Chapter 15 - 15: Metamorphosis, Second Awakening!

Author's Note: It's short, I know, but I did this while my body is still not fully healed. I just did this because I had inspiration at the moment and if I do this by the time I'm alright, I believe I might forget all about it.

So, enjoy the chapter and have a happy new year and please be safe y'all!

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Xiao Yan continued to madly roar at the heavens for seven minutes before stopping.

He panted hardly, exhaustion clear on his face, but the wide bright smile on his face couldn't be ignored.

He... He did it! He survived! After so long of being isolated in a dark dome of earth and hot flames, along with constantly experiencing pain and agony of being roasted alive, he ,Xiao Yan, has survived and overcome this tribulation of being bathed flames.

Xiao Yan felt tears acting up in his eyes before the heat of the green flames around him evaporated it.

The torment of being alone for so long, with only the concentration of circulating his Mysterious Heaven Skill to keep him alive, had caused a variety of expressions to appear on his face.

'Finally, I am free...' He thought with intense emotions.

He then stared down at himself in wonder. He was amazed at the changes of his body, and his not talking about puberty, his muscles are more defined and hardened, especially his six packs!

He didn't notice it but...

"How the hell am I–AH?!" Xiao Yan, who was floating on the air being supported by the Green Lotus Core Flame, suddenly dropped down to the ground face first.

He didn't know but when he had finally tamed the heavenly flame he subconsciously, by instinct, controlled it to let him up on the air by creating two fireballs under his feet that can make him rise from the ground up to the air.

Now that he had gotten his mind and thoughts back to the real world he had unknowingly taken back control of his heavenly flame.

His face on the ground, Xiao Yan mumbled as he tilted his head back.

"Such misfortune..." He said with small tears appearing on his eyes, unknowingly repeating the same line of a certain black haired hedgehog would say when he encounters 'misfortune'.

"Pfft–!!"

Xiao Yan's eyes widened, and without thinking, he summoned his spirit essence on his right hand and pointed it to where he heard the noise. The Green Lotus Core Flame appeared, swimming around him nonchalantly, but he knew that if he so much as think of danger to his life the flames would immediately protect him.

He suddenly noticed something, different. He felt that his spirit essence was a weighed, less?

The once black obsidian heavy xuan ruler was nowhere in sight of his hand. Instead, a badass four feet tall and a width of two fingers wide katana with green blade edge, 7 inched long metal handle with golden accents on the pommel that goes to where the edge would be. Lastly, a red silk ribbon tied around in the pommel with a key like object at the end. Green flames would sometimes flicker around the blade.

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'WHAT. THE. F.U.C.K?!!' Xiao Yan thought with a variety of expressions flashing on his face. Mostly shock, confusion and awe.

His spirit essence... HOLY SHIT!!

From a piece of huge black crap that need a huge a.s.s of an effort and time to kill someone or something, had turned into a beautiful piece of badass weaponry that can actually slice and dice someone, or something, that can also make him look cool.

Xiao Yan decided, that this was THE BEST. DAY. OF. HIS. LIFE!

Even if a thousand or even a ten thousand years old spirit beast were to show up, it wouldn't down his mood.

Yup, the day is going to be great!

"Uh, perverted human...?" A soft and delicate voice interrupted Xiao Yan from his thoughts. Causing him to look back at where he pointed his sword's tip and was immediately shocked to see,

"AH! YOUR THAT PSYCHO BITCH!!" Xiao Yan lowered his sword and used his other hand to point at the appearance of a girl, his age wearing his black hoodie cloak and was b.a.r.e footed, looking at him like a deer would by a headlight.

Anger and fear could be seen on Xiao Yan's face. He could still remember how he was being chased all over the forest like how wolf would to a scared little rabbit.

He should be more scared as he was helpless the last time he met her. However, the anger he felt towards her overpowered that.

The girl, meanwhile, had a confused and shocked at first before changing into a furious scowl.

"HUH?! WHO ARE YOU CALLING CRAZY!? AND I'M NOT A DOG!!"