Come, Bat? [Lai Fu]!

Lein's head was buzzing.

Before his transmigration, people often said, "The Wuling Divine Car, its power unknown, grows stronger against stronger foes. It's never lost a real fight, though its stats might not compare."

Now, Lein suddenly felt like he embodied that saying.

In reality, he estimated his combat power wasn't even a fraction of his best disciple's.

On the surface, however, he was a rare Legendary Archmage in this world!?

Even with a physics experiment demonstration ability that worked only sporadically, he normally wouldn't have achieved such a muddled status. If any of his attempts to bluff his way through had failed, he would have been branded a fraud.

He didn't want to live a life like, "The title reads '[Seven Young Boys and a Popular Influencer's Unspoken Story, Taking Turns]', but after tricking people into downloading, it turns out to be 'Calabash Brothers'." After all, this constant feeling of potentially being struck by lightning for failing to bluff was quite vexing. Yet, Lein was possibly the man in the world least afraid of being struck by lightning.

You could say his luck had arrived... sort of. It seemed to have come, but also not.

Perhaps this faint, elusive feeling was what legends called [Buddha's Presence]!

(Ahem! Not the Buddha's Presence of the Tathagata Buddha.)

At this very moment, the soft-boned box was filled with the icy water of the cold pond. The pathetic elite Fire Bat, like a drowned rat, cautiously and timidly poked its head out of the box. Its pair of narrow eyes opened fearfully, looking at the mysterious man who toyed with terrifying lightning in his left hand, yet no magic emanated from his body.

Every cell in its body, every corner of its soul, was filled with the factor known as [Fear].

Not for any particular reason, other than the dragon's might that caused its fall.

On the scorched head of the White Dragon, blackened by its tragic death, the Fire Bat could clearly sense the unwillingness and fear of this apex predator in its final moments.

Although it was merely an elemental creature with low intelligence, it could 'see' through the lingering traces on the White Dragon's corpse that the one who killed the White Dragon was the man before it, wielding the power of lightning.

A legendary powerhouse who shouldn't exist in the mortal world!

After meeting Lein's gaze, the Fire Bat actually lowered its head, humbly showing its submission in this manner.

This highly intelligent gesture even brought Lein back from his disciple's wild imaginings.

"How could I have such powerful strategic planning ability... Oh?" Lein shifted his gaze to the Fire Bat elite, which had adopted the most humble posture. "You can understand human speech?"

As if sensing Lein's intention to take the Fire Bat in, Bo Le nearby began to paw the ground restlessly.

Originally, Lein had no particular interest in this elite Fire Bat that had chased the Wind Rider.

But then he thought, didn't he also have some grievances with the Wind Rider?

He couldn't leave the cold pond and couldn't leave the valley right now. If this "Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse" was willing to let him ride, he wouldn't have to put on his master's airs and could grandly fly out of the valley on a Pegasus.

Then he remembered that powerful mages in games often liked to keep a magical pet. A mocking expression spread across his face.

He decided to wait and see.

"Little bat! You want to live? You can. Offer a fragment of your soul and become my magical pet, let me rename you. Otherwise, you die." His voice was majestic, carrying an irresistible, supreme pressure.

This was the judgment of the strong!

This was the declaration of the victor!

The Fire Bat instinctively felt a sense of injustice.

It subconsciously refused to submit.

After all, the only being in the world that could make a Fire Bat submit was the most powerful fire-elemental arcane caster, and clearly, the man before him did not fit that description.

It was about to let out the hiss of refusal, using a sonic attack as its final act of resistance.

But just before that final moment, it carefully sensed the other party's soul and made an unexpected discovery that stiffened its entire body.

It recalled a very minor detail. Just as it was struck and had a large amount of its fire elemental energy stripped away, it felt a power from the fundamental laws of the world.

While another young man was indeed casting the spell, it could feel that the power of the laws, acknowledged by the fire elemental plane itself, originated from the man controlling Lightning before it.

He... was definitely not as weak as he appeared on the surface.

It was this mysterious application of fire elemental laws that made the Fire Bat change its mind.

In front of the two of them, the Fire Bat actually nodded heavily.

The next second, a semi-transparent phantom detached from the Fire Bat and floated before Lein.

For a moment, Lein was stunned.

I was just saying, and you actually surrendered?

A system prompt popped up: [Congratulations to the host for gaining the allegiance of the legendary Fire Bat King Dike Da Ming Yan. The other party is willing to offer a fragment of its soul. Do you wish to accept and make it your magical pet?]

Lein's left eyelid twitched wildly.

He really hadn't expected this thing to be a legendary Fire Bat?

Of course, he knew that in the beast world, larger size often meant greater strength. But until the system identified it, he truly didn't know this thing was a [Legendary]!

As for magical beasts, having the title of [Legendary] meant it was absolutely top-tier within its species.

But [Legendary] also depended on what kind of legendary.

For example, a legendary army ant might be able to bite a large wound into an adult human, but in a real fight, it could be crushed with a single blow.

The difference in strength between different species could be vast.

To give another example, a standard five-person legendary team often couldn't handle a legendary red dragon.

Despite the Fire Bat King's legendary title, in-game, a squad of high-level professionals averaging around level 6 could actually handle it.

On the other hand, the benefits of taming a Fire Bat King as a magical pet were also obvious.

Fire Bats, as elemental creatures, were only level 3 with a normal template. In combat, besides high agility and fire attacks, they were unremarkable, the kind of creature any slightly experienced squad could easily kill.

But if it wasn't used as the main attacker, and instead as a Scout, the possibilities instantly expanded.

The Fire Bat's skills were: [Concealment], [Listen], and [Scout].

When it concealed its flames, it could easily blend into any environment.

With it as a magical pet, a Mage would gain a wide-area Scout radar.

With this thought, Lein didn't hesitate any further, softly replying to the system, "Tame it."

The next second, everyone saw Lein extend his right hand from afar. A wisp of spiritual light separated from the Fire Bat's phantom and was absorbed by him.

"Hmph! Hmph!" Bo Le snorted impatiently.

Downs found it natural.

Then, the Fire Bat that scrambled out of the water tank heard its new master's decree (sentence).

"Originally, I wanted to name you Bruce Wayne. But you're too ugly. Seeing you just makes me want to punch you. Since you have 'bat' in your name anyway, let's just call you Laifu!"

Laifu stiffened all over. It sensed that its new master truly didn't favor it.

Beating up pets on a gloomy day was just passing the time.

Cough! So this kind of thing might actually be true...

Laifu suddenly felt its future was bleak.