[Due to a massive boost from the advanced genes, the dragon-tiger body tempering technique has once again undergone a breakthrough; one active and passive skill has been acquired.]
Dragon-tiger transformation: Dragon X Tiger Transformation and Tiger X Transformation.
Dragon X Tiger: Obtains the wings of a dragon, scales over the hands and feet, dragon tail, dragon eyes, tiger limbs, and head.
Tiger X Dragon: Drastically increases the size and physical prowess of the user and obtains a tiger's back, tiger tail, tiger eyes, tiger legs, tiger claws, tiger fangs, dragon teeth, dragon horns, and dragon scales on the chest and neck.
Dragon-tiger Eyes: Dragon Eyes and Tiger Gaze.
Dragon Eyes: Can see through the weakness of the target.
Tiger's Gaze: Can overwhelm the target with fear; works better at beasts.
He finally obtains his long-awaited transformation skill, and with this, he can fool everyone into believing that he has another soul blessing.
Besides, Leon can now learn martial arts; there are bound to be some of them that have transformation techniques; unfortunately, body tempering techniques are useless for him; if not, he would have given him the dragon-tiger body tempering technique.
"What happened!?" Flare and her group gather towards his spot. The commotion earlier shocked them, and when they arrive at the scene, they see everyone looking at him with a blank expression.
He scratches his head and says it in a sheepish manner.
"I had broken through with my body-tempering technique."
"Impossible! How can a breakthrough of one's body tempering technique cause such an event!?" States the female medic who had healed Elcio earlier.
Just as he was about to explain it to her, Flare glared at the medic and said,.
"My family's private affair is not something that you should be worried about, doctor."
The medic knows that this is true, but she cannot help but feel dejected, not knowing the reason for the appearance of the two avatars.
She looks at Cleo in a pitiful manner, but unfortunately for her, Flare's guards quickly escorted her away.
Flare grabs Cleo as she brings him into a secluded place. She orders her guard to prevent anyone from spying on them. She then glares at him with a very serious look.
"Okay, you no longer need to hide anything; tell me what happened earlier."
He is speechless; he smiles bitterly and once again explains himself.
"Just like what I had told you earlier, I had broken through a bottleneck on my body tempering technique. I am not lying; I am training the dragon-tiger body tempering technique, and I have been rapidly improving ever since I started training with it."
She looks at him with scepticism; it seems that she still does not believe him; he can only sigh and release his aura; he concentrates with all of his focus; the two avatars appear out of his body as the two roar to the sky, announcing their grand appearance once more.
"Huff, huff, see, I told you that I am not lying." He was exhausted mentally; he is still unable to control the two avatars; they only come out during special circumstances or if he concentrates enough.
Flare was shocked. She marvelled at the image of the dragon and the tiger; both of their appearances struck something inside of her.
Her body trembles as if something has broken through inside of her. She releases a loud shout as her aura explodes out of her body. Flames surround her body, and the power of the flame startles Cleo greatly.
Even his two avatars seem to have taken her seriously; both of them stare at the flame with a serious look.
"Thank you, thank you; with your help, I managed to finally understand what I was lacking!" Flare grabbed his hand and repeatedly thanked her. Her body tempering technique is one of the Oriend Family's special techniques; it is actually considered a much higher level than the dragon-tiger body tempering technique, but the two came from the same origin.
It is called the Phoenix-dragon body tempering technique; it is more difficult to train compared to its weaker counterpart, and it requires an elemental affinity for one to practice it.
Phoenix-dragon body tempering technique: a body tempering technique that was created for females. One needs to have a strong body to practice this technique, and most importantly, one has to have a high affinity for the fire element.
In the entire younger generation of the Oriend Family, only Flare is compatible with it; even the so-called greatest prodigy of their family, Margaret, is unable to practice this technique.
"Glad to be of help then; I just want to join the battle to increase my mastery over this technique." Hearing this, Flare is no longer hesitant to accept his request; without hesitation, she agrees to let him join the battle.
Feeling good that he had helped his beautiful cousin, albeit accidentally, he returns back to their camp with his head held high. The people are still looking at him, and what happened earlier is still fresh in their minds.
"Young master, is your friend not that great at socialising?" asks the guard captain as he and some of the people try to talk to Leon, but the latter just stares at them silently.
"Oh, him, I am sorry to tell you this, but he is actually a mute; he is quite sensitive about this topic, so I wanted you to not harass him again; he fights the way he does because of the pain he has experienced, largely the fault of others taking advantage of his disability." Making up such a story will help him hide Leon's true identity.
"I did not know that this was the case; I must apologise to him immediately. I thought that he was just ignoring us, but to think that he was unable to talk, d*mn it! He had helped us greatly during the battle, and yet I was so insensitive towards his weakness!" The guard captain shouts with guilt written on his face. The rest of his group also feels the same way; they all lowered their heads in shame.