Chapter 172: Territory Struggle
Looking at his further increase in size, Chu Ye stretched out, climbed up the big tree next to him, and roared at the prairie in the distance.
Chu Ye's voice was loud, and his deep roar seemed to spread to every corner of the prairie. Every plant and tree on the prairie seemed to be trembling. All the animals were attracted by this king's voice. And as silent as a cicada.
Chu Ye looked at his powerful body, and he suddenly realized that as long as he defeated a powerful animal, his weight would suddenly increase, as if it was a reward.
'Okay, if that's the case, then I will often defeat some powerful animals. Only in this way will my size further increase. '
On the prairie, no animal will show its size, only its size will show that it is too small. In this world of the jungle, only a tall body can become an invincible strong man.
'Just defeating some herbivores doesn't seem like much! With my current body shape, what's the point of defeating some herbivores? I have defeated the powerful buffalo leader. Should I challenge other lion kings on the prairie? If I defeat them, then the entire prairie will be mine. '
Chu Ye suddenly made a bold decision. He wanted to defeat all the lion kings on this prairie and let them know that he was the most powerful lion on this prairie. Lord of the prairie.
But Chu Ye also feels that he should not challenge other lions for no reason. As long as they can stay safe, he is not willing to cause trouble for them.
'Forget it, let's live like this for now! I, Chu Ye, am not that aggressive. I am very satisfied to be the lion king of six female lions. '
Although Chu Ye has made a bold decision and a bold dream, he feels that this dream should be realized slowly! For now, just live a good life among this pride of lions.
When Chu Ye was alive, he was not a competitive person, but he was a lazy guy. As long as he could get by, he would not care about others.
In the next few days, Chu Ye only moved around in his own territory and had no intention of challenging other lion kings.
For Chu Ye, it felt pretty good on days like this. With the lionesses hunting, he didn't have to worry about going hungry. Of course, sometimes, when it is necessary to hunt large prey, Chu Ye will also help.
However, the lionesses also knew that Chu Ye was very kind to them. Under normal circumstances, Chu Ye's help is not needed. Chu Ye is a male lion whose main duty is to protect his territory.
One day, after all the lionesses went hunting, Chu Ye hid the lion cubs in the warthog hole.
Before Chu Ye discovered this cave, it was really troublesome. Because lionesses have to hunt and take care of their cubs, there will obviously be some conflicts.
Moreover, when predators invade, it is still very dangerous if the lion cubs have no place to hide.
Chu Ye used to have the responsibility to take good care of these lion cubs after the lionesses went hunting. Before, he was always worried about the safety of the lion cubs and did not dare to patrol far away.
But, it's much better now. After Chu Ye discovered the warthog hole, he could let the lion cubs hide in it. Now, Chu Ye could patrol the territory with peace of mind.
Now that there is this cave, Chu Ye feels that he can go to the boundary of the territory to see. He hadn't visited the border of the territory for many days, and he didn't know what was happening on the border.
After Chu Ye hid the little lions, he walked towards the border of the territory.
He knew that there was a powerful lion pride on the east side of the territory. The leader of this lion group is called Arthur. He is a powerful male lion, weighing more than 300 kilograms. He is about eight years old, which is when a male lion is at its most powerful.
Arthur leads eight female lions and a dozen cubs, which is considered a powerful lion group.
Arthur's territory is also very large, about twenty square kilometers. It is larger than Chu Ye's territory.
Chu Ye didn't go to the border of the territory in the east for several days. Today, he wanted to go to the eastern boundary of the territory to see.
When Chu Ye walked to the eastern boundary of his territory, he strangely saw marks left by other lions in his territory.
Male lions use their own urine to mark their territory. The urine sprayed by the male lions will be left on some obvious terrains at the boundaries of the male lion's territory.
Chu Ye also used this method to mark his territory. But today, what made Chu Ye feel strange was that there was the smell of urine left by other lions in his territory.
Apparently another male lion had invaded his territory and left a mark inside. What is its purpose in doing this?
'Crap, what's going on? This is my territory, how come there are marks left by other lions. 'Chu Ye felt a little strange about this question for a moment.
Chu Ye carefully checked his territory and felt that within a few hundred meters of his territory, there were marks left by other lions.
In other words, a male lion invaded Chu Ye's territory and left his urine mark a few hundred meters inside. He was showing Chu Ye that this area was its territory.
After some investigation, Chu Ye finally understood what all this was about.
'I know. It must be the lion king of the lion group in the east. Seeing that he has not been patrolling here for many days, he secretly invaded his territory and added his territory to his sphere of influence. '
Chu Ye finally understood what was happening in front of him. All of this was because the lion king from the east wanted to expand his territory and occupied his own territory.
Regarding this point, Chu Ye can also understand why this lion king does this. Because it is the dry season, food is scarce. There are not many animals that can be hunted in the territory. Only by occupying a larger territory can it be possible to hunt more prey.
Generally speaking, a lion group can only occupy a larger territory if it is strong. If the strength of a lion group is not very good, it can only occupy a relatively small territory.
Powerful lion kings like Chu Ye and Arthur have relatively large territories. Chu Ye's territory reached fifteen or six square kilometers. The territory of Arthur's lion pride exceeds twenty square kilometers.
However, even with such a large territory, it is difficult for the entire lion group to hunt enough prey during the dry season.
Because in such a large territory, there are not many prey that the lions can hunt. It’s basically two animals, a warthog and a buffalo.
But these two animals are not easy to deal with. Although warthogs are relatively small and not very powerful, they are good at digging holes and often live in caves.
It is not easy for the lions to catch a warthog. Sometimes it is necessary to dig out the entire warthog cave to catch a warthog.
Although buffalo cannot dig holes, they can still show off their power in front of lions due to their powerful size.
If the lions want to hunt a buffalo, they need to go out with all their strength. Sometimes, it even takes a male lion to hunt an adult buffalo.
Moreover, every time lions hunt adult buffalo, it is very dangerous. Because the buffalo is huge and very strong. Moreover, this guy has a bad temper. If they unite together, no matter how many lions there are, they are no match.
Because of this, during the dry season, male lions always want to make their territories larger. Only by having a larger territory can you hunt more prey.
Arthur is such a male lion who wants to own a larger territory. Seeing that Chu Ye, a male lion, often does not come to the east of their territory, he wants to take the opportunity to invade some of Chu Ye's territory.
Although Arthur only extended his territory a few hundred meters into Chu Ye's territory. But for the Arthur pride, they already have an extra square kilometer or two.
Such a large area gives them more opportunities to hunt more prey. You must know that there are eight female lions and a dozen lion cubs in the Arthur pride, and they need a lot of food.
'This Arthur Lion is really domineering. He secretly occupied one or two square kilometers of our land. 'After Chu Ye learned about this situation, he was naturally a little angry at Arthur's behavior.
However, Chu Ye didn't want to start a war with Arthur right away because of this matter. He felt that he should be more generous. Isn't it just one or two square kilometers of land? It's nothing. He doesn't have to start a war with a lion because of this matter.
In this way, after Chu Ye learned about this, he temporarily adopted a tolerant attitude. He didn't want to start a war with Arthur just because of this matter. If that were the case, the two lion prides would not be able to coexist peacefully here.
Therefore, Chu Ye put the matter aside for the time being. After inspecting here for a while, he returned to his camp.
Chu Ye didn't take this matter to heart. But the next day, when the lionesses came back from hunting, Chu Ye saw that several lionesses had injuries, especially the injuries on Nika's body were more serious. The skin was bitten by some animal in several places, and blood flowed out.
Not only did they not catch prey, on the contrary, each one of them was injured. This is really strange.
As soon as he saw this situation, Chu Ye felt a little confused. He didn't understand what happened to these lionesses today, why all of them were injured.
