Rose was shocked once again. 'he doesn't want to stop after such a great achievement'
"You can head back, I'm gonna find more beasts to train with" Ray said and ran off through the forest. He let the sunlight coarse through doubling his speed. He could see everything as bright as day.
This was a new skill he learned after his break through. It was called [Sun eyes] they allowed his to see through any darkness.
After 2 minutes of searching, He ran into another flaming Chimpazee. It quickly noticed his rapid approach and threw a left punch covered in flames.
Ray saw this and felt the punch was just too much slower than the other Chimp. He focused the solar energy in his body to his right fist. He punched through the fist and into the Chimp's chest. He opened his hand and grabbed onto the beast's core.
The Chimp coughed up blood as the energy from his core was absorbed into Ray. His strength quickly broke through to the {advanced stage}. He smiled after finishing absorbing the energy in the core. It was a [rank-F]{advanced stage}
Right before he started again he was interrupted with a tap on the shoulder. He turned around to see his sister Rose. She stared at him with an angry glare. "How dare you run off like that. Especially since I was so kind to you." She said like an pouting child.
"Whatever, I'm coming with you... to make sure your safe." She said with her face turning slightly pink.
"Fine, just keep up." Ray said then turned around and ran. After a few steps a, gorilla blocked the way. It looked at him with a hunger in its eyes. Ray could sense the power in the beast, it was a rank-E.
This didn't scare him though as a slight smile popped on his face. The gorilla clenched his two giant fists together and slammed them down with a flame propelling them down. At the same time Ray gathered as much light as he could onto his right fist and punched up toward the incoming attack.
Both clashed and the flames and fists were split by the solar filled fist.
This surprised the gorilla but it quickly refocused and repeatedly slammed his fist down like beating a drum. He dodged some attacks and blocked the others, however each block caused him great pain.
He sent a solar kick to the gorilla's abdomen which forced it back a few steps.
Rose watched with worry ready to jump in at any moment, but she didn't interfere right away because of the smile that never left Ray's face.
The gorilla charged towards Ray with his fist in an X and fire gathering around it's body. In the moment Ray's mind froze as if time went still.
This was Arthur using his mental strength to stretch the moment out.
'You have to stop this attack instead of dodge. I'll show you this technique called first palm solar light wall.' He then showed Ray the technique using mental imaging.
Time started again.
Ray made a circle with his hands in front of him. Left hand starting from the top middle and his right starting from bottom middle. Solar energy poured out from his hands as he did this. When they reached the opposite hand's starting position.
Then he imagined the solar energy inside him forming a star on his left palm and put it up in front of him.
This all happened in the same two seconds it took the ape covered in flames to reach him. Ray planted his feet on the ground.
The gorilla crashed into his palm and it was as if it hit a metal wall. Ray was pushed back an inch but the energy of the gorilla broke and it coughed out blood and broke the X the gorilla made.
The time in Ray's mind stopped again.
'It's time for the second and third palm called absorb sun and redirect sun respectively.' He explained how to do it, then showed him once.
Time started again.
He turned his fingers to the left and the energy that was released from the gorilla was absorbed into his palm. The gorilla was extremely surprised by his slight drop in energy.
Ray took a step forward.
Then he took another while turning his fingers down and pushing his hand forward.
A blast of light burst from his palm and as soon as he touched the gorilla's chest, it was blasted back like a cannonball breaking through a tree behind it.
It crashed into the ground and went rolling. It's chest was caved in with a palm in the center.
It's breath was ragged and was slowly fading. It got up and roared with pain. It roared and released a explosion of flame around it. It's teeth were gritting in pain.
It tried to suck in as much air as it could and blew out as all the flames rushed forward. They engulfed Ray and but burnt his clothes. He ignored this and rand forward to the source of the fire.
He punched at the same spot on the gorilla's chest and his fist went through the beast and out of the other side with a beast core in hand.
The gorilla looked down then fell back as Ray let his hand slide out of it's chest.
Rose's expression was extreme shock.
She had expected him to get defeated and humbled then she would run over and protect him. She was extremely confused and angry and surprised.
'My brother just beat an rank-E while only just entering rank-F.' Rose couldn't believe her eyes.
Ray didn't notice and started absorbing the energy in the core. The energy he used in the last fight was replenished. Then he quickly broke through to the next stage and hit the bottleneck of rank-F.
He kept absorbing energy to break through and suddenly he felt a great pain in every single muscle. It was as if fire flowed through his every nerve, black goo started to leak from his ears, eyes, and then mouth.
He fell to the ground in agony while still absorbing the energy.