“Hiss!” On the mountain peak.
Even from a great distance, Gale couldn’t help but gasp at the sight.
Although Gale had suspected that some powerful predator might be hidden in the depths of this lake.
However, he never imagined that such a terrifying predator would be lurking there.
Keep in mind that the Tyrannosaurus was over ten meters long.
While this size was nothing compared to the top-tier Kong and Skullcrawlers on Skull Island, it was definitely a rare and powerful predator otherwise.
Yet, such a powerful Tyrannosaurus was dragged into the depths of the lake in a single bite, before it even had time to struggle.
And judging from that fleeting glimpse of its size just now.
That crocodile-like creature’s body was likely nearly thirty meters long; even the Tyrannosaurus looked small in front of it, appearing as if it could be swallowed in one gulp.
This was definitely a terrifying behemoth!
The lake before him was likely its habitat.
The other creatures around the lake were now nearly scared to death, fleeing far away and looking back at the lake with expressions of terror.
Even the Tyrannosaurus Rex that had just been fighting with the Tyrannosaurus looked fearful and didn’t dare approach the lake again.
It wasn’t until quite a while later that some creatures gradually mustered the courage to approach the shore to drink, but none dared enter the water.
On the distant mountain peak, Gale, who was watching the situation, also slowly calmed down.
Although the crocodile-like behemoth from just now was terrifying, Gale felt that it shouldn’t pose too much of a threat to him.
First of all, given his size, he might not even catch the eye of such a behemoth.
Secondly, the behemoth’s habitat was certainly in the depths of the lake, and once it emerged, its massive size would make it impossible to hide.
In that case, Gale would only need to stay in the shallow areas at the edge of the lake for his future hunting.
As long as he didn’t venture into the deep water areas of the lake, his safety would remain relatively high.
As for if the behemoth actually came out to hunt and go on a rampage, Gale could just flee; as long as he was faster than the other creatures, he would be perfectly safe.
Looking at it from another perspective, having such a powerful behemoth inhabiting the lake might not necessarily be a bad thing for Gale.
For example, if he encountered an overwhelmingly powerful enemy, he could dive straight into the lake and see how many enemies would dare to follow him down.
If they really dared to pursue, Gale would lead them into the depths of the lake and see who was unlucky enough to be targeted by the behemoth.
Furthermore, any enemy Gale couldn’t defeat would likely be larger than him.
In the depths of the lake, those larger creatures would certainly be more likely to attract the behemoth’s attention.
Thinking about it this way, Gale suddenly felt that the behemoth’s presence wasn’t such a bad thing for him after all.
“Flap flap flap flap—” At this moment, another mysterious sound echoed from the distant mountain forest to the right of the lake.
“What is that?!” Gale looked over at the sound and saw dense black dots suddenly surging from the forest like a tide, blotting out the sun as they swarmed through the sky toward him.
As they flew closer, Gale realized it was actually a swarm of locusts.
But these locusts were terrifyingly large, each one over half a meter long.
The locusts flew in massive swarms, a dark mass that seemed endless, making it impossible to tell how many there were.
Soon, behind the locusts, another group of creatures appeared; they were bat-like but massive, with green wings spanning over two meters.
“Icarus Wings.” Gale recognized these giant bat-like creatures.
Because this creature had appeared in the Skull Island movie from his previous life, where it was named Icarus Wings, also known as Leaf-wings.
Leaf-wings resemble bats but are huge, with a wingspan of nearly two meters, and their wings are green, almost the same color as ordinary leaves, making them excellent at camouflaging in the forest.
There were many Leaf-wings, estimated to be in the thousands, chasing and preying on the Giant Locusts.
But soon, even these Leaf-wings began to flee in panic.
Because an even more powerful aerial predator had appeared, targeting the Leaf-wings as prey.
It was a flock of Pterosaurs, with wingspans of seven or eight meters, and the largest among them had a wingspan of over ten meters.
This was a shocking sight.
It was also a rare visual feast.
Leaf-wings preying on Giant Locusts.
Pterosaurs preying on Leaf-wings.
This is the food chain of Skull Island!
Gale looked at the scene in the sky in shock.
This visual feast lasted for over half an hour before completely vanishing.
“Time to hunt.” Then, Gale also slowly crawled down the peak toward the lake at the foot of the mountain.
After descending the slope, Gale concealed his body in the flowers and bushes and began to slowly search for a target.
There was plenty of prey in this area around the lake.
In less than half an hour, Gale caught his first prey.
A Hog badger weighing thirty or forty catties.
After killing the Hog badger, Gale didn’t eat it immediately.
Instead, he began searching for more prey nearby.
He continued hunting until he had caught four animals, and feeling that it was enough for one meal, Gale stopped.
After swallowing all the prey, Gale wiggled his body—now noticeably larger and quite fat from being stuffed with food—and crawled toward the Karst Cave.
Back in the Karst Cave, Gale immediately began to fully devour and digest, and his consciousness slowly drifted into sleep.
[Ding!
You have devoured and digested a Hog badger and a Wild deer.
evolution progress increased by 2%.] Upon waking up.
Gale’s evolution progress had increased by another 2%, and his size had grown again, reaching a length of 5.5 meters.
Afterward, Gale continued to go out and hunt.
This time, during the hunt, Gale encountered a tiger.
However, after a brief standoff, both Gale and the tiger chose to leave and find other prey.
Gale certainly didn’t want to fight a tiger right now, as his current strength was likely not enough to face one.
But the tiger could also sense a hint of danger from Gale, so it didn’t want to start a fight either.
After all, with so much prey around, there was simply no need.
Otherwise, getting injured would be very dangerous for predators like them.
In the time that followed, Gale settled down in this area.
He hunted around the lake every day.
After hunting, he would return to the Karst Cave to digest his food while resting and sleeping.
Once he woke up and finished digesting the food in his body, he would head out of the cave again to continue hunting.
This cycle repeated.
As time passed, Gale’s evolution progress and size continued to increase.
As his evolution progress and size grew, the targets he hunted also became larger.
However, the increase in his evolution progress became slower and slower.
Nonetheless, Gale’s life was very stable.
In the ecosystem of this lake area, Gale’s current strength already made him a relatively powerful predator, with few creatures able to threaten him.
In the entire ecosystem around the lake, the top predator was undoubtedly the behemoth in the depths of the lake; however, it usually stayed deep down, so there was basically no danger as long as one didn’t enter the deep water.
Below the lake behemoth, the high-level predators were those carnivorous dinosaurs, but their hunting targets were mostly herbivorous dinosaurs, so they didn’t pose much of a threat to Gale either.
Below those carnivorous dinosaurs, the strongest predators were Gale and the tigers and lions.
Therefore, living and hunting in this lake area, Gale’s life was now very stable.
This situation was exactly what Gale liked most.
Because the current circumstances were very suitable for his development.
In this way, Gale spent three months peacefully in the lake area.