While Lin Qian and Yong Qi were frantically cultivating with spirit stones, Tiger Dad and the others also became nervous.
Even though Tiger Dad and the others don't have as much insight and knowledge as Lin Qian, all level 5 spirit beasts can sense the changes in the North and South Poles.
Therefore, Tiger Dad and his companions had a very clear premonition that changes would soon occur on land as well.
Tiger Dad and his companions have already mined up most of the high-level spirit veins' spirit stones. Due to the sense of crisis, Tiger Dad has also given the newly joined spirit beasts more spirit stones, hoping to improve the team's strength again in a short period of time.
Meanwhile, Tiger Dad and his companions are focusing all their efforts on reaching level 10. With the accumulation of a large number of spirit stones and spirit crystals, Tiger Dad's three big cats are now level nine spirit beasts, and increasing their spiritual power is not difficult for them at this point.
In particular, Tiger Dad and the others had specially tempered their meridians when they were at the initial level. Now, not only do they absorb spiritual energy faster than other spirit beasts, but they also refine it several times faster.
This difference is not obvious before level 5, but after level 5, the difference between the same level becomes apparent. The time and benefits that Tiger Dad and the others had wasted in tempering their meridians are completely insignificant compared to this.
Besides the three big cats, Tiger Dad, only the chipmunk and the Golden Sparrow leader couple have reached level 9.
The spatial spirit crystals unearthed from this advanced spiritual vein all belong to the chipmunks. The chipmunks' ability to expand their space so quickly is also due to the abundance of spirit crystals.
A group of spirit beasts slowly approached Tiger Dad, who was now the captain of each team. Panda Mama, as the captain of the team, walked at the front, followed by seven spirit beasts.
Besides the leopard and porcupine that started, the spirit beast team has now expanded to seven teams, with four new team leaders.
Following closely behind the porcupine was a Pallas's cat, a level four spirit beast.
Pallas's cats are animals belonging to the cat family and the Pallas genus.
The common Pallas's cat has a stocky, short body, similar in size to a domestic cat, weighing 2-5 kg. The nominate subspecies is heavier, with some individuals exceeding 6 kg, while the Qinghai-Tibet subspecies generally weighs 2-4 kg. The Pallas's cat has a wide forehead, a short muzzle, pale green vents, short and wide ears with rounded tips, and is set relatively far apart.
The entire body is covered with extremely dense and soft fur, with a thick undercoat, especially the fur on the abdomen, which is more than twice the length of the fur on the back. The back is brownish-black, with many fine, dark black stripes running horizontally across the rear of the body. The head is gray with some black spots. The underside of the body is creamy white, and the area below the neck and between the forelegs is light brown. The limbs are slightly lighter in color than the back. The tail is thick and round, about 20-30 cm long, with 6-8 distinct black rings on it, and the long hair at the tip of the tail is black.
Pallas's cats are adapted to cold, barren environments, often living solitarily in rock crevices or utilizing marmot burrows with winding passageways exceeding 2 meters in depth. They are nocturnal, becoming active and hunting primarily at dusk. With excellent vision and hearing, they quickly flee or hide in temporary burrows when threatened. The long fur and downy hair on their bellies provide excellent insulation, allowing them to lie prone on frozen ground or snow for extended periods, waiting for their prey.
The Pallas's cat's call sounds like a domestic cat, but it's rougher.
Pallas's cats have several characteristics that distinguish them from other felines.
Its legs are short, its rump is rather fat, and its fur is very long and thick, which makes it look particularly short, stout, and hairy.
The Pallas's cat's fur changes with the seasons, becoming grayer and less mottled in winter. It has low-set ears and a face that resembles that of an owl.
This Pallas's cat hasn't changed much in appearance. Apart from its fur being a bit fiery red, its other features are still no different from those of an ordinary Pallas's cat.
Of course, it is also about twice the size of a regular Pallas's cat, so its evolutionary direction is clearly not in terms of size.
Following the Pallas's cat were the antelopes who had been in the same group as the porcupine and leopard. After a period of hard training, the antelopes finally became squad leaders, which wasn't too bad overall.
However, the antelope was quite upset when it was beaten up by the Pallas's cat during the competition for the captain's position. But the difference in strength had been made, and although it was unhappy, it did not refute or express its dissatisfaction, since the difference in strength was a fact.
Following the antelope was a new member, a snow leopard.
The snow leopard belongs to the Felidae family of the order Carnivora.
The common snow leopard is dark white all over, covered with black spots. The black spots on its forehead are small and dense, while the spots on its shoulders, arms and upper limbs are more numerous. The spots on its sides, back, waist and lower limbs are fewer and appear as black rings. Its tail is the same color as its body. A snow leopard weighs about 30 to 50 kilograms.
Snow leopards are rock-dwelling animals, with fixed dens in caves or crevices in high mountains, where they remain for years without changing their dwellings, resulting in thick mats of shed fur inside. Snow leopards are nocturnal and mostly live in pairs, being active at dusk or dawn, but staying in their dens during the day.
Therefore, the snow leopard is known as the king of the mountains, and it is undoubtedly one of the top predators.
(The snow leopard's habitat is not as wide as that of the leopard. It lives year-round in high-altitude areas, specifically around the snow line, hence its name. Snow leopards are found in the high-altitude regions of Central Asia, and in my country, they are mainly found in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Xinjiang, Gansu, and other areas.)
Snow leopards are supposed to live above the snow line in high mountains, but they have difficulty finding food above the snow line in winter, so they will also go down to inhabited areas below the snow line to forage for food, generally at an altitude of 1800 to 3000 meters.
In summer, to chase various alpine animals, such as blue sheep, ibex, and argali, they ascend to altitudes of 3,000 to 6,000 meters. Snow leopards are cold-resistant, fierce, alert, and agile.
Snow leopards have a wide diet, primarily preying on ibex, goitered gazelles, and roe deer, and occasionally attacking horses, cattle, and yaks. They are solitary animals, usually hunting alone. The snow leopard's coat is grayish-white with slight hints of light gray and pale blue, and covered with many inconspicuous and irregular black spots and rings, giving it a magnificent and precious appearance. Zoologists generally agree that the snow leopard's coat coloration is among the most beautiful of all felines.
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