The Beginning after the Last

Chapter 1, Part 2: The End to a Beginning.

The first to charge into the fight was Lord Barios, forming magical water in the shape of spheres around his fists as he expertly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Lord RaAvi. Each punch that landed on the king of the gods triggered a powerful burst of water, actually forcing the all-powerful king backward.

Next to join the fight was Lord Devara, now recovered enough to use his own powers. He began manipulating space and gravity, blasting the king of gods with powerful unseen forces that sent Lord RaAvi hurtling in different directions, his body whipping around as gravity wildly shifted.

To support Lord Devara, Lord Origama created massive elemental constructs out of thin air, hurling them toward the king of gods at unprecedented speeds. He then summoned more creations—five or six clones of himself—to swarm and overwhelm the king.

Facing all this pressure, Lord RaAvi finally began to show signs of strain, but being the most powerful among them, he was not going to fall so easily. He materialized a massive hand out of nowhere, which flicked Lord Barios' entire body away with just a single finger. The god was sent flying through space, crashing into a planet so violently that the impact pushed the entire planet into a collision with another.

With Lord Barios temporarily dealt with, Lord RaAvi turned his attention to Lord Devara—only for all four of his arms to suddenly be restrained by glowing divine chains, sealing them in place. It was the work of Lord Origama. Seizing the moment, Lord Devara, using his power over gravity, began pulling the four arms apart. To everyone's shock, he succeeded, ripping all of them clean off.

This was when Lord Avictus saw his opportunity. He rushed forward, charging up a powerful punch—one of the few techniques he knew—and hurled it with all his strength into the face of the king of gods.

But just when they thought it might be over, it became clear it would not be so simple. Lord Avictus' plan to decapitate the king proved useless as, somehow, his strength suddenly plummeted. It weakened so drastically that he doubted he could have injured even an insect. Shocked but knowing he was out of time, Lord Avictus let out a battle cry and unleashed a flurry of rapid punches, a desperate barrage meant to end the battle... only to realize, far too late, that each strike he landed drained his stamina significantly.

All this time, Lord RaAvi had simply stood there and taken the entire assault, absorbing it as if it were nothing—just to display his power. Then, deciding he had entertained them enough, he instantly regenerated his arms—now six in total—and summoned several divine weapons. One of them, a dagger, he threw at Lord Avictus, who barely managed to dodge it. The weapon streaked past him and slammed into a massive star, triggering a devastating supernova that blasted Lord Avictus straight toward Lord RaAvi.

The king of gods caught him by the throat, ready to drive another weapon into his neck—

—but Lord Devara intervened at the last moment, unleashing a sudden gravitational burst that detonated against Lord RaAvi's face and sent the king flying violently across the collapsing dimension.

The powerful explosion seemed to literally decapitate the king of gods, giving the other gods a rare opportunity to strike effectively. But as they all rushed toward him, Lord RaAvi suddenly unleashed his own ability to manipulate unseen forces, creating massive, swift, whipping strikes that shattered nearby planets and tore deep cuts and lacerations into everyone and everything around him.