Predator

As the young Taotie looked around itself it noticed a large difference in plant to animal ratio. As the first generation of its kind, it was born with natural knowledge that was gifted to it when it was born. It was a Taotie, and it was an apex predator know for its gluttonous appetite that is far too big for its size. As a young Taotie it was given knowledge of its species and what it can do.

The young Taotie went through its memory and dug into what it means to be a Taotie. As a newly born it had a sense of belonging to its own race, the only thing that it currently knew about. The Taotie was a predator with a big head that was able to devour the essence of the animals directly when digested. It had a stomach that broke it down and produced no waste, turning it all into essence to eat. It was also why it could not eat till it was full leaving it with a ravenous appetite that he was starting to feel for the first time.

As he looked around he noticed that he was currently releasing a type of bearing that made mostly all life shy away from it. The only things he saw were either other apex predators, such as small winged dragons, an ox that had a horn on its head that was currently even frightening the Toatie.

The Taotie made its way around and finally couldn't take it anymore and began to try and hunt something. As it had been walking around, it noticed others hunting and had watched them doing it. He was currently walking in a valley that had steep cliffs on either side of its body. He was about 10 to 20 ft away from a snake that was slithering across the ground in front of it. It had been tailing this snake for the past 10 minutes and was about to take action when he felt an instinctive danger that originated from its soul. Without any hesitation it dashed to the side and turned its head to only see a pair off glistening claws ripping apart the air directly next to its head.

Screeech

A loud noise echoed through its eardrum as this loud noise shook its concentration and muddled its head. He staggered a bit and directly fell into the brush of a nearby bush. The branches covered him up and hid him from the terrifying talons that were trying to rip it apart. After coming to its senses it finally saw its attacker. It was a green crane that had sharp talons and a pointy beak that looked like a sharp knife. The crane eventually found one of its legs in the bush and directly grabbed it with its talons and a colorful blood started to come out from its wound which clearly excited the crane as it started to attack with more ferocity.

The crane originally thought this to be a "plant-eater" that he had hunted before, but when seeing that this colorful blood began to start pouring out of its wound, it knew it had picked a fierce prey. Although it was startled immediately afterwards it became overjoyed and wanted to eat is flesh right here to improve itself and grow. Becoming stronger was an instinctive that every animal had, the plants that grow from the solar essence, the herbivores eat the plants, and the predators eat the herbivores.

Now that it knew it could take out a top tier predator that would undoubtedly make it far stronger that crane threw caution to the wind and started to try and devour the creature. Although the Taotie was disadvantaged from the start, it was a natural apex predator that had the ability to consume others. The Taotie opened its mouth for the first time and the inside contained pure white teeth that were sharp and barbed meant for ripping apart flesh. The mouth bit down on the wing of the crane and pulled, emitting a ripping sound so distinct that it sounded throughout the entire valley. The crane screeched and tried to fly away to only figure out it had no left winged and just fell straight onto the ground. The elated Taotie wasn't going to miss his chance to try the crane meat again and eagerly caught up to it and finished it to a bite to the neck. It had earlier swallowed the wing due to its instinctive desire and found the taste to be delicious. It had only tasted it for though before its stomach transformed into essence and gave the nutrients to its body that made its body become muscles become stronger and its bones sturdier. Now that he had a whole crane to eat he naturally wasn't going to swallow it whole and then lose the taster right afterwards. Now that this little foodie had his first taste he was going to savor it, so he picked up the 3 foot tall crane in his mouth and went down the valley to look for a suitable spot to savor it.