Without even realising he had jumped off, he himself was stunned to look at the following scene...
Cosmos smirked, "Finally... he's undergoing some character development! Good, hehe, let's see."
Lucan hopped back into the ring, noticing himself almost touching the ring's boundary.
He immediately retreated inwards, sighing in relief, "Thank... my instincts! I suppose."
Lord laughed, "Kid! Are you done yapping? Because I want to fight! Please don't waste my precious time!"
Lucan grinned, "Alr—"
Before he could reply, he thought of something, "Be fearless! I did it, the other one being prideful! Hehe, got it."
He smirked, "Hey! Lord, stay calm. Are you that excited to face a crushing defeat from my heavenly hands?
Ah! What a fan!"
Lord frowned, "What the fk do you think you are? Huh, if you act like me, you can't be me! Ugh, I'm killing you!"
Lord rushed towards him at full speed, baring his fists.
Lucan only had a second to blink. In a panic, he activated his cosmic energy and said, "Activate! Do something, cosmic energy..."
Suddenly, time froze. Lord's fists were inches away from his face.
He panted heavily, "Damn it! Good, I'm so lucky that this one got activated! Hehe, Lord."
He touched Lord and smirked, "Teleport away..."
The next instant, Lord was outside the ring.
Cosmos smirked, "That's all? Round one's over! Huh? I thought you said no tricks!"
Lucan realised he had already done it and couldn't change it, "Cosmos, could you reverse time? Uhm..."
Cosmos grinned, "Yes, of course!"
His face lit up as he laughed crazily, "Good! Hehe, that's a victory! But I don't feel like taking it.
Hehe!"
He was waiting for Cosmos to rewind time, but nothing happened!
He frowned, "Cosmos! Didn't you say yes?"
It bowed down, "Kid! I mean, Sir Kid Lucan! Nice nickname, right? Hahaha, I said yes, I could, but not yes, I would.
I'm afraid your English skills have been tarnished! Hehe."
Time resumed just as Lord was rushing towards Lucan with his mighty blow!
But the next instant... he was thrown away by a force!
Lord glared, "Cosmos! You bastard, didn't you say you wouldn't intervene? I'll kill you next, but first, I gotta kill that freaking kid!"
Cosmos smirked mockingly as a huge pressure crushed Lord's entire body to the ground.
It spoke, "Round 1 is over! You have lost due to stepping out of the ring! Round 2 will only begin at my call.
Moreover... killing is illegal! If you try, then I'll just make you fade into nothingness! Destroying every single one of your cells."
Lord grunted as he stood up, the force tearing apart his body.
Cutting it down like chopping meat.
He swayed his arms wide and laughed crazily, "I reject your rejection! It's my way; Lord decides what Lord needs to do.
I said go and await your turn!"
Instantly, his wounds began to heal, and Cosmos felt a backlash.
It was insanely overwhelming! So much so that the entire space trembled.
It was like a space quake! Cosmos paled for a second before shifting his gaze past Lord, "Oh my god! Did you just reflect my attack back at me...
LORD! I AM TAKING AWAY ALL OF YOUR COSMIC ENERGY!"
Lucan was staring with his mouth wide open, "What the heck is even happening? Is this guy... limitless?!"
Lord felt a sharp pain striking him all over his body.
He tore open his vocal cords and threw them away, just because he felt...
Lucan muttered, "Screaming from pain will be a disgrace to my pride! Because I'm Lord!"
He transmitted to Cosmos, "Aren't you overdoing it? Look, he's dying!"
Cosmos paid him no attention as it replied in three words, "You'll see now!"
Lord's entire body decomposed into a formless, slime-like substance.
All the cosmic energy within his body and surrounding him backed away multiple steps...
Cosmos grabbed Lucan and teleported miles away.
It broke the silence, "He has done it... impressive!"
A purple halo shattered the realm of Cosmos and tore open the sky.
Anything and everything in its path was obliterated into the purple halo.
This change made everyone... except for Cosmos... suffocate.
Even aliens who don't breathe were experiencing this change.
Pride Crystal paused from their journey to Fate's place and said, "Everyone stay still!"
His words echoed throughout the group as all of them turned motionless.
Cosmos smirked, "Kid! If you move, your goal will just turn into past history! Stay still!"
He felt his inner self rumbling inside his heart.
He used cosmic energy and froze himself from moving.
He froze his own time. Cosmos smirked, "Once a genius, always a genius!"
Cosmos used endless eyes to see something... his lips curled up.
In space, there were two tiny, hole-like structures.
Not even a planet, star, or galaxy existed in those two tiny holes.
One was made by the golden butterfly during the fight with Cosmos...
Another one was recently made... by Lord!
Even the universal beings shifted their attention towards this massive amount of aura.
Lord grunted in pain with no mouth. He wanted to scream aloud, but failed to do so as he had no vocal cords.
On Earth, scientists were running here and there.
"OH MY GOSH! IS THIS THE END OF SPACE? THAT SCALE OF DESTRUCTION!"
"God, please have mercy on us! Please don't let us all down..."
The purple light flickered and was reflected in all of their eyes.
Lord grinned widely at both Lucan and Cosmos. If he had a voice, it would probably say:
"See! Hahaha, I am Lord! Only Lord can do Lord things; these are beyond the word 'beyond' itself.
Hahaha."
Although it felt funny and humorous, both of them realised the horror behind the words too...
On his spaceship, Laba was frozen still and safe.
The golden butterfly stayed still... gazing at a beautiful purple halo enveloping the skies.
None of the fallen aliens stood up.
They were still in an unconscious state after the beatings from Lord.
Finally, the purple halo condensed into one huge lump.
It reconstructed Lord's figure. He felt a strange, dazing feeling.
His head was spinning round and round as if he had hurt it.
But suddenly, it vanished into nothingness, leaving nothing behind.
Lord was lying on the ground, his whole body almost vaporized.
No sign of life was there...
The earlier phenomenon was over. People stared quietly as if they were waiting for the storm after the silence.
But to their surprise, nothing happened at all.
Cosmos slowly approached Lord, "Sigh! He failed, I see... not to blame him, I must blame myself for overestimating..."
It resumed Lucan, who was frozen by his own power.
It spoke, "The battle's over! You have won, because Lord can't fight anymore... at least for now... I hope."
Lucan grinned, "Hehe, then mind explaining to me about these earlier bizarre powers? Did he turn into a galaxy-level being... or universal?
Not because I'm afraid! Because it's interesting!"
Cosmos sighed, "I, Cosmos, am literally the one above all of you! And will be, and was one too...
As you know about cosmic energy, it is the literal pillar of existence and reality itself.
Everything you see, feel, hear, smell, taste, or think is based on cosmic energy and even more...
It's the source of life and death; it's far more complex and deeper than the likes of you guys presume it to be.
As the Cosmos, I have supreme control and ownership over cosmic energy.
Just like that, in the very inner core or depths of your heart, there exists another energy!"
Lucan interrupted, "Life energy!"
Cosmos smirked, "Not exactly. Life energy is only for the living! It's a separate form of existence.
Ignore it for now. Lord had almost reached the chains of his very own energy.
And almost brought it to the real world.
Well... I hoped he would do it, so that it would make the show more interesting.
But it's harder than you think! Even with my powers, I can't forcibly unlock it! I can, but it would kill that person."
Lucan grinned, "Amazing! I see... then hehe, I have also almost made it, as my inner self's true powers appear to show..."