Xiao Hei has a strong tracking ability. Even though the leopard had been gone for most of the day when everyone found it, Xiao Hei still easily smelled its scent and led everyone to chase after the leopard.
With Xiao Hei around, the lives of the group were safe. However, Xiao Hei was a bear, and while the leopard couldn't harm it, Xiao Hei couldn't harm the leopard either.
Leopards can climb trees and are sprint champions in the animal kingdom. If a leopard wants to escape, Little Black has no way to stop it.
Therefore, Xiao Hei's most important responsibility is to track and protect the leopard, while the task of hunting it should still be left to Ye Wu and his team.
“Traps have been set up at the camp to prevent the leopard from going back to ambush us. If it dares to go back, it definitely won’t be able to escape,” Yun Hu said coldly.
They were careless. If they had remembered the sacred flame before going to sleep, the leopard might not have dared to come in.
However, since they got lamps, they rarely light fires at night, partly because they feel it's unnecessary and partly to save firewood.
Lighting a fire at night consumes quite a bit of firewood.
"Roar!"
Little Black made a discovery and galloped off towards it, while the others followed on horseback. Without horses, they had no confidence in pursuing the leopard.
They soon spotted the leopard, which was perched on a thick tree.
Upon seeing the group approaching, the leopard didn't seem particularly nervous.
Little Black roared and pounced, grabbing the tree trunk and slowly climbing up. Just as he was about to reach the top, the cheetah lightly jumped down to the bottom.
At this moment, Ye Wu and his two companions also rode over, and the cheetah turned and ran.
Little Black climbed up with great effort, but the guy ran away easily, which made it furious.
It tried to jump down like a cheetah, but ended up falling to the ground and rolling several times. This made Xiao Hei even angrier, and it roared as it chased after the cheetah.
The horses carrying three people would be slower, while Little Black would catch up faster, but still not as fast as the leopard.
They soon lost sight of the leopard.
"Little Black, don't be angry, keep chasing it," Ye Wu said, then fed it a large piece of braised beef.
After eating the beef, Xiao Hei became energetic and led everyone to continue the tracking.
After walking for about an hour, they spotted the leopard again.
This time, the leopard wasn't so arrogant as to wait for Little Black to come up; it ran away the moment it saw them.
Just as Ye Wu and his two companions were about to give chase, they discovered that Xiao Hei had stayed behind, sniffing at something.
"What's wrong?" Ye Wu asked Xiao Hei.
Little Black wasn't as clever as the European Emperor; it just sniffed around on its own and then ran off in another direction.
The three exchanged glances, and then Yun Hu said, "The leopard's scent won't dissipate anytime soon. Little Black must have discovered something else. Let's go take a look."
So the three of them rode after Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei sniffed as it went, and then happily ran forward. In front of it was a big tree with a hole at the base of the tree.
"Wow~" Ye Wu suddenly heard a childish cry, and his face immediately turned pale.
"Little Black! Stop!" he shouted.
However, Xiao Hei seemed a bit angry and didn't listen to him.
"Little Black, meat, beef!" Ye Wu called out again.
This time, Xiao Hei reacted. He turned around curiously to look at Ye Wu, who threw him a piece of beef and said, "Come back."
Xiao Hei looked at the beef, hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked back.
Ye Wu breathed a sigh of relief, then dismounted and walked towards the tree hollow.
Three little creatures ran out of the tree hole and called out to him without fear.
This litter has three kittens in total. Their fur hasn't fully grown yet. Although they are roaring, their babyish voices have no intimidating power whatsoever.
At this moment, Yun Hu and Xu Meng's cousin also came over. When they saw the three little leopard cubs, all three of them fell silent.
Little Black peeked over, but this time it didn't intend to attack, realizing that the three little creatures in front of it weren't enemies.
When the leopard cub saw the black cub, it immediately shrank back into its den in fright; the animals' instincts made them feel fear.
"What should we do next? Should we continue the hunt? That's too cruel," Xu Meng's cousin said.
Ye Wu and Yun Hu were both silent for a while. After a while, Yun Hu said, "We must continue the pursuit. That leopard knows how to get into the camp. We absolutely cannot let it live. We cannot risk the lives of the people in the camp."
Just then, they heard a roar. The leopard had returned and was roaring at them from nearby.
Little Black charged forward immediately, and the leopard turned to run away, but hesitated.
Ye Wu suddenly raised his bow and shot an arrow at the leopard.
The arrow came too suddenly; the leopard couldn't dodge in time, was hit in the back, let out a whimper, and fell down.
Just then, Little Black arrived, opened its mouth, and charged forward...
Ye Wu suddenly dropped the bow he was holding to the ground. Yun Hu noticed that his hand was trembling and he could no longer hold the bow.
"sorry……"
Ye Wu spoke softly to the three little leopard cubs, his eyes already moist.
Yun Hu sighed, patted Ye Wu on the shoulder, then stepped forward and picked up the two leopard cubs. The two cubs bared their teeth and claws at him, but apart from looking cute, they weren't really intimidating.
"Here you go. I was thinking of putting their mother in front of the door as a rug, but I think I'll pass now." Yun Hu handed the two leopard cubs to Ye Wu, then picked up the last one.
Yunhu called Xiaohei back. After venting its anger, Xiaohei did not choose to eat the leopard. It is now more picky and prefers cooked food and fresh fruit.
The group dug a simple hole and buried the leopard, which puzzled Little Black. Why bury food? But considering Ye Wu had given it a few more pieces of beef, it ignored it.
Each of them carried one leopard cub and returned to the camp along the same route. Xiao Hei tried to snatch the cubs several times along the way, but was stopped each time. After that, he realized that the three cubs were now on the same level as the animals in the enclosure.
Xiao Hei can still distinguish between captive animals and wild animals. One is meat that needs to be fattened up before it can be eaten, while the other is meat that can be eaten immediately. These three little guys are too small, so they need to be fattened up before they can be eaten.
The European is the one who can tame Little Black the most, so Little Black has learned a lot from the European. Being a sheep-herding bear is what it has been learning all along, and these three little leopard cubs will also be brought under its protection.
They brought the leopard cub back to camp, and the camp instantly erupted in chaos.
"Oh my god, so cute!"
The girls quickly surrounded the three leopard cubs. Startled by the sudden appearance of such a large group of females, the cubs huddled together in fear. However, they couldn't escape their fate of being "played with."
"Ye Wu, what's wrong with their mother?" Mo Xi noticed that Ye Wu seemed a bit down and asked him.
"They were killed by me and Xiao Hei," Ye Wu said.
Mo Xi paused for a moment, then said, "You have no choice but to do this for the sake of the camp. It's just the law of the jungle, so you don't need to take it too seriously."
"I understand, but I still find it hard to accept."
"Then you can take their mother's place and be the foster father to these three little leopards," Mo Xi said with a smile.
Ye Wu looked at the three leopard cubs, picked them up, and said, "Okay, from now on I'll be their foster father."
"It's not your turn, give it to my baby."
"You actually want to keep it all to yourself? That's outrageous!"
"Yeah, that's too much!"
(End of this chapter)
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