Chapter 179: Pink and Tender Fists

“Let’s follow this trail and hurry to find that Fire Element Dragon.”

“I need to teach him a lesson he won’t forget!”

Zhu Qiu also caught on.

“They’re burning all the grass just to find gold coins more easily, right?”

“Right.”

“Whatever their purpose is, I just can’t stand people like them.”

To conserve her Magic Power, Yiluo Enya switched to walking for the rest of the journey, saving her strength for the upcoming battle.

They followed the scorched path through the grass, and before long, they spotted the people up ahead continuously casting fire magic.

To avoid alarming their targets, they quickly discussed a plan and decided to split up to flank them from both sides.

“As someone who can use fire magic, I’m the perfect candidate to dominate this event, haha.”

“Once we find all the gold coins, none of those other people will get a single one.”

“We’ll have the reward all to ourselves!”

Kasola wore a smug, self-satisfied grin, but his companions ignored him and kept casting fire magic to search for coins.

Little did he know, while he was busy bragging, Zhu Qiu and Yiluo Enya had already crept quietly to their flanks.

Seeing they were in position and the timing was right, the two exchanged a glance and suddenly launched a surprise attack.

“ALL THINGS HAVE SPIRIT: GROWTH!”

In an instant, countless tough vines burst up from the ground beneath Kasola and his group, binding them, lifting them off their feet, and hoisting them high into the air.

Before they could react, Zhu Qiu leaped into the air from the other side, swinging her sword and aiming at Kasola’s position.

“GREAT SWORD SLASH!”

A massive sword qi, many times larger than any of them, sliced through the air and drifted slowly toward them.

Kasola: ?

“Brothers, what’s going on here?”

“Boss, I think we’re under attack.”

“Stop her!”

“No way, why is this vine so tough?”

“Boss, save me! Boss, save me!”

“We’re done for, everyone.”

“It’s a surprise attack combined with control magic.”

“There’s no saving us. It’s over.”

The bewildered group started trying to save themselves.

Kasola’s teammates were in complete chaos, having no way to deal with these tough vines.

Kasola himself, however, was a different story.

“You think you can trap me with plants?”

“Do you really think I’ve wasted all these years practicing fire magic?”

“BURNING DESIRE!”

Kasola’s entire body became engulfed in blazing flames.

The fire burned straight through the vines binding him, consuming them bit by bit until they turned to ash.

He broke free successfully and landed steadily on the ground.

“Heh heh, I told you fire elements hard-counter your Elf Race’s Grass Element.”

“Why won’t anyone believe me?”

“You dare use plants against flames?”

“How ridiculous.”

He felt secretly pleased with himself.

His escape method was so unique that they definitely had never seen anything like it.

This was bound to impress them.

His teammates would surely look up to him with newfound admiration.

But the moment Kasola turned around, sure enough, all of his teammates were still wrapped in vines with no sign of breaking free.

“You guys are such dead weight.”

“Can’t any of you use magic to break free?”

Seeing that Kasola had escaped, the others latched onto him like a lifeline and began begging desperately for rescue.

“Boss, save me!”

“I tried fire magic, but it can’t burn through this vine at all.”

“It’s too thick.”

“Captain, maybe we should just burn the vines too.”

“Boss, don’t abandon me!”

“I’ve been following you since the day I was born.”

“Yeah, Captain, we’re a team.”

“You can’t just abandon your teammates.”

“That’s so immoral!”

The teammates wrapped in vines kept pleading, hoping Kasola would save them.

But it was already too late.

They had wasted too much time talking.

Well, even if they hadn’t wasted time, they probably couldn’t have broken free on their own anyway.

Then, half a second before the sword qi reached them, Yiluo Enya released the vines in perfect sync.

Zhu Qiu’s sword qi slammed into the Fire Element Dragons with nothing in its way.

With a series of thunderous booms, thick smoke covered the spot where the vines had risen, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

When the smoke cleared, a massive crater was visible on the ground, with the Dragon Race members who had been hit by the sword qi lying sprawled inside it.

“No!”

Kasola let out a cry of shock, his first instinct being that they were dead.

In an instant, two flames appeared in his eyes, and the dragon horns on his head glowed red-hot, as if they might ignite at any moment.

He pointed at Zhu Qiu, who stood not far ahead, and rage surged up.

“I’ll make you pay for this!”

But Zhu Qiu showed no fear at all.

She even put her hands on her hips with a smug look on her face.

People like this deserved to be angry.

The angrier, the better.

She could already imagine how helpless he’d look in a moment.

“Hehe～”

“What are you laughing at?!”

“I don’t have a sister.”

“I’m laughing at you.”

“Yiluo Enya, let’s go.”

“Alright!”

“You think you can beat me?”

“It’s not that easy.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“No, you have to believe me.”

“I won’t, hehe～”

“It can’t be fake.”

“Sure, you easily took down my teammates, but you definitely can’t beat me!”

“Yeah, right.”

“Ah!”

Kasola was furious.

The battle hadn’t even started, and not only had he lost all his teammates, but he was also being mocked.

“FLAME FIST!”

Kasola chanted his magic, concentrating all the Fire Element power into his fists.

In an instant, he charged recklessly at Zhu Qiu with his flame-wreathed fists.

“Die!”

“I’ll avenge my brothers!”

“Is he really this reckless?”

Yiluo Enya was stunned by the sight.

Here was a Dragon Race member who excelled at magic, and he was trying to fight Zhu Qiu in close combat?

He clearly had no sense of the situation.

Did he seriously think he could knock Zhu Qiu down with one punch?

“Come on then.”

“Think I’m scared of you?”

With that, Zhu Qiu tossed aside her sword, clenched her fists, and charged forward.

‘Not bullying you is my bottom line.’

‘Not using my sword is so you’ll lose with no excuses.’

“Ah!”

“Ya!”

“Huh?”

‘Why isn’t Zhu Qiu using her weapon either?’

‘His fists are enchanted, you know.’

‘Can those soft, tender little fists of yours really win against that?’

Yiluo Enya was starting to worry.