"A lot of things." Max Lightning explained. "You've seen it before. Ocean Empress and Poseidon both do it. Even I am doing it at this moment. See, powers that exist within us are brought out and used by our will. Some people have been able to take this energy source that seeps out and reverse it. They give in to their power. Instead of our will directing the power, the power directs our will. This causes inverting. Ocean Empress has a water-based power, but by using inverting, she can flip the switch, so to speak, and change it to an ice-based power. Going from a flowing liquid to a solid object. Not all Supers can do this, but the big ones can. Even lesser heroes like BB."
"BB?" Instantly, the image of the young wind-based hero came to her mind. BB could shrink and control wind. Now that she thought about it, though, the girl had also grown in size during the fight with Zoo. She had just assumed it was something BB could do, but from the way Max Lightning explained it, that was simply an inversion of the girl's ability to shrink. "I think I get what you're saying." She nodded.
"Lucifer was cursed with a sinister power. One that can only kill. He inverted it though, allowing him to bring back those he killed. This is why he gave himself the title of Ruler of Death and Rebirth." Max Lightning clenched his hand into a fist. "A monster, through and through. Nier is using Inversion as well. Instead of creating new life, he controls that which already exists. And as I said earlier, I am also inverting my own power. My second ability is what allows me to see the Paths of this world, getting a memory of the future or past. By inverting that, I've allowed us to stand in this moment of history and watch it together."
"Would I be able to use water powers or something if I inverted my power?" She giggled. Armin would be so jealous of her.
"Who knows. I wouldn't try it though. Your will is what directs your power, but Inverting is where your power directs your will. If you're not careful, you may find your power doesn't like you and decides to get rid of you."
She felt her mother's hand grip down on her shoulder. She looked up at the woman. She patted her mom's hand and got back to watching the battle between the Lord of Life and the Ruler of Death. "Beat him, Nier!" She cheered.
The teen, of course, was unable to hear her. Nier practically soared across the ground, skating across it with his feet. He wove in and out of the grasps of the zombies, any damage he dealt to them simply reverting instantly, even total destruction. As long as Lucifer continued to use his Virus, it would be impossible to stop his undead army, so Nier aimed directly for the head of the snake.
He used his power to heal any wounds he might have had and then got ready to strike. Vines grew out of his skin, twisting and flowing down his arm like water, pulling him towards the villain. He was in front of Lucifer in a heartbeat, throwing out a powerful punch. The villain narrowly blocked the strike with the arm that held the book. The force of the attack caused the book to fall from his grasp, and instantly, all the undead creations broke away, their pages flying out in all directions. Lucifer didn't seem bothered by it, smashing the hand that was coated in the Dead Virus toward Nier's face.
Nier curved his head, the palm flying past him, missing by only a few centimeters. The crackling energy smashed into the ground, causing it to begin to crack and decay. Before he could get his bearings, Lucifer smashed his knee into the Lord's gut, and his other hand pounded into Nier's face as hard as he could.
Nier smashed into the ground, groaning. Lucifer didn't follow up with an attack, though. Instead, the man slowly reached down to grab his book. He opened it, and all the scattered pages flew back towards him. Nier jumped back to his feet and threw his arms out, firing a massive blast of spiked vines. Lucifer didn't even bother to dodge the Dead Virus crawling up his left arm, and he casually slapped the power away, shattering it and ending the attack, a massive wave of dust kicking up.