"Hyah!" Broly slashed out and an invisible slash headed towards Zeno, who quickly dodged the attack.
Zeno waved his arm and like the swords attack invisible waves appeared that rushed towards Broly.
Broly was only able to perceive the attacks through his near all-seeing eyes. He slashed the attacks apart with the sword and rushed to Zeno again.
The rocky planet's surface was already laid open for everyone to see. A metallic black shine was reflected back.
Their bodies flashed around in this dimension, but every attack of theirs or even the collisions seemed eerily harmless.
Their attacks had already transcended mere destruction force on matter and was already operating on a purely soul level.
Still these attacks, although not directed at matter, were still affecting matter around them.
The entire planet was created out of special metal that was barely holding on the fight between these two semi-Overlords.
Obviously, Broly has yet to enter the Overlord level, but through his sword, his powers were at least being pushed into and even slightly past the same realm in which Zeno was residing. At least, this Zeno.
Every move Zeno made, carried a profoundness that moved the laws of the omniverse. Fortunately, the First Sword slashed out in a similar manner each time.
Befitting on his status as the Omni-King, he was suppressing Broly and it was only a matter of time until Broly would fall.
The only reason Broly could stand equal to Zeno was due to his vision and of course the First Sword.
Their attacks were devastating and even this realm that was based on the ancient knowledge of a civilization that conquered other multiverses plus a naturally formed universe seed outside of Zeno's direct influence, was barely holding on.
The mere stray energies of their attacks would be capable of disrupting any multiverse out in the omniverse and this was a result of beings that weren't even 'legitimate' Overlords.
Zeno's strength was suddenly fluctuating. "HAHAHAHA! The universes are collapsing, your end is near, Lord Zeno!" Broly roared out as he became more aggressive.
Even without Broly's mockery, Zeno had instantly felt that some universes had just been destroyed. He knew couldn't keep Broly at bay any longer.
After losing a substantial number of universes, Broly's strength had now far exceed his.
If this continued, he would certainly die! He was only able to hold on as his knowledge was far deeper than Broly's.
He desperately defended against Broly, who was relentlessly attacking with all his might.
Zeno knew that his situation was dire and turned around to see if he could find a way out.
His gaze finally landed on the sphere that was holding the universe seed and instantly released tremendous amount of energy that shook this dimension on all bases.
Zeno released an attack towards the sphere, which flung it out of the platform. As soon as the sphere left its spot, cracks appeared all around in the air until it burst open.
Zeno was elated as he saw this. Now the other self could sense him and come to aid him, but it was already too late.
Broly had immediately taken the chance after Zeno turned around to attack the sphere. A flash separated Zeno's body into two halves as Broly's sword slashed through him.
Zeno turned around and had a sneer on his face.
"You may have killed me, but after the other fragments know of my death, they will fuse and then kill you.
Even if they didn't, it is obvious that the swords energy reserves are already depleted. You will be pinched to death by them. Your end is near!"
Broly looked at Zeno as if he was an idiot. "This child state of yours, may have rotten your brain. Don't you remember in what Pera's expertise laid and why they became nomads?"
Zeno's expression changed as he looked over to the universe seed, which was revealed to all.
"With their resources, they could have easily created new universes and lived in the other multiverses peacefully, but they didn't.
Instead they flew around in the endless omniverse and conquered other multiverses. Even I don't know the reason behind it as it was something only the true higher-ups of that civilization knew."
Zeno answered as he looked back to Broly, who had stretched out his sword towards the dissipating Zeno, the universe seed flew above Zeno and started absorbing his energy.
"They used various means to steal energy of other Overlords and used it to turn it into soul energy to strengthen themselves.
Their knowledge about the soul was peerless in the omniverse and had thousands of ways to gain more power.
Using a universe seed was one of the more extravagant ways as a seed had much more greater uses. After I saw that seed of Fu, I knew what I had to try. However, I needed to gamble on something."
As his speech continued Zeno's face was in disbelieve and shock.
'They actually absorbed other Overlords?? No wonder they hunted us down and every single member of their higher-ups was terrifying strong!
In our fight, numerous multiverses perished and only few remained, and they did it only to gain even more strength??'
Zeno was shocked to the core and didn't notice that the process of the universe seed absorbing his energy, actually delayed his death and his aura remained around.
Still, his death was certain, and Zeno was unable to reverse it. This fragment's death was created through the omniverse's laws, even Overlords like him are unable to do something about it.
"I wasn't sure if this child like appearance was just a weird fetish of yours but considering Pera's invasion and the story about you erasing universe 13 to 18, the chance of you being injured was fairly high.
My guess was cemented by the fact that there are more than one Omni-King in this multiverse.
Although different timelines, there can't be more than one, especially another version of oneself. At least, in the history of Pera, there was not one of this case.
I am not sure why you are separated into more 'fragments' as you called it, but your strength was surely not up to par to your past. My guess was that Pera had somehow shattered your being."
Zeno seemed to have fallen into deep thoughts before he shook his head. "I have separated myself intentionally. With this method, my recovery speed was increased exponentially with each fragment."
Broly could only sigh at this information. "Then this defeat makes it even more bitter."
"Indeed. It has only been a few hundred million years and I still haven't healed, but nevertheless my death isn't the end, you will pay no matter-"
Before Zeno could finish his sentence, his energy dissipated and was absorbed by the universe seed.
Broly didn't hesitate as he rushed towards the seed and stabbed deeply into the core. His sword lit up as tremendous amount of energy surged into his sword.
The universe seed turned into light as it was completely sucked into the First Sword and disappeared after a short moment.
Broly closed his eyes as he controlled the gushing energy to remain inside his sword for a while before absorbing it.
He was turning all the energy of the universe seed, which was already incomparable pure into soul energy.
To turn energy into his own strength was a basic function of every sword created by Pera, but most of the time it took too long to purify it.
This time however, the energy was already close to the origin of the omniverse and was therefore easily convertible.
After starting to absorb the converted soul energy, he felt a surge of power rising in his soul and body.
His mind and conscious seemed to resonate with the universe seed and with it he perceived the purest insights possible.
His understanding of his soul and therefore Ultra Instinct was deepening to a horrifying degree.
He could feel the chaotic laws of the omniverse all around him as his power increased significantly every second.
In the first few seconds his strength had already doubled and it continued to rise with no end in sight.
His being was getting more ethereal with every second. He seemed to transcend soul and body as he himself turned into something comparable of a universe.
Of course, this was only an illusion that others would see if they looked at him as he absorbed the universe seed with a fifth of an Overlords strength.
He finished his absorption and his sword was once again filled up with energy.
Broly could feel the strength of his being raised to an unbelievable state. Even without the sword he would now be able to endure Zeno's attacks.
However, Broly didn't relish in his success as he felt someone appear in the sky. It was the second of the total 5 Zenos, who's expression showed his deep shock.
He had rushed here in the hope to aid his other self, but who would have thought that he died just like this?
Broly looked at the Zeno from the other timeline and couldn't help but smile.
The strength of each fragment was fairly similar and with his sword filled up with energy again, it would be a breeze to kill a second one and absorb his energy.
As he didn't have a second universe seed, he could only slowly convert Zeno's energy. After killing this fragment, he will have to stay low.
The other fragments will surely fuse, even if that meant that their recovery will be slowed down.
Broly turned to the speechless Zeno. His body seemed to slowly fly towards Zeno as he slashed out.
Now even without the sword his every move seemed to carry a profoundness with it, even though it was less than Zeno's, it was still significant enough to make Zeno feel threatened.