Douluo Dalu: Legend Of Xiao Yan

A/N: This might felt rushed as I wrote this while answering my modules, so I apologise for that. Next chapter would have them fighting in the Great Spirit Arena. If you have any questions, just ask.

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"I-Is this the place?" Xun Er softly asked as she and the others looked around the area they had arrived.

It was a completely barren land with not a single blade of grass or vegetation in sight. The trees around them were rotten and old. Not a single life of vegetation in sight. This was just a couple kilometers away from the academy.

"This, is horrible." Xiao Wu said as her little face turned saddened.

Dai Mubai let out a sad sigh and said.

"Yeah, this is called the barren land, quiet simple and easy to understand as you can see. This land had became like this was because a very violent thousand year old fire forest lion had gone berserker when it's whole pack was hunted done by some spirit masters. It was said that when it was cornered, it became a ten-thousand year old spirit beast and proceeded to slaughter the spirit masters and burned down this land to cinders. The dean was one who killed it and this was one of the reasons why he was able to negotiate with the village chief to let him create a academy on the village." Everyone nodded at the story before looking back around them. While a sad look appeared on both Xiao Wu and Xun Er's eyes for a moment before disappearing.

They were here because Xiao Yan wanted to test out his spirit around and cause some little level of destruction but was forbidden, apparently if he destroyed anything in the village the fee for the repairs would come out of his pocket money and not the academy.

Speaking of Xiao Yan...

The moment he arrived here he immediately sat down on the ground cross-legged and meditated, though truthfully he was talking with his ancestor Igneel.

'So, uh, how do I transformed?' Xiao Yan asked.

"It's easy. Its like summoning your sword spirit but instead of using your spirit power, you use the vigor within you." Igneel casually replied as he lazily relaxed on a red couch.

Xiao Yan nodded and didn't questioned the couch, as he too knew the power of the great couch.

Opening his eyes Xiao Yan stood up, gathering the attention of everyone, and without saying anything he spread his arms and legs apart.

A focused and serious expression was on his face as everyone intently watched him in anticipation.

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"Uh... Xiao Yan-gege are you trying to take a–" Before Xiao Wu could finish her teasing on Xiao Yan, a great heat wave hit them and thunderous roars could be heard.

"HAAAAAAA!" Xiao Yan shouted as his skin turned into dark red scales, his pupils into slits and his teeth jagged. While a red aura, no, heat waves surrounded his body and white lightning flashed around.

Everyone stared in shock and confusion, the Ma siblings especially as this was the first time that they had saw Xiao Yan in such a sight. But for Tang San and the rest? They were confused as hell.

They knew that Xiao Yan's flames were green almost emerald in color but he had red hot crimson flames surrounding his body, and last they recall, he didn't have the power to use lightning.

'Was this the power of his second spirit?' They all thought with awe in their eyes. They wanted to ask him to do something to test his spirit but they held back as they saw him looking down at his hands in shock.

'Oi ancestor! What is this?!' Xiao Yan asked yelled out loud inwardly. He was shock. No scratch that, he was in utter disbelief and shock.

The flames and lightning surrounding him, he wouldn't really have been shock at the sudden color change and use of the lightning, as he was informed of the latter and the former he would guess as being something that came along with the transformation.

But this feeling... this was the same feeling he felt when he use his heavenly flame the Green Lotus Core Flame!

'What the f.u.c.k is going on?!'

"Alright alright me, calm down." Flame Emperor casually stated.

Turning towards Igneel, he ask.

"So, are you the one who's going to explain?"

Igneel sighed and nodded.

"Yeah I'll do it." Turning towards silent Xiao Yan, Igneel proceeded to explain.

"Yes. What your currently thinking of what that is, it's correct. That surrounding your body is a heavenly flame, specifically 11th rank of the heavenly flame ranking: the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame."

'What?!' Xiao Yan yelled out in shock.

"Don't interrupt me! Ahem, anyways it's a heavenly flame that I personally nurtured and used back in my peak. So take care of it. Though currently most of its power is sealed until you grow more stronger. The reason is mostly because it contains some of my divine conscious."

'Wait wait wait. Why didn't you informed me beforehand?! Shit, I can't handle the power of two heavenly flames! My body would burst and I'll die!' Xiao Yan yelled. That was right, though the course of alchemy history it was impossible for anyone to have two or more heavenly flames in their body. For the violent energy of the two or more heavenly flames was too much for their body and even if their body could handle the energy, it wouldn't handle the two heavenly flames fighting at each other for dominance.

"So, are you done drama queen?" Flame Emperor asked with irritated scowl.

'Almost. AHHHHHHHHhhhhh... Okay I'm done.' Xiao Yan nodded. Turning to the spirits haunting his mind, he asked.

'So, how am I alive right now?' At first he was truly worried but then he noticed the calm looks of the two and figured out that they did something.

A small and nostalgic smile appeared on Flame Emperor's face.

"Flame Mantra."

The moment Xiao Yan heard that, his eyes practically bulged out of shock.

'How?!'

The Flame Mantra, Xiao Yan could remember it in his/Flame Emperor's life that it was cultivation method he used that needed a heavenly flame as a raw material to cultivate. It can help one swallow another type of heavenly flame in one's body but it only had 20% success rate. But if successful and if one has two heavenly flames could one truly show the true power of such cultivation method.

A smug smile appeared on the Flame Emperor's face.

"Did you forget? I'm God. Changing the structure and requirements of the technique to fit this world is as easy as snapping my fingers. Also, if your asking how are you able to use the technique when you didn't remember cultivating it, again, I'm god and you. When you were still resting your body, I controlled your body, yes I can control your body though temporarily, when you were asleep and let your body adjust and let it subconsciously cultivate the Flame Mantra technique."

Xiao Yan dropped his jaws. Cause if this was true, Flame Emperor had basically hijacked his body to cultivate a technique that he made it so his body could subconsciously cultivate it, and he didn't notice anything wrong as that bastard's memories and experiences had caused him to feel cultivating the flame mantra was a natural thing.

"Motherf.u.c.ker..." Xiao Yan muttered as he shook his head around. Causing Tang San and co to look at him with worried looks.

'So, nothing's wrong with my body?'

"Well, you are growing and–"

'I'm talking about if the heavenly flames are affecting my body you bastard!'

"Well yeah you're alright. With my memories and experiences that you received, as well as some tinkering here and there, there wouldn't be any problems. Though I advise you to not absorb another heavenly flame until your a spirit king." Xiao Yan nodded but he had another question to ask.

'When did you assimilate the flame and why didn't I feel anything wrong before?'

"I had already started assimilating the flame days ago in your body, though that was a slow process due to your weak body but as a divine conscious who's godly position governed flames, it was easy for me to control the flame to assimilate your body undetected. Also, the reason why you didn't feel any discomfort was probably because as the heavenly flame that was both nurtured and used by the Fire Dragon King, and you who has his spirit and bloodline can use it without any trouble." Flame Emperor finished his explanation with a shrug. While Xiao Yan stared at his past self with blank and unreadable face before shaking his head.

'I gotta go, they're calling me.' With that Xiao Yan logged out.

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Flame Emperor was silent.

Igneel shook his head and simply said.

"He doesn't trust you."

A wry smile appeared on Flame Emperor's face.

"Well yeah, a piece of his last life's divine conscious is in his head and could control his body. If it were me, even I wouldn't easily trust myself. As I would be afraid that he would completely hijacked my body and steal his life" Igneel glanced at Flame Emperor with a raised eyebrow and asked.

"Then why wouldn't you?"

Flame Emperor sighed and said.

"Because they're waiting. After I'm done, I'm going."

"Yan?" Xun Er asked as she watched the still and silent figure of Xiao Yan. Everyone carefully stared at him, slowly backing away to distance themselves so they could be prepared if he suddenly gone berserk or something.

They were tense, it's been some minutes passed since then and Xiao Yan had gone completely silent.

Although it was rare, but there are some cases when people's spirit would cause them to go berserk and bloodthirsty.

So they waited and prepared themselves, Tang San summoned his blue silver grass at the ready to restrain Xiao Yan if he starts acting funny.

Suddenly, the flames and lightning surrounding Xiao Yan's body vanished, causing everyone to tense even more.

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, revealing black tinted green eyes, looking around he asked them in a strangely deep voice. Like he was growling.

"So, can you guys move back a bit? I want to test something out." Everyone let out sighs of relief and nodded, they moved back some meters away Xiao Yan and gave him thumbs up.

Xiao Yan nodded and turned back from them, he concentrated on the new heavenly flame inside his body.

Despite feeling gratitude for Flame Emperor, he still didn't trust him. He felt that he was still hiding something from him, and this thing with the heavenly flame wasn't helping his case.

He was frustrated and angry, and he wanted to let it loose at this moment.

Fire and lightning circulated within his body, clenching his fists, lightning flashing around his hair, Xiao Yan took a deep breath reeled back his head. He controlled the heavenly flame to travel through his windpipe.

He opened his mouth towards the sky and yelled.

"Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar!"

A magnificent and yet destructive force of nature came out of Xiao Yan's mouth, a mixture of white lightning and red flames, shot through the sky like it was a true lightning flame breath from a real dragon.

Everyone stared Xiao Yan in fear and awe as they watched the power of both fire and lightning tore through the sky. It was a beautiful yet horrifying sight to see, a beam of white and red that tore through the sky above them.

They could watched this all day but sadly it was gone moments later.

Although he was shocked and afraid at the great display of literal firepower, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but comment.

"Okay, when he said he wanted to test out his spirit, I didn't think he would show off like this."

Everyone nodded. Suddenly stared in worry as they saw Xiao Yan staggered and literally falling back on the ground.

"XIAO YAN/GEGE!" They shouted in worry.

Xun Er was the first to get to him. She stared in worry and concerned at his body before sighing in relief and told the others that he was okay and just exhausted.

Well that was to be expected really, Xiao Yan had used every bit of his spirit power to use that flame breath that he released and he used a bit of his vigor to force out more power of the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame so he was more exhausted than ever.

Oh well, he could just recover with some of his pills and food that he would force Ma Hongjun to buy for him.

Though he has more pressing matters to deal with now, the scolding of both his, possible, crush Xun Er and little sister Xiao Wu.