"She 'cannot' go out hunting, but she can let mutant creatures harass her area instead!"
Even the introduction to the Cycle Challenge mentions that due to the cold disaster, many mutant creature populations have no choice but to trouble the Lords for food.
This is also the main reason so many Lords have suffered casualties.
And next to her territory is White Poplar Mountain, the largest gathering place for mutant creatures in White Poplar City!
Although due to Bai Yi's own reasons, the mutant creatures on the mountain dare not overstep their bounds under the Beast King's constraint, other Lords don't know that!
It's still reasonable for territories around White Poplar Mountain to be harassed by mutant creatures within the mountain, right?
No, ordinary harassment is not enough; it's hard to explain her sudden surge in ranking that way. It has to be at least a beast swarm!
The only thing this plan needs is to find a way to make the other Lords believe it.