Suddenly, a great change erupted within Zeke.
He felt a great dragon rise from within, and stirred everything in its wake.
Zeke focused his all into controlling and maintaining the transition.
After all, draconic energy was not to be messed with.
Commoners who ever find themselves in position with a strand of this divine power could already be improved manifold, moreover, having a power as great as this?
Slowly, Zeke bridged the gap between himself and the draconic powers, from within, a strange feeling sprouted.
It was an indescribable feeling, like a hug from a mother, everything Zeke did was immensely calming.
Zeke felt as though he had achieved dragon-hood, completely tuned with the Earth and sky.
He could feel every fibre of muscle in his body being filled with incredible power, it pulsated endlessly.
He could even feel all his energy channels eagerly burst open, ready to absorb more draconic energy.
The injuries he sustained from Kenzo healed quickly, strengthened even.
A roar pulsated throughout Zeke's body.
His muscles were spastic, he stifled his screams of pain.
The draconic energy was not residing easily.
He gritted his teeth and pushed through the pain as he felt the beads of sweat form on his forehead, the sweat drenched his body.
It was borderline unbearable.
The Way, although powerful, was incredibly tough on the body.
Zeke gritted his teeth and thought to himself,' I will be the strongest fighter there ever will be, no longer will I be a weakling!'
It was as though the draconic energy itself heard Zeke's cry, it stopped resisting, and allowed itself to fully assimilate into Zeke's body.
Suddenly, a great exodus of power poured out of Zeke. The energy he just absorbed quickly went to work — repaired Zeke's body, improved it, strengthened it, etc. He expelled a powerful shockwave, Zeke felt his Might achieving new levels.
Before he could rejoice, a visage of a dragon manifested itself before him.
It's prideful elegance stared Zeke in the eyes, it let out a great roar, the skies shook, an unrivalled force!
This was Zeke's avatar, this was Zeke's true energy. Zeke stared at it, excited, anxious, he felt many different things.
He slowly let himself calm down, and allowed his Might itself to operate from there.
Two days.
In just two days, Zeke had recovered and rejuvenated himself, he felt like a brand-new man.
He opened his eyes to allow beams of light to shine through.
Power, his power has risen! Zeke knew he had immensely improved, that goes without saying, it was expected.
What was unexpected were the two dragon scales on his chest that shimmered brightly.
Although they were no bigger than his palm, they radiated immense energy.
The most unexpected thing Zeke found was that just above the scales, were the shimmering vestiges of draconic aura.
"Huh… two dragon scales! Nice!" Zeke smiled brightly.
However, right at that moment, a few miles out, Kenzo set his sights on the waterfall.
"Draconic energy… found you!"
It was followed by a grim smile.