Xu Xin looked at the wolf king eating under the tree and hesitated for a moment.
Xu Xin's goal was to keep the Wolf King as his mount, so his first shot without warning would definitely be aimed at the Wolf King. However, he had also seen the power of the heavy crossbow. If it directly broke a tree, what if it directly killed the Wolf King
His intermediate mount contract can indeed heal injuries, but if the person is stabbed to death or has missing limbs, it is likely that it cannot be cured.
The wolf king's eating speed had slowed down. Xu Xin gritted his teeth and said, "Never mind. I can't just watch it finish eating and walk away. I'll strike first. If I kill it, I can find the next one!"
With this in mind, Xu Xin manipulated the heavy crossbow and aimed it at the back of the wolf king who was eating. In order to reduce the possibility of the wolf king being stabbed to death directly, he slightly shifted the direction.
"Bing!"
Just as he took a deep breath and was about to pull the joystick to release the crossbow arrow, Coco suddenly cried out, pulled Xu Xin's clothes, and pointed in a direction with her little paws.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin stopped what he was doing.
Several wolves on the periphery of the pack suddenly howled. The howls were quite shrill, as if they were warning of something.
Even the wolf king who was eating stopped and raised his head.
Xu Xin looked in that direction and took a breath: "Hiss—"
From the shadows of the jungle, a huge figure slowly walked out.
Big guy. Really big guy!
Brown hair, a sturdy body, and thick limbs like four pillars, it looks like there is no desire to fight it. The huge body is slowly walking towards the wolf pack's prey.
The surrounding wolves made way for the big guy.
Brown bear! The largest carnivore on land!
Adult male brown bears have no natural enemies in the jungle except humans. They are the undisputed overlords of the forest and the top predators!
Xu Xin didn't expect that this group of wolves would actually attract the forest overlord.
The huge and strong body of the brown bear made Xu Xin, who had seen underground monsters, a little scared. After all, those monsters were thousands of meters away from him and he could not see them very clearly, while the overlord of the jungle was only a few dozen meters away from him at this time.
This big guy was huge in size, and it looked like he weighed more than a thousand kilograms, literally tons. The black bear that Xu Xin had killed before was like a one-month-old baby in front of this big guy.
The largest land carnivore on Earth, the Kodiak Island brown bear, can weigh up to more than 1,100 kilograms. Xu Xin feels that this big guy is definitely not inferior to the brown bears on Earth, it can only be bigger!
Xu Xin even doubted whether his heavy crossbow would be slapped away by it if it flew over.
He was a little afraid to speak, because he knew that brown bears could climb trees, and they climbed fast. He only had one heavy crossbow, and because it was fixed on the outer wall, it could not cover all directions around the tree house, especially not in the direction of the tree trunk.
"The range of the heavy crossbow cannot cover the inner area under the tree house." Xu Xin felt that the heavy crossbow had some limitations.
Fortunately, the brown bear and the wolves are currently within the attack range of the heavy crossbow.
"Let's observe the situation first, Wolf King, don't seek death. You are nothing in front of these big guys. If you die, who will be my mount..." Xu Xin muttered to himself.
Even if there are a large number of wolves, there is no good way to deal with brown bears. It is not uncommon on Earth for brown bears to steal food from wolves or even play tricks on them.
At this time, the brown bear had already walked to the prey hunted by the wolf pack. He didn't even look at the wolf king and completely ignored the wolf king in front of him.
The wolf king started growling with his mouth bared before the brown bear approached. As the leader of the wolf pack, he naturally had to protect the prey hunted by the wolf pack so that his own tribe could also have food to eat, even if he was facing the jungle overlord in front of him.
But the brown bear completely ignored the wolf king's warning, and walked straight forward and started to bite the wolf pack's prey.
Perhaps feeling that his authority was being challenged, the wolf king took the initiative to attack the brown bear! He roared and bared his teeth at the brown bear, stretching out his claws to scratch the brown bear.
The brown bear, however, grabbed the deer's body and pulled it to one side, perfunctorily trying to pull it with the wolf king using its claws.
"Don't!" Xu Xin was a little anxious watching from above, "Don't you want to live anymore!"
The gap between the wolf king and the brown bear is like the gap between a 40-pound kid and a 200-pound muscular man. The other wolves are at most 20 to 30-pound kids. Even if they rush forward, they will be slapped away by the brown bear.
"Ying!" Coco leaned on the window and watched with great interest.
Wolf vs. bear, this scene is very familiar to Xu Xin. There was this scene under his tree house during the previous wild beast riot, but that time it was just a black bear, which is completely incomparable to a brown bear.
A wolf and a bear started to pull each other, but the other wolves had already been scared and hid away. They didn't want to be an enemy of this big guy at all.
The wolf king kept struggling with the brown bear and attacked it fiercely, trying to snatch the wolf pack's prey from the brown bear's mouth.
But the brown bear was stronger and more skilled than the wolf king. It fully understood the wolf king's attack and even rolled on the deer's corpse, starting to tease the wolf king.
The brown bear's furry body and smiling expression made Xu Xin think that this big guy was a little cute.
Xu Xin suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with continuing like this.
"If this wolf king is seriously injured in the fight with the brown bear, the wolf pack will not continue to support an incapable wolf king. They will generally leave and choose a new wolf king through fighting. And the brown bear will not be interested in the wolf king after having this deer as food. That will be the best time for me to contract this wolf king!"
After figuring this out, Xu Xin felt relieved and continued to watch this battle which had no suspense.
The brown bear was still lying on its side on the prey, exposing its belly to the wolf king and blinking at him. It looked completely fearless, and with the unique bear-like smiling expression and furry face that looked harmless, it was actually quite cute.
"As expected, predators love to play with their prey and beings weaker than themselves."
The wolf king knew that he was no match for the brown bear, so he began to circle around the bear, pulling and looking for the bear's weakness in order to deliver a fatal blow.
Finding the right moment, the wolf king suddenly jumped up and launched a powerful attack on the brown bear!
Just as the wolf king launched the attack, the brown bear suddenly stood on his feet and slapped the wolf king on the neck!
A scream was heard, and the wolf king was slapped away. He fell to the ground not far away, struggling continuously, with several scratches under his neck oozing blood.
"Sure enough. Alas, why bother? Why not just continue hunting other prey?" Xu Xin shook his head as he watched the wolf king struggling and howling on the ground.
The wolves in the distance who were afraid to approach did not rush forward because of the wolf king's injury. Instead, they retreated more timidly.
The brown bear ignored the seriously injured wolf king and focused on enjoying the delicious food.
Xu Xin looked at the fallen wolf king.
This was the strongest wolf in the pack, its silver-gray fur covered in blood, and it fell to the ground, struggling constantly.
It finally struggled to get up, but instead of moving forward, it moved away from the brown bear and fell under a poplar tree.
The wolves in the distance really didn't care about the injured and unable to move wolf king, they all turned around and ran away.
The wolf king's body was shaking uncontrollably due to his injuries. Abandoned by the wolf pack, he might just die here.
It heard footsteps and looked up with its last bit of strength.
I saw a person standing in front of it, looking at it with a smile.
"Do you want to live? Then sign a contract with me."
PS: The content of this chapter is inspired by a documentary I watched a long time ago. It is a documentary about wolves. It shows how a pregnant female wolf leaves the pack and raises her child alone after the death of the wolf king. At the beginning of the chapter, the wolf king is slapped to death by a brown bear in front of the wolves. The brown bear actually rolls on the prey and plays with the wolf pack. It is simply invincible =_=