61 Crossing the River
◎At this moment, war is about to break out, and Reiner is asked to stay here to take care of the cubs.◎
The Black Mamba probably didn't expect that these mongooses reacted so quickly. It stuck out its tongue, raised its body, and made a biting posture, making a hissing sound as a threat.
Originally, he wanted to sneak over and find a lone mongoose, the one closest to Qiao Jinnian, as food, but the sentry called so many people over in an instant.
All the meerkats looked at the black mamba, with their tails raised high, making an attacking posture.
The two sides were testing each other. The black mamba would pounce forward from time to time, but was successfully avoided by the meerkat. The meerkat behind it also took the opportunity to bite the poisonous snake's tail.
At this moment, the Black Mamba completely entered a fighting stance.
You should know that the black mamba's sharp teeth can easily penetrate the hard shell of its prey. It uses the most deadly venom to paralyze the prey and then swallows it whole to complete the hunting process.
However, sometimes, venomous snakes can spray venom two meters away to attack prey, and it almost never misses.
Meerkats are very flexible, but they always remain vigilant to ensure they are not poisoned by the venom.
Apparently, meerkats are immune to certain venoms, and there is a risk of paralysis when the venom overdose occurs.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time. The mongoose family was wary of venom attacks, constantly dodging and looking for the snake's weaknesses. The snakes did not dare to bite one easily, because if they bit one, the remaining mongooses would start to gnaw on its body.
At this moment, the silverback, who had come back from somewhere, discovered that a black mamba had appeared in the territory and immediately became interested.
The honey badger is different from the mongoose. He is very brave. The first time he sees a poisonous snake, he runs up and bites it directly.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
Then, just when it was worried about not being able to find a target to spray its venom, the Black Mamba, under pressure, chose the Silverback and started attacking.
So, the next second, the silverback was paralyzed by the poison, but before fainting, the silverback still bit the meat on the black mamba tightly, fearing that others would steal his spicy strips.
The animals were speechless.
Since the black mamba has already sprayed the toxin, there is no danger, of course, that is for the meerkats.
So, the meerkats attacked in a group and immediately started to eat the black mamba, treating the snake as spicy snacks.
Of course, they still left a long strip for Silverback, leaving him the piece that he was biting so hard.
After being unconscious for two hours, the silverback opened his eyes and found a delicious poisonous snake in his mouth. He lay down and started to eat it.
Originally, when the black mamba appeared, several big lions and five little lions looked very nervous. If they were bitten, the consequences would be disastrous. Fortunately, their neighbors and the honey badger were immune to the venom of poisonous snakes, so it did not cause much problem.
Seeing them deal with the poisonous snake, the lions finally felt relieved.
However, the appearance of a snake means that there must be other poisonous snakes here. No one knows where these poisonous snakes came from. They did not appear at all last year.
So, it's time for Ryan's lion group to leave here again.
Ryan carried Qiao Jinnian on his back, Reiner carried Qiangzi on his back, and the four sub-adults also had certain combat capabilities. The honey badger and the jackal were both adult animals and had certain self-protection capabilities. Only Stripe was a herbivore, so he was simply allowed to walk in the middle of the team.
Seeing that they were about to cross to the other side of the river, Star and Freckles also planned to leave the grassland.
Although this is where they have been born, now that their mother is missing, it doesn't matter where they are, and Xingxing trusts Qiao Jinnian very much.
The grasslands in the north are where all herbivores must go during the drought season, because herbivores cannot survive without grass, so they must move northward as the precipitation belt moves north.
Qiao Jinnian rode on the back of the lion father and pointed the spear at the river to prevent sudden attacks from crocodiles.
The river on the east side is more difficult to cross than the one on the west side, because the other side is not flat land, but a high ground five or six meters high. After crossing the river, they still need to climb the high mountains.
There are three adult lions in the team, all of whom are in their prime. The crocodiles will also consider the situation and will not attack randomly.
So, even though there were some smaller-looking animals in this team, they still managed to cross the largest river in the grassland and successfully reached the other side of the river.
For cats, the mountains here allow them to use their sharp claws to dig into the soil and climb up like climbing a tree.
It was a little difficult for Stripe, so Qiao Jinnian came up with an idea. He tied a hemp rope to Stripe's back, climbed up, and let Ryan drag him up with his mouth.
You have to know that the bite force of a male lion is very strong, and this is just an underage zebra.
The family successfully reached the north side of the river and came to this new grassland for the first time.
Of course, Ryan’s first thing was to lead the lion group around the territory of the super lion group. They could not stay here for too long, otherwise it would be a provocation to the lion group.
However, before leaving, Qiangzi couldn't help but cast his gaze in the direction of the super lion group.
Qiao Jinnian knew that Qiangzi's mother was there. In the animal world, there are indeed some animals that abandon their young due to poor health or congenital disabilities due to food problems, so she could still understand what Qiangzi's mother did.
However, Qiangzi will also think of his mother. This cub has always been very strong. Qiao Jinnian only hopes that he can live well forever.
Ryan continued running towards the north, smelling the scent all the way.
The grasslands in the north are smaller than those in the south, but because the rainfall belt moves northward, the grass and water are most abundant there throughout the dry season, and herbivores also gather there.
As they got closer to the north, they encountered more and more prey on the road.
At this time, Ryan no longer took on the task of hunting, but let Sister Sa and Reiner go hunting, because now defending their homeland has become a more important task.
Along the way, the number of carnivores following the herbivores from the south across the river suddenly increased.
The small grassland was instantly filled with all kinds of animals.
In the river, hippos, which originally had their own territory, have to share water areas with crocodiles, which leads to intensified competition in the river.
Almost every day Qiao Jinnian could see battles between hippos, or fights between crocodiles, or fights between hippos and crocodiles to the death.
As the number of lion groups increased, conflicts became inevitable. Now no one can tell whose territory this was originally because they can smell the scent of all the lions.
But Ryan hates disputes. When other lion groups are fighting, he always takes his own lion group to take a detour from a distance, so as not to appear in front of other lion groups and reduce disputes.
However, despite their own lion group being cautious, they were still targeted by other lion groups.
The main reason is that there are hunting experts in their own lion group, who can always catch prey easily, and their own lion group looks very small and easy to bully.
Two male lions, one lioness, four sub-adults and two cubs do look a bit pitiful compared to other lion groups that often have more than a dozen adult lions.
Therefore, his own lion group became a hot commodity in the eyes of other lions. There was no need to hunt directly. It was so convenient to rob from this family!
However, Sister Sa was someone who would never suffer a loss. Two years ago, Qiao Jinnian had witnessed with her own eyes how Sister Sa faced a group of lions that were much stronger than herself, and she was not afraid at all.
Ryan himself is also a very proud lion. He doesn't want to cause trouble. He is unwilling to take the initiative to provoke a war, but it does not mean that he dare not fight.
So, at this moment, with war on the verge of breaking out, Reiner was asked to stay here and take care of the cubs.
Reiner was very obedient and kept an eye on his younger brothers and sisters, making them stand behind the rock.
However, the four sub-adults could not bear it any longer and wanted to go forward to fight. Reiner was so angry that he opened his mouth wide and roared at the thorny Sa boldly: "Roar--"
No matter how powerful Sa Dadan is, he cannot beat Reiner. But he is really afraid that his mother will suffer, so he is unwilling to stand behind the rock. Instead, he stands in front and observes the battle scene the whole time. If his mother needs help, he will be the first to rush out.
On the other hand, Qiao Jinnian is very self-aware. If there was only Sister Sa or Ryan, she would be very worried, but now these two lions are in their prime and fighting side by side. She has nothing to worry about. If an accident happens, she will pick up her spear and rush out to fight without hesitation.
Now, she better not distract her dad.
However, the honey badger had already run into the battlefield, and no one could stop him. He always liked to fight everywhere, as if he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't fight for a day.
The honey badger ran around on the battlefield, sometimes biting the butt of the opposing lioness, sometimes jumping up and biting the mane of the opposing lion. It was a great help strategically, at least distracting the opponent's attention.
Although the other side has many lions, there are obviously some old, weak and sick ones, so it is difficult to say which side is stronger.
Sister Sa was the first to rush out, slapping the opponent's leader with her claws and biting the opponent's mouth with her mouth wide open. This is a typical hunting method that suffocates the opponent to death, but she used it directly on her own kind.
The enemy leader was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly, intimidated by Sister Sa's aura.
Seeing their leader being humiliated, the other lions wanted to surround Sister Sa from behind. However, Ryan disagreed and attacked the slowest-reacting lion and bit off a large piece of meat from its back.
"Aohaohou——" The lioness screamed in pain after being attacked on the back.
Sister Sa was well aware of the strategy of capturing the leader first, so she caught the leader and gave him a kiss of death for the longest time, causing the leader to kick his four paws wildly due to lack of oxygen.
Seeing that their leader was about to die, the other members finally realized that if they continued like this, they would lose the leader of the lion group, and this lion group seemed to have no male lions.
The actions of the other members who were about to pounce on Ryan froze, and one of the slightly older female lions took the lead and lay on the ground to show submission, which meant she admitted defeat.
Soon, all the other lions also lay on the ground in submission.
Only then did Sister Sa release the other leader's mouth and let her out to breathe deeply.
Qiao Jinnian: “…” Sister Sa is so awesome!
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