mesbooks Chapter 8 Racing Competition
Chapter 8 Racing Competition
"Knock knock knock!!"
The rooster's powerful long legs stomped on the damp mud, splashing up tiny water droplets.
The distance between the rooster and the antelope has been reduced to less than 200 meters.
The participants who chose the antelope sensed the crisis and tried to urge the antelope to speed up, but the antelope, which had been running for fifty kilometers, was already exhausted.
Finally, the rooster used the branches by the roadside to push off with both feet and successfully overtook the antelope, rushing to second place.
"Um?"
Archer, observing the leaderboard, felt a sinking feeling when he saw the rooster rise another spot.
If the chicken is allowed to continue its pursuit, not only will Wu Yu lose his lead, but he will also gain a large number of points again.
The 400 points Wu Yu earned in the last knowledge competition allowed his rooster speed to improve to this extent.
If he were to gain more points to strengthen the rooster, Archer felt he could see the rooster take to the sky tomorrow.
Archer glanced at the animals following behind the rooster.
Cheetahs have gone from running to walking, antelopes are no longer a threat, brown bears are somewhat of a threat, but less so than roosters.
Apart from these three animals, the rest of the animals were left far behind.
"We must deal with it immediately!" A ruthless glint flashed in Archer's eyes as he ascertained the basic situation, and he immediately issued an order to his native species, the bald eagle:
"After flying out of the rainforest, rest and replenish your strength. Kill the rooster once it enters the desert!"
The rainforest terrain is very disadvantageous to the bald eagles, as the presence of tree canopies prevents them from taking advantage of their strengths.
It's best to find an open area before taking any action.
A dozen minutes later.
The rooster is about to run out of the rainforest.
Wu Yu noticed that the bald eagle, which was at the top of the leaderboard, hadn't moved, and a sense of vigilance arose in his heart.
The moment the rooster stepped out of the rainforest and into the desert terrain.
The bald eagle, already prepared, locked its sights on the rooster sprinting through the forest below.
The bald eagle folded its wings and swooped down like lightning, its sharp talons aimed straight for the rooster's back!
The rooster also saw the bald eagle swooping down. Just as the eagle's talons were about to touch it, it suddenly leaped backward, using the momentum to push off a thick tree trunk, and its whole body retreated backward.
"Sizzle!"
The bald eagle's talons grazed the rooster's back, tearing off only a few black feathers.
Archer didn't expect the rooster to react so quickly.
"Chase after them and keep attacking!"
The bald eagle pulled up again, preparing for its second dive.
However, the dense canopy of the rainforest greatly restricts the flight path of the bald eagle.
Wu Yu knew that once they entered the desert, his rooster would be easy prey for the bald eagle, so he simply left the rooster in the rainforest.
Archer felt a growing anxiety as he watched the motionless rooster and the antelope, cheetah, and brown bear closing in on the leaderboard.
The desert road is flat and unobstructed, stretching as far as the eye can see, making it an excellent hunting ground for bald eagles.
But now the rooster is hiding and won't come out. If we can't snipe the rooster in the desert terrain, it will be even harder to stop it in the terrain behind.
"If that's the case, then let's die together!"
Archer, seeing the antelope that had run out first, immediately ordered, "Kill it!"
At Archer's command, the bald eagles circling over the desert immediately changed their target, their sharp eyes locking onto the antelope that had just emerged from the rainforest.
The antelope, its hooves pounding the sand, was about to accelerate when a dark shadow darted down its slopes.
"Hey!"
The antelope was eager to turn around, but the bald eagle seemed to have anticipated this.
Before the antelope could turn around and run away...
"Pfft!!"
The sharp eagle claws dug deep into the antelope's back, and blood gushed from the hole.
The bald eagle, having gained the upper hand, did not rush to kill the antelope. Instead, it watched from the sky as the wounded antelope ran around in all directions.
Just as the antelope was exhausted, the bald eagle swooped down again, this time aiming its talons at the antelope's neck.
"Pfft!!"
Another ear-piercing sound of muscle tearing.
The antelope, its neck gripped tightly by the eagle's talons, was carried into the air by the bald eagle.
When it reached a height of four meters, the bald eagle loosened its talons, and the antelope fell straight to the ground, lifeless.
With the death of the antelope, another animal has been removed from the list.
As the antelope died, the cheetah and the brown bear also arrived at the boundary between the rainforest and the desert.
Wu Yu looked at Antora and the participants from Australia, and the three of them exchanged glances and instantly reached an agreement.
Archer's bald eagle is guarding this place like a gatekeeper; if this bald eagle isn't dealt with, no one can get any points.
Even with their high defense, brown bears can't withstand the constant harassment from bald eagles, so forming an alliance is the only way out.
Wu Yu's rooster took the lead and suddenly rushed out of the rainforest!
Its two long claws quickly pushed off the ground, unleashing its fastest speed since the start of the competition.
"Trying to run?" Archer sneered, ordering the bald eagles to take flight and ambush the rooster.
Just as the bald eagle swooped down, a lithe yellow figure pounced on it like an arrow.
The brown bear then launched its attack.
"They've teamed up?" Archer immediately understood the situation. "Even if they team up, they'll still die!"
The bald eagle reacted extremely quickly, trying to pull itself up to avoid the attack, but the brown bear, which had been poised for a long time, charged in and slammed a giant paw into its lower abdomen.
The bald eagle let out a piercing cry of pain, its body swaying violently in the air, and a few blood-stained feathers drifted down.
The bald eagle, writhing in pain, hovered in mid-air, its body contorted with agony, too afraid to launch another attack.
Wu Yu and the other two didn't argue and ran side by side toward the finish line.
Archer thought that after this collaboration, Wu Yu and the others would go their separate ways, but he didn't expect them to be "stuck" together.
This means that bald eagles will be unable to attack during the later desert phase.
Most importantly, the bald eagle is now injured, so its speed will likely be slower than before during the rest of the journey.
[Brilliant! Three against one, perfect teamwork!]
The only flaw is that it's too perfect!
The bald eagle is injured, which will definitely affect its speed, so it's really hard to say who will win the race this time.
[USA: Shit! What is Archer doing?]
[Beautiful Country: Kangaroo Country, you actually cooperate with Bear Country and Xia Country!]
Australia: We want points, not threats.
[The US: Oh!!!]
By the time they escaped the desert, the rankings on the leaderboard had changed to:
Rooster (Xia Kingdom)
Brown bear (from the Russian bear country)
Cheetah (Australia)
Bald eagle (Beautiful Country)
......
There is only one finish line in a speed race, rankings determine points, and points mean survival capital for the next round.
The moment they burst out of the desert, the unstable alliance shattered instantly.
The four animals ran as fast as they could towards the finish line.
With only two kilometers left to go, the live stream chat was flooded with messages from Xia Guo and others who were expected to finish in the top three and earn points.