Transformation, this was the first time Xiao Jie used such a power in reality.
His heart still held some nervousness, particularly because he had almost lost his mind to the residual thoughts of a Demon Spirit, making this tension all the more unavoidable.
He strove to emulate the skill descriptions and user abilities from the game.
Jiao Long’s Avatar—Since it is a transformation ability mastered through the accumulation of essence, it is technically different from the Demon Master’s Avatar ability.
However, Xiao Jie was not very clear about the specific differences.
At this moment, Xiao Jie was seated cross-legged in the desert, with his eyes closed, focusing his mind and calming his breath. As his state of mind gradually leveled out, a Jiao Long totem appeared in his Spiritual Sense.
Suddenly, there was a Golden Scale Blue Jiao as lifelike as the ones from the game’s essence system, only this Jiao Long looked lifeless, standing still in the sea of consciousness like a statue.
Gazing into the eyes of the Jiao, a strangely familiar feeling arose, as if drawn by something. The Jiao Long totem moved closer to him, and the eyes of man and dragon overlapped, until finally, Xiao Jie’s perspective completely shifted into the Jiao Long’s—
Xiao Jie suddenly opened his eyes, which now shimmered with a golden light.
Sorcery—Jiao Long’s Avatar!
His body size burst forth, stretching upwards like a snake, his legs transformed into the tail of a Jiao, his arms into Jiao claws, his body expanding so violently that his outer garments shattered into pieces, revealing layers of blue and gold scales covering his body—Roar!
With a roar, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Jie became a gigantic Jiao Long over thirty to forty meters long.
Xiao Jie spiraled and erected himself, looking down upon the surrounding desert from high above with such an elevated viewpoint it felt as if he were piloting a heights-reaching mech. The new body felt oddly peculiar; Jiao Longs have no hind legs, their lower halves are like that of giant serpents, slithering through the desert, while their upper halves have two foreclaws, dragon-like heads, but lack the divine majesty of a dragon, instead exuding a more ferocious air.
At this time, outside the Array, Chen Tianwen was observing the situation within the Array through a basin of water.
"Wow, what a huge Monster," An Ran exclaimed in astonishment. Although she had seen Xiao Jie in this form in the game, it felt completely different in reality.
It was more realistic and more astonishing.
Chen Tianwen was also amazed.
"This Demon Art is indeed magical. Though it’s not as mysterious as Qimen Dunjia, such transformation—if displayed in the outside world—would indeed be considered remarkable.
Is this a Jiao Long? Why does it look so odd?"
"I don’t know either, Xiao Jie never explained how he got this ability, but it feels like it’s a combination of different types of Jiao species.
Master Chen, is there any problem with the Formation? If he loses his mind and breaks out, I won’t be able to handle him this time."
Chen Tianwen smiled confidently, "Don’t worry, Xiao Jie entered the Formation willingly, it’s not easy to break. Besides, haven’t you noticed? He hasn’t lost his mind at all."
As he spoke, he called out to the basin, "How is it, Xiao Jie? All good?"
At this moment, inside the Array, Xiao Jie heard the voice as though it came from beyond the skies.
"I’m fine," Xiao Jie stated calmly; his voice raspy and deep as it emanated from the Jiao Long’s mouth, yet his emotions were clearly stable.
This left An Ran in amazement; whenever she controlled Beast Transformation in reality, she had to endure an intense struggle. Theoretically, the more powerful the Avatar ability, the greater its impact on the mind. Transforming into such a Jiao Long should have a high probability of mind loss. Even if one could withstand it, one would at least have to struggle, so how could it look so effortless?
Doubts began to surface in her mind.
At this moment, Xiao Jie showed no anomaly; he felt completely different from when his thoughts were affected by the Demon Spirit remnants—it was as if he simply put on another skin, he was still essentially himself.
Xiao Jie guessed that this was probably due to his own essence Avatar, as ordinary Demon Masters shed their humanity when they transform, embracing a wholly new shape.
The body changes through Demon Art, and consciousness is naturally affected, since after all, the soul cannot exist independently of the flesh.
The bloodlust of a Beast, the instinct to hunt, or racial nature, all influence the Shapeshifter’s mind.
But this essence Avatar is different. As Xiao Jie possesses the Demon Spirit Hundred Forms Skill, his body is essentially a special substance that can transform into any shape.
The essence is essentially a transformation program; once loaded, the body completes the change naturally.
Just like a transformer.
Since it is a natural body change, that’s why the clothes are torn apart, which is completely unlike the Demon Master’s Transformation Technique. The reason being, this magic transformation automatically changes clothes into the fur of the Beast form, becoming part of the body itself.
Therefore, Xiao Jie is still using his original body, and his thinking is naturally unaffected.
Although Xiao Jie did not fully understand all this, he still felt the extraordinary nature of his body.
It must be said that this natural ability to transform is indeed interesting—it was as if he had become a transformer made of flesh and blood.
After moving around in the desert for a while, until he completely adapted to the body changes, Xiao Jie said: "Brother Tianwen, open the Array for me, I want to go out and feel this."