He knows that his technique is no longer normal after the appearance of the two avatars, but he did not expect them to actually bare their fangs in heaven.
"ARGH!" As the electricity coursed through his entire body, the pain was so unbearable that he was forced to shout in pain. His tolerance is extremely high, but still, he was forced to scream.
ROAR! The dragon starts to undergo a change, and the tiger avatar disappears. Cleo does not know this, as he is busy trying to shift the energy elsewhere.
The dragon grows bigger as a cloud-like image starts to appear around it; its horns have transformed into crystal-like horns; its beard is now flashing with electricity; and its eyes are now bright yellow.
It has evolved into a Thunder Dragon, a variant form of the Malevolent Tiger. Cleo is unaware of this, but the system does; it immediately activates the form, cancelling Cleo's current form.
Scales start to grow in Cleo's body; a beard, a tail, and crystal horns grow from his body; suddenly, tiny bits of fluffy clouds start gathering into his body, making his form a bit strange, but his transformation did not stop.
Slowly, his humanoid body starts to morph, finally becoming dragon-shaped. The Malevolent Tiger Form is clearly inferior to his current form, but this comes as no surprise as the energy from the heavenly punishment is much purer and higher grade than the yin energy from Nightmare Valley.
"What the!?" The electricity that was coursing through his body is slowly disappearing; no, it is being absorbed into his body and fusing with him. The massive excess energy is transferred into the little clouds below him.
The heavens seem to have lost their target and are starting to clear up. He is confused, but he quickly discovers that Leon was covered by the tiny clouds; this might be the reason why the heavenly punishment has disappeared.
"What kind of form is this?" He is confused; he feels very awkward as this is the first time he is moving in a body that is not humanoid.
[A new transformation brought about by the dragon-tiger body tempering technique, the opposite of the malevolent tiger form.]
"That is amazing; can I check it's information?" He hurriedly asks. This form has saved him from total doom and will be the reason for Leon's successful evolution.
Thunder Cloud Dragon: A unique type of technique containing similar practices, sets of movements, and breathing styles to the other half of the Dragon-Tiger Body Manual.
Passive Skills: (Thunder Element Manipulation), (Heavenly Presence), (Lightning Dragon)
Thunder Element Manipulation: Ability to control electric-type energies such as lightning and thunderbolts.
Heavenly Presence: Release an aura that contains the might of heaven. (The effect of this skill is enhanced when used against evil and dark-type beings such as ghosts and demons.)
Lightning Dragon (incomplete): a species of dragon that is known to control thunder and lightning.
Active Skills: (Cloud Summon), (Lightning Dragon Breath), (Elemental Transformation)
Cloud Summon: Summons a cloud that gathers thunder elements.
Thundercloud Form: Once the clouds gather enough elemental energy, they can summon lightning strikes and boost the power of the user.
Lightning Dragon Breath (Unusable): Fires a concentrated thunder elemental energy fused with dragon power. (Requires dragon bloodline to activate.)
Elemental Transformation: transforms into an elemental form for a certain amount of time.
Warning: This can only be used if there are enough thunderclouds present; the duration of the transformation corresponds with the number and size of the thunderclouds.
"Hahaha! This realm is truly full of surprises, but still, shouldn't my technique be unusable right now? How did I obtain such a form?"
[Because of the existence of the Malevolent Tiger Form, the dragon-tiger body tempering technique is a two-sided technique that carries both the dragon power and the tiger power; it has become imbalanced after the host obtained the Malevolent Tiger Form.]
"Since the Malevolent Tiger Form is a negative type transformation, carrying yin energy that actually affects my behaviour, becoming more bloodthirsty, violent, and cruel, the dragon side has awakened a positive type transformation, carrying the heavenly lightning punishment energy that is very effective against evil type beings," he speculated.
He had read this from the scrolls that his dear friend Pure shared with him. According to the scrolls, there are multiple types of positive energy; the most common type is light and fire, but the most destructive amongst them is thunder.
[Affirmative: Right now, the body tempering technique is undergoing the final phase of its transformation, but because the host is lacking two crucial requirements, the technique is now at a bottleneck.]
"What type of requirements does the dragon-tiger body tempering technique need?" He is confused; if he is truly lacking, he should not have been able to reach this level.
[As it's named a dragon and a tiger, the host does not have a body constitution that fits the criteria, nor do you have the bloodline to train it.]
"Then, what should I do?" He is worried. Now that he has tasted the wonderful gifts that the technique has given him, he is very reluctant to let it rot in its current state.
[Obtain two pets that are of the dragon and tiger types; fusing with two basic bloodlines is also possible but not recommended as it is risky for the host to insert a foreign bloodline into your body.]
"So I need to use two of my slots for these two specific pets?" He knows just how precious his soul slots are, but he does not think that it is wasteful to use two slots to improve his technique.
[The host is both correct and wrong; you only need to use one soul slot; if you obtained one pet, it is not recommended to immediately use the slot; wait until you already have both dragon and tiger pets; they are going to be used as the physical bodies for the two avatars.]
"What!?" He was shocked by this new information.