The man dressed in a white jacket suit and a red waist coat, glanced at him, then after a second he waved his hand. A line of balls of explosive flames followed the hand. The orbs of explosive fire rushed towards Ray.
He was stunned by the sudden attack.
He quickly recovered and controlled the solar energy around him to create a shield in front of him.
The explosions hit the shield and exploded out.
Ray managed to block two while imbuing his body with solar energy. The next attack shattered the shield and sent him flying back. He created orbs of solar energy as he flew back and landed 5ft away on his feet as four more orbs of fire went after him.
Ray sent his own orbs forward to intercept the other orbs.
4 big explosions roared out and the force behind them pushed Ray back some more.
Ray didn't stop there. He created 3 orbs of light behind him as he ran to the side slowly closing the distance to the man.
The man was surprised and impressed by Ray's decisiveness, so he decides to show him respect by using more power. He creates twenty orbs of explosive fire above his head.
Ray saw this and began to worry. After looking at the attack, he realized who he was fighting.
It was Rowan Solaris the head of the 8th branch and Ray's father.
'Why the hell is he attacking me?!?!' Ray thought to himself.
Ray didn't have time to ask as he heard his father speak.
"Fall." Rowan said calmly and pointed at Ray.
The many orbs rushed towards him.
Ray continued to gather energy in one of the solar orbs, making it grow bigger. While the other orbs were releasing bullets of solar energy aimed of the explosive orbs. He managed to take out 6 orbs before they reached him.
Right before they reached him, Ray used to energy in the gathering orb to make a shield to defend himself.
boom*
A large explosion rang out. The trees and planted were swayed by the explosion.
Ray was sitting on a piece of earth that was surrounded by a crater. His shield managed to take a large amount of the damage before breaking leaving Ray with only slight burns.
HAHAHA*
A loud laugh rang out.
"I'M VERY IMPRESSED MY BOY!" Rowan yelled loudly with wide smile on his face.
Ray got up while sweating profusely. "Why did you do that!" Ray yelled back.
"Oh, wasn't it obvious. I was testing you." Rowan said without thought.
"No it very unclear, I thought you were trying to kill me." Ray said with a pout.
"If you would have died then you wouldn't be my son. You still have the chance to die early if you continue to talk with me like that." Rowan said almost cheerfully compared to the harsh words.
Suddenly Rebecca dashed over and hit the top of Ray's head. Making him bow in the process
"I apologize for my little brother's rudeness, father!" She said quickly and loudly. She shot a glance over at Ray as if telling him to apologize.
But Ray put his head up and said some shocking words.
"I don't care if she's sorry, but I am not. You attacked me over a minor bump then you want me to apologize. No, you should apologize to me for attacking me for your first time seeing your son."
After hearing this, Rowan laughed. Rebecca grew worried since her father's laugh was never a good thing during training.
"I should kill your mother for not teaching you to respect your father." He said nonchalantly. His eyes went cold at the same time, as threw his fist forward to meet the incoming blow.
Ray was enraged by his attitude and even more when he said he would kill his mother.
Arthur was also enraged due to the fact that he lost his mother to a brutal murder when he was young. Even though it's been so long he could still remember every detail on her face.
He asked Ray to take over and unleashed that punch.
Right fist met left palm as Arthur opened his palm to grab the incoming attack then in the next second twisted his body to send a powerful kick surging with solar energy at Rowan's head.
However he was blocked by Rowan's other hand.
Arthur expected this however and lifted his free palm then quickly aimed a solar beam at Rowan's head.
Rowan was equally quick to react and gripped down on Ray's leg then threw him away.
Ray fired right as he was thrown causing him to miss and only leave a burned cut on Rowan's cheek.
Rebecca was surprised to see this happen as most of her siblings could never hope to land a hit on him.
'A young boy managed to cut me!' Rowan thought then he showed an amused grin.
'My son managed to cut someone many ranks above him.' This was Rowan's second thought.
Then he spoke while Ray stopped himself from flying further away.
"I will attack three more times and if you can survive you can be considered forgiven and your mother will be left alive." Rowan said with a amused look.
"What if I manage to hit you again?" Arthur asked with an angry expression.
"You will be allowed to continue your training here, instead of going with me like your other siblings." Rowan said halfheartedly growing slightly annoyed by His son's arrogance.
"Let's begin." Rowan said as he raised his left hand and created spikes below Arthur.
He jumped to evade them as they broke through the ground. Arthur barely had any time to act as a large orb of explosive flame was created above him.
He quickly condensed solar energy under his feet into small platforms he could step on and ran forward to dodge the orb of explosive flame that descended.
However Arthur was running out of mana since his natural absorption couldn't keep up with his use. He quickly came up with an idea.
As the orb hit the ground a large explosion rang out followed by blast wind. Arthur used the blast wave to propel himself forward.
He threw a punch with his left fist towards Rowan who punched out with his left fist as well.
As the punches were about to collide Arthur opened his hand and using all the mana he had left released a blinding light. This unexpected attack successfully blinded Rowan.
He quickly twisted his body to avoid the punch and used the momentum to release a powerful final attack.
SLAP*
Arthur used his right hand to slap Rowan across the face. He slightly turned his head as a reaction to the hit while Arthur fell to the ground panting.
He had used up all his mana and all the strength in his body.
Rowan recovered his sight and looked down at Arthur who was on his his hands and knees exhausted.
Rowan crouched down and delivered a light chop to Arthur's shoulder which caused him to completely collapse to the ground and fall unconscious.
"That was my fourth attack.... Good job." Rowan said quieter than usual as he picked Ray up and put him over his shoulder.
Rebecca's expression was shocked as she couldn't believe what just happened.