"Yah!"
Boom!
Just as Mu Nujiao was about to leave this trouble spot, a flaming meteor fell from the sky.
The mass of White Flame edged in gold and black slammed into the ground, gouging out a crater. A fierce, powerful wave of fiery energy spread outward, burning away the damp chill around it.
Zhou Sining dispelled the flames around his body, kicked off the ground, and leaped out of the crater, landing precisely in front of Mu Nujiao.
"Jiaojiao, how are you? Are you hurt? It's all my fault, all my fault. I should've come looking for you right away..."
Anxious and full of guilt, Zhou Sining clasped Mu Nujiao's hands and carefully looked her over several times.
"I'm fine."
Mu Nujiao silently withdrew her hands and waved them in front of herself, dispersing a few wisps of restless heat.
With the Plant Element as her primary element, she had never particularly liked Zhou Sining's flames. After awakening the Ice Element, she liked them even less.
It was not a psychological aversion, but discomfort caused by the way their elements counteracted one another.
"Where are the bastards who cornered you? Did they run?" Zhou Sining looked around.
"I knocked them out of the competition," Mu Nujiao said calmly.
"Fantastic! That's our Pearl goddess for you—brains and brawn. Badass!" Zhou Sining gave her a thumbs-up.
"Thanks." Mu Nujiao smiled, then remembered something and asked, "Right, how did you know I was being robbed?"
"I have the Mind Element, so I peeked into the Pupil Eagles' minds. Information is the one thing they never lack, after all. Looking for treasure through them is much faster... I happened to find out you were being robbed, so I rushed over," Zhou Sining said.
Hearing that, Mu Nujiao opened her mouth, unsure what to