"Is that so? Then can you walk a little 'faster'?" Jiu Ming felt this little girl was just teasing him, but whatever. It was fine to play along with her for a while. Once she got tired of playing and wanted to go home, he could take her back.
"Faster?" The little girl tilted her head, released Jiu Ming's hand, and placed the box of lollipops in his hands. Then, before his astonished eyes, she lightly took a tiny step forward—and her figure appeared several kilometers away, nearly beyond Jiu Ming's sight!
Holy crap, what was this!? Was she trying to defy heaven or something!?
If even a human child could do this much, what chance did Exotic Beasts have left?
No, no, no—this had to be one of those legendary monstrous prodigies, right? Should he think of a way to kidnap her... Ahem!
Shaking off those wild thoughts, Jiu Ming hurried into the Gap opened ahead of him and swiftly moved to the little girl's side. Her movement just now had been utterly silent. There was no airflow from high-speed travel, nor any strange energy fluctuations.
It was practically like the legendary art of shrinking the earth into inches.
Could her family be legendary cultivators!?
Ahem, seemed like he was overthinking again.
Jiu Ming gave a light cough and once again tossed that impractical notion aside. Seeing that he had caught up, the little girl took her second step—another utterly unbelievable movement over an immense distance. As the distance they covered increased, Jiu Ming began spotting familiar scenery...
For instance, withered trees and little groves that looked completely unremarkable.
Mm~ Little groves...
Ahem, back to the point. The little girl, whose mobility had shot through the heavens in an instant, finally stopped after Jiu Ming's condition had fallen several