The Null Eclipse roared like a living galaxy as the two beings faced each other. Space itself seemed to warp, twist, and buckle under the mere presence of Ashura—The Eternal One, The Sovereign of Black Light—and Eclipse—The Ruler of the Null Eclipse.
Ashura's black aura pulsed outward in waves, radiating power that bent reality around it. Every layer of the Null Eclipse attempted to fight him, but it recoiled, recognizing its master now incarnate in living form. His hair, long and flowing, shimmered with a shade of black imbued with molten violet, eyes burning crimson, the aura of death, life, and void converging around him. Kuroha floated at his side, vibrating with authority and darkness.
Eclipse stared, his form shifting like liquid starlight, bending universes in his silhouette. He spoke first, his voice a harmonic resonance that carried across multiple planes.
"You've consumed everything beneath you and call yourself balance," Eclipse said. "I will unravel you. I will make existence kneel to me, and you will witness your dominion crumble."
Ashura tilted his head, smirk playing across his face. "You really love to hear yourself speak, don't you?" he said, stepping forward, his aura striking like concentrated black lightning. "Let's see if your actions match your words."
Without warning, the battle erupted. Eclipse unleashed his Null Surge, a wave of void energy that twisted reality, snapping stars out of existence in the realm he controlled. Ashura dodged gracefully, moving in a blur of black light, leaving streaks in the vacuum of space as he countered with Dimensional Step, appearing behind Eclipse and slicing through space with Kuroha's Void Edge. The blade left an afterimage that shredded the very laws of the Null Eclipse.
Eclipse laughed, a sound that cracked dimensions. "You're quick… but not fast enough!"
He raised a hand, summoning Convergence Tempest, a whirlwind of collapsing universes, each strike threatening to erase Ashura's very existence. Ashura smiled, weaving through the tempest, letting Kuroha slice through collapsing galaxies effortlessly.
"Not bad," Ashura said, his voice low, almost playful. "But this is just the beginning."
He lashed out with Black Light Barrage, a series of punches imbued with void energy so dense it could collapse planets, each strike tearing open the Null Eclipse's surface. Eclipse countered with Oblivion Wave, sending streams of energy to neutralize Ashura's attacks. They collided, creating explosions that ruptured reality, black and violet energy tearing through what remained of the realm's structure.
Ashura laughed, enjoying the fight in a way only a being like him could. Every move, every clash was not just survival—it was art. He flowed, his movements perfect, his swordplay combining martial mastery and elemental control. He kicked, punched, and slashed, weaving through Eclipse's attacks like water around stones.
But Eclipse was no ordinary opponent. He morphed into his final form—Monarch of Null. His humanoid shape became colossal, armor of black-light fused with collapsing stars forming jagged plates over his body. His eyes blazed with multiversal annihilation, and his voice echoed across the realm.
"Now you will see the true power of the Null Eclipse!" Monarch of Null bellowed. "I will erase your essence from the very foundation of existence!"
Ashura's expression hardened. No more play. He raised Kuroha, his aura exploding outward as if the very universe bowed to him.
"Then I'll just have to enjoy ending you," Ashura replied.
Eclipse struck first, a strike so fast that the shockwave tore holes through time itself. Ashura, however, smirked, his eyes narrowing. "Black Light—Instant Step."
The entire Null Eclipse did not notice his transition. In a heartbeat, Ashura was behind Eclipse, Kuroha slashing downward in a trail of black violet light. Eclipse barely managed to block, sparks of raw void energy exploding outward, but the force sent him careening downward, armor sparking and cracking.
Ashura followed up immediately, raising Kuroha above his head. "Dimensional Slash—Black Light!"
The blade descended, cleaving through reality and ripping a massive scar across the Null Eclipse. Eclipse's armor shattered in half, raw energy leaking from the cracks, and the slash carved a wound in the fabric of the realm itself. He fell to one knee, growling.
"I won't let you leave like this!" Eclipse roared, summoning millions of enslaved Primordials from across his controlled realities. They howled as their wills were ripped from them, bound to his command. Rivers of incomprehensible power surged toward Ashura, each one capable of consuming planets, suns, and multiverses alike.
Ashura smiled, a glint of challenge in his crimson eyes. "At least you're more resilient than the Outer Gods and the All-Denying Father. I like that."
He stepped forward into the tide of the original beings. Kuroha appeared in his hand once again, slashing through legions in a ballet of destruction. Some died by the blade, severed cleanly as stars collapsed in their wake. Others crumbled under Ashura's fists, his blows reshaping reality with every strike.
He leapt, spinning, kicking and punching through waves of Primordials. Every impact erased existence from their heads to their torsos, and where Kuroha passed, fractures in the Null Eclipse's reality followed.
He landed on the chest of a colossal Primordial, driving the tip of Kuroha into its core. The force of the strike pushed it backward, crushing it under his weight. His coat flared in the black void, his aura rippling outward, bending what remained of Eclipse's summoned army.
Ashura looked to the remaining five hundred thousand and raised Kuroha, a grin tugging at his lips. "Come at me."
The words reverberated through the Null Eclipse, a challenge that did not invite negotiation.
Every enslaved Primordial surged forward, yet Ashura's grin only widened. His aura intensified, the combination of death, life, balance, and void radiating through the dimensions. Every strike he had delivered, every movement he had made in the battle was teaching him, growing him.
And now, standing amidst the shattered remnants of Eclipse's army, Ashura—the Eternal One, Sovereign of Black Light—prepared to end the Monarch of Null.