The Eternal System
System 57: Mystical Animals
Regardless of what happened to the two of them, Li Chen and Gong Qiao walked together deeper in the Shenmi forest.
It had been more than 15 minutes for them to walk through the forest path, but they had not met anyone or any other trainees. Not only that, Li Chen was also a little astonished along with his journey in the forest.
Since entering into the Shenmi forest, Li Chen had not discovered any mystical animals that had high class or equivalent to Haishe in the Sheng forest just yet. In fact, the Shenmi forest is known as a mystical forest that is so famous for the powerful creatures in it.
In the middle of his journey, Li Chen turned his head and asked Gong Qiao who was following him from behind.
“Hei, Qiao’er”
“What's up?”
“We really are in Shenmi forest right?
“Iya. Why are you asking like that?”
“No.. I just feel weird. From the very beginning of entering and being transferred to this forest, I only met with other participants of the mystical training. And I have not met the mystical animals that are in this forest”
When he heard Li Chen's words, Gong Qiao was silent for a moment. His footsteps that continued to follow Li Chen from behind, suddenly came to a halt as if not following him anymore.
Li Chen who did not hear Gong Qiao's footsteps anymore became astonished. He looked back and looked at the confusion.
“Qiao’er?”
Gong Qiao did not return his call. But the gaze of his eyes was pointing to another place and was fixed to a place that could not be opened by both eyes. And slowly, Gong Qiao raised one hand and pointed in that direction.
A place filled with bushes and the insistence of narrow trees. Li Chen withdrew his gaze and looked in the same direction. The squinted eyes to see more clearly, instantly widened when Li Chen looked ahead of him.
“It is...”.
His widened eyes instantly turned livid as if disappointed. Because all he saw there was just a little bear like a baby.
“Baby... bear... it's just a baby bear...”.
Li Chen who had high expectations that Gong Qiao was pointing to a high level mystical beast, but all he got was a baby bear playing with a honeycomb.
He withdrew his gaze and still looked disappointedly at Gong Qiao.
“It was just a baby bear. What are you pointing-!” for
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Chen's words came to a halt as he looked at Gong Qiao's eyes which were so stunned at the baby bear. His eyes looked sparkling and his hands were trembling as if they were anxious to see the cute behavior of the baby bear who was rolling around playing with the honeycomb he got.
Li Chen immediately knew, that the meaning of Gong Qiao's hand pointing was meant for him who was very fond of the behavior of the baby bear.
“(Haah... I should have guessed this....)”.
On the other hand, Gong Qiao who felt unable and so anxious to see the baby bear immediately walked slowly towards him.
“Hei... hey... little bear! Here. I won't hurt you. Come here..”.
Gong Qiao stretched out his clumsy hand and approached the little bear without a hint of threatening air. What Gong Qiao brought out was only the extremely warm motherly aura and even her alluring beauty.
The attention of the little bear playing was instantly distracted and gazed towards Gong Qiao. Slowly but surely, the tiny claws of the little bear began to lift and reach towards Gong Qiao.
“True... Come here.. I won't hurt you...”.
When only a few distances from their hands met, Gong Qiao was suddenly startled by the small bear's claws that doubled in size.
Not only Gong Qiao, but Li Chen also instantly opened his eyes wide.
“What?! Her claws are growing?!”
And it doesn't stop there. The claws and other parts of the body also grow and change completely. From a small bear that showed no aura of danger, it now turned into an adult bear with a size that was twice as large as ordinary bears.
“GRAA!!” raung the bear
[Mystic level animals - Legend ]
[Termuners of Shenmi forest ]
The moment the system appeared right before him, Li Chen was instantly shocked because a small bear earlier turned into a legendary-level mystical creature.
“(Mystic animal?!)”
Gong Qiao who was standing right in front of the bear was inexhaustible and froze silently in shock. While the bear raised its claws and swung without hesitation to hit it.
Wush…!!
“Qiao’er!”
Li Chen shouted as he pushed his body firmly to bring Gong Qiao to dodge.
Bruhaakk…!!
Li Chen, who had pushed Gong Qiao with him, made a hard blow from the bear hit the ground and made a bang that was hard enough to shake the surrounding trees.
Bruk...bruk…!!
Li Chen who rolled around and went into the bushes hugged Gong Qiao tightly so as not to get hurt.
“Ugh!” erang Li Chen's
“Chen!” said Gong Qiao
“I'm fine. Bow your head!”
Li Chen forcefully bowed Gong Qiao's head in order to stay hidden in the bushes. Li Chen and Gong Qiao pulled their gazes forward and stared in astonishment at the bear.
“(He can change shape? What is his way of attracting prey, turning petite and helpless on the outside but terrifying on the inside?)”
At the time when Li Chen was thinking about the change of the bear, suddenly his sharp eyes turned around after his nose moved as if sniffing a smell. His gaze turned around and led to LI Chen and Gong Qiao who were even covered by the forest bushes.
“GRAA!”
“Celaka!”
The bear's giant claws were swung back at him. Li Chen immediately turned around and retreated backwards while carrying Gong Qiao.
Bruak…!!
The hard blow landed again and this time uprooted several trees around it.
“How can he know our whereabouts in the middle of those bushes?” muttered LI Chen who was astonished
“You us!” sahut Gong Qiao
“Bau?” ask Li Chen
Gong Qiao nodded slowly as if clarifying Li Chen's question.
“True. Mystical beings like them have the ability to detect Ki energy passing through odors, body heat and others. It depends on the type of animal itself. Incidentally, the mystical animal this time around was a bear that relied on its smell. And it is likely that the level that can sense Ki's energy is only those animals with the legend level to the top” explained Gong Qiao
“So whatever we do, as long as it is still within its distance we will still be detected and can not hide yes.” Li Chen said.
The explanation from Gong Qiao had become reasonable. Therefore, even Li Chen had no choice but to get up standing right in front of the bear's eyes as if to challenge him.
The horses that were ready to start the fight as well as Ki's intimidation flowed drastically from within his body.
“The bigger the body, then the harder they fall to the ground. Come on, honey eater!
