Jacob’s eyes compressed into pale golden beams as the final armor plates locked in, giving the mech suit an imposing, slick silhouette.
The runes along its surface pulsed in sequence, forming glowing lines across the chest and limbs. They weren’t just decorations—laws were pulsing from them. They were law circuits, coded to handle both soul force and multiple Law Concepts simultaneously.
Jacob’s Eyes of the Judge flared. "Five laws, a Quasi-Myth body?"
At this moment, a mechanical voice rang,
"Sync with Humanoid Exoform to 99%!
"Target: Intruder (Unknown)
"Rank: Quasi Myth
"Objective: Elimination!"
"Initiating Combat Engagement.
"All systems online.
"Prepare to be neutralized."
The very next moment, thereafter—boom!
The moment the Humanoid Exoform finished assembling, the pressure inside the sealed chamber shifted.
A brilliant flare of pale silver radiated from its core. The Law of Metal activated, forming razor-sharp energy edges along the mech’s limbs. In an instant, the towering figure lunged forward—its five-meter-tall frame moving with impossible speed.
Jacob’s eyes flickered before he vanished using the Light Law’s first concept, the Light Blink—distorting the air where he once stood. The mech’s blade-arm tore through nothing, cleaving a deep trench in the crystalline floor.
Jacob’s Eyes of Judge were fully activated as he saw through the laws imbued within those circles, ’Those strange circuits contained the law of Metal that it just used, then there are familiar laws as well, the laws of Space, Time, Light, and, what could be the final one...’
The more Jacob looked at the Humanoid Exoform, the stronger his desire to acquire it became because it was a masterpiece of technology!
At this moment, Jacob reappeared behind the mech, palm raised. A Law of Wind – Free Drift pulse howled as a vortex formed, forcing the mech to turn. As it rotated, Jacob unleashed a concentrated Inferno—the first concept of Fire Law strike, boiling hot and condensed to a beam.
BOOM!
The Sentinel raised its plated arm, shielding itself. The flames licked over the armor, leaving scorched grooves—but no real damage.
Then time suddenly freezes.
Jacob felt it the moment it activated—the Law of Time’s first concept—acceleration. He had also used it in his fight with the Constant Barons.
The Humanoid Exoform shimmered, moving through slowed time, each motion impossibly fast to the naked eye before Jacob could react—CRASH!
A metallic punch slammed into his ribs, launching him across the chamber. However, he twisted midair, using the first concept of Space Law—Space Compression to bend the space around his body and reduce momentum, skidding along the floor with sparks flying.
Although he was completely unharmed by his terrifying skeleton, his eyes flickered violently. ’Not bad speed. Let’s see if you can endure corrosion.’
His arms pulsed black. The First Concept of Law of Death – Necrosis.
Jacob stomped forward and shot up. He appeared above the mech’s head, swirling black mists in his hands. He slammed both palms down.
SSSSHHHH!
A corrosive tide exploded, eating into the armor plating. For a moment, the metal hissed and discolored—but then—SHIIIING—!
The Law of Metal retaliated. The Humanoid Exoform body emitted a cleansing pulse, neutralizing the corrosion with adaptive regeneration.
’The Law of Metal can purge foreign laws? No—it’s those Law Circuits. They’re actively rejecting intrusions.’
Suddenly, the mech vanished.
Jacob’s Eyes of Judge flickered. His surroundings warped. Multiple versions of the mech appeared—illusions.
Realization dawned on Jacob at this moment, ’The last law is the Law of Illusion!’
But Jacob didn’t panic. His soul force expanded outward, wrapping his body in Fluid Motion—Water Law, heightening sensitivity.
’Flow never lies...’
The real mech flickered slightly to his left. He flicked his finger, and a silver arc of Lightning—the First Concept of Lightning—Destruction surged forward, crackling with intensity.
CRACK-THOOOOM!
The bolt hit its mark.
The mech staggered backward, its armor sparking and smoking. Its circuits flickered erratically, and one shoulder joint was partially disabled.
Jacob’s eyes flared, ’I can’t break it too much.’
But the Humanoid Exoform wasn’t done. Suddenly, the core at its chest dimmed—then emitted a blinding pulse. Jacob’s mind suddenly reeled—his vision warped.
It was an illusory space. His surroundings shifted into a fake battlefield—dozens of copies of the mech surrounded him.
But Jacob only smirked. He activated Law of Darkness–Obscurity, shrouding himself in void-like mist. His presence vanished—no light, no sound, no spirit force. The illusions couldn’t lock onto him.
One breath passed, two, then...
SLASH!
Jacob appeared behind the real Humanoid Exoform, punching directly into its back with a void-coated fist. Void Law – Nihility!
The armor didn’t crack. It simply ceased to exist. A chunk of the Humanoid Exoform’s lower back vanished, eaten by pure nothingness.
The Humanoid Exoform staggered, alarms blaring inside its system.
"Warning. System Integrity: 63%.
"Recalibrating spatial defenses."
The moment it tried to restore, Jacob struck again—this time with Earth Law – Foundation Tremor. The entire floor quaked, sending seismic force directly into the Sentinel’s stabilizers, cracking its knee joints.
Then Jacob backed off; his soul force was down to 13%.
’Fighting a Quasi-Myth is really not easy...’
At this moment, the Humanoid Exoform roared, its mask-like helm lighting up, preparing something out of Jacob’s expectation, which his Eyes of Judge captured.
For the first time, Jacob was shocked, ’It’s using them together, two laws at the same time!? It’s possible, I was right!’
As someone who had comprehended twelve law concepts, Jacob’s vision was broader. He had already tried to use different laws simultaneously, but he always failed at the last step.
But now, watching the Humanoid Exoform using the Law of Space and Time together to create a field that could freeze Jacob and launch him into a dimensional lock, he suddenly had an epiphany.
At the same time, he looked at the Law of Space and Time attack, and suddenly, both his hands went black, rimmed with silvery cracks. They pulsed with Void and Death.
Jacob thrust his palms forward, the Void Bloom. It was a combined attack—Nihility and Necrosis—concentrated into a swirling beam of reality-erasing death.
’It succeeded!’ Jacob was elated.
Although it wasn’t as refined as the Humanoid Exoform, it was still terrifying to use laws, not to mention the Void law and Death law, which were not common laws.
The next moment...
CRRRRRACKKKK!
The Humanoid Exoform’s time-space field shattered. The core screamed, glowing wildly—then dimmed. The armor plates warped. Runes cracked.
BOOM!
The Humanoid Exoform collapsed to one knee as if its systems were overloading.
Jacob walked forward slowly, his eyes contained ecstasy, "You are really a treasure trove of knowledge."
He lifted his hand, and space wrapped—this time, not to dodge, to grab the still-beating Spirit Core...and everything faded to silence except for Jacob’s eerie voice filled with a hint of excitement.
"Machina Unit, you’re mine!"