Chapter 955: Frozen World
"Shall we continue, I’m sure the readers and the spectators are tired of listening to us talk," Lucian spoke as his mana started to rise and swirl around him like a living tide, thick and heavy, coiling and uncoiling like a sentient ocean that obeyed only his will.
’The readers?’ Aura Nova thought to herself, confused for a mont before her book-loving side snapped into place, making her understand, ’so he thinks we are kind of in a novel and he is playing around with the fourth wall,’ she mused to herself and discarded the thought as it was literally impossible that they were in a book or anything of the sort, the idea too absurd and irrational even for soone accustod to warped realities and twisted dinsions.
With that thought, her mind snapped into absolute focus, her mana pulsing into the sky like an oceanic tide of an unending stream, vast and boundless, its pressure spreading outward in invisible ripples that distorted the air and caused the space around her to hum with quiet, restrained violence.
"Another word of advice, why not enter that special state you used against Kingsley and let us skip all these exchanges of attacks," Lucian’s voice ca, calm yet taunting, his mana roaring into the air as though a dragon had awakened, the atmospheric pressure becoming heavier and heavier as the buildings around him shook and groaned, their foundations trembling under the weight of his re presence.
Aura Nova stood silent for a mont before she replied, "Has anyone told you that you have quite the knack for courting death?" her question genuine and almost conversational, though beneath that calm surface a sharp edge lingered, because if she were quick to anger, she would definitely be boiling with fury at this very mont.
"Well... I’ve been told that recently," Lucian replied with a smile, casual and almost boyish, as his system had indeed told him that recently, the mory flashing through his mind like a quiet joke only he could hear.
Aura Nova didn’t reply anymore, she simply shook her head as she imdiately activated her Omniedit ability, her expression flattening into cold indifference as though the world before her had already beco nothing more than a draft waiting to be revised.
Omniedit: Command: Logic Hijack: Sun Creation
Her mana exploded from her core with maddened fury, her hair dancing wildly to the beat and rhythm of the wind as reality warped to her choice and bent to her decree like fragile glass being reshaped by invisible hands.
The next mont, the temperature within the separate plane rose to an insane degree that seed unquantifiable, buildings, cars, and the asphalt around them lting and turning to lava as everything began to liquefy into a glowing crimson hellscape.
The air cracked, then shattered the next mont as within millions of kilotres literal suns filled the sky, their numbers easily surpassing a thousand, each of them blazing with equal madness and radiance, miniature stars radiating destructive heat and divine brilliance. With a thought from Aura Nova, they tore toward Lucian’s position like divine teors, their trails burning through space itself.
Lucian felt the gravity from an attack of this scale slam into his body, the crushing force capable of flattening mountains, but he didn’t react. To him, the attack wasn’t to the extent where it would affect him; it was simply too weak, too insignificant, like standing beneath a warm sumr breeze.
[Ice Magic: Mana Zone: Frozen World]
The mont those words left his lips, his mana responded to the spell as the temperature that had risen to an unquantifiable spike imdiately plumted, as another type of cold made itself known, deeper and more absolute. Heat and cold waves slamd into each other in fury as though the mana from Aura Nova and Lucian were battling one another directly, two tyrants clashing for dominance over the sa domain.
The entirety of the suns that Aura Nova had created imdiately froze over under the effect of Lucian’s spell, their blazing surfaces crystallizing into silent spheres of white frost, while the liquefied buildings that had turned to lava froze over in totality as everywhere beca chilling, encased in endless ice as though ti itself had stopped breathing.
Lucian smirked evilly as he imdiately copied a spell Anthony had used against him. Although not through his Absolute Copy innate ability, his innate and ridiculous talent still allowed him to pull it off with unnatural precision, as though the technique had always belonged to him.
[Forbidden Magic: Void Eater]
Lucian’s mana rumbled through the sky and clouds as though the heavens themselves were about to collapse, the firmant trembling violently as space shook with maddening intensity, then it shattered with a deafening burst, the void opening wide and whole as a huge, gigantic maw appeared within the darkness.
The maw snapped open and imdiately the gravitational pull tore Aura Nova forward with imnse speed and force, like prey being dragged helplessly into the throat of an ancient beast.
Aura Nova’s reaction was swift, her mana roaring around her body as she calmly activated her ability without the slightest trace of panic, her eyes sharp and calculating.
Omniedit: Command: Source Edit: Shattered Reality.
The next mont, the imnse gravitational pull ceased instantly as though it had never existed, then following it was the shattering of Lucian’s spell itself, the void collapsing imdiately, the gigantic maw vanishing with it, and instantly everything returned to normal, the torn space stitching itself back together like a wound forced shut by unseen hands.
The next mont, Aura Nova’s head snapped to the side, and there she saw Lucian closing in on her with a sword aiming for her neck as she had just finished erasing his last attack from reality entirely. But she didn’t delay, instinct and reflex snapping into place as she imdiately bent backward to dodge, the sword carving through the air and the space where her neck had just been, leaving a sharp whistle behind.
But at that exact mont, the Lucian she had just dodged vanished entirely as though he had never existed, and another one appeared right beside her with a katana already swinging down. Aura Nova didn’t need to be told; she already knew she had been fooled by Lucian, the first attack she had seen and dodged nothing but an illusion, and she had fallen for it like a fool.
As Lucian’s katana closed in for her neck, she imdiately bent space to her will and teleported, but it was already too late, Lucian’s sword carved through her shoulder like a knife through flesh, amputating her full arm without a shred of rcy. The sound of at tearing and blood splattering filled the air between them as her severed arm plumted to the ground below with a heavy, sickening thud.
The mont Aura Nova appeared at another location, Lucian’s words echoed.
Dinsional Lock
The ability imdiately locked Aura Nova in place, and he appeared there yet again as though he had read Aura Nova like an open book, like she was nothing more than a child before him.
His katana flashed forward once more and with a sharp zip, Aura Nova’s second hand flew into the air, but yet again she had dodged and escaped the Dinsional Lock ability, avoiding decapitation two tis in a row through sheer instinct and spatial manipulation alone.
Her figure appeared midair, and the mont she appeared, she had already regenerated as though she hadn’t just lost two limbs. She floated there silently as she stared at Lucian, who stood on the ground with a calm smile and his katana sheathed, looking almost relaxed, as though the brutal exchange they had just undergone was nothing more than a casual warm-up.
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