As Xiao Yao's figure slipped through the void, he swiftly approached the source of the energy fluctuations.
Xiao Yao's figure slowly emerged atop a tree trunk thick with branches and leaves. Through the tangled foliage, the sight before him surprised him slightly.
A massive Sixth Rank fire-attributed magical beast—a Flame Tiger—was locked in fierce battle with a little girl dressed in purple.
"Brat, you should just go back obediently. Don't keep coveting the things in my cave!"
"I'll go back if you give me a few medicinal herbs to eat. Otherwise, we'll keep fighting!"
The little girl's purple hair cascaded down to her waist. Her figure vanished from the spot as if by magic, only to appear behind the Flame Tiger in the blink of an eye. Her seemingly soft little fist contained astonishing strength as it slammed toward the Flame Tiger.
The Flame Tiger roared furiously, its enormous body spinning sharply in place. Blazing flames erupted from its mouth, forming a wall of fire in an attempt to block the little girl's attack.
However, the purple-clad little girl moved like a phantom, lightly evading the flames. Her figure flickered in and out of view amid the firelight, as though dancing with the flames.
Standing on the tree trunk, Xiao Yao stared at the girl in purple and chuckled to himself. I didn't expect to run into little Zi Yan here. This kind of fist-to-flesh fight is really fierce. Too bad her current strength is still far below that Sixth Rank magical beast's. If not for that strange spatial traversal ability and her physical strength, heh, how could she possibly trade blows with it?
"Little girl, if you keep pestering me like this, it won't do either of us any good." There was a trace of helplessness in the Flame