Chapter 324: The Lynx Kitten

Xiao Yi could have reached the lynx kitten first, but this dodge seriously slowed his advance.

Letting the rough-legged hawk arrive at the lynx kitten first—admittedly, both rough-legged hawks knew how to seize the moment.

“Mmm! Mmm!”

At this moment, the lynx kitten also noticed the scene; its short limbs frantically scraped at the snow, trying to stop itself and respond to the crisis, but it was clearly useless.

At the same time, the rough-legged hawk instantly flew over and clamped its talons tightly onto the lynx kitten, then tried to lift it into the sky.

As for Xiao Yi, still gliding, he naturally saw this scene and silently cursed his bad luck.

If that little thing was truly carried into the sky, it would be gone for good—it could even be killed by the fall.

Fortunately, there was one good thing: the rough-legged hawk that had been harassing Xiao Yi, overexerting itself, could only glide farther away to dissipate its momentum, leaving it unable to interfere with Xiao Yi’s rescue for now.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

“...”

“...”

But the next scene left everyone stunned: the rough-legged hawk, after grabbing the lynx kitten’s back, tried to fly upward.

Perhaps due to the lynx kitten’s weight, or perhaps because the downward force from its glide was simply too great.

The rough-legged hawk couldn’t lift the lynx kitten right away.

In fact, under the lynx kitten’s tug, it flapped its wings and slid along with it for a long distance.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but smile wryly—but this gave him the time he needed to rescue it.

Of course, not just Xiao Yi—the online viewers in the livestream were also laughing out loud in front of their screens.

Though they knew the lynx kitten was in danger and shouldn’t be laughing, this scene was simply... too funny.

“Cough, I’m going to die laughing—this rough-legged hawk must be a total idiot hawk!”

“Hahaha, seeing this, I’ve decided to stop dieting. Turns out being a bit fat isn’t so bad—at least it’s safer.”

“Is that fat? We’re just muscular! The lynx kitten didn’t eat all that meat for nothing.”

“When that rough-legged hawk harassed Xiao Shen, I thought the lynx kitten was done. Now it looks like the hawk just gave us a chance to rescue it.”

“Come on, the lynx kitten’s still in danger! Everyone, focus on its safety!”

“Yes! Xiao Shen, hurry over!”

Of course, as the viewers said, the lynx kitten was still in danger.

Though this accident had thrown the rough-legged hawk into disarray.

But soon, the hawk adapted to the downward force and prepared to flap its wings again and take off with the lynx kitten.

Yet this brief window was enough for Xiao Yi to reach the lynx kitten’s side.

“Mmm! Mmm!”

At this point, the lynx kitten had almost given up—it felt its whole body lifting into the air, and even sensed the breath of death.

But just as the rough-legged hawk began to lift the lynx kitten, even as it rose to half Xiao Yi’s height, Xiao Yi arrived.

He swung his wooden spear directly toward the rough-legged hawk.

Seeing Xiao Yi right before it, the lynx kitten, despite the pain in its back, struggled even harder—it saw hope of survival.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

But to Xiao Yi’s frustration, just as he swung his spear at the hawk in front of him, a second sound came from behind—another rough-legged hawk launched a surprise attack.

Forced to retract his strike, Xiao Yi swung his spear toward the source of the sound behind him.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

The hawk behind sensed the danger and immediately pulled upward to evade Xiao Yi’s swing.

There was no choice: though Xiao Yi was desperate to rescue the lynx kitten, he had to ensure his own safety first.

If he were grabbed or struck by that hawk, he wouldn’t escape unscathed—even serious injury was possible.

As Xiao Yi swung his spear backward, the first hawk lifted the lynx kitten to Xiao Yi’s full height.

This time, Xiao Yi didn’t hesitate—he swung his spear again at the hawk.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

Seeing Xiao Yi’s wooden spear coming, the hawk panicked and even tried to drop the lynx kitten to flee alone.

“Thud!”

“Chir...”

Xiao Yi’s spear struck the hawk squarely, followed by a cry of agony.

Then the hawk and the lynx kitten tumbled together down the mountain.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but exhale in relief.

He knew that if the lynx kitten and the hawk didn’t die together in the fall, they’d likely be safe.

But this chase had brought Xiao Yi straight to the foot of the mountain; seeing this, he used his wooden spear to slow his descent.

“Mmm! Mmm!”

“Chirp! Chirp!”

As Xiao Yi stopped, the lynx kitten regained consciousness and immediately rolled over to bite the hawk.

Then came the hawk’s pained cries, and feathers were torn away.

Clearly, during the glide, the lynx kitten had had no chance to fight back—it couldn’t even control its own body. But now was different.

Now the lynx kitten could stand firm, and its own weight and strength weren’t inferior to the hawk’s.

Added to that, Xiao Yi’s earlier strike had mostly landed on the hawk, leaving it severely wounded—now it was no match for the lynx kitten.

Of course, Xiao Yi had held back during that swing; otherwise, the hawk wouldn’t have just been seriously injured.

The hawk and the lynx kitten might both have been killed by that single strike.

Of course, the earlier danger had clearly awakened the lynx kitten’s ferocity.

Now the little creature relentlessly tore at the hawk, ignoring the wounds on its belly from the hawk’s talons.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi didn’t intervene—if the lynx kitten could kill this hawk, it would greatly aid its growth.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

Unfortunately, one creature didn’t want this fight to continue.

The rough-legged hawk that had ambushed Xiao Yi now saw the scene and tried to attack the lynx kitten to rescue the wounded hawk.

But how could Xiao Yi not be watching for that hawk?

As the hawk glided toward the lynx kitten, Xiao Yi hurled his wooden spear straight into the air.

Now that they’d reached the foot of the mountain, he no longer needed the spear to maintain balance.

“Whoosh!”

The spear shot through the air like a blade, instantly streaking toward the hawk.

“Chirp! Chirp!”

The rush of wind behind it alerted the hawk to danger; it shrieked and pulled sharply upward.

Xiao Yi’s thrown spear skimmed just beneath the hawk’s belly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi felt no disappointment—this creature was fast, and not a massive beast like a brown bear; failing to kill it was acceptable.

Still, Xiao Yi quickly ran toward the lynx kitten and stood guard around the two fighting creatures.