Global Superpower: Getting Stronger through Reading - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: You Call This An Elementary-Grade Magical Beast?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was… a bear with a fox’s head?!

For a moment, Lin Bai wondered if he had mistaken the creature for something else. He quickly rubbed his eyes, then discovered that the creature standing in front of him was indeed such a strange creature.

“Damn, I can really see all kinds of things after living for so long!”

Lin Bai and the strange bear with the fox head stared at each other.

Afterwards, a thought appeared in Lin Bai’s mind.

Then, he slowly stretched out a finger on his right hand and poked the furry body of the unknown creature.

It was soft and definitely comfortable to touch and hug!

However, Lin Bai felt that something was wrong.

The abnormality seemed to come from above him.

Lin Bai was stunned as he raised his head and stared at the creature. The fox-headed bear was staring straight at him, its eyes surging with anger.

Lin Bai could feel its anger from its hurried breathing.

Lin Bai was still wondering how he had provoked this guy just by poking its soft body.

However, the fox bear’s huge paw was already attacking him.

Lin Bai shuddered and subconsciously dodged.

“Hey, hey, hey. Don’t get physical without a word!”

At this moment, Lin Bai already vaguely remembered the origins of this strange creature in front of him.

Since it had the head of a fox and the body of a bear, it was given the name Fox Bear.

As the fox bear was also an animal that moved about in the swamps and the shore, it happened to be on the same page as the Master of the Swamp in the picture book that Lin Bai had read.

However, the fox bear occupied far fewer pages than the ferocious Master of the Swamp.

Even then, every single keyword in the description of the fox bear made Lin Bai rather jumpy.

Fox Bears were Elementary-Grade magical creatures. They had preliminary intelligence and astonishing arm strength. Furthermore, their biting abilities were extremely strong, allowing them to bite through trees. Their sense of smell was also very strong. Usually, they would use pheromones with certain scents to communicate.

Its characteristic was that it had magic resistance.

These words appeared in Lin Bai’s mind, but he still cared most about the last phrase — magic resistance.

Lin Bai had not undergone systematic Hunter training before, so he was not particularly familiar with technical terms like this.

However, he could roughly guess what it meant.

“Is my magic useless against this guy?” Lin Bai raised his eyebrows.

At first glance, this guy looked cute and adorable. He didn’t expect him to be a creature not to be trifled with!

However, Lin Bai did not believe this.

After all, a big guy like the Master of the Swamp had been knocked out by three spells from him!

The Master of the Swamp was an Elementary-Grade magical creature after all, which was the same as the fox bear.

“If I lose to you, my name will be written backwards!”

After saying this in an imposing manner, Lin Bai even muttered softly, “Anyway, the name Bai Lin seems to be quite nice…”

At this moment, Lin Bai felt that something was wrong.

Why wasn’t this fox bear attacking yet?

He had been thinking so much just now, but this fox bear had actually stood rooted to the ground in a daze.

Had its anger dissipated?

With a fearless attitude, Lin Bai slowly approached the dazed fox bear.

This guy was indeed ugly and cute up close.

No!

After Lin Bai approached the fox bear, he smelled a hint of discord.

Previously, he was too far away from the fox bear. Thus, this overly weak scent had already spread before reaching his nostrils.

However, he couldn’t smell anything as humans couldn’t smell this substance

This was the fox bear releasing pheromones to send a message to its companions!

Its fox bear companions had definitely received the message it wanted to send.

Although he did not know what the contents of the message were… Lin Bai believed that his guess was probably correct.

“Damn, are you playing dirty? Are you calling people over just because you can’t win?!”

“It won’t be easy to deal with your 18 generations of ancestors after today!”

Lin Bai gritted his teeth. He had truly never thought that the fox bear, who seemed obedient, would secretly play such a trick.

A beast could not be judged by its appearance!

At this moment, a flurry of footsteps could be heard near the forest where Lin Bai was.

This must be the army of fox bears.

“Let’s finish this quickly!” Lin Bai currently had an extremely bad impression of this fox bear.

After all, he was a magical creature with intelligence, right?

Why was this intelligence used for such dirty tricks?

Did it know that the many magical creatures that were stronger than it had no intelligence?

At the thought of this, Lin Bai took out his Elder Wand.

“I’ll just treat this as getting rid of evil for the people.”

“Avada Kedavra!”

Lin Bai used his strongest move right from the start. After all, this Avada Kedavra had defeated the terrifying Master of the Swamp in one strike. It should be more than enough to deal with this little fox bear, right?

The magic wand emitted the same black light as the last time and smashed into the body of the fox bear with all its might.

Roar!

The fox bear let out a furious roar. However, to Lin Bai, it was not a howl of pain at all… Instead, it was a howl of anger from being attacked.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be mixed with mockery and contempt.

Lin Bai was also shocked. After all, Avada Kedavra was the most powerful spell he had mastered!

“What? Could its magic resistance mean that it’s 100% immune to magic attacks? That’s simply against the rules!” Lin Bai shouted.

Wasn’t it said that fox bears were Elementary-Grade magical creatures?

No matter how powerful a Mage was, they would be helpless in front of this fox bear!

Moreover… In the grass behind the fox bear, several fox bears scurried out. They stood behind the first fox bear and stared at Lin Bai like a tiger watching its prey.

“Big brothers, can you not stare at me like that? I was just poking your little brother in the stomach. There’s no need to make a scene, right!” At that moment, Lin Bai was at his wit’s end.

He was currently surrounded by this army of fox bears. The only solution he could think of was to reason with them.

When the fox bear at the front gave a roar, the army of fox bears behind immediately responded. They roared together and their roars overlapped with each other. The resulting sound shook the leaves of the forest.

That was clearly the signal to attack.

Afterwards, the army of fox bears surged towards Lin Bai like a tide. They were full of killing intent.

When Lin Bai thought about how their teeth could tear through tree trunks, he felt rather frightened.

Even if he was made of steel, he could not withstand so many fox bears attacking together!

The best strategy was to leave!

Run, run!

At this moment, Lin Bai could no longer care about his reputation. It was never too late to take revenge, but his life was more important now.

Thus, a thrilling chase between a young man and a group of ferocious fox bears unfolded comically in the woods around the Death Swamp.

At this moment, Lin Bai was like an outlaw, running for his life in the forest.

Meanwhile, the army of fox bears behind them was still chasing him relentlessly. Furthermore, they showed no signs of fatigue..