Chapter 77: Deliver a Leopard Cub (1/2)
Translator: Soldier
All of a sudden.
”Roar–”
A pained roar mixed with some kind of deep groan came.
Zhou Feiyu turned his head aside, gave a glimpse at that cage and asked in a cold, deep voice, ”How's it going?”
”It's been four hours, but the cub still hasn't been delivered yet. The roar of the male leopard has a stimulative effect on the female one, but the male leopard is exhausted... ” a medic reported to Zhou Feiyu respectfully.
Yun Wu walked forward and saw what was going on in that cell.
The area of the cell was over twenty square meters, but at this moment, it was filled with smell of blood.
A crimson leopard restrained by giant iron manacles was lying prostrate on the ground, blood all over its body. It stared squarely at Yun Wu and the others, who were standing outside the cell, with its ferocious eyes, letting out deep, weak growls.
Though it was covered in blood, it still looked fierce and aggressive.
Not far away behind, there was a magenta leopard the belly of which was round. The lower part of its body was bloody. It was also lying prostrate on the ground, deep and pained roars issuing from its mouth.
It was giving birth to a cub?
Seeing this scene, Yun Wu couldn't help slightly raising her eyebrows.
But judging from how that female leopard looked, the birth-giving process didn't seem to be going very well.
Zhou Feiyu glimpsed at the male leopard and said callously, ”Go get another bowl of blood from the male leopard.”
Hearing this, the medic was clearly stunned. In a somewhat hesitant, low voice, he said, ”The male leopard is already too weak. If we take blood from it once again, it might–”
However, before the medic could finish his sentence, Zhou Feiyu's icy eyes darted to him, ”Are you questioning my order?”
”I don't dare!” a cold shiver of fear ran through the medic, who immediately lowered his head and knelt down to the ground on his knees.
Zhou Feiyu gave him a cold sideways glance. Then he twisted his head aside and glanced at the four soldiers on the side, ”Move!”
“Yes!”
Carrying tools serving the purpose of keeping magic beasts under control, the four soldiers opened the door of the cell and walked towards that crimson leopard.
”Roar–Roar–”
The moment the four soldiers went inside, the crimson leopard growled at them and struggled to its feet, arching its back in an offensive stance.
But it was manacled, exhausted and covered in wounds.
And the four soldiers were veterans. Keeping a fairly long distance from the crimson leopard, they pressed its neck and limbs against the ground with long tongs.
The crimson leopard was in a bad condition, so it was soon immobilized, growling repeatedly.
”Roar–Roar–”
Seeing what the male leopard was going through, the female leopard roared. There was anger and despair in the roar. It tried to stand up but fell to the ground several times, its lower body bleeding continuously.
”Roar–”
The roar sounded furious, unreconciled and desperate...
Seeing this, Yun Wu slightly frowned.
The look in Zhou Feiyu's eyes were completely cold and no signs of other emotions could be seen on his face. He noticed that Yun Wu was frowning and with that a smile appeared on his solemn face, ”What's wrong? Are you pitying it?”
Pitying it?
In this world where the strong preyed on the weak, sympathy was redundant. Besides, she had come here with intent to kill magic beasts to get their blood.
But what was happening in the cell made Yun Wu somewhat uncomfortable.
Soon, the four soldiers got a bowl of blood.
The male leopard was lying on the ground, breathing weakly, but it was still staring at them with an extremely angry look in its ferocious eyes, as if it was trying to protect the female leopard behind it.
”Drink it. You've seen it with your own eyes, so there's no need for you to suspect that I've put something into it,” Zhou Feiyu looked at Yun Wu and said with a bland smile.
At Zhou Feiyu's signal, those soldiers, who were carrying the bowl of blood, walked up to Yun Wu and handed the bowl to her.
Watching the blood in the bowl, Yun Wu raised her head and darted a cold glance at Zhou Feiyu, but there was no gratitude in her eyes. Instead, her look was somewhat cold.
This man was definitely someone who would do anything to get what he wanted.
But Yun Wu still stretched out her hand, took the bowl and gulped the blood down in front of all these people.
The smile on Zhou Feiyu's face grew bigger when he saw this.
After drinking the blood, Yun Wu didn't return the bowl to that soldier but casually tossed it aside.
Ignoring the look on Zhou Feiyu's face, Yun Wu slowly walked past that soldier and went inside the cell.
”Girl, it's dangerous... ” a soldier at the doorway hurriedly tried to stop her.
Yun Wu darted an icy glance at him with her purple eyes and he was stunned. When he collected himself, she was already in the cell.
”Roar... ” the male leopard's eyes reddened with anger and it tried to stand up.
With her back to those people outside the cell, Yun Wu crouched in front of the male leopard and looked it in the eyes, her purple eyes shimmering with a faint purple light.
”Easy. I've come here to help you. Since I drank your blood, you may think of this as me returning the favor.”
She didn't know whether it could understand her or not, but surprisingly, with the hypnotic effect of Yun Wu's Soul Chain Technique, the male leopard, which had been struggling to stand up, gradually relaxed.
It stared at Yun Wu and the look in its eyes switched from angry to vigilant, to suspicious, and eventually the leopard uttered a low groan...
”Relax. Have a good sleep. Everything will be done when you wake up,” Yun Wu stretched out her hand and slowly stroked the leopard's head, saying in a gentle voice.
When Yun Wu touched it, the male leopard growled, but after that, it relaxed. Slowly, it closed its eyes, as if it had been hypnotized...