaha," Gao Dongxu suddenly laughed as he looked at the unchanging crescent moon in the sky. His laughter contained both the joy of victory and the relief of surviving a disaster.

Just then, a sudden change occurred. The giant bear's corpse began to emit a faint green light, then decomposed into countless points of light, like a swarm of fireflies on a summer night. These points of light hovered in the air for a moment, then surged towards Gao Dongxu like rivers flowing into the sea.

"This is..." Gao Dongxu stared in astonishment as the light merged into his body. As the light entered, he felt a warm current spreading through his body, relieving all pain and restoring his strength. Even more miraculously, he sensed some ancient and powerful being awakening within him.

As the last point of light merged into the moon, Gao Dongxu involuntarily stood up. An unprecedented impulse surged into his heart. He looked up at the cold crescent moon and let out a low growl that was not human.

"Roar--!"

With this earth-shattering roar, Gao Dongxu's body began to undergo astonishing changes. His consciousness disintegrated into countless points of light, then reformed under the moonlight. His bones stretched, his muscles swelled, and thick hair grew on his body.
When the transformation ended, the one standing in the forest was no longer the human Gao Dongxu, but a giant bear standing three meters tall! This giant bear had a similar appearance to the previous totem spirit, but its eyes did not flash with a ferocious red light, but with a light full of wisdom.

Gao Dongxu—who should now be called the Bear Man—looked down at his enormous, hairy hand, gently clenched his fist, and felt the surging power within him. With a thought, his body began to shrink again, quickly returning to human form.

"I see." Gao Dongxu suddenly understood. "Defeating the totem spirit grants the ability to transform. This is the true power of the bear totem!"

Under the moonlight, Gao Dongxu's figure gradually faded, knowing that his time in the spirit stone space had come. The moment his consciousness returned to his body, the bear totem spirit stone he was clutching had transformed into an ordinary green crystal—all its power had merged into his body.

Opening his eyes, Gao Dongxu looked at the familiar scene in the bedroom, a confident smile playing on his lips. He clenched his fist, feeling the dormant power of the giant bear within him, knowing that his path to extraordinary achievement had taken another step forward.

(End of this chapter)