Smashing through the stone bears wasn't a problem. They were sturdy and I doubt that people below the elite of what Arc had to offer could even scratch them, but I was on a different level, and a single punch was more than enough.
In such a manner I carved my way through, eventually finding a bit denser spot, which was surrounding a cave. Inside, in complete darkness, I found more bears. The deeper I got, the more they changed.
The first ones had crystals growing on them, like some sort of parasite. In the beginning green, but then they got darker, slowly turning more towards the color of amethysts.
Obviously, the change didn't mean anything to me, so there is no need to waste any space diving deeper into those types of basically the same creatures.