Chapter 3 Fight? Run away! Los: Who ate my sheep! ...
In the silent and still snowy night, the howling cold wind made the atmosphere even more tense. The torn body of the mountain goat fell to the ground, emitting a bloody smell that was extremely tempting to wild beasts.
In fact, it's not just snow leopards that are attracted.
When a slight sound came from not far away, Los, who was hiding behind the rock wall, had a serious expression, and his leopard eyes stared at the place where the sound came from. He gently twitched his nose, trying to judge who was coming from the breath blowing in the wind.
Both sides seemed to have discovered each other and were in a stalemate. One hid behind a snow pile not far away, and the other hid behind a rock wall. Both were waiting for the other to appear and then give the opponent a fatal blow.
However, the tense atmosphere here did not affect the novice snow leopard who rolled twice at the foot of the mountain. After stretching his body, his big tail swayed casually, and finally he simply held it in his arms and used it as a cushion.
"Awooo——" The wolf howled first. The last sound was not long, like a test.
Los immediately tensed his back and looked around to see if there were other wolf packs. After all, wolves usually move in groups. They are not only cunning but also very difficult to deal with. Unless it is necessary, Los does not want to confront this group of difficult guys.
Fortunately, the wolf in front of him looked like a young lone wolf, and neither side was willing to retreat. The wolf was obviously eyeing the meat of the mountain goat. Los bared his fangs and growled, warning the lone wolf that was already walking towards him.
Perhaps because he had been hungry for too long, the young lone wolf decided to take a risk after weighing the strength of both sides.
It rushed up suddenly, completely enraging Los. It jumped directly from the rock wall and rushed towards the lone wolf quickly. The two sides suddenly started biting each other.
The snow leopard's sharp fangs make it easy to tear the opponent's skin and flesh. Being active on the mountain walls all year round makes its body extremely flexible. With its big furry tail dragging behind it, it looks fierce and domineering.
But Los didn't want to fight to the death with the wolf at the moment. After pushing the wolf away, he deliberately led the wolf to run towards a higher mountain wall.
As long as it reaches the mountain wall, that is its main battlefield.
No beast could stand against it on the cliff.
“Ouch—”
“Ah—ho—”
Two roars of wild beasts reached Xu Nian's ears, waking up the snow leopard who was already sleeping uneasily. He subconsciously jumped up in shock, looked around panically, and felt his heart pounding.
There was silence in front of him, nothing at all, but those two roars were definitely not Xu Nian's hallucinations. His tail was tense because of the fright, and the ease and joy on his furry face disappeared.
Xu Nian's furry ears almost stood up, and his round leopard ears moved slightly backwards, catching the slightest sound mixed in the wind.
"A fight? Is that the sound of a leopard? Why do I feel like there are wolves?" Xu Nian's claws stepped on the snow. The place where he had just been lying looked a little messy because of the panicked trampling. Xu Nian wanted to change places, but he was really not very confident in his luck. He was worried that he would run in the wrong direction and run into the den of other wild animals.
When the sound of wild beasts biting and roaring was heard again, Xu Nian was sure that there were definitely at least two wild beasts fighting, and the sound was gradually approaching him.
He quickly scanned the area and his eyes quickly fell on a big rock. He quickly ran towards the rock with his tail in his mouth. The whole leopard was sandwiched between two big rocks to hide his body.
In order to prevent his tail from being disobedient, he even bit his own tail very cautiously to prevent it from revealing his position.
Sure enough, just when he had hidden himself, two black shadows rushed out and ran towards him at a very fast speed. It was not difficult to see that one was a snow leopard and the other was a wolf.
They flew past Xu Nian's eyes. The rock that Xu Nian had climbed up with great effort seemed as flat as flat ground to them. At such a speed, they naturally could not discover Xu Nian, who was hiding between two rocks like a snow leopard.
However, if Xu Nian was still in the same place as before, he would be facing a life-and-death situation.
"We can't stay here for long!" After seeing the two figures disappear from his sight, Xu Nian made a prompt decision and hurriedly grabbed his tail and prepared to move overnight. He definitely couldn't stay in this temporary nest anymore.
No matter who wins or loses between the two, if they turn around to deal with him, he will be doomed.
So when Los was fighting with the wild wolf, he had no idea that he was passing by a fellow wolf. The other wolf even quickly grabbed its tail and chose to slip away in a cowardly manner.
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In order to sleep more peacefully in the middle of the night, Xu Nian specially chose a place halfway up the mountain. However, he didn't know that this place was not safe either. Seeing the two running towards the top of the mountain, he simply walked down the mountain.
At least it definitely can't be in the same direction as those two.
Xu Nian had some night blindness when he was a human, but now that he has become a snow leopard, he is surprised to find that his night vision is even better than his day vision. He can see very clearly, and his heavy claws walking on the rocks are like walking on a huge plush slippers.
The snow leopard's claws are indeed large and protruding. They are large, furry paws with slightly thick pads, so they are not afraid of gravel and ice and snow.
Two snowy owls landed on a tree branch, watching a snow leopard sneaking towards them with its tail in its mouth. It looked around as it walked, and even slipped its claws twice. Every hair on its body showed tension.
They tilted their heads, somewhat curious about how the extremely flexible snow leopard could take such an awkward step.
One of the snowy owls looked at the snow leopard's nervous appearance and suddenly made a "woohoo" sound with some malicious intent.
The cry of the snowy owl was already hoarse, and it was even more prominent in the quiet and silent night. The penetrating power of the cry startled Xu Nian, who had just walked under the tree, and he jumped up in surprise. He held his tail in his mouth and took a messy step, then slid out of the sight of the snowy owl.
"Bang--"
Snow was flying everywhere, and an unlucky leopard appeared in the middle of the snow pile. Xu Nian took a lot of effort to pull himself out of the thick snow pile.
It was probably rare to see a snow leopard being frightened like this by a bird's cry, but Xu Nian felt aggrieved. He looked up at the direction he fell with a look of helplessness on his face. It hurt a little from the fall, but snow leopards are resistant to falls, so it was nothing.
But he had already experienced a lot in the past two or three days, and now a bird was bullying him.
Just when Xu Nian's hairy face was full of grievance, his body suddenly instinctively twitched his nose, as if he smelled something. He subconsciously turned his head and looked not far away from him.
A partially eaten blue sheep was lying on the snow. It could be seen that the meat was still very fresh, completely different from the scraps eaten a few hours ago.
This is very fresh, bloody-smelling blue sheep!
"This... this is... the path of the unforgettable leopard?" Before Xu Nian could even get rid of the aggrieved expression on his face, he was faced with such a huge surprise falling on his head.
However, he still observed his surroundings vigilantly. When there was no movement from other wild animals, he mustered up the courage to move closer to the piece of meat and sniff it. The fragrance almost made him dizzy.
His stomach growled with hunger. The little bit of meat he had before was just enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of a snow leopard.
This is a real feast!
Xu Nian opened his fangs, bit the ibex's body hard, and tore it hard. It was the first time for the poor novice snow leopard to eat meat in such big mouthfuls, and he was not very skilled in using his fangs.
It took him some effort to tear off a large piece of meat. After chewing and swallowing it, a layer of blood covered his already dirty face. He shook his head and lowered his head again to eat heartily, but he did not forget to keep his ears erect at all times.
After a while, he couldn't eat anymore. Looking at his round belly, the snow leopard felt so happy that he even squatted on the ground with his tail coiled up.
He raised his head with some satisfaction, stretched out his paws to scratch his face, and then licked his thick paw pads with his tongue, feeling quite unsatisfied. Unfortunately, his stomach really couldn't hold even a little bit more.
Sure enough, the feeling of picking up food on the way was extremely wonderful. God was kind to him.
If dragging large prey like the blue sheep was not a bit difficult for Xu Nian at the moment, he really wanted to drag away the remaining blue sheep carcasses.
But Xu Nian was still very self-aware. He only took away one piece of meat and left the rest where it was.
The snow leopard, who was eating and taking food at the same time, shook the tip of his tail lightly with pleasure and walked further away with the food in his mouth. He didn't dare to stay next to the blue sheep all the time, as there was no guarantee that the smell of blood would not attract other wild animals.
Sure enough, after walking for a distance, he heard the roar of a snow leopard behind him. Even from such a distance, Xu Nian could hear the anger of the snow leopard.
"It seems we lost the fight." Xu Nian couldn't tell whether this roaring snow leopard was the same snow leopard that had fought before. He hoped it was the same one. After all, if there were several snow leopards on this mountain, it would definitely not be good news for him.
He gently swung his tail, but he couldn't hold the meat in his mouth with his tail in his mouth, so his whole body deviated slightly with the swaying of his tail, but it didn't delay his journey.
Los, who was identified as the "defeated snow leopard", was so angry that the hair on his body stood on end.
"Who ate the sheep!" Los was furious and cast his gaze at the vulture that had just flown over. The vulture felt wronged, but was too lazy to argue with a snow leopard that was blinded by anger.
It spread its wings and flew up, circling high in the sky, called out, and then flew away.
Los naturally knew that the vultures hadn't eaten it, so he immediately suspected the cunning wolf. But then he quickly moved closer to sniff the scent, took a deep breath, and said with gritted teeth, "I've memorized your scent! Don't let me catch you!"
This damn fellow snow leopard!
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