A month later.
On the rooftop of Lin Yuan's residence in Chaos City.
The Original Body opened its eyes after meditating cross-legged.
"The Blazing Mane Beast has awoken." Since the Blazing Mane Beast was now Lin Yuan's Soul Slave, Lin Yuan had sensed it the instant it regained consciousness.
With a thought, the Original Body entered the Internal World, while the Original Core floated in the air, protected by the Metal Lifeform Liu.
Inside the Internal World.
Lin Yuan flew down in front of the Blazing Mane Beast, which had just regained consciousness.
Seeing Lin Yuan arrive, the two-thousand-kilometer-long Blazing Mane Beast crouched on all fours and bowed its head respectfully. "Greetings, Master!"
The Blazing Mane Beast had only just regained consciousness, and its aura was still very weak. But compared with a month ago, the faint flames covering its body had grown considerably brighter.
"Get up," Lin Yuan said. "Tell me, before I attacked you and knocked you unconscious, did you send word to the outside world that you'd been attacked?"
When Lin Yuan had brought the Blazing Mane Beast out of the Silent Wind Zone, he had destroyed the Optical Computer on its body.
"Master, I did send a message. I told my teacher and several friends that I'd been attacked and might fall," the Blazing Mane Beast answered respectfully.
"But don't worry, Master. At the time, I was trapped in an illusion and didn't even know who had attacked me. The Optical Computer didn't capture your image, either, so there's no way your identity could have been leaked."
"Good. What's your name?" Lin Yuan asked, nodding.
"Master, my real name is Lacha, and my title is Flame Mane Venerable."
Lin Yuan then asked the Blazing Mane Beast for more details, including who its teacher was and what