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Chapter 184 - The Apex Instinct

The bear didn't charge right away.

It stared first, huge and quiet, as if deciding whether I was prey or threat. My breath came slow and steady, honed from hours of sprinting, but inside my chest—there was a tremble.

Not of fear.

Of readiness.

I wasn't going to outrun this one.

Its weight shifted.

Then it lunged.

I dodged left, narrowly avoiding a swipe that would've taken my head clean off. The sheer power behind its claws carved bark from a tree behind me.

I drew my newly-bought blade in a fluid motion.

Hand-to-Hand Combat (Lv. 4)

Reflex Calibration (Lv. 3)

Instinct (Lv. 7)

Precision Strikes (Lv. 2)

I slashed once across its shoulder, the metal cutting in shallow. It wasn't even close to being enough. It bellowed, loud and primal, the sound reverberating through my ribs.

It was fast.

Too fast for something so big.

It came again.

I ducked under the strike and slammed my fist into its jaw. The blow echoed through my knuckles—Hook (Lv. 3)—but it didn't stagger.

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