Jade hugged the scepter and took off running out of the Excavation Pit.
She ran fast, her short little legs kicking up dust on the yellow-earth slope, her little Super Moose backpack bouncing behind her.
Daolon Wong did not even glance at her.
He merely raised the Bone Staff in his hand slightly, and the green orb at its tip flashed.
"Running?"
The smile on his lips deepened.
"Don't worry, Jackie Chan. Your handmaiden won't get away."
As his words fell, three Earth Spirits silently emerged from the shadows at the edge of the Excavation Pit. Their gray-white bodies looked like thin sheets of paper in the sunlight, wavering once before solidifying.
They blocked Jade's path, their hollow eye sockets all facing her.
Jade slammed on the brakes, slipped, and staggered back two steps with the scepter in her arms.
"Whoa!"
She turned and ran in another direction.
Two more Earth Spirits emerged over there.
Jade stopped abruptly again. Hugging the scepter, she looked left and right. She was surrounded on three sides, with only the path back to Jackie Chan behind her.
She gritted her teeth and ran back.
"Uncle Jackie!"
But she moved with exceptional agility, dodging their attacks again and again and escaping the encirclement.
"Tch!"
"Is that something a child can do?"
Daolon Wong watched Jade escape the encirclement, his expression sour.
But he was in no hurry to catch the little brat. In his eyes, Jackie Chan was the greatest threat.
Only then did Daolon Wong withdraw his gaze from her and turn it back to Jackie Chan's face.
"I'll deal with you first."
He raised the Bone Staff and tapped it against the ground.
"Then that girl and the scepter will both be mine."
The sound of the Bone Staff striking the ground was