Su Yanke's body swayed unsteadily, the sensation similar to that on the long - distance bus when she first descended the mountain.
It seemed that she had been transported from the boat to a vehicle. At this thought, she suddenly remembered Yuan Hexiao. She quickly looked around and spotted the familiar large iron cage behind her. Lying inside was none other than Yuan Hexiao.
Su Yanke walked to the edge of the cage. Just as she was about to wake Yuan Hexiao up, she saw him open his golden eyes.
To be honest, although Su Yanke knew that the tiger in front of her was Yuan Hexiao, she still couldn't adapt to it immediately. Being stared at by a big tiger, she couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
But the look in his eyes gradually became familiar, and Su Yanke gradually got used to it.
Su Yanke wanted to ask if he felt uncomfortable, but she could only let out animal roars. They couldn't communicate at all. Just as Su Yanke was getting anxious, her palm felt hot. She saw the mark of the purple - copper coin fade a bit.
At this moment, Su Yanke's head throbbed sharply, but the intense pain disappeared in just a breath. Then, a familiar voice rang out in Su Yanke's mind.
"A Yan, what's wrong with you?"
The moment this voice sounded, the tiger's roar also echoed.
Su Yanke looked up at Yuan Hexiao, who was anxiously ramming into the iron cage. A strange idea popped into Su Yanke's mind.
Could she communicate with Yuan Hexiao through brainwaves?
Thinking of this, Su Yanke wanted to verify it.
"Yuan Hexiao, Yuan Hexiao, I'm Su Yanke. Can you hear me?"
Su Yanke saw the tiger opposite pause for a moment. She knew there was hope. She then explained her speculation to Yuan Hexiao.
"Just now, the purple - copper coin in my palm suddenly got hot. Then my head hurt, and then I could hear your voice."
Yuan Hexiao was silent for a short while and then said, "Is it the thing in the valley at that time?"
"Yes, it is."
"I think our current situation must be related to it."
Su Yanke nodded, indicating her agreement.
But now they didn't know how to solve the problem. And the most important thing was that they had no idea where they were being transported to and what would happen to them next. These were all unknowns.
Su Yanke thought for a while and said to him, "The people we saw before we passed out were poachers. To maximize their profits, they will most likely sell us to a circus."
Before Yuan Hexiao could reply, the vehicle stopped. The car door opened the next moment; it was a convertible.
Fortunately, it was early morning and the sun hadn't risen yet. Su Yanke's eyes weren't overly stimulated, and she could see the surrounding environment relatively clearly.
It was a particularly large yard, about the size of two high - school playgrounds. There were dense trees all around, and the ground was made of cement. One area was particularly eye - catching: a dark - red cement floor.
There were also many animals and strange wooden products in the yard. Su Yanke suddenly saw a familiar wooden product, a squeeze cage. She had seen it in the carpentry books her father bought.
All the animals here were wearing iron rings and were trapped in one place.
At this time, many people appeared. They surrounded the vehicle and sized up Su Yanke and the others.
"This tiger took us a lot of effort to catch. It's definitely a top - quality product. And this lion, we've made all the arrangements. It's definitely easy to control. There's something installed in its body. If it doesn't obey, you just press this button, and it will work for sure."
After that, they discussed for a while and finally made up their minds. They wanted to buy, but they only wanted the tiger and not the lion.
Su Yanke was immediately anxious. They couldn't be separated!
Immediately, the people here stepped forward and pushed the iron cage where Yuan Hexiao was in out of the vehicle.
Yuan Hexiao also didn't want to be separated. He roared loudly in the cage and rammed his body against the iron door forcefully. Soon, there were bloodstains on his body.
When this scene appeared, the buyer frowned and said, "It's bleeding even before the training starts. Will it even survive until the performance? This won't do, this won't do."
The seller immediately panicked and quickly started to promote the advantages of the tiger. Now that the crackdown was strict, there were very few wild large - sized animals. They were sincere, and there was no bad product.
After some kind words of persuasion, the buyer reluctantly accepted the tiger, but there was no hope for the lion.
Su Yanke was so anxious that she ran around in the cage. Just as the car door was about to close again, a huge creature appeared in the yard.
Su Yanke took a closer look. It was an old elephant, being driven in. It slowly walked onto the dark - red cement floor.
Then the person leading the old elephant walked to the buyer's side and said a few words. Then Su Yanke found that the car door was lowered again.
"It seems they're changing their minds," Yuan Hexiao's voice sounded in Su Yanke's mind.
At this time, she saw some people take out some wooden sticks and fix the old elephant. Then, a scene that made Su Yanke freeze appeared.
She saw a person take out a saw. With one swift movement, the entire face of the old elephant was cut off. Blood spurted out like a fountain, staining the ground bright red. It turned out that the floor there was dyed red by blood!
The elephant wanted to struggle violently in pain, but its body was restricted. It couldn't even struggle.
It could only die from blood loss in extreme pain.
At this time, no one cared whether the elephant was dead or not. They all took out their knives and carefully peeled the ivory from the cut - off face.
Before Su Yanke could recover from this bloody scene, she saw a baby elephant walk out from the other side and be driven into the squeeze cage. The people beside it started to whip it hard with sickles, axes, and spiked sticks.
Su Yanke really wanted to save them and make humans stop torturing them, but she was powerless now. A sense of helplessness engulfed her.
Yuan Hexiao noticed that something was wrong with Su Yanke. He shouted loudly, but Su Yanke didn't respond.
When Su Yanke came to her senses, she had been taken to a strange place.
Before Su Yanke could take in the surrounding environment, the door of the cage was opened.
Outside the cage was also a strange place, very large, like a bigger cage.
As soon as Su Yanke walked out of the cage, a stench hit her nostrils.
Soon, a dangerous aura came from behind. Su Yanke instinctively rolled to the side. Only then did she see that it was a gray wolf.
The gray wolf was covered in blood. Its eyes were bright red. She also found the corpses of other animals around. It seemed that they were all the work of this gray wolf.
The gray wolf's sneak attack failed, so it launched a direct frontal attack. It pounced forward. Although Su Yanke was no longer human, almost instinctively, with her martial arts skills and the flexibility and explosive power of the lion's body, she not only dodged the attack but also seriously injured the gray wolf.
At this time, a cheer rang out. Su Yanke looked up and only then realized where she was.
This was a colosseum. Beast - fighting was an ancient and bloody activity where two beasts fought until one of them died.
And she was now a participant in this beast - fighting.
Whether it was because she had been too ruthless just now or the gray wolf had exhausted too much energy in previous battles, in any case, the gray wolf never got up again. It seemed that she had won this round.
Su Yanke didn't dare to relax at all. She knew that next would be her battle with another animal, and she had no idea from which hole it would appear.
And where was Yuan Hexiao now? Would he also be fighting a fierce beast like her?
Just as this thought crossed Su Yanke's mind, she saw a black shadow dart out. It was actually a leopard.
What kind of place was this? Why were there so many fierce beasts?
Su Yanke warily observed the leopard's movements, and the leopard was also sizing her up.
Just as Su Yanke wanted to change her defensive position, the leopard moved. As expected of a leopard, its speed was extraordinary. Su Yanke narrowly dodged it.
In the midst of the chaos, she managed to land a claw strike. The leopard yelped in pain and didn't attack for a while.
After that, they circled around each other, and neither of them took the initiative to attack. The spectators were not satisfied. Had they spent so much money just to watch the beasts play hide - and - seek?
They loudly complained and asked the boss to add some new excitement, or they would ask for a refund.
The boss had no choice but to come up with an idea. He would add a few more animals to the colosseum for a multi - beast melee. This finally calmed down the irate spectators.
Su Yanke was so angry that she was about to burst into flames. One animal was already a handful for her, and now there would be more. How could she handle it?
The familiar sound of a door opening rang out. A huge black figure walked out, a big black bear.
Another sound came from behind Su Yanke. A golden figure walked out. Su Yanke felt a strange sense of familiarity wash over her.
"A Yan?"
Su Yanke was stunned. It was really Yuan Hexiao. He was here too!
Su Yanke couldn't describe her feelings at this moment. They were very complicated. Before she could fully understand them, she saw Yuan Hexiao move.
Yuan Hexiao pounced on the leopard that was trying to sneak attack Su Yanke from behind and pinned it to the ground.
It turned out that the leopard had seen Su Yanke with her back turned and wanted to take revenge for the claw strike. Unexpectedly, Yuan Hexiao directly pounced on it and pinned it down, making it unable to move.
At this time, the black bear beside them also wanted to join in. Su Yanke stepped forward and swiped with her claw, directly tearing a large gash in the black bear's left leg.
The black bear yelped in pain and rolled to the ground.
Only then did Su Yanke look at Yuan Hexiao. She found that the leopard under Yuan Hexiao was gone, and Yuan Hexiao's situation was not right.
"Be careful, there's a snake!"
When Su Yanke heard Yuan Hexiao say there was a snake, she saw two small holes on Yuan Hexiao's hind leg. Yuan Hexiao had been bitten!
Suddenly, Su Yanke heard a hissing sound in her ear. She leaped suddenly. With the strength of the lion's muscles and the bonus of her martial arts skills, she jumped really high. There were exclamations from the spectator stands. The audience all said they had never seen a lion with such good jumping ability.
When Su Yanke landed, she found that the snake's pattern was extremely colorful. Bright - colored snakes seemed to be poisonous. What about Yuan Hexiao...
Thinking of this, Su Yanke couldn't help but look at Yuan Hexiao. Sure enough, Yuan Hexiao's leg had already started to tremble.
What should she do? Even if they won this battle, Yuan Hexiao would die from the snake venom. What should she do, what should she do?
The other animals also began to surround them, and the situation became tense.