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 still unable to use more than two glows simultaneously without getting injured. But it was a considerable improvement from being able to use only one at a time and still sustain injuries. He had been working on combination glows for the past week, and had realised that absolute darkness was a great compliment to one of his glows- Takeover
Takeover was one of the glows that Mane didn't like to use due to its overwhelming power. Well it wasn't like he didn't like to use it. Rather he didn't find anyone to use it on. It was so overwhelming that Mane felt that employing the services of this glow was an overkill. But if it came to sparring against an immortal like his father, this glow was perfect. So he had been training it secretly. Now he felt he was ready to use it.
"Interesting" Ray rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Takeover wasn't a glow he had. But he was familiar with it. His wife possessed this glow, and so did many of her direct bloodline. It was a glow passed down by one of the most powerful battle gods in history. And Ray had faced it many times. Although he knew his son possessed this skill, the blonde haired boy had never used it before today. And although Mane wasn't vocal about the techniques he was going to use, as someone who had faced Takeover so many times in his life, he was familiar with the changes this power brought. Mane's yellow hair and blue eyes that had turned crimson red were telltale signs that he had activated that glow. Besides, his blue aura that had turned deep black was the most prominent sign that Mane was using the takeover glow.
"Let's see how much of an increase it gives now." Ray knew the power this glow gave. And the external changes that it brought were usually a giveaway to the kind of power that Takeover gave. You see, the more external changes one experienced, the stronger their Takeover will be. Mane's changes were with just in his eyes and hair. As for the aura change, it was a fundamental difference that all Takeover users experienced, so Ray didn't include that. Mane's change was vastly different from his mother's. Alexis' change was more striking than this. And her father's was even more spectacular than hers. Judging by Mane's relatively paler transformation, his son didn't experience much of a power boost from the skill. But Ray still had to be safe, so he performed a spirit scan anyway.
"Spirit Scan"
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: 490,250
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
"Just as I suspected" Ray mumbled. "It is just a 20,000 increase." He continued. Anyone hearing his words will feel the urge to bash his face in. How can 20,000 be referred to as just? But Ray was actually relieved. He had seen Takeover grant some users up to three times their actual power! So for him, Mane's increase was only slight. Though after the initial relief had washed over him, worry took its place. Mane was Alexis' son. And his blood was potent. How could his Takeover power-up be so small? It was basically at the level of low level warriors in Alexis' clan. It didn't make any sense.
Outside the training room, Alexis' watched with furrowed brows as Mane underwent his transformation. She ignored the chattering kids who were awed by what they were seeing and watched Mane intensely. She wasn't a spiritualist. But she was well aware of the changes Takeover brought. After all, it was a skill her son inherited from her. But the danger she was feeling from Mane was far higher than what his transformation signified. With such a small change to his features, Mane shouldn't have had that much of power boost. But she could feel that Mane's transformation was more than what meets the eye.
"Ray will lose. Fascinating." She thought to herself as she predicted the winner for today's duel.
"Here I come!" Mane screamed as he lunged himself towards the two Rays. Since his father had given him the time to sort himself out, the least he could do was acknowledge the kindness and inform them of his impending assault. He dashed towards the duo, aiming for the original Ray. The clone wasn't going to let Mane have his way. It exploded with speed beyond its natural prowess and performed a hammer fist, intent on smashing Mane into the ground.
*Boom*
The attack was powerful, but it didn't get to its intended target.
"Absolute Darkness: Elusive Killing" Mane easily phased through the attack, and the impressive strike only ended up destroying the floor. All along Mane's target wasn't the original Ray- it was the clone! He had realised that the clones had an instinctive nature to protect the original. As long as he tried to attack his father, the clone will defend the Brute King. But if he tried to attack the clone directly, he would fail. Especially with its unexplained surge in speed, there was no way Mane would be able to catch up to it. So he did the simplest thing. And it worked.
*Swish*
Mane's extended his fingers in the shape of a blade and easily lobbed the head of the clone off its body. He made it look so simple, like he was just taking a walk through the park. Once he was done with the clone, he immediately hopped away, and narrowly escaped Ray's counter.
*Bang*
Ray's strike missed his intended target. But he was satisfied with what he had seen so far. Although Mane had never used Absolute Killing before today, his one attack had given Ray some vital information.
"You cannot use it continuously?" Ray asked.
Mane nodded. Indeed, it was as the Brute King had pointed out. He couldn't continuously use that glow. In all his practice, whenever he had attempted to do so, he would lose control. This was the only way he could benefit from it and still be in the driver's seat. But it had done enough for now.
He dashed towards his father, his now scarlet hair and crimson eyes blazing like fire as the black aura reached for the sky. His speed had increased by a large margin. It was nothing like before. Even when he had activated Takeover initially, his speed didn't increase so much. Such was the increase that Ray was taken unaware.
"How is this possible?" He wondered in disbelief as Mane's fist struck his abdomen. Even with Diamond Body activated, he still felt pain. This could only mean that Mane was using Extreme Burst. But his son's assault was only just beginning.
"Second strike"
"Third strike"
"Fourth strike"
"Fifth strike"
"Sixth strike"
*Bam*