novelsite Chapter 82 The Lionesses' Hunt Fails
Chapter 82 The Lionesses' Hunt Fails
Chapter 82 The Lionesses' Hunt Fails
The other lion cubs had no idea why Chu Ye had dug such a hole; they just found it fun and kept crawling in and out of the tree hollow. Chu Ye, however, knew exactly why he had dug the hole.
After seeing that the other lion cubs could all squeeze into the cave, Chu Ye trained them a bit more, teaching them how to quickly squeeze into the cave.
The lion cubs were very cooperative. They could all quickly squeeze into the tree hole together.
"This is wonderful! With this tree hollow, I don't have to worry about these lion cubs suffering the same fate as the cubs in the neighboring pride."
Looking at his masterpiece, Chu Ye no longer needed to worry. With this tree hollow as protection, even if a large number of water buffaloes came, it wouldn't matter.
However, to the other lion cubs, it seemed that the tree hole Chu Ye dug was just for them to play in, and had no other purpose.
This time, Chu Ye also deeply felt that he did indeed possess the abilities of the badger. Not only did he have the badger's thick skin and immunity to venom, but he also had the badger's burrowing ability.
"Haha, a lion cub with the abilities of a badger—it'll be quite something when it grows up."
Chu Ye knew that when he grew into a strong adult male lion, his abilities would absolutely crush all the adult male lions on the grassland.
However, for Chu Ye, who is still a child, protecting the current pride of lions is the key to his safe growth.
Therefore, Chu Ye was constantly and meticulously protecting the safety of this lion pride. He was especially concerned about the small, vulnerable cubs. After all, these cubs were too weak; any predator could easily devour them.
After finishing his work in the tree hole, Chu Ye lay down on the grass next to the bushes to rest for a while.
The other lion cubs found the tree hole very novel, so they kept crawling in and out of it.
After playing for a while, the lion cubs got a little bored. So they stopped crawling into the tree hole and, like Chu Ye, lay down on the grass next to the bushes to rest.
After a while, the two lionesses and the male lions returned.
But when they returned, they brought back no food. Their hunt failed once again.
When the lion cubs saw the two lionesses return, they quickly gathered around them, hoping the lionesses would vomit some partially digested food for them.
But this time, the lion cubs were somewhat disappointed. The two lionesses had flat bellies; they hadn't caught anything at all.
Not only did they fail to hunt, they nearly lost their lives. Two lionesses and a lion went to hunt an adult buffalo. However, this adult buffalo was extremely strong. Even with the help of the lion, the three lions were unable to subdue it.
The water buffalo they were hunting was one of the herd of water buffalo that Chu Ye had seen today.
After the neighboring lion pride drove this herd of buffalo into their territory, resulting in the buffalo killing the lion cubs, the buffalo ran away again.
However, these buffaloes seemed to realize that they had harmed the neighboring lion pride, so they went to graze in the territory of the Jike lion pride and dared not roam in the neighboring lion pride's territory.
Jike, leading two lionesses, originally intended to hunt a warthog. However, upon seeing a herd of buffalo roaming their territory, they decided to hunt a larger prey instead, so their pride could go without hunting for several days.
This time, however, their chosen opponents were far too powerful. They defeated two lionesses and one male lion.
Despite their combined efforts, Jike and the two lionesses could not defeat the powerful buffalo. On the contrary, Aisha was easily gored by the buffalo's sharp horns during their fight.
Fortunately, Elsa was also very experienced in combat. When she was lifted up by the buffalo, she adjusted her landing posture. In this way, she was not injured when she landed; she just lay on the ground.
If Elsa had fallen headfirst or back first instead of just on the ground, she could have been injured.
Fortunately, Elsa escaped unharmed. However, the buffalo was given a chance to escape and ran back to its herd.
After seeing the buffalo escape, Jik and the two lionesses had no choice but to give up. Once the buffalo had wandered into the herd, it was impossible to hunt it again. With the protection of the other buffalo, hunting it once more was out of the question.
So Lisa, Aisha, and Jike had no choice but to head home. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, making hunting impossible.
But when they return home hungry, they find their children starving along with them.
When the two lionesses returned, the other lion cubs all gathered around, wanting some food.
But Chu Ye remained lying there, motionless. He could tell at a glance that the two lionesses' bellies were flat. This meant that they hadn't caught any prey at all.
Furthermore, even if two lionesses catch their prey, Chu Ye will not eat the partially digested food that they spit out.
Therefore, Chu Ye did not go to the two lionesses, but simply lay down and rested on the side.
Originally, Chu Ye no longer needed two lionesses to feed him; he could hunt and support himself.
Chu Ye had been digging a tree hole for a long time and was feeling a bit tired, so he lay down to rest next to a bush under the big tree.
And so the day passed. For Chu Ye, it didn't feel like a particularly special day; it was just that he had dug a tree hole.
But Chu Ye's actions today will soon make him realize just how important his work is.
And so, the next morning arrived.
The weather was sunny and clear again that day. During the dry season, the weather on the grasslands was almost always the same. After all, it didn't rain, and every day was sunny and clear.
Such weather might be considered good weather for humans. But for the animals on the grasslands, it's not good weather at all. Without rain, life is very difficult for them.
That morning, Jik led two lionesses out hunting again. Lately, the number of herbivores on the savanna had been decreasing, and the prey available for hunting was also dwindling.
Jike no longer has time to patrol its territory; it can only go out hunting with the two lionesses every day.
Chu Ye and the other lion cubs played under the big tree first, and then went into the bushes to rest.
Chu Ye was also feeling a bit hungry, and since he couldn't get food from the lionesses, he had to hunt for himself.
After the two lionesses and the male lion went out hunting again, Chu Ye also went out hunting. He no longer needed the two lionesses to feed him; he could hunt and support himself completely.
However, after Chu Ye went out this time, he didn't see any prey to hunt. It was as if all the herbivores on the grassland had suddenly disappeared.
Chu Ye searched for a long time near the big tree where they lived, but found no prey to hunt.
Having no other choice, Chu Ye could only walk away into the distance.
Although lion cubs like Chu Ye cannot run too far. They can only stay near their den and cannot go too far.
After all, these lion cubs are too weak in combat. If they encounter even slightly larger predators, their lives will be in danger.
But Chu Ye wasn't an ordinary lion cub; he possessed fighting prowess surpassing that of any lion cub on the savanna. He had no need to worry about other predators hunting him. Whether it was wild dogs or hyenas, Chu Ye could defeat them all.
Chu Ye then walked away into the distance, wanting to see if there were any prey he could hunt.
But Chu Ye walked a little further and still didn't see any prey to hunt. There didn't seem to be any animals in the grass, only some grasshoppers and small insects.
"What's going on? There's no prey for me to hunt on the prairie! I can't see any prey on the ground, so I'll climb up a big tree and take a look."
Seeing that he couldn't find any prey, Chu Ye climbed a nearby tree to see what kind of prey was around.
When Chu Ye climbed up a nearby tree, he suddenly saw a herd of buffalo leisurely grazing in his pride's territory.
Upon seeing this herd of water buffalo, Chu Ye felt a jolt of unease. After all, these were the very same water buffalo that had attacked the neighboring lion pride yesterday.
Hopefully, they won't keep coming here to graze; they can just graze over there.
When Chu Ye saw this herd of water buffalo, he felt a little worried. After all, the attack power of this herd of water buffalo was extremely formidable.
Although the neighboring pride of lions had six adult lions, they were powerless against these dozens of strong buffalo. They could only watch helplessly as the buffalo killed five or six of their cubs.
Chu Ye was worried about the lion cubs in his pride because he knew they had been killed by the buffalo.
However, this herd of buffalo was still quite a distance from their den, several hundred meters away. Chu Ye also felt that it was unlikely that these buffalo would discover the lion cubs.
Just as Chu Ye was thinking this, the water buffalo suddenly went berserk and ran towards their den.