The Omniverse was in complete disarray, destruction and blasts of overwhelming force painted the very void like a rainbow across the rainy sky. Illuminating a good chunk of our Omniverse, alerting all to the danger that has come, even if they're too frail and oblivious to essence sensing. It was right there for countless eyes to see. An event beyond their comprehension, one where powers that are usually kept on lockdown are now dancing and thrashing about before their very eyes. And within all that sat the oddest anomaly of all, the process of particles being frozen, unaffected by any and all concepts for the time being. Something we Deities had to get used to in order to truly take down Atomen. Luckily for our side, Lord Reaper, as well as Ladies Life and Strife, took in that behemoth in their titan forms, scaling over even the Colossaverses themselves when it comes to mass and size. Their exchanges could be felt throughout a large amount of our Omniverse.
The other members amongst the top two strongest STRIFE positions went along to assist them. That even included Lord Heirien, the Easter Bunny. He brought his most powerful children with him, that would include our old friend, Juanciarlo. He and one of his brothers raced to assist Clarissa and Hakeem, along with many others. Harpenyoloko was much more to handle than anyone could've imagined. She flexed an amount of power that rivals Atomen's own. Atomen laughed in the background as he witnessed Clarissa and Hakeem fail once more. Juanciarlo and his brother noticed, taking command of the other troops as they rally the team together. They instruct them to use their most obscure concepts to form abstract constructs that can act as distractions. His brother and himself would use their superior speed to blitz Harpenyoloko, looking for a tell sign or some sort of weakness. You could tell she had never dealt with such odd means of fighting. This is what threw Atomen off when he nearly lost to Josie and the others. Even still, Harpenyoloko held everyone off without much trouble. Getting a grand grasp on their abilities as she uses the space around her to fend off their heinous attacks.
Dannadise, Xeno, their cousins and a few others raced off with some STRIFE members. Attempting to defeat the two multi-headed Stuliathans that attacked them within Combattiumn's spatial walls. The two Stuliathans split into seven powerful versions of themselves each. Making for a total of fourteen new opponents, all with the strength and prestige of their original forms. The only thing the didn't have that original had, was the six core concepts that make up a Stuliathan in the first place. But even without those, they had every concept the originals learned throughout their years of living. Twelve of these new beings held one concept within their core from the originals. That's what tethers and binds them to their current reality as life forms. The two leading individuals did not have core concepts. Instead, they had core beacons which made their bonds to the many held concepts learned through the eons much... MUCH stronger! Couple that with their ability to revive so long as one of the fourteen is alive, and you have the most annoying opponent one could ever run into. Dannadise and Xeno were very pissed off during this entire exchange between their group and the enemy's.
Lady Phaeritz, the tooth fairy and the Fairytale Colossaverse, Farland Awayfarrend. It's troops who volunteered followed her command as they took on the likes of more Stuliathans from Atomen's forces. It would seem as though all factions and groups that came from the Colossaverses were taking on the pair of Stuliathans that invaded their verses. Each trying their best to dominate over the villains that now plague our verse. My group in particular was having a fantastic time trying to push Maleignos back. Gain an upper hand through our means, complete our assignment to fend off their attacks and take victory. All of these things, but Maleignos's concepts made it difficult to even get a hold of him. He could become shadows themselves, blend himself to the matter within the void, even change his form as if he were water itself. His ability to nullify concepts using concepts of an altered and controlled order. Ones that may be what we've encountered and/or mastered before. But this time around, we couldn't do a thing to them, for they had become singularities of different wavelengths. Their very cores and structures were changed, furthermore, their functions were altered thanks to this. It was very frustrating to say the least. It truly left us little to no room to breathe, nor take the advantage in this all out battle.
"Tch, this bastard's abilities are truly nothing to scoff at! His ability to control the abyssal-esque concept he has control of." Heemy complained whilst smashing tentacles made of the very void of space around us.
"I am not fond of how well suited the darkness is when imitating my kenpo style. He's a very powerful foe, worthy of tasting my fine blade!" Seikosen shouted as she used a unique light concept she acquired throughout our years.
It got rid of the shadows that Maleignos was manipulating. Allowing us to pinpoint his location a little bit more accurately now. The team took to the void below them and chased after the annoying opponent we have to deal with. Shi'Ho-ho was attempting to eradicate him as he slithers through the void. Other would join her, using many different concepts revolving around Annihilation. Moleignos merely dodged and continued to slither around the countless blasts. He went from slithering, to running on foot like a humanoid. In that form, he took his defense a bit further and began to swat away any long ranged attacks we attempted. Seeing as we'd end up wasting essence. The entirety of the royal family of Annihilo-Sect, the Annihilation Clan, went forward to fight him in close quarters.
"Ah, so a few distractions think they can force an opening in mere!?" He smiled like a mad man, contorting his body into a disgusting, possessed mess. He crawled at us, conjuring up bladed arms and literal hammer fists from all over his deformed body. Rushing at us like some demonic human trying to destroy their friends in a large house. He wailed and screamed madly whilst swinging every weapon he conjured. We blocked the attacks, but his blows were far from normal.
Each strike he threw activated a different concept that he held under his belt. Didn't matter if it landed, or if we blocked the attack. The concepts still activate all the same, changing the rhythm of battle and taking over the tempo. Vacuums from black holes, sunspots of unparalleled proportions, shadowy pocket realm inhabitants that took the battle to our support, and even wormholes meant to transport his attacks to our exact locations. Each one struck at every possible angle with speeds well beyond what it takes to travel through millions of universes in mere seconds. He could probably traverse multiple Colossaverses in that same time. But he was being too cocky in his approach. He underestimates the Zeefist family, especially our husbands and my FATHER!
"That's a nice bag of tricks, bitch! But I'm far stronger than I was when EVIL invaded. Every member of STRIFE has become as powerful as our top five. And those five... May even be a good match for you leader. Let us show you de way!" My father switched to his Annihilation personality. ZeeNihilo the Crazed ANNIHILATOR!
He, Heemy, ZeeNastasia's husband, Tiamuht, and ZeeNasia's husband, Tut'Enkoh-min. They all rushed beyond the barrages, annihilating everything in their paths. Yeah, all of our husbands are from powerful Empires or Clans. Tiamuht's father heils from the dragon clan in Combattiumn Prismo. He has very powerful techniques in the arts if Annihilation and draconic warfare. A majestic blade dragon with swirdokay that rivals our Seikosen and Zeramera of the Young STRIFE founders. Though she and two others have different titles nowadays. Tut'Enkoh-min is actually from the Annihilation Clan in genetics. His father reigns from our clan, my father's strongest guard and one of his greatest rivals. His mother... Is a Dog Deity who seems to be fighting alongside Kimito, the Wolf Princess. He had an Afro that was covered by his golden dog cap. It had long hoops hanging from the back of it, four to be precise. His torso was bare, but he did have a beige scarf and cloak sitting around his neck and shoulders. His forearms and calves were dawned by golden bracers. His white pants were baggy and adorned by royal garbs that act as fault and belted, waist sash. It wrapped around his body and hung to the side. He was covered in jewelry, identical to an Egyptian deity. His scepter was powerful, but and his sun and moon, twin curved saber blades were even more so.
They all joined in hand to send Maleignos away. He formed back into his base shape and vanished. They all nodded their heads and vanished after him. Shifting the tide of this fight into our favor. ZeeNastasia, ZeeNasia, and I rushed after them. My mother sat behind and joined her sister, crushing the space around us with devastation. Making traversing it impossible for the one being targeted. It forced Maleignos into the open, only relying on his speed when it comes to fighting. Even his shadows was being rendered useless, a few others came about who could help Seikosen use light. We finally had him cornered.
"Oh man, you insssufferable deities really are quite capable." Maleignos leapt about as he blocked countered the blows of everyone who came in close. My father missed his bombing strike, whilst Heemy had his strike deflected. ZeeNasia and Tiamuht couldn't break through his odd swordplay. Add in the ability he has to cinjure other appendages and weapons and it becomes a gruesome task. He was truly a force to be reckoned. By things got even worse when my father flexed more of his strength.
"Hm!?"
Maleignos turned around, he locked eyes with my father. He could see the crazed mind within his eyes, one that was truly excited to fight head on. Thus came a storm of strikes that broke down Maleignos's defenses in an instant. Successfully pinning the bastard down... Or so we thought.
"Damn... You're a strong one, aren'tcha ZeeNihilooo." His body broke into particles, but that was merely an effect of his speed concept.
He flew around the battlefield at speeds that were blinding to everyone present. We used our base ZenchI capabilities and activated our Mental path. Looking into the future and relying on pure instincts and reflex to try and keep from being blitzed. He used this speed to make the light shining around us useless. His shadows were made from his own light, created by the speeding essence that surrounds his body. Those shadows fused to his afterimages, then fused to his essence residue. This created literal, speed clones made from his core materials and reinforced by the odd particles he creates when he goes at top speed. These clones could match his speed with every step, every leap, every push, every thrust of flight. It blew us away how many of him could be seen, and how difficult they were to kill off. It left us exposed to him, unable to tell which blur was the real thing. Most of us were struck and overwhelmed almost immediately. Whilst people like my pops, moms, and a few others were able to counter and see the strikes coming. My pops seemed even more confident than usual, but that was to be expected when you find out what he mastered for this invasion. He and all the other members of STRIFE. Even some of their spouses, friends, and close relatives mastered it as well.
"You're pretty crafty, Maleignos. But your mistake was using your boss's specialty. We came prepared for HIS level if usage, yours is actually counterable, if only a little. All of STRIFE shall come to show you ingrates your mistake. Let's go, babe!!" ZeeNihilo leapt forward and charged at Maleignos head on, my mother flying right behind him.
"Hahaaa, let's see what it is you fools can do!" Maleignos turned his arms into blades, then summoned two more arms shaped as hammers.
My moms and pops smiled at him as they summoned their twin fans of Annihilation. Engaging in high speed battle as they enter their Hype forms. Others went about entering theirs as well, all throughout our Omniverse even. Members of STRIFE began to flow towards the battles against Atomen's forces. Assisting in taking on the two inaders that entered each of the first ten positive Colossaverses. The remaining eleven members of STRIFE took on Atomen and Harpenyoloko. It was hostile take over where the tides of battle finally began to shift.
"Now is the time to strike back at the unforgivable heathens! Make them regret coming to our OMNIVERSE!!!" Lord Xebeel commanded the forces of our Omniverse using his mastered Rally concept. Our forces shouted proudly and loudly as we matched forward. Lady Eraknia went off to assist Lady Kimito with her opponents. They attempted to use their odd abilities to overwhelm the enemy. The beings weren't able to fully keep up with the attacks coming their way. Their essence itself was being trapped by spider webs. Kimito was able to use her rough paws, enhanced by essence in her wolf form to leap about the webbing freely. The Good & Evil twins, Aroro and Ahura assisted the technological Colossaverse, Techmorfimus. The Stuliathans there were dark shadows, tech knights. Perfectly suited for dealing with that verse, but the twins would be the upset they weren't prepared for. Using their malice against them whilst using the benevolence of the verse's people to repair and heal everyone. The creation verse had Lord Santa and Lord Jakkul to assist in their endeavors against two Cyclops type Stuliathans. Their bulk was their bread and butter and the assist the other concepts give make it even moreso.
Atomen watched as his troops were stopped in their tracks by our most powerful forces. He snarled at the sight of this development, growing in aggravation. Or so we thought, before long... He began to laugh audaciously, making fun of our efforts whilst smacking away beams of light and essence.
"You fools actually think you've made some sort of progress here? All you've done is reveal your strongest cards. Allow me to show you why that means nothing. Everyone besides Harpenyoloko, Maleignos, and Minatotowein (Men • uh • toe • toe • ween), go ahead and dawn the first Mergburst.
He gave a command that made the battlefield burst open with essence. Stuliathans seem to have forms of their own that they call MergBursting. It allows them to fuse their five surrounding concepts that make up their being into their origin concept, the center of their being. From what we could tell, everyone merged two of their five concepts with their origin. Mind you, they're still able to use all six concepts along with any other they have bonded with throughout their existence. Their appearance always changes to that of armor or battle-ready clothing made of their two concepts they use for the merger. With two large halos surrounding the body of beast/monster types. While humanoids gain halos on their backs and chests. We watched as they all powered up, coming to quickly learn that they have even more to offer. But we of the deities could care less, everyone of us transformed into our Hype forms and continued taking the battle to these bastards. Those who were facing off against Atomen, Maleignos, Harpenyoloko and their fourth commanding officer all chose to use something new that STRIFE was developing. They call the Absolute Forms. The very start of four part line that further masters our already established forms.
Absolute was meant to increase the potency and range of our clan forms. With this additional capability added to the forms, they have become even more powerful than Hype forms. The Absolute quality makes the concepts we gain from our clans to gain a mastered level of strength equal to concepts we go about studying and bonding to. We completely conquer the concept of a clan and the very genetic typing their concepts come to deliver to we residents. Civilizations add an entire new kind of strength to us all. Even my father and mother powered down, then back up to their new forms. Maleignos was quit surprised by the development, he could sense a total of forty deities that entered the forms. STRIFE is supposed to only have thirty-one members from what Melignos was told. But I've heard rumors and conversations between my pops and Xebeel that suggest there are thirty-five. But I have no proof whatsoever, zehee!
"Ah, so you've been creating new techniques in secret, eh? Niiice, way to counter me, my younger siblings." Seightahn sipped on his liquor, laughing alongside Medusaria.
"They didn't have these when I observed this Omniverse from its creation until now. And they damn sure didn't have them when I lived here, before the warping accident." Medusaria sipped her drink, massaging the head of the unconscious goddess sitting next to them. Her face showed off a smile, showing she can obviously feel and hear everything going on. Medusaria won't allow her to wake up it from the looks of it. Not yet at least.
All three of them watched as the members of STRIFE completely shifted the tides of battle. They masterfully made use of their clan techniques and powers. One that always caught my eye amongst them all was the technique created by Lord Death. It's a signature for his God of War Clan, Gahwardia. It is known as the esteemed Self-Split technique. It was modeled after the Stuliathans and their ability to split into six beings, each holding one of the six concepts that contribute to their being and existence as a whole. In this case, Gahwardians create two new beings with their imagination and give them a mastered concept to hone as their own, their origin concept if you will. Those beings gain individuality and completely take shape to the forms imagined for them, making them their own in their moment of completion. This creating two new beings to come about when one splits themselves. Those who have mastered it go beyond this though, they can split and still keep their original form, such is the finesse that Shiishiigami has.
He rushed into a head in fight with Atomen, using his Split Personas, Dr. Yotenheim and Lady Brúnhildë. These two beings would come to be their own beings later down the line, pay close attention to them! The doctor uses black to attack Atomen. Controlling even the black particles amongst Atomen's arsenal. You could see visible disgust and frustration on Atomen's face. Lady Brúnhildë uses a scepter to command white, taking control of the lights and particles under Atomen's control. He grew even more frustrated in his quake, sloppily throwing a wild attack at everyone. The two personas blocked the attack, leaving a grand opening for Shiishiigami to strike. He slashed open Atomen's chest, his war cape flowing in the wind he created.
"Tch, what!? An actual wound!!!" Atomen shouted loudly.
"Heh, hell yeah bruh. We're coming for you...
Atomen!"