"The true strength of you brats? How laughable that is!" Tahny would go on to shout.
"It's laughable, is it?" I replied whilst showing a face of obvious annoyance.
"Of course it is, you've lost to me a few times already while I was holding back greatly. I'd understand if your father or mother came at me. Even Erasula and Erasallizz would make sense, but you!? Don't screw with me- huh?"
He watched in shock as I blitzed his person with ease. He never even let the idea cross his mind, the idea that I could perform similar feats to a STRIFE member after watching one fight at full strength basically. It astonished him, making him lose focus, which in turn... allowed me to land my attack. It was a straight punch meant to be a wake up call. He looked at me for disrespecting him by deliberately holding back. He leapt forward at me, toting his signature Punch technique... Just this time, not only could I see it clear as day, I could annihilate what makes this punch so special. His essence and the corresponding concepts he puts together on a whim. He likes to stack Destabilization Destruction, Conquering, Control, Manipulation, and Greed all on top of each other. It creates what he's been doing to everyone, and that's eliminating whatever he sees fit on a individual or many individuals. Greed is the only concept not being used on his targets alone. He uses it on himself to increase his need to take more, and his target becomes greedy for what's already theirs, pouring essence into their efforts without noticing that they're doing it. Only to have that greater pull absorbed by his conquering concept. Which is why it's so easy to manipulate the bodies and conditions of others, as well as keeping them down with a constant flow of essence being pulled from them as they rest within comas. Even the dead ones are having their essence siphoned off in the afterlife realm. Thus prevents them from reviving using their conceptual immortality, which ties them eternally to their concept. Easy to say he's always expending the essence of those he steals from.
"Your punch won't affect me in this form, not while you're that weakened, bruh!" I stated boldly before kicking him back a few more meters.
"Tch, so you've figured out my technique, eh? Good... At least this won't be another snooze fest for the ages!" He vanished once more, but would quickly halt his approach upon hearing my next statement.
"The only reason my team members' families and friends are still down or dead is due to your tampering with order whilst using inferior concepts, correct??" I asked him just as I placed my hand where his fist would be.
"Son of a, she actually figured me out!? Then does this mean- hey!?" He looked towards me with a slight hint of frustration, and a WHOOOLE lot of curiosity. He needs answers, hehe!
"Hm? What is it, Tahny? Didn't expect you'd want to talk to me-
"Cut the shit, ZeeNanasa. Has Erasallizz told you anything about your fate, role, and/or destiny in all of this??" He asked frantically. Pressing for answers as he tries to make me submit with his heinous amounts of hidden Aura Thingchi.
"That truck won't work on me whilst you're holding back like this. But the answer you seek isn't one I can give you. All I have ever been told us to stay alive and prosper. Though there was one time I overheard her thoughts."
"Hm?? What did you hear!?"
"Ah, nothing special... Just that my presence may be deemed a threat to a force that'll one day come for our entire Omniverse. Is that what you're- hm!?" His essence and demeanor suddenly changed for the worst. He lost that normal, calm coolness he had. Instead, he became wrathful, plunging this concept of the sin into the depths of darkness to serve the rage within his soul. The verse lit up in flames and he was able to gain access to his sealed power that Lord Ripper tore into. Luckily, he could only reverse so much, for Lord Ripper already copied his technique. The ability to use Conquer, Control, and Manupulation to leave his essence behind and tamper with another being's order. But that still didn't stop the eerie feeling I was getting. Almost as if...
"My target has changed? Because it certainly has!" He shouted whilst pointing all of his killing intent, bloodlust, and wrath towards me and me alone!
He began to wake towards me, purposely increasing his killing intent and essence to the highest order it could manage. It was suffocating, even at my current level. But my excitement couldn't be waned by such a development. Instead, it grew beyond what I was used to feeling. For this was the first time anyone of us has ever been able to actually stand against the strength of Tahny. It was quite exhilarating to say the least.
"Your potential for such a powerful concept like Annihilation makes you a threat. A threat to everything my boss has planned for this Omniverse and then on. I was told there was at least thirty beings from the verse I should fear, only five of them are amongst that group, STRIFE." Tahny explained as he walked towards me.
"Wait, only five of them are from my pops' group!?"
"So it seems, my boss's mistake was assuming ANYONE from the three original Omniverse's would be apart of that list. Naaah, I now know who to look for!"
"Oh yeah? And who would those people be-
"You are one of them, ZeeNanasa. Your annihilation's true potential... What it shows me is a true threat to everything we're working to gain." His glare became ravenous, almost like a beast's own.
"Tch!? What are you even-
"To put it simply.... You're a being who must die more than anyone, you, YeeNessa, and ReighHeem II!!" He dashed at me full speed.
His raw speed alone made it seem like he could teleport almost. It was very overwhelming to say the least, but I managed to avoid anything critical coming my way. Once I avoided the initial danger, I dashed off into the cosmos. Creating distance as well as separating us from the lives of many innocents sitting within a residential Cosmohood. A universe completely comprised of housing, societal standings and conventional living benefits only seen within these cosmic spaces and on earth like worlds.
Once we got far enough, I turned around, dodging a disgusting kick coming for my chest. The force and essence on it made it lethal enough to blow away a multiverse with ease. I countered by clicking my teeth together, this simple gesture caused a rupture within the very fabric of his attack. The essence and core for it were annihilated without a trace. Eliminating the rest as I punched his surprised and shocked face dead center. His nose released skews of blood as he leaned back. But to my surprise, his eyes never once blinked, and his focus was narrowed in in me even more ferociously than before. He leaned in with seven leading jabs from both arms. I blocked as best I could whilst placing myself in the least vulnerable positions. Waiting for him to throw a sloppy strike, which was presented to me on a silver platter. I dodged the almost hook-like jab, pressing my left heel into his chin, followed by a nice spartan kick to his chest. Both strikes moved him back quite far, but still... He pressed forward as if it never happened.
"You're... A... Threat!" He murmured whilst using murderous intent alone to cause internal damage to me. Damage I could sense happening within the first centiseconds of its happenings. I managed to annihilate the damage well before it could fully take shape and harm me. But that was merely a distraction for the seventy precise strikes flying my way. Each one was aimed at a vital if some sort, zero hesitation behind them and their intent. I was forced to retreat and keep a constant bit of space between us. This put me in quite the predicament, seeing as I've never had to annihilate so much at once and at such a constant. He constantly kept his essence in the attack, aiming for my concepts, vitals, and even my very essence system itself. Each strike felt like a hint of death was thrown behind it, no, more like... Each strike made me experience death through the iris if my eyes.
"Interesting, you're making sure to give me NO space whatsoeve-
"You're going to die. At the very least, do it whilst fighting, not talking!" He blitzed forward, turning into a beam of light. And mind you, he never once stopped swinging at me with those precise strikes.
He figured, if my annihilation keeps his constant use of concepts and techniques at bay. He'll rush at me physically whilst keeping me busy. It made it difficult to follow his techniques, but my instincts were still at their peak performance. They helped me avoid his attacks, block his attacks, and counter with equal precision to his own. But no matter how many times I broke his jaw, ruptured an organ, broke some ribs, a limb, cracked his head, or even annihilate his essence. He pressed forward as if nothing had happened. He eventually began to break through my body's ability to move on its own. Slashes, gashes, cuts, small bruises, all things that are easy to heal. Occuring at rapid moments as I get hurt by every one millionth strike. By the time he knicked me twenty times, he was able to send me flying. I flew through a few dimensional walls before crashing into a large planet, using it as my cushion. I looked up to track where Tahny could be. Climbing out of the rubble my body created when I crashed.
"Where the hell did he- hm!?" I looked into the void and saw a light flicker. Next thing I know, I'm flying once again and the planet I was on turned into space dust quite quickly. Tahny snarled, probably due to me blocking the attack. His emotions somehow fueled him, adding essence and power to his body as he charged forward. This inevitably increased his speed and the amount of strength he can access from Lord Ripper's seal.
He came at me with speed I couldn't react to just yet. Leaking light years through the cosmos until he circled around the multiverse within that next second. I sensed what was about to occur and decided to make my move. He closed in with his fist at the ready. His hand had become almost dragon-like thanks to his demonic corruption. Forcing him to look more beastly than soundly intelligent. The perfect moment for me to spring my trap wiiiiide open!
"Heh, now or never, Annihilo-Sect!!" I shouted just as he was about to make contact.
Tahny's expression finally changed as he watched a dome form around us, forming a pocket dimension the size of a planet on the outside. But was equal to a Colossaverse on the inside when it came to spatial size. It was created by ten of current thirty-two members. Twelve others say behind them to maintain the new space alongside the first ten. The remaining ten opened up doors to the realm, but only three would come through for now. Tahny fell back a few astronomical units, observing who had leapt in to join me in battle. It was none other than YeeNessa, Shiitania, and Clarissa. He glared at all of us, dawning that same look in his eyes he had throughout our entire battle.
"Ah, well isn't that something... I'm upset I hadn't noticed it until now. Those two aren't even- Heh! Now that's quite the irony, eh?" He thought to himself just before blasting towards us.
"Alright, let's make sure this piece of shit never threatens our home again!!!" I shouted, rallying the four of us into battle. Dashing towards Tahny with our fists blazing full of our OriginConcepts!
Tahny increased his speed at the last second, smashing his dominant fist into our fists one after the other. Leaving behind afterimages of his fist after each strike, before returning to his initial position.
"Alright, Activate the Concept of Imagination: Four Personified $@3&#+@#π Fists!!"
Tahny's attack created four real fists carrying different concepts as weaponry during impact. All four of us were blown back, leaving us wide open for follow up attacks from Tahny. Everyone was forced to flex and flinch into a contorted pretzel from his ridiculous power punches. His ever-changing fighting style made it difficult to actually continuously counter him with relative ease. We all flew back a few miles before he could come charging at us once more. Shiitania and Clarissa stopped themselves. Leaping into hand to hand combat without a moment's hesitation. Shiitania kept him at bay with her speedsters boxing style. Clarissa increased that pressure using very swift kicks with her Tae Kwon Do style. Tahny was stuck using his unorthodox fighting style to masterfully fend off their attacks. He used his left side for Clarissa, and his right side for Shiitania. Whilst they held him in position, YeeNessa and I went in the offensive. Combining our rhythm with theirs as we fired off attacks of the purest Annihilation and Erasure.
Clarissa and Shiitania leapt out of the way to avoid any collateral damage. Tahny used his mastery of many concepts to cancel out the attacks we shot towards him. Each attack was precise and aimed for a vital part of his essence system. This forced him to block in ways that would leave him open. Open for the powerful physical attacks that Shiitania and Clarissa employed. Both of them landed powerful hooks to the ribs, back to back. Forcing Tahny to take a few steps back, but this would only lead to him having his arms blown off by YeeNessa and I. We exploited him turning his focus to Shiitania and Clarissa, which quite literally led to another opening being produced within the moment. One that Clarissa and Shiitania would make use of this time around.
"Mhm, I have to calm myself down even more if I want to prevent anymore than this. Though, I guess that'll begin after these two fire off their brazen attack." He thought to himself, looking above his person and into the cosmos created by our team's pocket dimension.
He peered into the eyes of everyine he could see at a gate. Gates and openings found within the dimension, at the very edges. Meaning this fucking guy can look beyond the distance of hundreds of millions of universes with ease.
"Hmph, were still in danger here, Rissa." Shiitania states.
"I know, I was able to sense it when he broke some of Lord Adolph's power away. Looks like we'll need to tamper some more if we wish to even come remotely close to claiming victory, mamas." Clarissa explained.
The both of them rose further into the cosmos, casting large orbs of essence that the other would go onto absorb. Their essence rose even further than what it currently held, causing storms and cosmic blemishes to occur. Ripping, tearing, splitting, shattering, and destroying our own creation as they continuously increased the output. It took some effort from everyone on Annihilo-Sect to stop them from destroying it all. Every parent, guardian, and ruler of clan who was left standing sat idly by, watching as we finally reached a level where we could get rid of this bitch!
Clarissa and Shiitania pressed their bodies and arms together as if they were about to perform a dance as a duet. One that looked very close to the partner stances taken during the tango. But one could easily tell it was a far cry from that, I mean guys. Their essence felt even scarier than Lord Ripper's when he first activated his Infinity form. But before any of us could even reacted, including that of The Visitor, Tahny. Clarissa and Shiitania began to chant their technique's name.
"Activate the Cycle Concept; Death...
"Activate the Cycle Concept; Life...
May these two harnonize the very existence that flows around all. Strip the difference betwixt the two, and raise the curtain anew! Breach the afterlife above, as so below. Turn the page of he who defiles such a cycle and curse them to its namesake and purpose. We propose a theory well beyond such passages. So...
Activate the Absolute Concept: ...
"An Absolute Concept technique!?" The stranger thought to himself.
"How the fuck did they manage such a thing!? A technique forbidden to those of the lower threshold within my Omniverse, learned by two who don't even know WHAT THEY ARE!?" It was the first time we've ever seen him panic!
"Heh, a technique class and type I don't know about is scaring big, bad Tahny? Finally... A real beacon of hope!" I thought to myself as I gave the command to seal all openings. Then YeeNessa and I prepared to protect ourselves from the marvel created by big sis, Shiitania and big sis Clarissa.
"Face our true might!!
...The Almighty Cycle Equation!!!"