Chen Lin felt that even a refined puppet should have left some residue behind after it died.
Besides, the Red Shadow Monster fed on living beings, so it was unlikely to be a pure energy body. Perhaps he had handled it incorrectly, leaving him without anything like an Origin Crystal.
Hua Qianyu froze at Chen Lin's question.
She immediately said urgently, "Brother Yan, you didn't get the Red Shadow Monster's runic crystal? Then hurry back and look for it before someone else picks it up! That's good stuff. It can speed up your cultivation, and you might even obtain the monster's divine ability inheritance!"
Chen Lin's expression shifted.
Just as he had suspected, the monster had left an energy crystal behind. He simply hadn't obtained it.
But why hadn't he?
Had Tiezhu's Flame Ability been so powerful that it burned the Origin Crystal to ash, or had the Red Shadow Monster not actually died, instead escaping in some way he hadn't noticed?
"Do you think that monster died?"
Chen Lin questioned Tiezhu.
"It died. Definitely! Under this protagonist's Flame Divine Ability, how could a puny little monster like him possibly survive?"
Tiezhu immediately guaranteed it.
Chen Lin asked no further questions.
He, too, felt that the Red Shadow Monster couldn't have survived. Its runic inscriptions must have all burned to ash, leaving no runic crystal behind.
Ultimately, Tiezhu's flames had simply been too powerful.
"There's no need to go back. It's just one runic crystal. If it's lost, so be it."
Chen Lin waved a hand.
Hua Qianyu froze again, but she didn't try to persuade him further.
After all, even if they found the runic crystal, he wouldn't give it to her. Besides, they were so far away that retracing their route might expose them to danger.
She adjusted