MIGHT AS WELL BE OP Chapter 921: Law Defiance Field

"Aura Nova," she intoned the instant her mana collection was complete.

A staggering, incomprehensible surge of energy erupted from her form, expanding outward like a balloon inflated far beyond its breaking point until it occupied every inch of the atmosphere. Rather than simply gathering, the mana warped the fabric of reality, saturating this isolated plane until the very idea of a vacuum ceased to exist.

Then, without a hint of warning, it burst forth in a cataclysmic frenzy of ruin. The resulting shockwave hammered into Kingsley at point-blank range with heartless power. For that heartbeat, the entire pocket dimension was submerged in a blinding radiance of gold and white, as if all other colors and forms of existence were forbidden from manifesting.

The explosion tore through the world with unbridled brutality, ripping space asunder, pulverizing the landscape, and grinding everything in its path into mere dust and raw energy. This was not a strike designed to damage, but to erase.

As the swirling mist of debris, light, and smoke finally cleared, Kingsley was gone. Though it seemed impossible, he had evaded the blast entirely. He now drifted high in the heavens, his posture relaxed and his body untouched as he looked down upon the ruin Aura Nova had wrought, his eyes reflecting nothing but cold, detached observation.

Kingsley had escaped such a lethal blow through a unique ability that completely bypassed the laws of conventional motion. It was known as Zero-step Displacement. This power permitted him to relocate from one coordinate to another without traveling the distance between them. It represented teleportation in its most illogical and absolute form. Reality itself simply conceded that Kingsley had always occupied his new position and had never been at the old one. There was no movement, no transition, and no interval—only the total acceptance of the laws of the universe.

Before the quiet could settle, the voice of Aura Nova cut through the air once more.

"Singularity Collapse."

Another massive eruption of mana burst from her, this time significantly more concentrated and dense. An instant later, the space encircling Kingsley shattered like glass under a violent impact. From that jagged rift, the void emerged, spiraling into a colossal vortex. A literal black hole manifested around Kingsley, exerting a terrifying gravitational pull that dragged all things toward its core. Light warped, space buckled inward, and matter shrieked as it was shredded and consumed.

The suction was inescapable. Even abstract concepts appeared to be pulled toward total annihilation.

Kingsley, however, remained completely unfazed. His look did not waver. With casual confidence, he simply pulled back a fist and struck forward.

"Void Shatter."

In the following heartbeat, the black hole froze in place, as if time had been commanded to stop. Then, against all logic, it began to stretch backward from its center like rubber being pulled past its limit. The vortex shook violently, its very structure failing under the weight of an invisible force. A moment later, it detonated in a reality-stripping burst, wiping out not only the black hole but the very space it had occupied.

Aura Nova’s gaze sharpened as she watched Kingsley, who had just demolished a black hole with nothing but a punch. Such a feat should have been impossible to achieve so easily. Nevertheless, she did not falter. Her mana began to boil again, surging with violence as she readied her next strike.

"Eternal—"

Before her sentence could finish, and before the technique could trigger, Kingsley was standing right in front of her.

His speed was nonsensical in every way, so far beyond the realm of logic that Aura Nova’s Omniedit could neither track nor understand how he had moved so fast. One moment he was high above, and the next he was right in her face, his presence crushing.

Kingsley’s lips moved as he spoke in a low, level tone.

"Law Defiance Field."

The second those words were uttered, Aura Nova felt her link to mana get severed instantly, as if it had never been there at all. Her eyes grew wide with genuine terror as she tried to grasp what had happened. Kingsley had completely cut off her access to mana. For her, this was a death sentence. Her Omniedit was entirely dependent on mana; without it, her most powerful asset was gone.

The Law Defiance Field allowed Kingsley to neutralize all types of energy. Intent, Mana, faith energy, or blood energy—none of it could function within this zone. Every external source of power was turned into useless potential. However, the technique had a significant flaw. Kingsley could only activate it once per day, and its duration was a mere two minutes. Additionally, the field was fixed in one spot and could not be moved. Regardless, two minutes provided more than enough time for him to finish the fight.

Kingsley’s hand lunged forward, aiming to end Aura Nova’s life then and there. Inside the Law Defiance Field, only raw physical prowess remained, and in that category, Aura Nova was no match for him. As his hand swung to take her head, space suddenly warped violently, and Aura Nova vanished from her spot.

Kingsley’s strike cut through nothing but empty air, the force fracturing the space itself and causing it to crumble. The earth below split open, trees were uprooted and shattered, and shockwaves rolled outward. Kingsley’s eyes narrowed into slits. For the first time, he was the one feeling shock. He couldn't fathom how Aura Nova had managed to move when her connection to mana was gone.

Aura Nova’s image flickered back into existence high in the sky. As she reappeared, she felt her mana connection snap back into place, surging through her veins as though it had never been interrupted.

She looked down at Kingsley, a smirk of confidence touching her lips. While the Law Defiance Field had certainly caught her off guard, it didn't mean she was without options. For most of her life on the Dusk Planet, people had been trying to kill her. They had used every imaginable trick to sever her mana connection and make her Omniedit useless.

Whether it was techniques, abilities, formations, or runes, Kingsley was hardly the first to try this move. Having identified such a glaring vulnerability in herself long ago, she had naturally developed a countermeasure.

Without explaining how she had escaped his reach, Aura Nova snapped her fingers, her voice ringing with command.

"Mirror of the End."

A massive flood of mana poured from Aura Nova’s core like a dam bursting under pressure. Reality itself twisted to obey her command. In an instant, numerous silhouettes began to take shape, their forms shimmering before becoming solid. Hundreds of figures appeared, every single one a perfect replica of Kingsley, right down to his unique presence and mode.

They encircled him from all sides, staring at him in a haunting silence. Then, in perfect unison, they vanished, using Kingsley’s own movement ability against him.

But Kingsley did not lose his composure. To him, a mere copy could never best the original.

"Original Sin: Erasure."

This technique was not part of his standard Universal toolkit. He had manifested it in this exact moment simply because he possessed the power to do so. He lifted his right leg and brought it down hard against the ground to trigger the skill. In the next breath, every clone froze in mid-air, as if time had stopped specifically for them. Then, one by one, they began to disintegrate, vanishing like ash in the wind until they were completely wiped from existence.

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"Not bad."