Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 163: Desperate Escape

The system was still reporting in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mind. The other black bear, carrying the cub, was a step slower, lagging behind. If they didn’t come up with a plan to break through immediately, when the other two black bears arrived, there would truly be no chance of winning.

Due to the black bear’s approach, the horse sensed danger and was constantly pawing the ground, letting out low whinnies, expressing its unease and fear. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"I’ll go distract it. You drive the carriage as far away as possible."

Cheng Xiaoxiao made a quick decision. As long as Gu Ming could leave safely, she’d find a chance to complete the task and teleport away on the spot.

After all, the task was already complete, and she could initiate the teleportation at any time.

"No, I can’t just leave you alone."

How could he leave a girl in front of a beast while he escaped with his life? What kind of person would that make him?

"What do you mean no? Hurry up. Once I distract it, you drive off."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was already poised to strike, thinking about how she could divert the bear’s attention.

"I can’t let a girl do such a dangerous thing. Let me distract it instead!"

Just as Gu Yan finished speaking, Cheng Xiaoxiao lightly tapped the back of his head. "I’m the boss or are you the boss? Don’t forget, you’re my sidekick now. Do as I say."

Saying this, she quickly jumped off the carriage, calming the equally restless Xiao Li in her arms.

Gu Yan watched in a daze at the frail figure rushing out, feeling a mix of emotions. Who would have thought this tomboy was so righteous? His eyes instantly reddened.

Cheng Xiaoxiao got off the vehicle and took the opportunity to collect a dozen or so arrows, channeling the vigorous energy flowing within her, and aimed them at the black bear.

Speaking of the strange energy inside her, it was indeed very different from the regular martial artists here.

Her power was like leveling up in a game, with added skills and health points completed in an instant, somewhat forcefully enhanced, unlike the steady progression of others, smooth and practiced.

During this, she also tried practicing Dongfang Xu’s Inner Strength Heart Method, but no matter how she ran it, it was fruitless. She couldn’t feel the subtle sensation they described when Qi Force coursed through the meridians and completed a cycle.

Perhaps it was because her soul came from the Otherworld, she couldn’t practice any Cultivation Technique or mental method of this world.

But that’s alright. As long as she leveled up quickly enough, she could effortlessly become a master.

So, there was no need to dwell on those difficult training methods and why they didn’t work for her. Wasn’t that just asking for trouble?

This way was just fine. The surge of energy in her body, she temporarily called Inner Strength. As long as her Inner Strength was strong enough, with learned moves and movement technique, and accumulating some real combat experience, she would eventually look down upon all beings from above.

However, back to the present, the arrows hit the black bear, but didn’t even pierce its skin. It was a complete failure.

The big black bear swatted away some of the arrows, while others landed on its body. Though they didn’t break the skin, the pain successfully caught its attention towards Cheng Xiaoxiao.

Yet the little ant in front dared to make provocative gestures.

"Come on, Little Black!" She taunted, throwing picked-up rocks at the big black bear.

Sure enough, her taunts instantly ignited the black bear’s fiery temper.

The big black bear let out a roar, angrily watching the ant before it, contemplating whether to swat her away with a paw.

Soon, the big black bear chased Cheng Xiaoxiao’s figure towards the woods on the side. She quickly signaled for Gu Yan to hurry and drive away.

Gu Yan looked deeply at Cheng Xiaoxiao, unable to care about much else, and shouted, "Remember, my name is Gu Yan. If you survive, I’ll recognize you as the boss."

At this time, his voice trembled, holding back tears on the verge of falling, awkwardly driving the horse carriage forward in a rush.

"Damn kid," Cheng Xiaoxiao cursed under her breath.

Nimbly dashing through the forest, she ran several laps around the incident area.

Since practicing martial arts with Dongfang Xu, her movement technique had become much quicker. Plus, the big black bear’s large body was hindered by the trees, barely dodging several of the black bear’s claws.

Cheng Xiaoxiao gasping for breath, ran a few more laps. She was almost out of strength.

The big bear was also vexed, this cunning ant running so fast, utterly enraging it, let out a furious roar and chased after again, intending to eat her.

Cheng Xiaoxiao dashed off quickly, barely covering a small distance.

"Host, watch out!"

Suddenly, another giant creature appeared ahead, causing her to brake abruptly, nearly colliding.

Damn!

Cheng Xiaoxiao, fuming, "Could you be any later in warning?"

"No, host, a large tiger is heading this way."

She couldn’t even handle one black bear, and now there’s another, and to top it off, a tiger was about to pounce. She was doomed!

Going insane!

This damned world.

"How far to the tiger?"

"About 1000 meters."

Cheng Xiaoxiao deftly leaped over a broken log, rolled on the ground, dodging Black Bear No. 1’s claw, as the log shattered into pieces.

Then she faced a towering paw from Black Bear No. 2.

This time, all she wanted was to curse out loud.

Meanwhile, urging the system in her mind to check if there were any weapons in the mall to urgently buy.

System: "Got it!"

The result was a banana instantly appearing in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s hand.

Damn it!

77, you’re screwing me!

No time to think, Cheng Xiaoxiao evaded the bear’s paw and left the banana behind. With a squelch, the exploding banana shot past her ear.

Some bits of banana flesh stuck to her face, narrowly avoiding being crushed by the bear’s tread.

But... her anger flared.

77, wasn’t I asking for a weapon?

System: "Host, we have general weapons, but the too advanced ones, we can’t afford!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao: "..."

Normal longswords or big knives aren’t long enough!

She feared being swatted away before she even swung.

How much System Coin for a handgun?

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but think; for long-range lethal weapons, firearms or explosives were the best bet.

"We can afford a handgun, but host, do you know how to use it?"

The system remembered no instance of the host learning to shoot.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was stumped. As a model youth, she hadn’t touched such a thing.

Damn, next time she must carry a gun for safety.

"Host, you better come up with a way to get through this crisis first!"

Black Bear No. 1, seeing Cheng Xiaoxiao escape narrowly, chased again.

With each swat of its paw, she narrowly avoided disaster.

"Host, quickly activate teleportation."

Doesn’t starting teleportation take time?

So close to the big black bear, she might be squashed before teleporting away.

Neither this nor that would work, what to do?

At this moment, the little one in her arms, Xiao Li, grew increasingly agitated.

Over there, Black Bear No. 2 did not catch up. The cub on its back smelled the delicious banana.

Climbing down its mother’s back, it sniffed the mess of banana mush on the ground, finding it sweet.

It then used its little paw to dab at the banana mush, smelled it by its mouth, decided it was tasty, put it in its mouth to try, finding it delightful, and then gobbled it up.