MIGHT AS WELL BE OP Chapter 919: As Good As Over
Previously on MIGHT AS WELL BE OP...
Aura Nova’s feet made contact with the soil as she descended with a graceful, calculated poise. "I suppose even that failed to end you," she remarked, her eyes locked onto Kingsley, who stood before her fully restored, as if he had never been touched.
’His regeneration is even capable of mending his essence,’ Aura Nova mused internally. Typically, healing factors at their level of Cultivation could repair superficial physical trauma with trivial ease, but damage to the essence was a different matter; such wounds demanded time, meditation, and vast quantities of resources. Kingsley, however, required none of those things. His physical form was a self-contained weapon. It needed nothing. It relied on nothing. It simply existed.
If Aura Nova possessed any true vanity, it was rooted in her sword techniques. She had fully expected her opening move to slay Kingsley instantly, yet the man had survived by forcibly tightening his muscles and intercepting the strike with his naked palm. The result disturbed her more than she was willing to reveal.
’I might need to get a bit serious,’ Kingsley reflected while observing Aura Nova. Though he kept his thoughts private, even he had to acknowledge that her sword technique had been lethally precise. Had it not been for his rapid reflexes and primal instincts, he might have actually perished.
A moment later, Kingsley’s lips moved as he uttered a command.
Universal Limitation: Unseal
Upon those words, the atmosphere froze for a fraction of a second before erupting outward. A majestic golden pillar of energy plummeted from the heavens, crashing directly into Kingsley’s frame, as if he were being consecrated by something primordial and infinitely vast.
Kingsley’s body appeared intoxicated by the power. It spasmed violently, expanding unnaturally before snapping back to its original proportions. In a flash, the golden light imploded and vanished, its purpose seemingly fulfilled.
Universal Limitation: Unseal was a specialized technique Kingsley had forged following his loss to Anthony, a time when he sought to comprehend the true chasm between them. The technique made a forceful demand upon the Universe itself, lifting the metaphysical chains that restricted him and propelling him toward a state beyond his former boundaries.
Kingsley’s transformed state was revealed. A grand golden ring drifted behind him like a celestial halo. His entire form shimmered with a golden radiance, his hair standing on end as if buffeted by an invisible gale. A small, circular mark appeared on his brow as he stood in total serenity, his expression unchanging.
Aura Nova narrowed her gaze as she analyzed him. This new version of Kingsley baffled her. Even now, following such a dramatic transformation, she remained unable to detect any trace of energy radiating from him. It was as if he functioned entirely outside the standard laws of perception.
Her hand became a blur, slipping out of reality as if navigating through several overlapping dimensions of space. A heartbeat later, a countless multitude of blue, crescent-shaped Sword Intent waves flooded the forest, spiraling toward Kingsley from every angle, prepared to shred him without mercy.
Kingsley, who had been standing with closed eyes, opened them with deliberate slowness. His pupils were now golden and shone with an intensified brilliance, as if he were perceiving the fundamental truths of existence that remain hidden from all mortal beings.
Universal Law: Void
As he spoke, his entire frame flickered for a brief instant before regaining stability, as though he hadn't moved an inch. Yet, following that flicker, every single incoming strike—each one capable of tearing him apart—was wiped from existence in total, absolute finality. There was no blast. No smoke. No gust of wind. There was only the void of erasure.
Aura Nova remained motionless, paralyzed by shock and unable to grasp what had occurred. Kingsley, however, gave her no time to think. He dropped into a combat stance and immediately channeled his next ability.
Samsara Wheel of Life and Death
His hands traced opposing arcs, mimicking the rotation of a wheel. Suddenly, reality itself began to glow with hues of gold and shadow. A massive disc, split between radiant gold and abyssal black, formed in front of Kingsley. Without hesitation, he drove his palm forward.
The entire pocket dimension seemed to hesitate, as if reality itself were weighing whether it could endure a strike of such magnitude. Then, everything snapped. The atmosphere shrieked, but there was no one to show compassion. Existence exploded in a wave of sundering chaos, tearing violently toward Aura Nova.
Aura Nova didn't need a warning to know the consequences of facing this head-on. Death was the only certainty. She didn't dare attempt to block it with her Sword Intent. Instead, she instantly triggered her Omniedit ability, forcing space to bend to her command as she blinked away from her position.
The moment she vanished, the dual-colored energy consumed everything in its path. Trees, earth, stone, and mountains—nothing survived. The size of the obstacle mattered not; if it stood in the way, it was deleted. A massive mushroom cloud of debris billowed into the air, obscuring the stars and staining the very sky.
With one strike, Kingsley had wiped out half of the vast forested plain. The terrain lay in total desolation under the weight of his power.
’What kind of technique is this?’ Aura Nova wondered. But before she could finish the thought, Kingsley had already bridged the gap between them. There was no rush of air, no change in the wind. It was as if the dimension itself couldn't even feel him moving.
His fist lunged forward without hesitation, aiming for Aura Nova’s head with the velocity of a projectile. Yet, she did not flinch. She simply watched the fist approach and spoke with total composure.
Omniedit: Logic Reversal
Immediately, the fist halted, stopping only inches from her skin. The expected shockwave never arrived. Instead, Kingsley felt a monumental force crash into his own face with world-shattering power. His head snapped back as his body was sent hurtling through the heavens.
Aura Nova had seized control of the logic governing his strike. Although the physical hand had stopped, the force intended for her had been redirected back onto Kingsley. That was the grim reality of his current situation.
In this moment, Kingsley was powerless. Aura Nova had unleashed her Omniedit innate ability.
This battle was effectively over.