Chapter 6: Gnawing the Little Lion

After confirming the target, Chen Mo unapologetically approached the herd of black‑spotted antelopes.

The antelopes naturally sensed Chen Mo's movement, but after seeing that it was only a young lion, they paid no heed.

Chen Mo felt a secret joy.

Relying on his "harmless" young‑lion image, these foolish antelopes indeed did not flee at once!

Only after entering hunting range did the young lion suddenly leap, launching an attack on one of the relatively frail antelopes! The startled antelope tried to flee, but it was already too late.

Chen Mo knocked it down and immediately slashed a wound across its body with his claw.

He then let it struggle free.

As Chen Mo had expected, the other antelopes scattered and fled.

The wounded antelope, terrified, fled in panic without direction.

Chen Mo entered the Raging Surge State and gave chase.

He knocked it down again, simultaneously carving a bloody slash across the antelope's belly.

After three or four repetitions, the frail antelope slowed more and more, finally collapsing to the ground and gradually ceasing to breathe.

The Bleeding Flow tactic won its first battle! Chen Mo began to feast on the prey.

Yet while it was gorging itself, a familiar lion roar sounded again from not far away.

The red‑maned male lion from yesterday reappeared!

Compared with yesterday, Chen Mo was calmer, quickly swallowing a mouthful of flesh and blood, then grabbing a lamb leg and bolting.

Before fleeing, Chen Mo even flipped the male lion the middle finger, silently thinking—

"This grudge, I, Chen Mo, have noted!"

"Roar!"

The male lion chased again, but the outcome changed little, leaving only a series of impotent angry roars across the plain.

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At noon, the empty‑handed Ai Sha returned to the "Little Nest".

Its gaze was very desolate.

When the lion brother tossed food to it yesterday, it felt both excitement and a hint of shame.

The lame brother had caught prey, but it had not.

So at the faint dawn, Ai Sha set out to hunt.

However, reality was cruel.

All morning, it not only failed to catch any prey, but also exhausted a great deal of stamina; its stomach growled, and the antelope leg the brother brought yesterday was essentially wasted!

Yet just as it returned to the "Little Nest", it saw its own lame brother toss another antelope leg, only half‑eaten, to it.

This antelope leg was even larger than yesterday's!

Ai Sha:??? It stared at its brother with a surprised look, unable to comprehend how it managed that!?

After tossing the antelope leg to lion sister, Chen Mo squinted and prepared to sleep.

A young lion needs ample sleep.

Now that lion sister is back, it can have a good rest.

Watching the little lion instantly fall asleep not far away, Ai Sha felt a warm glow in the heart.

Having such a brother seems rather nice.

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The next morning.

When Chen Mo prepared to hunt, Ai Sha followed.

Today it wanted to hunt together with its brother.

But Chen Mo refused.

It feared that the male lion might be guarding that meadow today.

Although ordinary male lions may lack such wit, the lions in the pride he previously stayed with seemed quite intelligent. Better safe than sorry.

If that male lion truly waited in ambush, Chen Mo could easily shake off its pursuit, but lion sister could not.

When they were in the pride, lion sister treated it well, and Chen Mo didn't want anything to happen to it.

Seeing its brother refuse to let it follow and then burst into a speed it could not match, Ai Sha, surprised, had no choice but to search for prey nearby alone.

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Back at the green meadow near the water source, Chen Mo saw no sign of the male lion.

With increasingly proficient hunting skills, he captured another black‑spotted antelope.

And while he was gorging, the red‑haired male lion from yesterday arrived again as promised.

Chen Mo deftly grabbed the antelope leg and ran.

However this time, the male lion only gave a symbolic chase, then returned to the largely intact antelope carcass and began eating contentedly.

He couldn't catch up, and each time this young lion was driven away, it left behind fresh prey that hadn't been finished.

That seemed rather nice.

The male lion even seemed to have grown fond of this effortless gain.

But this must not be let other lions know; it's a disgrace to the lion.

Thus, a week passed.

Chen Mo hunted on the green meadow every day.

Wild rabbits, juvenile warthogs, black‑spotted antelopes—under his astonishing speed, these ordinary herbivores could hardly escape.

And the male lion seemed to tacitly accept Chen Mo's presence, only driving him away each time when it had eaten half.

Chen Mo understood this male lion's intention; the creature wanted to get something without effort!

This also made Chen Mo bear a deep grudge against the male lion.

He silently thought:

"When I have grown stronger, I will definitely make this male lion know why the flowers are so red!"

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In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Shi Jie Aisha's perception of her own lion brother underwent a huge change.

In the few days after leaving the lion pride, it was in a state of extreme anxiety and panic every day.

Now at noon each day, when "going home," Aisha finds that her brother somehow pulls out a portion of meat and throws it in front of her.

This causes it to eat even more each day than it did while staying in the pride! After four consecutive days of hunting with no catch, Aisha also gave up hunting herself.

Normally, a six‑month‑old female lion only begins to attempt hunting; for Aisha, who is not yet three months old, trying to hunt successfully on her own is as hard as scaling the heavens.

Now Aisha sleeps under the tree until she naturally wakes each day, then calmly waits for her brother's feeding.

If she goes hunting herself, not only does she catch nothing, but also expends a lot of stamina, resulting in getting hungry even faster. She has already calmly accepted that she has become a "brother‑gnawing lion."

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Because he eats a lot of meat each day, within just a week Chen Mo's physique visibly grew a whole circle larger.

But those are not the most important.

On the seventh day, after Chen Mo finished gnawing half a wild rabbit, he finally completed the last day of the 【Gluttonous Lion】 self‑discipline.

【You have completed the self‑discipline challenge 【Gluttonous Lion】 (white). Equip it?】 After mentally selecting "Yes," the familiar electric current appeared again, but this time Chen Mo felt no change in his body.

"Is it that one must eat meat to work?"

Chen Mo formed a hypothesis in his mind and immediately took a bite of the unfinished rabbit leg.

This time, after he swallowed the flesh and blood, he could clearly feel his body digesting the nutrients and energy in the meat at an astonishing speed!

When Chen Mo completely ate the wild rabbit, he felt a surge of heat flow through his body.

Strength… seems to have increased!

(End of chapter)