Beauty and the Beasts

“Squeaking” bug cries could be heard, as well as all sorts of sharp cries from birds coming from the forest. A light breeze of clean air with hints of raindrops blew. The five tigers and one wolf surrounded the leopard with a fierce disposition, but it didn’t seem abrupt at all despite the light-hearted environment.

 Bart looked at the leopard tauntingly. “Who’s going for it? We have to pick out a winner and let Rosa give a reward.”

 Parker’s eyes were shrouded in a layer of red. It was as if the entire world had been vandalized with blood.

 “Roar!” A tiger roared and dashed out toward the leopard.

 Now was the time!

 Parker took this opportunity to gather his power, pretend to pounce forth to meet the tiger beastman, but the instant he jumped up, his body turned in another direction, dashing toward the gap.

 With a “swoosh”, the leopard darted out of the circle at lightning speed. He was so fast that only a yellow afterimage could be seen.

 The tiger beastmen and Bart were all stunned. They exchanged glances and could see the same thing from each other’s gazes: So fast!

 By the time they came back to their senses, the leopard was already over ten meters away. They immediately gave chase.

 Bart’s countenance was grim, and he said in a deep voice, “Don’t blame me for not giving you guys a chance. I’m going for him myself.”

 After saying that, he transformed into his wolf form, overtaking the tiger beastmen at rapid speed, chasing after the leopard in front.

 Parker’s headache was getting increasingly intense, and he knew that he mustn’t run for long. Hearing the sounds behind him, his hind legs tapped onto the ground and he jumped up onto a tree branch.

 1Bart, right behind him, secretly cursed. Not again!

 Thankfully, this branch wasn’t high, and he was able to jump onto it as well. Bart’s eyes shone with a fierce gleam as if he was bent on success. His body firmed up and he jumped. He looked like he was about to pounce onto the leopard when the leopard turned and pounced down right after he had landed on the branch.

 The branch that Parker’s hind legs had exerted force on flicked intensely, and the leaves let out rustling sounds.

 Bart, at the bottom, was immediately put at a disadvantage. Although Parker was seriously injured, he was the one at a greater height and had also accumulated enough strength. He had pounced forth fiercely, and there was even a killing aura amongst the howling wind.

 “Growl!” Parker opened his mouth and took a bite. His sharp fangs gleamed in a sharp and cold light under the illumination of the sunlight that had been filtered by layers of tree leaves.

 The black wolf swung his claws and struck toward the leopard’s head. Parker immediately changed to bite toward the wolf’s leg.

 Given Parker’s bite, he would definitely be able to break the wolf’s leg. However, the power and reaction of a three-striped beastman weren’t something a two-striped beastman could compete against. Bart drew back his front leg from the leopard’s mouth with great agility and speed, and Parker’s fangs only managed to scratch his flesh.

 With a “bang”, the wolf’s back smashed into the ground and Parker stomped one leg down onto his chest, then pounced forth.

 Feeling giddy, Parker was unable to stabilize his landing, so he did a few somersaults before he staggered to stand up. Blood was coming out from his mouth, moistening the short fur by his mouth. His eyes were also so red that it seemed that blood was going to flow out from them.

 Parker was in a killing frenzy, forgetting what level his opponent was at, forgetting how many of them there were. All of the blood in his body was screaming for him to fight and to kill!

 He was going to bite any creature in front of him to death, and then live on!

 The tiger beastmen had rushed over. They saw the wolf beastman falling to the ground, and all of them sneered.

 Bart was enraged as he turned to land on his paws. “Wuu!” With a tearing howl, he pounced toward the leopard, who was also charging toward him fiercely.

 “Roar—!”

 In the next instant, both beastmen pounced toward each other. A deafening tiger roar then erupted, shaking the entire forest. The leaves rustled at the same frequency as the sound waves, and even the light rain in the air was swayed.

 The sound had only just reached this place when a white figure cut through the air and pounced toward the two beastmen who were about to meet each other. The two of them were sent flying.

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