"???"
Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, surprise in his gaze.
Unlike with Golden Egg and the others, he actually could not sense Aji's three meridians through the companion beast contract. It was as though a thin membrane lay between them.
"Is it the distance, or are Aji's three meridians still transforming and developing, not yet fully manifested, leaving me unable to sense them?"
Thoughts turned through Chen Beiwu's mind, and a contemplative look entered his eyes.
"Come here."
After a long while, Chen Beiwu raised his head toward the enormous egg and beckoned.
He was very curious whether Aji could move in egg form, and whether Aji would obey his commands.
Boom!
The answer was revealed in an instant.
In a mere moment, the heaven and earth spirit vigor shook. A two-colored rainbow streak broke through space and shot toward Chen Beiwu before thunder could reach the ear.
"What kind of speed is this?" Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted.
Fast!
Too fast!
At that moment, even pushing his divine sense to its limit, Chen Beiwu failed to catch the figure within the rainbow streak, much less react in time.
"Roar!" "Woof!" "Na!" "Ying!"
The four little ones-Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling-were startled as well.
They had fought countless battles and encountered many troublesome opponents, but they had never seen such incredible speed.
It was no exaggeration to say that, in terms of escape light speed alone, even Thunderclap True Lord's ultimate burst of sublimation fell far short of the rainbow streak before them.
Startled though they were, Golden Egg and the others had keen senses. They could detect no killing intent in Aji's escape light. As it approached Chen Beiwu, it abruptly slowed, overflowing with joyful, affectionate fluctuations of divine sense.
Boom!
As the enormous egg plunged into Chen