**Jupiter – Orbit, The Cosmic Crucible**
Jupiter's endless storms raged in slow, furious spirals—bands of red, white, and brown churning faster than ever before, as if the planet itself sensed the apocalypse unfolding in its shadow. Green atomic energy dominated the void—swirling in violent, radiant cyclones that rotated like a newborn galaxy. Massive auroras of emerald light danced across Jupiter's atmosphere, lightning arcing in impossible colors—neon green, void-black, blood-crimson. Gravity warped. Space bent. The pressure was suffocating—every breath a battle, every movement a war against the crushing weight of a gas giant's wrath.
Argon hovered—chest heaving, black steel armor cracked and bleeding shadow, cursed tattoos pulsing like dying stars beneath the fissures. His four eyes glowed with rage, with pain, with something new: the first flicker of true fear. Black lightning crackled around him, but it flickered—unsteady, weakening.
Leo floated opposite—feet barely touching the swirling gas clouds, green aura rising calm and steady like the heartbeat of a newborn star. His emerald-green hair fluttered in the solar wind, eyes locked on Argon with quiet, unshakeable determination. The perfected Atomic Awakening had transformed him—muscles taut, torn yellow gi fluttering like battle flags, green energy coiling around his fists like living fire. He breathed slowly—each inhale drawing power from the cosmos itself.
Argon clutched his chest—armor creaking, voice raw.
"I have enough… Enough of this." His words echoed through the void—cold, desperate. "You can't stop me now… I am a demon king."
Leo shifted into fighting stance—knees bent, fists raised, aura steady as stone.
"For humanity…" His voice was calm, resolute, carrying the weight of every life he had sworn to protect. "I will."
Argon's lips curled—though no mouth was visible, the malice radiated like heat.
"Okay then… I will kill you first."
Argon's body began to glow—black lightning erupting in violent arcs. His form shifted—armor cracking further, cursed tattoos flaring brighter. Four arms flexed. Four eyes burned. Hair fluttered wildly. Tail lashed like a whip.
Primal mode.
He cracked his knuckles—voice echoing through the void, shaking Jupiter's storms.
"So it's time for my revenge."
Argon teleported—appearing in front of Leo in an instant.
Punch.
Leo dodged—barely.
Leo countered—kick faster than light.
Argon caught it—with one hand.
Small shockwave exploded from the impact—wind howling, Jupiter's clouds parting violently.
Leo's eyes widened—shock flashing across his face.
"No… He's adapting my techniques."
Leo backed off—green eyes glowing brighter.
"I will defeat you."
He rushed.
Argon attacked—four arms punching, elbows striking in a brutal symphony.
Leo slid through—dodged, weaved—landed a clean kick on Argon's face.
No scratch.
Argon smiled—cold, cruel.
"That's all you've got?"
Leo gritted his teeth—voice low, fierce.
"No way… I'm using my full power!!"
Argon teleported—landed two ruthless punches on Leo's abdomen.
No shockwave. No destruction.
But Leo's pupils vanished—body crumpling.
He collapsed—unconscious.
Argon hovered above him—voice mocking.
"What? Done already!? Weren't you supposed to be a savior?"
Leo clenched the swirling gas beneath him—sensing nothing. Feeling like he was being sucked into Jupiter's depths.
He forced himself up—energy draining, transformation fading. Hair returned to black. Aura dimmed. Green pupils gone.
He snapped his eyes open—flew upward.
Kicked Argon's cheek.
Argon flew—crashing onto Venus at full speed.
Venus cracked—surface fracturing, lava spilling like blood.
Leo gathered his hands—transformation reigniting.
Jupiter shook.
Leo launched himself from the gas giant.
On his palm—a small green orb glowed, pulsing with contained power.
He pushed his hand backward—creating a shockwave that rippled through space.
"The… Atomic…"
Argon—recovering on Venus—tried to predict the attack.
Leo teleported in front of him—voice calm, deadly.
"Wave!"
**The Atomic Waveeeeee!**
A massive green wave erupted—pure, unstoppable—toward Argon.
Argon raised four arms—trying to block.
He failed.
The wave consumed him—body vanishing inside the blinding light.
Leo's eyes half-opened—he fell to one knee, breathing hard, smiling faintly.
"I saved… I saved everyone… Everyone is safe now!"
Suddenly—
Four black hands erupted from the ground—grabbing Leo's legs.
Leo's eyes widened.
"Wha—!?"
Before he could finish—the hands yanked.
With a massive shockwave—the ground exploded.
Leo pushed backward—crashed, bounced across the surface, slammed into a mountain.
He injected his hand into the ground—stopping his roll.
Argon unleashed maximum output—primal form blazing.
"Youuuu!"
He teleported—punched Leo.
Each punch covered in black lightning—relentless, no chance to recover.
Final punch.
Leo crashed into a mountain—rock shattering.
Leo coughed—voice hoarse.
"What are you really!!??"
He powered up—slowly, weakly.
Argon teleported—kicked Leo's head.
The kick was critical—meant to end it.
Time slowed.
Leo's mind raced—shocked.
*No… If this kick hits me… I won't survive. He's inserted too much power into it.*
Leo closed his eyes—for one heartbeat.
The kick descended—
Leo dodged—smooth, perfect.
His aura reignited—dark green now, lightning coiling.
"If I can't defeat you in strength… then I use agility."
Argon blinked.
Leo moved—no—he teleported.
Afterimages—hundreds of Leos, moving constantly.
Leo's voice echoed from them.
"Find the real me if you dare."
Argon snarled.
"Is that some ancient illusion?"
He shot lightning blasts—explosions blooming.
Afterimages.
Argon fired a lightning arrow—massive blast.
Afterimages.
From behind—
Leo appeared—slid—kicked Argon's back head smoothly.
Argon buried in ground.
Argon roared.
"This ends right now! You annoying brattt!"
He teleported—punched.
Leo's POV—the punch felt like slow motion.
*Too slow.*
Three punches landed—perfect—on Argon's head, chest, abdomen.
Argon thrown back.
Mid-crash—
Leo dashed—massive kick on Argon's head.
X-ray vision—Argon's skull cracking.
Impact created a massive hole on Venus.
Argon sent planet to planet—landed on Uranus.
Injured.
Leo teleported in front.
"Your adaptation won't work now. I have better speed than you."
Argon smiled—ruthless.
"Heheheh…"
Then laughed—mad, echoing.
"Hahahahahahhaha!"
Leo—confused.
"What's wrong with you?"
Argon—voice low, deadly.
"You think you can defeat me!? Yes… you can. But I will take everything with me! The timer starts now. I will explode in under 10 minutes… and the explosion is galaxy level."
Leo gritted his teeth—eyes wide, heart pounding.
"No way…"
The cosmos waited—silent, breathless—for the final clash.