I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 144 Competition

All the orcs participating in the competition transformed into their beast forms. They lined up in a row, with several tribal chiefs standing to one side. Once all the orcs were ready, the chief of the Great River Tribe let out a long roar. As soon as he made his voice, the orcs in their beast forms ran out quickly.

With a long howl, he landed, and the fastest-running orcs had already run far ahead.

The clan leaders burst into laughter, and Li laughed incessantly as well. He cursed, "These brats! I haven't even finished calling them yet, and they've already run off!"

The chieftain of the Snow Mountain tribe laughed and said, "They're all thinking about running faster so they might win first place."

The chieftain of the Rock Turtle tribe laughed and said, "Back when we were young, the competition in the Chada Tournament was just like that. At that time, the old chieftain of the Great River tribe had just raised his head and hadn't even called out yet when some orcs ran out. The old chieftain of the Great River tribe was so angry that he gave them a good scolding."

As the clan leaders reminisced about the funny things that happened back then, even the fastest orc had already run quite a distance.

*

The one in first place right now is a tiger.

Yue was ranked eleventh, and not far behind him was the orc who had confessed his love to him the day before yesterday.

The few people before and after him had all achieved good results in the Chada Grand Competition. They all understood one thing: when participating in a running race, you can't run too far or too fast at the beginning.

The race is a long and winding road, with ups and downs and a river to cross. If you use up all your energy at the beginning, the rest of the race will be difficult.

Orcs who have made long-distance raids know that the faster you run, the faster your strength dissipates. If you run too fast at the beginning, you will run out of energy later and will not be able to run anymore.

The orcs running at the very front now won't even have to wait until the very end; they'll probably be exhausted by the time they reach the middle of the race.

Just as Yue had expected, before they had even run halfway, the leading orcs slowed down. They were breathing rapidly, their bodies heaving violently, looking utterly exhausted, and the height they could lift their limbs had decreased.

Yue easily overtook them, and before long, the figures of those orcs fell behind and disappeared from sight.

While climbing the mountain, Yue increased its speed and climbed to the top in one go. After reaching the top, it did not immediately descend the mountain, but rested for a while and drank some water at a spring at the top before jumping down the mountain.

When descending the mountain, Yue did not walk in a straight line, but rather in a curve. The bushes on the mountain blocked Yue's view, so Yue walked carefully, trying to avoid the bushes and instead finding dense grass to land on.

Some bushes have thorns that, while not piercing his fur, can slow him down, so it's best to avoid them.

When Yue came down from the mountain, he was already in third place. The two orcs ahead of him were a snow leopard and a gray wolf.

Moon followed them at a leisurely pace. Although Moon appeared to be in third place, she was getting closer and closer to the two orcs ahead of her.

Once inside the forest, Yue was almost alongside the second orc, but the orc sped up as it entered the forest, widening the distance between them again.

Yue wasn't in a hurry. After entering the forest, he didn't speed up. He pulled ahead of the two orcs in front of him, and the orcs behind him were about to catch up with him.

Emerging from the forest, the moon is in its fourth position.

The moon rose above the forest, its icy blue eyes narrowed as it gazed at the plains overgrown with wild grass ahead. Instead of immediately giving chase, it raised its head and let out two long cries.

The loud howl of wolves echoed far and wide, the bugle call to charge sounded, and Yue Bing's blue eyes suddenly widened as his huge white body shot out like a meteor.

Yue hadn't used up all his strength along the way; he had saved up three-tenths of his energy for this moment.

White wolves are skilled runners, especially on plains. Once they unleash their speed, few orcs can outrun them.

Yue quickly overtook the third orc. The two orcs in front also heard the wolf howl and knew that orcs were charging from behind, so they also increased their speed.

Behind Yue, several orcs also sped up. They shared the same goal as Yue: to win first place.

*

Bai Ling stood at the front of the crowd, his eyes fixed on the direction ahead. The wasteland, overgrown with weeds, was completely calm, without even a sound of wind.

Bai Ling's face was already covered in sweat. He shook his head to wipe the sweat away and then gazed into the distance.

Slowly, sounds came from ahead, like a wild beast running at high speed.

Bai Ling's eyes immediately lit up; he knew the orcs participating in the competition were almost there.

But he still couldn't see any orcs. Bai Ling tried to jump up to look, but unfortunately he still couldn't see anything.

Some impatient orcs had already run ahead, eager to find out which orc was in the lead.

A group of orcs howled and ran away. Bai Ling also wanted to run over and take a look, but he suppressed his impulse. He knew that Yue must be the first place, and he would wait for Yue to arrive here.

*

The grass on the plains grew very tall. Even when a large orc transformed into his beast form, only a part of him could be seen through the grass. Bai Ling looked through the grass and finally saw a patch of white.

That white hue was like a white cloud falling from the sky, landing where heaven and earth meet. At first, it was just a white hue, but then the white hue grew larger and larger, and Bai Ling saw a beautiful wolf's head.

Then half of the white wolf's body was revealed. Like a divine beast descending from the sky, it strides forward, trampling through the wild grass, and rushes towards Bai Ling.

Behind the white wolf followed closely a snow leopard. The snow leopard's stripes shimmered in the sunlight. It ran like the wind, trying its best to catch up with the white cloud in front of it, but it always fell just short.

The closer they got to the finish line, the faster the white wolf and the cheetah became. The speed difference between the two orcs gradually decreased. The snow leopard was running with almost all its might, but it still couldn't catch up with the white wolf in front of it.

When Bai Ling saw Yue, he jumped up excitedly, raised his hands and shook them wildly, calling out Yue's name repeatedly.

"Month, month, month, month..."

Bai Ling's face flushed red from shouting, but he paid no attention to it. His eyes were shining brightly as he stared intently at the white wolf galloping from afar, not blinking an eye.

His heart was pounding like a drum, the beat so fast and urgent it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest.