"...Mm."
The little boy nodded somewhat awkwardly.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
Since Su Youjin had talked the little boy around, there was no need for him to say anything more.
He held his fingers just above Auntie Zhou's arm.
A glimmer of golden light appeared and vanished.
"Rooar!"
Taotie sprang to its feet.
Leave it to me!
Leave it to me!
Taotie shouted.
It wanted to save face.
Last time, that guy had slipped away right under its nose.
But not this time.
Taotie clenched its fists.
Hmph.
That hateful guy.
Always hiding like a coward.
But this time...
That guy wouldn't get away again!
Xiao Xiao's lips twitched.
If little Taotie wanted to put it that way...
Wasn't he the same?
He'd even reminded little Taotie last time that one had escaped.
And yet...
There was still one that had escaped.
Still...
Since little Taotie was so eager...
The golden light on Xiao Xiao's fingers vanished.
"Finish it quickly."
He spoke softly.
"Rooar!"
Taotie narrowed the eyes beneath its armpits.
Of course.
The one it should have dealt with last time had dragged things out until now...
It didn't want to wait a second longer.
Whoosh!
Black flames abruptly ignited in Taotie's eyes.
Just then, a breeze swept past. The flames in Taotie's eyes surged with the wind, turning into a raging inferno.
In an instant, they engulfed Auntie Zhou from head to toe.
Yinzi immediately stood up.
Last time, it had been some distance away, so the feeling hadn't been nearly this vivid.
This time, it was far too close.
An intense pressure swept over it.
Though it couldn't feel any heat on its body, it felt as if it were about to break into a sweat.
Su Youjin turned her