A shiver ran down Trohan's spine when Alex directed his gaze at him. But the hulmite quickly shook his head.
'No, I'm still stronger than he is…' He comforted himself. 'I just have to watch out for that radiance… whatever it is. Also, my dark essence should be able to hurt him like it did earlier.'
"I don't have to say this, but it's not going to be easy for you now." Alex wanted to see if they could avoid a fight, or at least leave this domain. "Why don't we end our enmity here?"
Alexander's words were meant for the hulmite to understand how things had changed. He wasn't going to fall as easily as the hulmite thought. Unfortunately for him, the hulmite saw that as Alexander's attempt to leave unhindered.
"Heh~ You can't seriously believe I will buy that nonsense, do you?" Trohan's confidence shimmered once more. "You may have that radiance around you, but I will bet my five cores that you're just bluffing.
"Sure, that radiance caught me off guard, but that is it." Trohan folded his arms over his chest, feeling smug about his analysis. "You have no advantage here."
Alex knew it wasn't going to be that simple. He started the enmity when he demanded to know about that anomaly. Moreover, he couldn't simply leave an abomination of that kind free.
The Supreme One may be refining the cores of other universes, but this hulmite was devouring universes and reducing them to this blankness.
'Who knows how much destruction he'd unleash on the multiverse…'
"Very well…" Alex closed his eyes for a moment. "Don't say I didn't give you a way out…"
He may not be able to exert his authority here, but that was a different situation within his body. The white radiance around Alex flashed twice in tandem, and in response to two simple laws he applied to his body.
[Absolute and Unrelenting Might]
[Absolute Speed]
The authority the hulmite had and also what made him more powerful than Alexander was regarding the level of authority he had over manipulating his surroundings to his advantage.
In a contest of who's authority could affect the other, the hulmite was in the lead. But that advantage was gone with Alexander's white radiance--his laws could no longer affect Alex's body.
'Reminds me of my light abilities…' The thought immediately made him consider if this was what it was about. 'Maybe…'
Trohan furrowed his brows when he sensed the ripple effect of the laws Alex applied to his body. He wasn't sure what Alex did, but it got him cautious and ready for anything. Still, he believed he had the upper hand.
Black and misty essence flared around the hulmite, blazing around his body in a similar fashion as Alex's. The two combatants eyed each other across the blank space, separated by thousands of lightyears that might as well be an inch.
Alex made the first move, abruptly closing the distance to the hulmite, leaving a trail of white blaze behind. He moved so fast that he might as well have teleported.
"!"
Trohan eyes widened in shock as he reacted on instincts. He couldn't believe Alex could move that fast when he literally owned the space.
'Shit!'
He cursed his inaction as he twisted his body to the side, barely dodging the white flaming blow that would have blown his head away.
BOOM…!!!
The entirety of space trembled under the might of Alexander's blow. Trohan looked on in horror as the white radiance around Alex manifested as a straight beam that shot from his fist into the distance, rippling through the void like hot knife through butter.
As devastating as that attack was, it still wasn't enough to unravel the principles that held this domain together. The hulmite wouldn't allow it.
"Don't get cocky!"
Trohan roared in outrage as he threw a right blow towards Alex's opened side in a similar fashion. His blow would have connected flawlessly if Alex hadn't anticipated that move.
He took a side glance at the hulmite, his form still in the flying punch pose. He flashed the hulmite a small smile as his figure blurred and vanished.
BOOM…!!!
"!"
Naturally, the blow didn't connect. But that was not what sent a shiver down the hulmite's back. The speed Alex showed was not supposed to be possible in his domain. What's worse, he felt the threat of death!
'You may have become a god or whatever, but you just ascended.' Alex thought, materializing in a burst of speed behind the hulmite. 'It won't be easy to get a hit on me.'
With a wide stance and a right flaming fist that cut through space like a meteor, Alex threw another punch at the hulmite's head, holding nothing back.
This time, however, Trohan wasn't going to dodge. He was going to show Alex he was the strongest of the two. His body morphed and reformed to face Alex at incredible speeds, his right hand blazing to meet Alex's.
Alex was taken aback by the disgusting turnaround for a moment but quickly recovered. He met the hulmite's dark fist with his white one's head on.
BOOM…!!!
Two fists--one white and the other black--met in a blank void in a thunderous eruption that shattered the fabric of the universe. The power behind those fists instantly and absolutely broke the domain for billions of kilometres in radius, revealing the true void.
"How…?"
The hulmite was sent skidding across the void for hundreds of lightyears from the torn veil while Alex was flung back even more--reaching millions of lightyears from the veil.
It was the win of the hulmite, but he wasn't content. He was supposed to be at least five times stronger than Alexander and even held nothing back in his blow. To be blown back was a real shock.
Looking beyond the torn veil, he spotted Alex on one knee with a hand on his chest. He appeared to have been shaken from the blow. When he raised his head to look ahead, Trohan saw the traces of white cracks all over his face, and most probably over his body.
'Still…'
The hulmite was not satisfied. He wanted to have completely blown Alex out of existence. Trohan straightened his back as he gazed threateningly at Alex. His brows furrowed as he considered what to do.
"You wish!"
The hulmite wasn't allowed to think far when Alex suddenly made a mad dash for the torn veil.