Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1961: Surveying the Lands of the Extreme North!

"Ah! Watch out!" a voice suddenly cried out. One of the horsemen guarding the perimeter had discovered something, a snow-white bear that had to weigh nearly two thousand jin and was a head higher than an adult man. This bear bared its teeth in a savage expression, ready to jump down from its tree to attack the party at any time.

A polar bear!

The horsemen were no stranger to these large white bears. They had run into some of these massive creatures that had gone south to forage for food. Their bodies were packed with strength, and they were capable of shattering stones with a single strike from their paws. Even a well-trained war horse would have their skull obliterated if struck by one of these polar bears.

At any other time, they would not have cared, but rushing all this way had greatly taxed both their physical strength and Stellar Energy, and they were far from peak strength. Moreover, this frigid land was the home terrain of these bears. If they were not careful, they really might suffer some losses.

"Be careful! Don't provoke it! Slowly approach it!

"Everyone, approach slowly! We'll work together and kill it as soon as we can!

"Take out a shield if you have one! Get to the first row and get ready to block!"

The leader of the team was extremely experienced, and he swiftly issued orders. It wasn't long before the ten-some elite horsemen had taken up formation, and they began to slowly surround the polar bear.

Everyone walked on tiptoes, moving at an extremely slow pace.

The air was fraught with tension.

One hundred feet, fifty feet, twenty feet…

"Wait! Captain! There's something wrong with this polar bear!" A scout in the team quickly noticed that something wasn't right, and soon, so did the others. The group had been advancing for some time, but that polar bear continued to maintain the same posture, its teeth bared in aggression.

In all this time, the beast hadn't even blinked. This was not the behavior of a living creature, at least not of such beasts they had encountered in the past.

Fwoosh!

An arrow flew

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