"Challenge me?"
Surprise flickered in Zi JI's eyes, and her eerily purple lips curled into a smile.
"Human, have you misunderstood something? Just because I'm female, did you think I was a gentle, kind, approachable ferocious beast like Bi Ji?"
"I suggest you abandon that naive idea. Even if My Lord is willing to cooperate with you, that doesn't mean I'll regard you any differently."
Zi JI snorted coldly.
"We dragons value strength above all else. Only when you're strong enough will you earn my respect."
"So don't assume I'll go easy on you."
Chi Hong smiled, unconcerned.
"That would be best. My partners don't need you to go easy on them."
Charizard roared and stood in front of Chi Hong, backing up his words.
Greninja appeared on Chi Hong's other side with arms folded, staring sharply at Zi JI without a trace of fear.
Not far away, the little Auspicious Beast saw that Chi Hong had ignored her and gone ahead with challenging Zi JI instead.
She was deeply displeased.
"Hey, human! You've got some nerve! Sister Zi JI is a Hell Demon Dragon nearly three hundred thousand years old. How could you possibly be her match?"
"You'd be better off challenging me! I've gotten stronger now. This time, I'll definitely beat that blue frog of yours!"
Chi Hong glanced at her and said flatly,
"Stay out of the way, defeated loser. I'm not interested in playing with a child like you."
"D-defeated loser!" Chi Hong's cruel words pierced straight through the little Auspicious Beast's fragile heart.
She had thought that, as the most gifted Soul Beast in the Star Dou Forest, the darling most favored by fate,
she had actually entertained the thought of fighting alongside this human.
*You should have begged me with eyes full of utter