Chapter 10 Rabbit Steps on Tail Xu Nian: I will really study hard! ...

For Los, rabbits are small prey that can be easily caught. When the snow leopard is just learning to hunt, this is the easiest prey to hunt. Los rarely eats rabbits now. He only eats rabbits when the snowfield is covered with heavy snow and he really can't find any prey.

In the past, Los preferred to eat prey such as blue sheep or argali.

The rabbit struggled violently in Los's mouth. Its first reaction when it was thrown to the ground was to escape. However, it was the prey that Los used to teach Xu Nian how to hunt. Before it could even jump a few steps, it was pinned down by the snow leopard's claws again.

When Los was hunting, he lowered his body slightly to avoid lying down. His eyes fell on the rabbit that was fleeing in panic. Then, when he saw the right opportunity, he jumped up directly. The rabbit tried to break free from his claws, but was pressed down by the snow leopard's iconic furry big claws and could not get up at all.

"Did you see it clearly?" Los turned his head to look at Xu Nian and asked.

Xu Nian: ...

He lowered his eyes to look at his own paws, then looked at Los's furry paws. Los's paws were much bigger than his, and Los took good care of himself. The fur on his paws was very fluffy, and when the wind blew, the fur swayed gently, looking soft and big.

But the claws only look beautiful. In the eyes of a rabbit, they are the most brutal weapons.

"Forget it." Ross frowned and said, "Look at me. Press your whole body down. Don't lift it so high, or the prey will see you."

So Xu Nian immediately lowered his body as Los said. He subconsciously shook his ears and turned his head to look at Los.

Every time he pressed down, he always liked to press the front half of his body. In Los's eyes, it was like seeing a snow leopard raising its tail towards him, with its ears twitching slightly, and its eyes looking at him very innocently, even a little seriously.

Los was silent for a moment, and the rabbit under his claws struggled even harder. When it subconsciously stepped back, it almost slipped. It felt that it must be the rabbit's fault, otherwise how could it make such a low-level mistake.

"And then?" Xu Nian saw that Los hadn't said anything for a long time, as if he was getting into a fight with the rabbit. He tilted his head slightly and asked in confusion, "What should I do next?"

"..." Los cleared his throat. He suddenly felt that the group of wolves were pretty good. At this time, wolf howling could express his mood very well, but snow leopards did not often howl for no reason. He could only try to lick his paws, forgetting that there was a rabbit under his paws, and was almost kicked by the dying rabbit.

It shook its head awkwardly, picked up the rabbit and threw it heavily to the ground, making the rabbit dizzy.

"Then pounce on it," Ross said. "You have to look at its escape direction and, like I did, use this claw to block its path. Once it has nowhere to escape, use this claw to pin its body down as it flees. That way, you can successfully hunt it."

Los explained the hunting movements in detail, and even demonstrated them for fear that Xu Nian might not understand.

Xu Nian still maintained the same posture of holding his tail up. His big furry tail was originally a little taut behind him, but because he maintained this posture for too long, the tail became sore and fell on the snow, dragging on it, and it looked almost as long as Xu Nian himself.

The snow leopard's tail is very eye-catching, and this snow leopard in front of us looks like it is not good at all and is about to apologize, but its eyes and tail are really good-looking.

Xu Nian was adjusting his posture, imitating Los's moves. Thinking he had it almost perfect, he gathered his strength for a leap. Just as he kicked the ground with his hind legs, about to pounce on the dizzy rabbit, Los's voice suddenly rang out: "Your tail..."

Xu Nian staggered and almost fell into the snowdrift. He turned his head to look at Los in embarrassment. The snow leopard's beautiful cyan eyes were full of confusion.

"Be careful with your tail," said Los.

Xu Nian had a hunch that Los was not originally going to say this, but since Los said so, Xu Nian nodded obediently and assumed an attacking posture again. This time he deliberately lowered his tail and crouched low on the snow pile.

When the rabbit was about to come out of its dizziness and prepare to slip away, he pounced on it. At this time, he still remembered the hunting skills that Los had mentioned before, and immediately used his right front paw to intercept the direction in which the rabbit was about to slip away. When the rabbit changed direction, he grabbed the rabbit with his left paw.

However, the rabbit probably realized the difference between Xu Nian and Los, so it turned around and tried to run away. This was different from what Los had taught it before, and it was an emergency. Xu Nian was a little anxious and tried to grab and bite it unskillfully.

Los, who was standing next to him, saw Xu Nian in a panic. In the end, the rabbit escaped. However, perhaps because it was frightened by Xu Nian, the rabbit ran towards Los without knowing the danger in life and death, and finally fell into the leopard's claws again.

In order to catch the rabbit, Xu Nian almost lifted up the grass under the snow pile.

Los stared silently at the exposed rock, holding the rabbit in his paw. He glanced at the guilty Xu Nian, wondering if this thing was really a snow leopard. For the first time, he began to doubt his own species.

Xu Nian was also very nervous, afraid that Los would find out that he was a fake. He scratched the ground with his paws nervously, and his ears were pressed back because of worry, making them look like airplane ears.

"Cry--" A clear cry of a vulture lingered in the mountains. The entire hunting process of the snow leopard just now did not escape its eyes. It deliberately circled at a low altitude, grabbed a rabbit that was farther away with its claws, and flew away circling at a high altitude.

But just when the rabbit caught by Los was startled by the sound of the vulture, Xu Nian suddenly pounced over. His movements were very quick. He must have thought about it for a long time. He suddenly pressed down the rabbit with his claws and quickly bit it, ending it.

Los didn't expect Xu Nian to suddenly counterattack the rabbit, and watched the rabbit die under Xu Nian's fangs.

"Dead." Xu Nian dropped the rabbit. He licked his fangs with his tongue. His furry face was dirty with the rabbit's blood. After scratching it with his claws a few times, he lowered his head and licked his paw pads twice.

"Feint to the east and attack in the west." Xu Nian was completely unaware that there was still rabbit blood on his face. He looked up at Los and said very seriously, "Give me a few more chances, and I will definitely be able to hunt it down directly."

He puffed out his chest to show that he was really serious about learning hunting and had no intention of being lazy.

Los felt that maybe he had to reconsider his view of this snow leopard. When he thought that this snow leopard was almost useless, it gave him some surprises.

"I can study hard, and I'm studying hard too." Xu Nian was afraid that Los would think he was a nuisance and be unwilling to continue teaching him hunting, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue. I can learn it well."

Xu Nian knew how rare it was to meet a snow leopard that was willing to teach him how to hunt, not to mention that this snow leopard was so powerful and so easy to fool.

Thinking of this, Xu Nian couldn't help but feel guilty again.

"You'd better learn how to hunt before the heavy snow comes." Los looked at the snow, which was much thicker than before, and felt a little worried. His claws stepped on the thick snow piles, and he knew that this winter might not be easy to survive.

In such a harsh environment, the better your hunting ability is, the more chances you have of survival.

Xu Nian nodded immediately and said, "I understand!"

He expected that the snow leopard in front of him had limited patience and would definitely leave before the heavy snow came and would never cause trouble for Los. What's more, only he knew that the so-called "big brother's friend" was a lie, so it would be best to leave before the lie was exposed.

Seeing Xu Nian being so understanding, Los turned his head as usual and squatted on the cliff. Facing the biting cold wind, he gently touched the tip of his tail with his claws.

Damn rabbit, I stepped on its tail when I was running.

In the past, it would never have been stepped on the tail by its prey, but when Xu Nian pounced on it just now, there was no warning, so Los subconsciously dodged backwards and was startled, and then the damn rabbit stepped on its tail.

Its ears moved slightly, and when it heard the sound of Xu Nian fiddling with the rabbit, it calmly lowered its head and took the opportunity to lick its hot and painful tail.

"It seems that the recovery is even slower." Los said to himself, and then he held his tail in his mouth with confidence. He glanced at Xu Nian who was playing with the rabbit. The other party promised to take care of it until the tail healed.

One day less and the tail won’t be considered healed.