"Up ahead, there used to be a Spirit Tree that had lived for more than ten thousand years. Its attributes are quite suitable for you too, Xiao Kai."
Ye Kai led the way in front, while Xiao Wu and Ah Yin followed beside him.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Kai stopped in his tracks.
Just as Ah Yin and Xiao Wu were about to ask what was wrong, they also felt the earth begin to tremble violently.
And within Ye Kai's perception, a gorilla was charging toward them at incredible speed, knocking down countless trees along the path as it came.
"Sister Ah Yin, come back first. There's an ape-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast up ahead rushing this way. Xiao Wu, do you know it?"
Ye Kai's body tensed as he had Ah Yin return to the Sea of Consciousness first.
Then he grabbed Xiao Wu's small hand, while also having Xiao Wu confirm whether it was friendly—"Er Ming."
After all, there was still a whole bunch of Ferocious Beasts sleeping in the Core Region. Who dared say for certain that in the entire Star Dou Great Forest, Er Ming was the only gorilla-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
If Xiao Wu said it wasn't Er Ming, Ye Kai was ready to use Teleportation at once and run off with Xiao Wu.
Closing her eyes to sense the aura, Xiao Wu opened them in delight and scratched Ye Kai's palm with her little hand.
"Don't worry, Brother. It's my little brother, Er Ming. He sensed my aura and came to pick me up."
Ye Kai breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was friendly, that was good.
As Er Ming drew closer, the tremors Ye Kai and the others felt grew stronger and stronger.
Before long, a pitch-black gorilla as massive as a