Jade Guga

Er Ming walked ahead, each step making the ground tremble faintly. Lin Yuan followed him through one dense stretch of forest after another for about half an hour. Little Moon rode on Lin Yuan's shoulders, her small hands clasped around his head as she looked everywhere.

The trees grew sparse, giving way to an open meadow. Sunlight poured down without obstruction, laying a soft golden sheen across the grass.

At the center of the meadow, a deer the color of jade grazed with its head lowered. A gentle green light radiated from its body, surrounding it in a halo. The grass around it grew especially lush, a few nameless flowers quietly bloomed at its side, and even the air carried the fresh scent of greenery.

A Jade Spirit Deer. Twenty thousand years old.

It seemed to sense danger. It raised its head and looked around warily. When its gaze swept over Er Ming, its body visibly stiffened. Er Ming stood still, watching in silence. The Jade Spirit Deer hesitated for two seconds, then turned and fled—astonishingly fast. Its hooves raced across the meadow, leaving a jade-colored afterimage behind. In the blink of an eye, it had covered dozens of meters.

A twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Lin Yuan raised a hand. Dark gold light gathered before him, and Dark Gold Guga landed on the ground. It glanced at the shrinking jade-colored figure in the distance. "Pretty fast, Guga." Then it strode after the deer. After a few steps, it realized it could not keep up. It stopped and scratched its head. "Can't catch it, Guga."

Little Moon jumped down from Lin Yuan's shoulders, grabbed Dark Gold Guga by the back of the neck, and used Teleportation.

The two appeared directly in front of the Jade Spirit Deer. Dark Gold Guga reached out