Ray was apart of the next three rounds and as his sister Raven said Jack the Red Sky Child was his opponent.
As they both entered the arena Jack stared at him with a hateful stare. "Boy you think parlor tricks will beat me then think again, I will slash through you!"
"Okay then, I'll let you try!" Ray said as he rushed forward while gathering solar energy into his palm. Jack charged forward while covering his blade in flames and sent a horizontal slash aimed at Ray's head, but he put his palm in the way to block.
clang*
The sound of steel hitting steel was heard!
Jack was shocked that his sword didn't cut through Ray's palm and jumped back to use his ranged cloud skills, however he was even more shocked when his back hit a wall.
Then Ray delivered another palm strike to the middle of his chest which caused him to go flying back while he coughed up blood. Jack quickly recovered as Ray approached again.
A barrage of slashes and palm attacks clashed, neither giving an inch. This only lasted for a thirty seconds until Ray stopped holding back. He was holding back to show his skills but he got impatient.
Suddenly his body glowed and 5 balls of solar energy appeared from his back and hovered above both of them. A circle of [bring sun] runes were quickly created and then Ray used the [contain sun] rune to trap the gathering energy.
This happened in a matter of seconds yet Jack quickly reacted noticing something was wrong he tries to disengage and leave the [contain sun] area.
He was about to step out but Ray suddenly grabbed him, keeping him in the circle. Jack was panicked but still reacted with haste swinging his sword down to sever Ray's arm.
Ray saw this an was amazed by his quick reactions but he was still nothing compared to him.
The sword slashed down on his arm but only the clothes on his arm were cut.
Seeing this Jack was surprised and growing more worried by the second. It felt like the sun growing closer to him and even though he had heat resistance due to his element, however he didn't know how long he could last in the increasing heat.
Jack started to attack Ray with a barrage of thrusts but none of them managed to pierce skin.
"Are you trying to tickle me?" Ray said while cackling. This terrified Jack who had was burning up and beginning to feel signs of heat stroke as well as his skin starting to burn. He thought of a last hope idea and thrust his sword once again.
This time however he used all his strength left and aimed for Ray's eye. The close distance allowed him to attack at breakneck speed and his blade was about to reach his right eye.
It was stopped.
Caught between Ray's two fingers stunning everyone watching.
Ray looked him in the eye and calmly said. "Too slow."
After hearing this Jack passed out.
Ray saw this and threw him outside of the sun circle. Although he liked to fight he didn't want to kill a person especially since he was apart of the Solaris family.
The ref announced Ray as the winner and a roar of cheers erupted.
he walked off stage while the conversation of the crowd was constant.
"He is the youngest participant and the one to beat!"
"Absolutely amazing!"
"I can't believe he actually beat my darling Jack!"
"That's was a fantastic match!"
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The next round of matches continued some were one sided while some were gloriously equal but none could compare to Ray's match. The rounds concluded and these were the final contestants.
{Ray- Sun}
{Stuart- Space}
{Belle- Sun flower flora}
{Raven- Stone}
{Cain- Abyssal ocean water}
{Rak- Sound}
{Raphael- Lightning}
{Orin- Fire}
{Delilah- Smoke}
{Airoth- Stone golem}
{Thomas- Ice}
{Gahrim- Fire body}
{Andrew- Glass}
{Drew- Tree}
{Iris-Wind}
The Ref finished calling out the names then began to explain the next battle.
"All 15 participants will receive rewards, participants 15 to 10 will receive 5 rank-E{master stage} purified beast cores.
participants 9 to 6 will receive 5 [rank-D]{basic stage} purified beast cores and one [rank-D] gear.
participants 5 and 4 will receive 10 [rank-D]{advanced stage} purified beast cores, 2 [rank-D] gear and 1 technique book.
3rd placed participant will receive 10 [rank-C]{basic stage} purified beast cores, 2 [rank-C] gear and 2 technique books.
2nd placed participant will receive 10 [rank-C]{advanced stage} purified beast cores, 3 [rank-C] gear and 1 rare technique book.
1st placed participant will receive 1 rank-B{advanced stage} purified beast core, 4 [rank-C] gear, 1 unique technique book and a chance to enter the rank-A [sacred palace realm]."
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(gear- this is weaponry or armor made out of elemental materials and a beast core of the corresponding rank, however unlike cores and people they have no stages but they have a minimum power and maximum power they can achieve based on rank. Some gears are capable of increasing in rank, these are known as unique gears and they are very rare. gears are found in realms or crafted by the blacksmith class.)
(purified cores- these that only have no connection to an element it requires time for a core to purify or a purification element such as light elements. cores that have been purified through time lose 0 to 10% of that mana contained based on rank. The higher the rank the less mana loss.)
(technique books- As the name suggests they are books the hold techniques in them. There are three types, first is non-element technique books, these are books that any element user can use however some of for specific classes or may affect a person's future class. second is element technique books, these are specific to a certain elemental branch but they provide a greater power. 3rd are unique technique books, these are techniques that increase mana flow, mana absorption or element capacity in ones mana particles.)
(realms- these are pocket dimensions with different ranks ranging from rank-D to rank-I. The higher the rank, the more rare the realm and the higher the mana density inside the realm. there is a variety of realms scattered across the universe and they act and just as people enter the realms things inside can exit the same way. inside these realms there is the possibility of entrances to other realms and the higher the realm the more likely.)
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the ref took a second to make sure everyone realized what he said then he went on to explain the rules. At the same time a stone leader board appeared behind him floating in the air, it is numbered 1 to 15.
"Each of you will step forward and tell me the spot on this board you wish to occupy. Once all the spots are delegated you will have 2 chances to challenge anyone on the board. If you win the challenge you will swap places with the challenged. you can choose not to challenge anyone but this does not exempt you from being challenged. If all participants are satisfied with their spot or out of chances the round will be concluded and rewards will be distributed. Oh and remember you you can challenge the same person twice."