Greatest of All Time – Season 2Chapter 22: Personal Cosmos — The One-Handed God
Darkness.
Absolute darkness.
No stars.
No galaxies.
No sound.
Then—
WHOOSH!
Bibek opened his eyes.
His expression immediately changed.
He was standing inside an enormous world covered in endless greenery.
Massive trees reached beyond the clouds.
Golden flowers floated through the air.
Crystal rivers crossed the landscape.
Beautiful mountains surrounded the horizon.
For a moment...
It looked peaceful.
Almost beautiful.
Bibek slowly looked around.
"...So this is your Personal Cosmos?"
A voice answered from somewhere behind him.
"Welcome."
Bibek turned.
Biyan stood between the giant trees.
Green energy slowly moved around his body.
Bibek smiled.
"You made quite the garden."
Biyan laughed.
"Enjoy it while you can."
Suddenly—
CRACK!
The ground exploded.
Hundreds of vines shot toward Bibek.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Bibek immediately jumped backward.
A vine smashed through the place where his head had been.
Another sliced through the air.
Bibek twisted his body.
SWISH!
He dodged.
Then—
BOOM!
A gigantic stone spike erupted from beneath him.
Bibek jumped again.
He landed on a tree branch.
His eyes narrowed.
"Interesting."
He raised his hand.
Purple energy began gathering.
Nothing.
Bibek froze.
He tried again.
Nothing.
His expression became serious.
"My power..."
Biyan smiled.
"Doesn't work here."
Bibek looked around.
"So you've created a world where my abilities are restricted."
"Exactly."
More vines attacked.
Bibek jumped from branch to branch.
WHOOSH!
WHOOSH!
CRASH!!
Every attack missed by centimeters.
He landed on the ground.
Biyan suddenly appeared directly in front of him.
BAM!!
Bibek blocked the punch.
The shockwave blew away hundreds of leaves.
Bibek countered.
BAM!!
Biyan blocked.
Another punch.
BAM!!
Another.
BAM!!
The two gods began exchanging punches at unbelievable speed.
No cosmic abilities.
No giant attacks.
Just pure combat.
Bibek ducked under a punch.
BAM!
He struck Biyan's stomach.
Biyan slid backward.
Bibek followed.
WHOOSH!
Biyan suddenly kicked.
Bibek blocked with his forearm.
BOOM!!
The force pushed him across the grass.
Biyan charged.
Bibek charged.
Their fists collided.
BAAAAAAAAAAM!!
The entire forest shook.
Biyan smiled.
"You're still fast."
Bibek wiped blood from the corner of his mouth.
"And you're still strong."
Biyan raised his hand.
The ground suddenly moved.
CRAAAAACK!!
Massive stone pillars erupted from below.
Bibek jumped.
A pillar nearly hit him.
Another came from the side.
He twisted in midair.
SWISH!
A stone blade passed his face.
Bibek landed.
Biyan was already there.
BAM!!
Bibek was punched across the forest.
He crashed through three trees.
BOOM!
BOOM!
CRASH!!
He stopped himself with one hand.
Blood dripped from his forehead.
Biyan slowly walked toward him.
"Your abilities are useless here."
Bibek stood.
"Then I'll fight without them."
He disappeared.
WHOOSH!!
Biyan's eyes widened.
Bibek appeared above him.
BAM!!
A kick slammed into Biyan's shoulder.
Biyan caught Bibek's leg.
Bibek's eyes widened.
"Got you."
Biyan swung him downward.
BOOOOOOM!!
Bibek crashed into the ground.
Before Biyan could attack again—
Bibek suddenly jumped upward.
BAAAAAAM!!
His forehead smashed directly into Biyan's forehead.
Silence.
Both froze.
Blood slowly appeared on both of their faces.
Bibek stepped backward.
Biyan stepped backward.
For the first time...
Both were bleeding.
Biyan smiled.
Then—
His wound healed.
Instantly.
Bibek touched his forehead.
Nothing happened.
His wound remained.
Bibek stared at Biyan.
"Of course."
Biyan's smile grew.
"My Personal Cosmos gives me everything I need."
Bibek clenched his fist.
"So you heal..."
"While I don't."
"Correct."
Bibek lowered his head.
His expression changed.
The playful smile disappeared.
His eyes became cold.
"Then I'll change the rules."
Biyan raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
Bibek looked directly at him.
"If I can't use my abilities..."
"Then you can't use yours either."
Biyan's expression changed.
Bibek whispered—
"Inverse Operation."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Purple energy suddenly spread through the entire domain.
The trees stopped moving.
The vines froze.
The stone pillars cracked.
Biyan's green aura disappeared.
He tried to summon a vine.
Nothing happened.
He tried to heal.
Nothing happened.
Biyan's eyes widened.
"...You reversed the restriction."
Bibek smiled.
"Exactly."
He raised one hand.
"Do you know what that means?"
Biyan stared.
Bibek's purple eyes glowed.
"You can't use any phenomenal ability now."
Biyan clenched his fists.
Bibek suddenly disappeared.
WHOOSH!!
"TIME SLASH!"
A purple blade of energy appeared.
Biyan immediately reacted.
But instead of blocking—
He smiled.
SHING!
Space twisted.
Biyan switched positions with Bibek.
The attack passed through empty air.
Bibek's eyes widened.
"What?!"
Biyan appeared behind him.
"You're not the only one who knows tricks."
SLASH!!
A green blade formed from pure physical energy.
It cut through Bibek's left arm.
SHHHHKK!!
Blood exploded.
Bibek's left arm fell.
Silence.
Biyan stared.
Bibek looked at his missing arm.
Then slowly smiled.
"One arm..."
He raised his remaining hand.
"Is enough."
Biyan's eyes narrowed.
"Then let's see."
The two charged.
BOOOOOOM!!
Bibek attacked with one hand.
Biyan attacked with both.
BAM!
BAM!
BAM!
Their fists collided again and again.
Bibek's speed was increasing.
Faster.
Faster.
Faster.
Biyan's strength remained overwhelming.
Every punch from Biyan shook the domain.
Every punch from Bibek became faster than the last.
Bibek ducked.
Biyan swung.
Bibek blocked.
Bibek countered.
BAM!!
Biyan's head snapped backward.
Biyan responded.
BOOM!!
Bibek flew through a mountain.
He immediately returned.
WHOOSH!!
Another punch.
BAM!!
Biyan blocked.
Bibek attacked again.
BAM!!
Biyan blocked.
Again.
BAM!!
Biyan's defense cracked.
For the first time...
Biyan stepped backward.
Bibek stared at him.
"You're slowing down."
Biyan laughed.
"And you're getting faster."
Bibek's aura began changing.
The purple energy around his body became brighter.
His breathing became heavier.
His remaining hand began trembling.
But he refused to stop.
Biyan attacked.
Bibek dodged.
Biyan attacked again.
Bibek ducked.
Bibek countered.
BAM!!
The punch sent Biyan flying.
Biyan stopped himself.
He looked at Bibek.
Bibek was standing alone.
One arm.
Blood covering his body.
But his eyes...
Were burning.
Biyan suddenly realized something.
"You're breaking your own limits."
Bibek smiled.
"I am the Time God."
He raised his remaining hand.
"I don't need to control time."
"I can break it."
The entire domain began shaking.
CRACK.
A clock appeared behind Bibek.
Then another.
Then thousands.
The clocks began spinning backward.
Biyan's eyes widened.
"Bibek..."
Bibek's aura exploded.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
The ground shattered.
The sky cracked.
The beautiful forest began collapsing.
Bibek slowly formed something in his hand.
A tiny purple sphere.
At first...
It was smaller than a marble.
Then—
It grew.
Larger.
Larger.
LARGER.
A gigantic cosmic sphere now floated above his palm.
Inside it were countless galaxies.
Biyan stared.
"What is that?"
Bibek's voice became completely serious.
"This isn't a Time Ability."
He clenched his fist around the energy.
"This is what happens…"
"When I break time itself."
The sphere became brighter.
Biyan immediately raised both hands.
"Bibek!"
Bibek shouted—
"SUPREME COSMIC BALL!!"
He fired.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
The cosmic sphere struck the ground.
Reality shattered.
The entire Personal Cosmos cracked like glass.
The trees disappeared.
The mountains exploded.
The green sky broke apart.
Biyan was thrown backward.
Bibek was thrown in the opposite direction.
The entire domain began collapsing.
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!
Biyan looked around in disbelief.
"My Personal Cosmos..."
Bibek stood in the center of the destruction.
Blood covered his body.
One arm remained.
But he was still standing.
He looked at Biyan.
"Your world..."
"Is breaking."
Biyan slowly stood.
His eyes became completely serious.
The shattered domain began glowing green.
A terrifying pressure filled the air.
Bibek's smile disappeared.
Biyan whispered—
"Then let's see…"
"Who survives…"
"After the Cosmos itself breaks."
The final pieces of the Personal Cosmos shattered.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
White light swallowed everything.
And somewhere inside the collapsing universe...
Two gods prepared to fight again.
TO BE CONTINUED...