Beast Soul

Agent Edgerton immediately turned the direction of his rifle, pointing it right at the spot where Noah had landed and pulled the trigger, but the light beam still missed its target and struck the ground below, sending dirt and grass flying all over the place.

Noah stretched his hand out and from his palms shot out a ball of flames which shot straight at Agent Edgerton, who immediately countered it with another light beam. 

The two attacks collided with each other, resulting in a loud explosion that sent dust and dirt flying all over the place, as the grass beneath the explosion caught on fire. "That's not going to be enough to defeat me!" Agent Edgerton yelled out loudly with a sinister smile on his face as he pulled the trigger on his rifle once again, and out came countless blue light beams that headed straight for the fast moving Noah!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The blue light beams moved through the air with incredible speed, and Noah immediately leapt forward and spun his body in the air in an attempt to evade the attack.

BAM!

Most of the light beams passed by him without a problem, but right as he was able to land on the ground, one blue strand of light, which was simply too late for him to evade, collided with his legs, causing a loud and gigantic explosion that flung him backwards, causing his whole body to spin in the air for a few seconds before crashing onto a tree trunk with a loud noise.

BOOM!

"F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!" Noah cursed out loud as he got up from the ground while rubbing his back in pain, but he had no time to complain about the attack that struck him, as just when he had gotten up from the ground, he was bombarded by yet another round of countless blue light beams.

"Ah shit!" Noah waved his arm around with a panic-stricken expression on his face and out from his palms came a bunch of fireballs, which shot out and headed straight for the light beams.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The fireballs collided with the blue light beams, stopping them right in their tracks and causing multiple loud explosions that echoed all over the jungle. 

Whoosh!

However, even though the fireballs had taken out many of the blue light beams, some of them still survived the onslaught and continued heading towards Noah, who immediately rolled back without wasting a single second, evading some of the light beams by a hair's breadth.

Swoosh!

But even after all that, he saw that one blue strand of light was still moving towards him with incredible speed, already near him as he raised his arms.

"F*ck this sh*t!" Noah grit his teeth and in a desperate attempt, rolled his palms into a fist and punched at the beam of light that was heading his way, leading it to explode as it collided with his fist, causing him to be pushed back a few steps.

He glanced at his hand for a second, and saw that the skin on his palms were on the verge of peeling off, with burn marks all around his fingers and on the back of his hand.

"Well isn't that a lot of damage.." The doppelganger Noah said while gnashing his teeth, and the original Noah responded with an angry tone. "Be a bit more careful with my hands, will you?! Are you trying to destroy it?"

"Oh boo hoo, don't be so sensitive. It'll heal in a few minutes!" The doppelganger Noah retorted back with a snarky comment, which caught the original Noah off guard yet again. 

This doppelganger of mine was becoming more and more human as time went on, the original Noah thought to himself. 

"Focus on increasing your speed for now!" The original Noah said as he pointed at the grass that had caught fire from all the fireballs that were launched by Noah just a few seconds ago. "The rain…" He said, and the doppelganger Noah saw that most of the grass that had caught on fire had been put out by the rain drops that were falling down hard. "We need to increase the speed and the rate at which we shoot the fireballs if we want the place to burn without having to worry about the rain.."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Already on it!" Said the doppelganger Noah as he stretched out his hand and from it shot out multiple fireballs, heading straight for Agent Edgerton.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Agent Edgerton fired back at the fireballs with his blue light beams, which collided with the fireballs, albeit at close range, which sent a few flaming parts flying straight at the agent, forcing him to jump out of the way in order to avoid the attack.

But in doing so, he had to break away from his shooting position, which gave Noah the golden opportunity to shorten the distance between the two yet again.

Whoosh!

Noah stomped his feet on the ground once again and charged forward, aiming for the readjusting Agent Edgerton, who immediately raised his assault rifle and shot out another round of blue light beams.

"Back away!" The original Noah yelled loudly as the doppelganger Noah braked and changed directions yet again, flying high into the tree branches right next to him while avoiding the light beams that were heading his way.

Swoosh!

Noah used the tree branches to continue circling the area, and with his swift speed and the tight angles that he was making to turn, Agent Edgerton was having trouble landing a decent hit on him.

"Stay in one place you damn creature!" Agent Edgerton said with a frustrated expression on his face as he shot another round of light beams, which narrowly missed the fast running Noah yet again.

Of course, Noah wasn't planning on just continuing running, and he immediately countered back with a set of fireballs heading straight for the agent, who had to roll on the ground yet again in order to completely avoid Noah's attack.

"Now's the chance!" The doppelganger Noah had his eyes widened as he spoke, and without wasting a single second, he leapt forward, his arm stretched out as he reached for the still readjusting Agent Edgerton.

This wasn't the same as last time. Noah knew that. He was much closer in distance than before, which meant that he had a better chance at grabbing hold of the human before he could land an attack on him.

Whoosh!

Within a split second, Noah was already in front of Agent Edgerton, who had still not correctly aimed his rifle at the intended target, who was Noah himself. 

"I've got you now!" The original Noah had a victorious smile on his face as his hand was close to grabbing the human enemy's neck.

Swoosh!

But right then, the crown on agent Edgerton's smart watch, which he had assumed to be just another normal watch, suddenly shot out a small burst of blue energy beam straight at Noah's neck, resulting in a loud explosion that flung both Noah and Agent Edgerton back.

BAM!

While Agent Edgerton was only pushed back a few steps and found his balance easily, Noah, on the other hand, was impacted by the burst of energy that collided with him and slammed his back against one of the trees that were right behind him before crashing down onto the ground, face first.

"Hahh! You almost got me," Agent Edgerton said as he breathed a sigh of relief, right before aiming his rifle straight at the fallen Noah, who was in the middle of getting up on his feet, and pulled the trigger.

BOOM!

Noah raised his hands up in order to defend against the attack as the beam of light collided with his palms, sending him flying back and smashing through the tree trunk before crashing down hard on the ground with a loud noise.

"Is that all you got?" Edgerton taunted Noah with a smile on his face as he began to walk towards him, his rifle still pointed right at Noah.

"GAH!" Noah let out a groan filled with pain right before shooting fireballs out from open mouth, which headed straight for Agent Edgerton, who was caught off guard by the attack, and in an impromptu evasion method, he rolled to the side, successfully evading the attack.

He got up on his feet, but by then, Noah was already there to greet him with his fist.

BAM!

Agent Edgerton wanted to defend, but Noah slammed his fist right on his chest before he could even raise his hands up, so he couldn't even use the hidden watch attack, and was flung back countless feet before crashing down onto the ground with a loud noise.

"AH!" Agent Edgerton, who was only human, was injured pretty badly by that single attack, and before he could even get up from the ground, Noah grabbed him by the collar and turned him around, kneeling on top of him and raised his fist in the air, aiming right for the agent's face.