OVERPOWERED

"What happened? Didn't you say that overconfident superhumans tend to drop their guard in front of an old woman? Then... Who hurt you? Didn't you see a healer?"

Ace inquired after seeing the broken hand of his grandma. On top of that, she wasn't using her shapeshifting power to disguise herself. He was thinking about the strength of the person who injured a powerful Aura Master like his grandma.

"You really don't remember anything, do you? Haaa... Nevermind. We just wanted to see the power of your Limitless Grade, and it looks like... You did a number on this mansion..."

"By the way... How are you feeling?"

Clare said with a little sigh while looking around at the destruction Ace's power caused. Then, she asked about his health.

"I am fine... Better than ever," Ace replied with a smile, "What about Ivan? And everyone... Are they alright?" He asked with a worried expression.

"Don't worry... Your mother is interrogating Ivan, and the rest are waiting for you in the second mansion... Follow me... We are going to do some more tests to see your power," Clare waved her hand in the air, signaling her guard to open a portal.

[Woosh] The space behind Clare began to distort, and a burst of white light emerged, revealing a shining gate.

"No!!! I am not going... I am sick of living in constant fear for my life. But not anymore..."

Ace said as he summoned a fistful of white flames. He just thought, and the white flames appeared instantly on his fist. It wasn't hot. It was cold, and the sparking within the flames looked like thousands of glitters shining under the sunlight. He noticed that his grandma flinched after seeing the flames and took a step back.

"Stop!!! Calm down and come with me. It's not like you... Trust me, no one will hurt you with us protecting you," Clare tried to calm Ace's anger. She saw what his white flames could do and didn't want to face it head-on.

"No... This is the real me. The Ace you knew for 15 years is no more. He was just a part of my soul. I am the real one... Moreover..."

"I don't want to go back in that enclosed prison and become your or anyone else's test subject anymore. I did enough for this family... Not anymore... I won't let anyone control my life and use my powers for personal gains..."

"This time, I will live my life as I want, and there are certain things... Things I must do. Things... important than this caged family... Regrets... Duty... Failure... I have my own goal, so I will go my own way. Are you gonna stop me?"

Ace said with a calm expression. He thought this was the best time to leave the Silver family and search for his past life's family since he got the power to protect himself.

"I won't run anymore from anyone or anything..."

He had been running away from past and present for as long as he could remember. But with his overpowered abilities, there was no need to run or hide. If he wanted, he could have run away after the assassination attempt. But stopped fearing his disabilities. However the awakening, things changed for the better. He made up his mind to face whatever life throws at him from now on.

"Haaaa..."

"Very well. As you wish. I will let you go..."

"But, you have to defeat us if you want to leave... You have to earn your freedom through your own strength..."

Clare said as she let out a wave of bloodlust. Five more portals opened behind her. Jaxon, Trisa, Jin, her five guards, and a young woman with pale blue eyes came out and stood beside Clare. They were all injured, and for some reason, they hadn't taken help from healers.

"Hahahahaha!!! Interesting... It looks like you have arranged a special party for me..."

"Tell me something... grandpa, father, mother. What have I earned for helping the family, other than constant assassination attempts and fear of death?"

"As far as I know, everyone within the family earns crystals and various others things for their contributions... So, where is mine?"

Ace yelled in anger, seeing everyone ganging up on him and asking something like earning freedom. He thought this was the perfect situation to cut off his family's shackles.

"Enough!!! Only strength matters in this world," Jaxon yelled.

The sky was already dark. The crystals around the mansion's perimeter were glowing, illuminating the surroundings. A gust of wind swept past along with a group of birds.

[Bang] A deafening sound of gunfire echoed in the area.

Ace's eyes were glowing with a green hue. He could see the bullet approaching him in slow motion. The battle between the sun of the Silver World and the Silver family has begun.

[Flashback] [10 hours earlier]

"Ohh!!!"

"A portal user with elemental abilities, a Shadow slayer with Shapeshifting power, a brute assaulter with unbreakable skin, a healer with sniper class, and a swordsman with super speed... What an interesting bunch?"

"I still got 6 more minutes left... Show me if you are strong enough to protect Ace..."

[Zooom] Ace said with an excited smile. He blinked in front of the portal user and threw a punch at his face.

"Active Skill: Counter Portal," The portal user activated his Skill. A small hole opened up in front of his face. Ace's fist went inside it and came out from another portal beneath his chin.

[Counter Portal: Opens two portals simultaneously according to the caster's choice. The best counter for avoiding all direct attacks and redirecting them to the assailant.]

"Void Shift," Ace disappeared with a flicker of violet lightning just before his punch could touch his chin. He blinked behind the healer and slammed her head on the ground, hard enough to make a small crater on the ground.

[Void Shift: Lucas's exclusive Skill that teleports him or his target within his vision range.]

"He is not Ace... Scatter and bind him. Don't hurt him at any cost," Clare yelled as she ripped apart her disguise and jumped back. Dark shadows appeared around her body, sizzling around her like black flames.

"Ohh!!! You got good eyes. I am not Ace... I am a friend who was just passing by and saw his friend in trouble... So, here I am, lending him a hand..." Ace said with a large smile and stood up.

Blood was dripping from his fist. The healer was out cold. No one saw how he appeared behind the healer and took her, a 7th-level Aura master, down in an instant. Everyone thought he was aiming for the portal user after feeling the bloodlust targeting him but soon realized it was just a diversion. Ace's target was the healer from the beginning.

"Shit!!!"

"He played us for a fool..."

Clare grumbled in anger. It was a common rule in a battle to take down the healers before anyone else to increase the chance of winning.

She couldn't believe her eyes. She thought, "Is it even possible to manipulate one's bloodlust like that to create such a diversion?"

She thought whoever was in control of Ace's body must be beyond the 10th or 15th level like her, or that person could be more powerful than her since he could use those unknown powers through Ace's body.

"A basic rule from Art of War says that kill the healer first... And the rest will follow soon..."

"Next rule says... Kill the one who can use portal..."

Ace again disappeared with a flicker of violet lightning while speaking and kicked the portal user's knees.

[Crrakk] His knees bent backward. Ace's attack shattered his kneecaps. He fell to the ground, stunned, as an excruciating pain filled his body.

"Arrrrrgggg!!!!" The portal user screamed in pain.

No one saw what happened, and Ace didn't move from his position. But Trisa and Clare saw it. Ace's body flickered for a brief moment while he was talking.

"Hyperspeed!!!"

"Careful, everyone!!! He is using Hyperspeed to attack... Raise your defense... Circle around and use Aura Chains to bind him. We have to hold him down till the control timer runs out..."

Trisa yelled, alerting everyone.

However, everyone was holding back since they didn't want to harm him. But within less than 2 minutes, two high-level superhumans were taken down by him with one hit each.

[Zing] [Zing] Everyone scattered around Ace. Then they summoned Aura Chains and threw them at each other while running around in a circle. Ace didn't move from his position as the Aura Chains restricted his movements. Countless multi-color Aura Chains were crackling and sizzling around his body. It looked like the bindings that were holding Rax, inside the iron maiden.

"Stay there until the control runs out," Jin said with a worried expression.

"Humm... A good strategy. But, boring..."

"Void Absorption..."

[Void Absorption is a signature move of The Void Walker Class. It can absorb anything into infinite dark space. In the case of absorbed Skill, the caster can make them their own.]

[Wooosh] A small black hole appeared above Ace, sucking in all the Aura binding him.

Everyone was just stunned. For some reason, they were feeling weaker than before and noticed that the gravity around them was rapidly increasing.

"Arrggg!!!"

"What the hell...?"

Everyone fell to their knees. They tried to use their abilities, but it didn't activate. And their Aura also got locked out. They were like a group of pigs waiting for slaughter.

"Who are you? How can you be this strong...?"

"Leave my son alone... Full Potential Activate..."

[Full Potential: Elevates the caster's all attributes and Skills to their max limit for a brief amount of time.]

Jin yelled. He followed the portal energy to the mansion. Waves of green energy were twisting around him. He slowly stood up and looked into Ace's eyes.

"Hahahaha!!!!"

"You can use that Skill... Humm???"

Ace said after a burst of laughter. But he stopped and looked above with a serious expression.

[Zing] Jin noticed the opening. He blinked behind him and tried to hit his neck to make him unconscious, "Arrrggg!!!" But Ace caught him by his throat.

"How did he...?" Jin wondered.

"There is someone watching us from above..."

He threw Jin like a rag doll and flew in the sky.