"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. Splintering Fist was strong. If Mane had to compare it to Extreme Burst, he'd definitely place it higher. The force of its attack was comparable to the fifth strike of Extreme Burst. Considering that Mane could currently deliver just six moves out of the maximum seven in the Extreme Burst manual, Splintering Fist was definitely dangerous to meet head on. But Mane was faster than his father, and his reaction speed was better too. So whenever he faced Splintering Fist, he didn't truly meet it head on. For instance, in the current exchange, his punch was aimed at his father's wrist. And that was how he was able to successfully stop the move. The next step was to knock Ray back, and prepare to bash the head of the incoming clone in. That one didn't go as planned.
*Bam*
Mane hurriedly crossed his arms in a guarded posture to block the heavy fist of the clone that was supposed to be a few meters away. "How did it get here so quickly?" Mane wondered. His thoughts were forcefully halted when the original Ray also sent a punch his way.
"Splintering Fist"
*Bang*
Mane was sent flying into the wall. His face was full of disbelief. "What just happened?" he mumbled. His life had reduced substantially. This was the power of the Splintering Fist, and the reason he didn't want to face it directly. This was power comparable to a 5th attack of the Extreme Burst. "I definitely have to learn that skill too." Mane thought as he slowly peeled himself off the wall. Although his armor had absorbed a large chunk of the attack, he wasn't spared either. After the limit of his armor was reached, the point that was struck was destroyed and the fist had caught him right in his midsection. He was lucky it wasn't a full powered strike- thanks to his armor- but he was injured nonetheless. Luckily for him, his father didn't pursue him to finish the job, only standing there nonchalantly as he waited for his son to sort himself out.
NAME: Mane
AGE: 11
HEALTH POINTS: 3200/4000
RACE: Supreme
BLOODLINE: Mixed (Olympian, Norse GodKing, ???)
BLOODLINE RANK: Improbable
LEVEL: Earth Stage 1 (Level 51.25)
POWER LEVEL: 470,250
WIELDER TYPE: Multi Wielder (Body Wielder; Energy Wielder; Spiritualist)
SPECIALTY: Strength; Intelligence; Speed
GLOWS: Takeover; Aftershock; Endless Wave; Basileus; Son of Lightning; Absolute Darkness; *Brimstone
BREATH: Self-time Acceleration; True Flames
Mane's health had reduced by 800 points! That was a staggering figure considering that he didn't even absorb the full impact of the attack by himself. If he were to be hit with such a strike directly…
"There is no way I'd survive." Mane knew this. And although his father had great control, and would definitely ensure that he didn't die, such a situation will mean that he had lost. Their duels ended when one of them had their life knocked down to a tenth of its original. Since Ray couldn't really be killed, the condition for him to lose was that Mane brutally injures him. Mane hadn't been able to do that quite yet. But the punch he just received allowed him to see hope. Because if the Splintering Fist was this strong, then he just had to make sure that his own Extreme Burst was fully executed on the original Ray. Although Extreme Burst wasn't as strong as Splintering Fist, its fifth strike was just as powerful, and the sixth strike was even more so. The problem was getting to deliver this strike without the interference of the clone.
"But how did it get so fast? And it seems to have gotten stronger." Mane wondered. He used spirit scan on the clone to see if there were any changes he had missed.
NAME: Ray Duplicate
AGE: Temporary Creation. Will disappear upon exhausting its life
HEALTH POINTS: 2000/2600
DESCRIPTION: A clone made by the Brute King Ray. It possesses 50 percent of the original's power level. Cannot use breaths.
"So that's why" Mane suddenly realised. The information he got wasn't much different from what was there before. But there was a line missing. Initially, under the description it was included that the clone couldn't use glows. But now this line had disappeared. If Mane wasn't wrong, the reason the clone's attack had grown more powerful was because of the glow called Diamond Body. It was a powerful body hardening skill that belonged in the category of body wielding. His father was pretty lucky to unlock such a glow. According to the 5th, many body wielders strived their entire lives to reach that realm but failed. And here was someone who wasn't even an original body wielder, yet had unlocked this skill so easily. As for the clone's increase in speed, he didn't know what had led to that. After all, speed wasn't part of his father's specialty. And he didn't have any glows related exclusively to that either. His breaths didn't include any speed skills too. So for the first time in a while, Mane was confused.
But he knew one thing for sure: he had to quickly take care of the troublesome clone. And before that, he'd have to repair his armor.
"Restituere" He placed his palm on the broken part of his armor and spoke the lease that was literally just a cheat all spiritualists had. The space in his armor gradually filled up. But he wasn't satisfied with it.
"Augendae armis" He cast an enhancement lease on his armor, strengthening his protection by twenty five percent. It was only then that he was somewhat satisfied.
He then activated two glows- Takeover and Absolute Darkness. Now he was ready.