Ray’s technique, Splintering Fist, was a high grade technique just like Mane’s Extreme Burst. But there was no way this technique would be able to match up to Mane’s combination technique, Flickering Burst. That wasn’t to say that Ray didn’t have any combination techniques of his own. He did. He just wasn’t using them. At least not yet. Besides, for his punch to be effective, it had to hit Mane first. But it didn’t.
*Boom*
Ray’s fist struck empty air, the force from his attack travelling all the way to the end of the room, and effectively causing more destruction to the already destroyed wall. It seemed stupid. Why didn’t they just reinforce the wall with better materials so that their bouts wouldn’t cause so much destruction? Well, the basement wasn’t initially made as a training room. It just had one of its rooms converted into one because of Mane’s training. They needed an area where they could
“That’s enough of the chitchat. Let’s get back to business.” Ray stated as he pounced on his son. His clone was no different. It was only lagging behind due to its slower speed. It didn’t take even a second for Ray to get to Mane. “Splintering Fist”, Ray’s voice echoed loudly.“Extreme Burst”, Mane screamed in retaliation. Mane’s plan was simple. Neutralize his father’s attack and use a second punch to knock him away. Since Extreme Burst was a stacked move, his second attack will definitely be stronger than the first, by at least two times. This, in his view, should be enough to knock his father back. By the time that had been accomplished, the clone will have reached his position. Then he’d just ride on his momentum and deliver the rest of the moves in the Extreme Burst arsenal. Delivering the full dose should be enough to deal with the clone- or so he thought. The first part of his plan worked like a charm. His first fist did neutralize his father’s attack.
After Mane entered the ranks of earth realmers, he had gotten much stronger. Added to his body wielding training, his body was now capable of handling more than it could before. Now he could handle most of his glows, without much consequence. Of course, it wasn’t simply because of his energy and body wielding. He had been using his glows a lot during this period as well. With his father and mother to guide him, he had grown more accustomed to their use. Having the people from whom you inherited most of your glows from was a great boon. Unfortunately, this didn’t include the glow known as Absolute Darkness. This glow wasn’t known to either of his parents. So he had to work on that on his own. And he was now more or less able to use it without losing himself. It took a lot of practice to get to this point however. But the practicality of the move made all the efforts put into it worth it.Although he had grown much stronger, our blonde haired protagonist was s
The last two strikes were a spinning heel kick which was quickly followed by an uppercut. And once Mane was done he quickly flipped backwards. It was almost as if he was trying to avoid something.*Boom*A ball of fire landed on Mane’s previous location, and quickly turned the marble floor to powder. Mane had assumed that as long as he landed the full Extreme Burst combo, he will win the fight. But after launching Ray into the air, he felt threatened, and so immediately drew back. His decision was the right one. Mane was certain that his father was using more than one glow. This was because although Diamond Body was a very defensive glow, it wasn’t capable of fully protecting Ray from the sixth attack of extreme burst. This meant his
“Hei!”“Hah!”Ray and Mane clashed mid-air, right in the centre of the room. Blue and red flames spread all around the room and burnt everything they came into contact with. The marbled floor melted at speed visible to the naked eye due to the sheer intensity of the flames. The already haphazard room was thrown into more disarray by the power that was being concentrated in the small room. A battle of this scale was definitely too much for the room to take. The melting ceiling was testament to this fact. Although the flames didn’t get to every corner of the room, that didn’t stop them from spreading their fiery influence anyway.
*Poof*Mane’s small arm lodged itself deeply into Ray’s chest, and even found its way out, with his hand sticking out of the Brute King’s body from the back. There was no blood, since Mane’s arm was occupying the space from which it would flow. Plus his arm was still on fire, so it was almost as if he was cauterizing the wound. But some blood did make its way out through the mouth of the battle god.“How long has it been since I felt so refreshed? How long has it been since I last bled so? What a thrilling battle! You have fulfilled the conditions to win the duel. I concede.” Ray laughed loudly like a madman. And he was anything but sane right now, with him laughing so heartily whilst an arm was lodged deeply inside his chest. He was immortal. Although his godspark was sealed, his vitality as a god wasn’t. This meant that he was still technically immortal. So the only way for Mane to win any of their duels was to inflict a woun
“Yeah. Our boy is growing. And he is growing fast.” The 4th sighed. Although he rarely spoke to Mane, that didn’t mean he didn’t like the boy. On the contrary, he rather adored the blonde haired boy who was always itching for a challenge.“He is truly talented. I reckon that in less than half a year his body wielding abilities will be on par with his energy wielding.” The 5th was full of confidence concerning his prediction. It was confidence that the others didn’t share.“How is that possible? Don’t just make stuff up.” Even the 2nd, who was Mane’s most diehard fan found it hard to believe what she was hearing.“It is true. If you don’t believe me, you can ask 4th.” The 5th wasn’t in the mood to argue. He quickly referred the 2nd to the
Till date, Ray held the record for the highest total number of surges. It was the reason for his absurd strength when he was still so young. For even in the realm of the mortals, the Brute King would be considered as young. But the common theme behind this sudden surge was age. No one had experienced their first surge at the age of eleven. Even Mane wasn’t truly eleven years old- at least not yet anyway. So the masters hadn’t even considered this option. It was the keen and watchful eyes of one who had been a victim of the surge, and had passed down this strength to his descendants that correctly identified the oddity. And 1st was certain that Ray knew this too. That will explain the Brute King’s eagerness to show Mane the proper use of his techniques. The absentee father was hoping that his son will pick up much of what he had to offer before the surge ended. Since Mane had experienced the surge for about a month and a half now, it was
“He mustn’t be told about this.” The 1st warned. Although he sounded like he was warning everyone, the masters knew he was only speaking to one person: the blabbermouth of the group and the one closest to a friend among them to Mane- 6th.“What are all of you staring at me for? I’m not gonna say anything.” The 6th scowled. It was a bit strange that he commented that he was subject to their accusing gazes, when they were all trapped in mountains, with no way to see each other’s expression.“You better hope that’s true.” The 2nd ‘kindly’ reminded. Back in his mountain the dark figure of the 6th trembled imperceptibly. He didn’t want to have to find out what the consequences of offending the 2nd were. He was certain they were anything but good. And was pretty satisfied being on