The Strongest Lion

Chapter 2: Practicing Physical Fitness on Your Own

Chapter Two: Practicing Physical Fitness on Your Own

When Chu Ye was in that thicket, he faced a loving lioness every day. He did nothing but nurse and play. He didn't see any other lions or animals.

Lions give birth in very secluded places to avoid being discovered by other predators.

Although lions are the kings of the savanna, their cubs are also a delicious meal for other predators. Hyenas will ambush lion cubs whenever they have the chance.

In addition, wild dogs, cheetahs, leopards, and other carnivores may also attack lion cubs.

In fact, it's not just these carnivores; even herbivores will not hesitate to hunt down and kill lion cubs if they see them.

Especially water buffalo, these big, temperamental creatures, are natural enemies with lions, as if they have some deep-seated hatred for each other.

However, from a human perspective, there is indeed a deep-seated hatred between them, because many buffalo have been eaten by lions. Many lions have also been killed by buffalo, including many lion cubs.

Therefore, these two animals do indeed have a deep-seated hatred for each other. It can be said that the number of lions that died under the horns of buffaloes was no less than the number of buffaloes that lions ate.

Chu Ye returned to the family, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. From now on, he might face even greater dangers.

First of all, the male lions in this pride are the key factor in determining whether the cubs can survive.

Because a male lion typically doesn't lead a pride for very long. Only exceptionally strong male lions can rule for several years. The average male lion won't rule a pride for more than a year.

If a male lion in a pride is replaced by another nomadic male lion, all the lion cubs will face annihilation.

Chu Ye was well aware of his situation. How long he and the other lion cubs could live depended on how long their male lion father remained in power. However, Jike was still very young and strong, so it seemed there was no need to worry about other stray lions replacing him for the time being.

But regardless, this danger is ever-present. This is because some of the nomadic lions are brothers. If a pride led by a single male lion encounters brothers, it becomes more vulnerable.

However, if the lion king is very young and strong, the lionesses in the pride will not stand idly by in such a situation. They will certainly help the lion king defeat the invading male brothers.

Although Zeke may encounter the male lion brothers, Kosha and Lisa are very strong. They can fight alongside Zeke and drive away the invading male lion brothers.

Therefore, Chu Ye doesn't need to worry about his lion king father being replaced by another lion for the time being. However, such danger can occur at any time, after all, no lion king can sit on the throne forever, and there will always be challengers.

Chu Ye's current concern is still about predators. With the dry season approaching, the lion cubs have become easy prey for some predators. Jike perhaps realized this as well, and after the cubs returned to its side, it began to train them in its spare time.

Although the male lion was training these cubs, his methods were really not very good.

Frankly speaking, while male lions are large and strong, they really have very little experience in hunting. In this respect, lionesses can definitely be their teachers.

Their division of labor reveals that male lions are not skilled hunters. Once a male lion becomes the lion king, it essentially stops hunting altogether.

Although they do hunt during the dry season, it's mainly to help their wives. The lionesses still play a dominant role in the hunt; the male lions merely assist them.

Male lions are only good at fighting; when it comes to hunting, lionesses are more skilled. Although Jike wanted to train his cubs, he didn't have any particularly effective methods. All he could do was lie down, leap forward, and make a surprise attack move.

Every day, they teach their child the same thing over and over again. It seems like it knows no other hunting techniques besides this one.

After training with the Lion King instructor for a few days, Chu Ye felt that the instructor was incompetent and that he was not learning anything useful from him.

Although the lionesses have excellent hunting experience, this pride only has two lionesses, so they simply don't have time to train their cubs.

Because they were outnumbered and outgunned, the two lionesses often failed to hunt at night and had to work overtime during the day. As a result, Chu Ye and his cubs really had to rely on themselves.

Although the lion wanted to teach the cubs, it simply didn't have the ability. Furthermore, it lacked patience; it would teach for a short while before going to sleep.

"No, I'd better train on my own! I won't learn any useful hunting skills from this stupid lion king." Chu Ye felt that if he continued to train with the lion king, it would be the same as not training at all, and he wouldn't learn any useful skills.

"I'm still very young, and hunting skills are of little use to me. No matter how advanced my hunting skills are, they're useless against powerful prey and predators."

"I should train my physical fitness and make my body stronger. Also, it seems I don't need hunting skills as much as the ability to escape."

Chu Ye knew very well that no hunting skills were useful for a lion cub that was only one or two months old.

The ability to escape is the most important thing. Being so weak, what else can you do when faced with danger besides running away?

"Running, climbing trees. These are the skills I need to master now."

Chu Ye made this decision.

The dry season is coming soon. When that time comes, the only things that can save it won't be male or female lions, nor any hunting skills, but only running away and climbing trees.

So, when Chu Ye had nothing to do, it started training its physical fitness. It ran around on the grass, but it didn't dare to run too far. It could only circle around the big tree nearby.

When I got tired of running, I would practice climbing trees. After practicing for a while, I would go running again.

At first, the other lion cubs didn't pay much attention to it. But gradually, its strange behavior puzzled the other lion cubs. They couldn't understand what was wrong with this little lion, why it couldn't stay still and was always making a fuss on the grass.

While the other lion cubs were resting and cooling off under the big trees, Chu Xiaoye was still training enthusiastically in running and climbing. Even the male lion Jike found it strange, wondering what was wrong with this child, whether he was mentally unstable, and why he didn't know how to rest.