Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

The ground suddenly trembled, resulting in rocks breaking off from it and rising up. The rocks were then shaped into large planetary-like earth spears, which were shot towards him at over multiversal speed.

"Che..." Allen clicked his tongue in annoyance. He could freeze time around himself, but could only do it once at a time.

So, he disabled the previous time stop, letting the Vines piece nothing but air as he had moved long ago from the target location. He was still ten times faster than the spears.

Then he snapped his fingers, once again freezing time around the earth spears. And without waiting this time, he pulled back the string of his bow and released a powerful shot.

But the Ancient Goddess seemed to have timed him perfectly as well, as they had been going at it for quite the long time. She shot an ice blade at him the moment he stopped time around the spears, directly straight to his chest.

Both attacks struck the opponent's chest and sent them flying back due to the recoil.

Of course, Allen was sent crashing through multiple trees as the ice shard was impaled into his chest halfway through, while his attack only scratched her a bit.

Her appearance was still hidden within the Vines, and only her struck chest was revealed. And one thing was certain, it was abundant, like two pairs of ripe melons.

"...Dammit, this chick is really strong." Allen stood up and removed the ice shard from his chest, unfortunately, the wound refused to heal no matter what he tried. It instead froze. 'Great. Now I got this?'

"...Fuck, now look." He cursed and flew up once again, using a Unique+ skill while he was at it, denying the wound of its existence and also applying his law, to make it more effective.

In no time at all, his chest was back to tip top condition. As if nothing happened to him at all, not even dust was there. Even his clothes were repaired. And yes, Allen for once, wore a top.

"...So you're a Time God this time around, huh? How wretched." The women said after looking at Allen heal his wound. Earth spears, sharp vines and ice blades flew around her.

"...I don't have the time to talk to you anymore. Let me go, my brothers are worried about my safety. It's been fucking months." He said with a sigh, clearly pulling back.

"How ironic coming from a Time God. Anyway, since you're here, why don't you just stay a bit longer? Your brothers are as good a bastard like you. They can probably wait a bit longer. Or for another lifetime." She said, controlling the planetary-sized earth spears to fly towards him once again.

'This chick literally hates us.' He silently thought. He was now careful and didn't recklessly stop time. Instead, he summoned a barrier that was made out of various colors, looking like a solid painting of the void and its beauty.

Bang~ Bang~ Bang~ Bang~

This was the advance form of "God-Barrier Protection", an art called "Cosmic-Barrier Protection". It was even stronger thanks to his Affinity with Preservation.

But the attack wasn't over. Ice blades flew past him and tried to sneak up behind him to ruthlessly stab him at the back while he was unaware, catching him off guard.

But Allen didn't hesitate to pause Time around the ice blades, freezing them before they could even have a chance at tasting his blood once again, as shit really hurt quite a lot.

But he knew that another attack was still coming. The lady behind the Vines laughed as the vines shot at him from all directions once again, "Now you're trapped, you old bastard."

Allen smiled and manifested a gigantic spiritual version of himself, sitting above a white lotus, two arms gathered above his head, while another pair before his abdomen, both pairs in motion as if they were praying.

The spiritual Allen had his eyes closed, and there were beads around both arms. His body glowed as brightly as the sun and seemed as mighty as the peerless Gods of Old. Like a Buddhist God. Like Buddha himself.

Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!

The vines exploded upon contact with the golden Buddha-like body, perfectly deflecting them. But the Dharma Body still seemed unstable, and shook with every explosion, like a balloon about to pop.

"Tch, mimicking a Buddhist Golden Body is not my style, but I have no choice now. I'm still far from becoming my past self once again." He thought out loud as he clicked his tongue in annoyance... again.

He then knocked another arrow and aimed at the lady, who protected herself under a layer of hard soil, a wall of vines and an ice wall. Expertly using the three Laws to perfection.

Allen smiled mockingly and shot an arrow regardless of her defenses. The arrow moved at the speed greater than his, and ignored all forms of defense and perfectly struck her at the chest again.

"Aaaahhhh!! Damned bastard!!" She roared as the forest went berserk along with her cry, rumbling and crumbling without any order as if angry along with her.

"...."

[Divine Ability 1: True Shot(Passive) - Every arrow released will ignore any form of defense and has a 10% to ignore any form of Immunity as well to deal 100% of the damage to the target in question]

This was one of the two Skills of his bow, a Lost Artifact. Even someone as powerful as her could not ignore such an enigmatic Divine Skill. Especially as weak as she was right now. 'Some Ancients you are.'

But suddenly, the scream went down and the place was plummeted into silence. Allen frowned and tried to look around himself, but didn't see any attack at all. Everything was really strange and real.

Yet felt surreal.

He still didn't believe that she let him go, and instead  summoned the replica of a Buddhist Golden Body once again. He might as well call it a Dharmic Body since he already has it mastered.

Even then, nothing spectacular happened. Until suddenly, he heard a familiar voice call out to him. One he would not forget anytime soon. And one he dearly missed.

"...Husband?" A voice called out from behind him, shaking him straight to the core as he knew that voice perfectly well. His eyes widened in shock due to disbelief.

Allen hurriedly turned around and saw Krishn, who had a look of shock staring back at him. Her facial expression, it was 100% real. 'This feeling... an illusion? No. It can't be one.'

Allen frowned but did not pull back or deactivate the Dharmic Body. Krishna did not mind and looked around instead, finding out that they were in a room, and she was on a comfortable bed.

"Husband... I didn't think I'd see you in my dream, it seems like I really miss you." She sighed and said, but did not call him over or move closer. She could feel that he was wary of her.

And even she herself was wary of everything. After all, she was just enjoying a conversation with Lulu not long ago, and was suddenly here. It did not make sense at all.

Plus, a goddess like herself should definitely be able to feel the Universal Rules of Dreams, were she to be in one. But there were none here. It was very much strange.

"...."

"Husband, have you perhaps forgotten about me?" She tilted her head sideways and asked. Allen shook his head, causing a smile to bloom on her face. "Even if you did, I'd make you remember me through the simplest way possible~"

Allen sighed and deactivated his Dharmic body. He was 100% sure that this was Krishna, just that, he didn't understand why she was here. And even if she was not, what was he afraid of as a True God?

Yeah, that was not valid. But he still deactivated the Dharmic Body and loosened his nerves a bit. He couldn't be wary of his own woman. Krishna smiled at his response, trying her best to not fly at him in joy.

She then saw a pile of papers next to the door, and as curious as she was, she flipped through them. After a moment, her face warped into immeasurable joy as she threw herself up.

"Husband husband husband, look, look, look. It says here that I'm pregnant!! Is this a prediction of our future...? If so, I love it." She was so excited she seemed like a child for a moment, surprising not only Allen, but yet another person.

After all, even as Deity, close to becoming an Demigod if the current trend did not change, her biggest Desire was to have a child with Allen. And even if she became emotionless or lost all desires...

This one was sipped right into her bones!!!

"...It seems, like I haven't misjudged you. Maybe you're different this time around." The hoarse voice sounded out from everywhere within this unique dimensional space, surprising both Allen and Krishna.

But Allen was surprised for a completely different matter. 'Haven't? You did nothing but judge judge based on some old dude I literally have no relation to. And now you say that you didn't misjudge me? Fuck you!!' He thought in resentment.

"Husband, what's going on?" Krishna carefully asked as she was about to grab her sword, but realized that it was nowhere to be seen. This was a dream after all.

"This is all just a dream, go back and wait for me, I'll come back soon." Allen smiled at her and gently told her so, causing her to calm down. "You better. And you better not forget about me when you meet other women."

"Hm, I will... And I won't." He agreed with a bitter smile, hiding away his embarrassment at this woman's boldness. But then again, that was exactly why he fell for her.

"Oh, and tell your handsome brother that Lulu misses him deeply, she even dreams about him. Nia also calls him an unfilial child. Fufufu, you should all come back soon." She hugged him and gave him a peak on the cheeks.

"Hm, I'll do so... and tell everyone not to worry too much about us, we are fine... just a bit busy, that's all." He gently caressed her hair before forcefully waking her up using faith points to shake her consciousness.

"...."

'You could do that?' The Ancient Goddess thought to herself. 'If you could, why did you not do it earlier? Was it necessary for me to see you act so... disgusting?'

"Ahem, where were we?" Allen ignored her thoughts, or rather, was unaware of them, and asked as he returned to her figure in the sky, looking down on the pile of vines sorounding her.

"...."

Allen didn't want to argue with her anymore though. After all he had tried, said and even showed it with actions, and she only believed him now? '...Women are unreasonable. And illogical.'

"...."

The silence pervaded for a while longer, as the thick skinned Allen wanted this woman to reflect on her behavior. While she on the other hand, seemed completely mute all of a sudden.

And the reason why, did not take time to present itself. Even Allen was not given the chance to question before something occurred right at this moment.

"What a pity, I at least expected you to kill each other, but... once a disappointment, always a disappointment. Guess runs in the blood." An elegant, albeit young voice called out from everywhere, surprising Allen and, not the Ancient Goddess herself.

But then, suddenly out of the blue, both of them felt goosebumps all over their skin, causing them to involuntarily tremble.

Allen didn't waste any time and instantly moved. Stopping time within a light year range and summoning a Dharmic Body at the same time, responding way before both ladies could fathom with his Unique Skill [Instantaneous Reflex].

The area this time was vast, maybe because of the threat of death. But the shade that appeared above their heads paused as instantly as it appeared, but only for an instant.