One Swipe Each

As the saying went, wherever there were people, there was a world of martial intrigue.

The same held true for animals—wherever there were animals, there was a world of martial intrigue.

It was just that, unlike the human world, with its Blood Rain, flashing blades, schemes, and plots, the animal world was far simpler and more straightforward.

Big claws ate meat; cowards huddled up and ate dirt.

Zheng Qing felt that within five hundred meters, no cat had claws bigger than his—this was why he had dared to stand before that Forest Cat and stare it down so confidently.

Of course, staring at the Forest Cat did not mean he ignored what the other big cats were doing. Though his attention had indeed been fixed on the Forest Cat at first, as several figures moved at the edges of his vision, the black cat's ears twitched involuntarily.

It was an instinctive feline reaction.

The other big cats moved very lightly. Their paws made almost no sound on the damp ground. Not to mention the cold wind howling over the lake and rustling through the treetops, making the faint sounds beneath all that noise even harder to distinguish.

Fortunately, he was not actually a cat.

"Watch out! A cat's trying to ambush you from behind!" Li Meng's shriek tore through the stillness of the woods, sounding rather abrupt.

Bring it on!

Zheng Qing did not turn around. With a twitch of his ears, he heard the wind whistle behind his head. A nimble Russian Blue Cat had already pounced at the little black cat from behind and to the side.

Zheng Qing reacted quickly as well—turning to meet the attack was out of the question, since the largest Forest Cat was still watching him hungrily from the front. But ignoring it