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 father had been able to activate a glow while he was landing his attacks on the Brute King. It was pretty impressive, considering that the battle god wasn't prepared for the speed that Mane had displayed. Still, he had been able to prepare adequate defences to hold off his son, and perform an attack of his own.
Ray flipped mid-air and landed calmly. Once he landed, his entire frame was engulfed in flames. And then he began to activate his glows, one after the other.
"Diamond body: Stack Effect." Popping sounds were heard as his body grew sturdier, and far stronger than it was before.
"Endless Wave" This was a skill similar to Takeover. Just like his wife, his own family line had their own way of boosting their abilities. And just like his wife, Endless Wave granted him a massive increase in strength, elevating his abilities to three times what they were.
"Brimstone" The fire that engulfed him grew stronger as he activated one of his most used abilities. The yellow flames grew hotter, and slowly transformed into red flames as the glow was activated.
"Smart boy" Ray praised. "You used the darkness element to hide the true power of Takeover." Ray was certain now. He was doubtful at first. Initially he wondered if it was because Mane had inherited both Takeover and Endless Wave that he wasn't able to truly access the power of the former. This made him worried that Mane's Endless Wave would also be weak. But he was wrong. The boy had used the darkness attribute to mask the power that Takeover gave. Darkness was a sneaky element. Ray didn't think that his son's comprehension of the element had improved to such a degree. And even more fascinating was that the skill to mask his abilities wasn't displayed in the spirit scan. Logically, it should be in the breath section. Breaths were essentially abilities that had been comprehended by a person and weren't at all inherited like glows. So once a person gained comprehension of an elemental ability or part of a law, it became a breath. These breaths could then be passed down to the younger generation as glows. Since Mane had grown in his comprehension of the darkness element, it should have appeared in his breath information when Ray used the spirit scan on him. Yet it had eluded him.
"Indeed. I used a breath." Mane averred.
"Truly worthy of being the darkness element. It can even fool my spirit scan." Ray smiled and said. He then grew serious as he commanded, "Augendae: Spirit Scan." Once he had enhanced spirit scan, he was finally able to see Mane's attributes in its entirety. Mane didn't remain idle either. Since he couldn't use many glows at the same time like his father, he had to see the changes his father's power up had brought him.
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: 1,410,750
WIELDER TYPE: Multi Wielder (Body Wielder; Energy Wielder; Spiritualist)
SPECIALTY: Strength; Intelligence; Speed
GLOWS: Takeover (active); Aftershock; Endless Wave (no mastery); Basileus; Son of Lightning; Absolute Darkness- Evasive Killing (on cooldown); *Brimstone
BREATH: Self-time Acceleration; True Flames: *The Dark Times (active)
NAME: Ray
AGE: Immortal
HEALTH POINTS: Immeasurable (must have godspark sealed)
RACE: Mixed (Olympian; ???)
BLOODLINE: Olympian; ??? (not awakened)
BLOODLINE RANK: Improbable
LEVEL: Sealed (Currently Earth Stage 3 (Level 53.00)
POWER LEVEL: Sealed (currently at 1,407,750)
WIELDER TYPE: Multi Wielder (Pseudo Body Wielder; Energy Wielder; Spiritualist)
SPECIALTY: Strength; Intelligence; Vitality
GLOWS: Diamond Body (active); Endless Wave (active); Son of Lightning; Brimstone (active): Others remain sealed
BREATH: Blessing of the Fire God (active); Brute King's Rage; Extreme Fire Manipulation (active)
"As I thought. What a sneaky boy." Ray smiled wryly when his suspicions were confirmed. He was even more impressed that Mane was able to hide the true power that Takeover granted him. A breath that allowed its user to hide things from others was highly useful. If it was used properly, a battle could be ended in a single strong attack, since the opposition will never see it coming. And that was what Mane had planned to do. Unfortunately, he had failed. But Ray was certain that if it was any other person, they would have been caught in his son's trap. Even some gods may fall victim to the sly Supreme.
"This makes things more difficult." Mane rubbed his forehead in frustration after seeing his father's stats. Since he inherited Endless Wave, he knew of its effect. It would have been great if he was able to use both Endless Wave and Takeover at the same time, but he wasn't. If he was, his strength would increase by nine-fold! Although he couldn't accomplish it now, he was certain that somewhere in the future he would be able to use these two glows at the same time, and bring about something that had never been seen before. Even if he was the son of two gods, it was abnormal for him to inherit such powerful glows from both. Usually, any other person would inherit just one of the two. But he wasn't just any other person. He was the Supreme! He still wasn't sure what it meant, but he knew that it was because of this unique bloodline, which was capable of assimilating everything, that he inherited both.
Anyway, since he knew what Endless Wave was, he was very keen on dealing with his father before he was forced to activate this special power. But since he had failed, and his father had activated it in the end, things were much more difficult. Although it was easier to use breaths in comparison to glows- since they were born from one's own understanding and weren't gifts passed from an ancestor- they also drained much of one's inner energy. So if Mane was going to keep fighting, he had to give it his all, and end it quickly. After all, his father had already activated all his glows. And even though he wasn't certain, it was likely that the Brute King was also using his breaths. He was lucky that the breath called the Brute King's rage was similar to Son of Lightning. Unless under special conditions, it wouldn't activate. And he was sure it wouldn't be used since the word rage was included in its name. For his father to use such an ability, he would have to go into a frenzy. But there was no way the man would get mad at him.
Mane called upon his breath, True Flames, and activated one more glow to supplement Takeover.
"Brimstone. Let's see who uses it better Dad" Mane laughed, his fighting intent transmitted to his father. Ray laughed as well. He knew what Mane meant. Mane was saying he wasn't going to resort to any tricks. He was challenging the god in a fight of brute force and innate skill. Ray watched as blue flames engulfed his boy. He was excited. Although Mane had also unlocked brimstone, the boy had comprehended a fire law known as True Flames. Mind you, the law wasn't complete, and True Flames was just a section of the true law, but it had enhanced the power of Mane's flames all the same. The original yellow flames had changed to blue, just like Mane's eyes. And although Ray himself had irregular flames- flames that shared the same crimson color that blood did- he knew that Mane's flames were stronger than his. Of course, this was because his true power was sealed. But it mattered little now. He was excited. Excited to see if he could still come out on top against a worthy foe. And that was what his son was. So they stood facing each other, only ten meters separating the two combatants.
Red hair, red eyes, and blue flames VS Brown hair, flaming yellow eyes, and crimson fire.
All was still, and then-
It began