Now, it was him. It had fused with his core, turned into his essence. It had beco a part of his very identity.
Atticus raised both palms.
On one, a radiant blue orb ford, pure, swirling mana. And on the other, a dull brown energy pulsed slowly, like a dying heartbeat. The energy of negation.
He stared calmly at it, as his thoughts ran.
He had always wondered: what exactly was the aura of negation? And even more curiously, why did the Nullites, a race within the Eldorian core, whose power depended on mana, possess the ability to negate it?
It had always seed weird.
But now… now he understood.
The world's mana was life. It was the fundantal force that bound everything together. It fueled all things, living or non living.
Every race, every object, every structure responded to it in unique ways. And those responses, those reactions, were what ford mana signatures.
Atticus had already proven that by reversing the mana signatures of things, they would begin to attract each other unnaturally, collapsing into one another eventually.
But what if… what if the world's mana signature was reversed?
What if the very code that held life and matter in harmony was flipped inside out?
The answer was simple: a void would be born. An anti-state of mana. It wasn't corrupted, not twisted, but inverted. Reversed.
And when such an inversion occurred, it would create a force that denied the flow of natural mana.
It wouldn't overpower it, nor would it overwhelm it.
But it would nullify its very existence.
On one palm was mana, and on the other was negation. It was already the void born from mana's reversal.
It was a rejection of everything the forr stood for.
As he bonded with the Nullite core, Atticus had a thought.
What would happen… if these two energies clashed?
Slowly, he brought his palms together. The two forces responded imdiately, resisting one another.
The mana flared, pushing outward. The negation, in turn, collapsed inward, like it was hungry and cold.
But the mont they touched, the energies warped, snapping, curling, and twisting around each other. The air around them warped.
From the point of contact, a strange energy was born. It spun in place like a singularity, glowing with silver. The space folded around it, bending unnaturally.
Atticus stared at it, utterly intrigued.
'Another energy?' he wondered as he tried to make sense of what he had just created. Atticus was ga when it ca to gaining more power.
He had to test this.
He floated to the terminal of the training room and changed the landscape.
A new terrain ford instantly. An endless stretch of jagged land, filled with towering mountains that pierced the sky.
Atticus shot into the air, hovering just above the tallest peak. The silver energy continued swirling above his palm. It contorted, twisting unnaturally.
It looked unstable and chaotic, as though it would explode at any mont.
Atticus focused on it, then released it downward.
The mont the energy left his hand, the silver orb fell slowly, unnaturally slowly, as though even gravity struggled to act on it.
And then it touched the mountain.
There was no explosion. No flare of light. No dramatic blast.
From the point of impact, a circular void spread from the center, widening outward. A vast portion of the mountain vanished, carved out as if so divine hand had deleted its existence.
The mountain simply… ceased.
The energy unraveled after its purpose was complete.
Atticus hovered above everything. The wind brushed past his face, and his eyes were narrowed as his mind raced.
"Incredible."
He was truly flabbergasted. First, it had been the fusion energy, a power he had gotten from combining all of his elental forces. And now… this.
The combination of mana and negation had birthed a singularity that swallowed an entire mountain whole.
It was a new source of power. A terrifying one. And as the implications began to settle, a smile appeared on his face. He was excited!
The possibilities were simply endless.
After a few more monts of excitent, he brought himself back to focus.
'I should check the other abilities.'
He called up his status, and instantly, a translucent panel of light ford before him.
[Nullite Core Abilities]
1. Nullification Field
Description: The user can emit a wide-area field of negation energy. Everything within the field that is fueled, ford, or sustained by mana becos disrupted or nullified. The field scales with the user's control, from a few ters to hundreds, depending on how much energy is poured into it.
Note: Stronger individuals with higher will may resist its effects.
2. Void Rend
Description: A concentrated pulse of negation energy that can be projected as a beam, slash, or burst. On contact, it attacks the mana signature of a target, montarily disrupting or fully destroying their ability to control or harness mana.
3. Void Step
Description: Allows the user to phase out of the world's mana structure, becoming undetectable to mana perception, sensory arts that rely on mana, and mana detection. While in this state, the user cannot be tracked or targeted by abilities that rely on mana.
Note: Cannot be sustained indefinitely and takes a toll on the user's core if overused.
4. Null Converter [LOCKED]
Description: The user can absorb external mana, be it from incoming attacks or environntal sources, and convert it into pure negation energy. This not only neutralizes the enemy's attacks but also feeds the user's reserves of null energy, allowing them to grow stronger in mana-rich environnts.
Note: Does not work on physical attacks not powered by mana.
5. Absolute Negation [LOCKED]
Description: The ultimate expression of the Nullite core. The user can negate all forms of energy, not just mana, but also kinetic force, heat, light, sound, and more. It is a purely defensive or disruptive ability, capable of stopping even conceptual or taphysical attacks, depending on the user's mastery.
Note: Extrely taxing. Cannot be used repeatedly without severe strain.
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