Angel recounted Toby's experience.
After listening, Frod pondered. "A colossal Snakebird in the dark void? That should be its inner demon. But why do I feel that it's somewhat different from Shalu's situation?"
Shalu had also encountered an inner demon in the Heart House—the Snake-Tailed Worm. But compared with Toby's situation, Frod vaguely sensed some differences. As for exactly what was different, he could not say for the moment.
"They are indeed different. The inner demon Shalu faced was imagined by himself. He did not actually know the Snake-Tailed Worm's true strength, so he could only fill in a rough picture in his mind. But Toby is different. Its inner demon truly exists, and the Jealousy Snake Bird's strength can be traced." Angel said.
Frod also realized at this point that the difference between the Snake-Tailed Worm and the Jealousy Snake Bird truly lay in the different forms of their existence. But after thinking it over carefully, Frod grew doubtful again. "I heard my lord say before that the Jealousy Snake Bird's strength was at least at the level of a formal wizard. Then when Toby faced it, shouldn't it have been crushed?"
In the Dream Wilderness, Toby currently had no way to wield its formidable strength. Faced with an opponent at the level of a formal wizard, even one simulated by the Heart House's illusion, Toby would not be able to hold out.
"I did say that the Jealousy Snake Bird's strength surpassed that of a formal wizard, but that is its overall strength after Toby transforms into the Jealousy Snake Bird." Angel explained. "Once it transforms, it is the Snakebird."
"And what Toby faces in the Heart House is not the real Snakebird, but its inner demon—or rather, the heart tribulation it is destined to face. Since it