Dimensional Descent

Leonel's skin pressed flush against his bone. Soon, it began to crackle and dry like a thin piece of paper. It even seemed like it just might crack like fine glass and perish into a pile of ash at any moment.

It was only then that something changed..

BADDUM! BADDUM!

Leonel's chest jolted so violently that it seemed like his heart might leap from his chest. The outline of his ribs were so clear in his current state that it was even vaguely possible to see the sudden activity.

His convulsing body shook once more. This time, a projectile of black blood shot out from his mouth as a familiar heat spread all through Leonel's body.

If Leonel was conscious, his mind would flash back to the days he spent with his father and a disgusting green smoothie he had to force down his throat everyday.

Leonel had believed that he already understood the purpose of his father's concoctions. They had helped his body strengthen faster than others after the Metamorphosis despite the fact he wasn't born with an offensive or physical ability. Yet, he could have never thought that these benefits were just mere lingering aftereffects. They couldn't even represent a single percent of what their true strength was.

At that moment, three things began to occur in Leonel's body at once.

In his left kidney, a large Force Node of 100 cells had connected with the rest of his body and began to shimmer in full force.

surge of Soul Force began to spin violently around itself, quickly forming a

to reform. And, it was much larger than any one of Leonel's other Nodes. In fact, it didn't seem like a normal

realized it before, but a portion of his kidney had been cut out. But, it had been such a small portion that even when he swept his Internal

not only was the space that had been cut out suddenly filled with a heavy, swirling golden-red energy, but it slowly matured, taking over the whole of Leonel's right

process that took several days, Leonel's right kidney turned from a normal organ of flesh

not only recovered, but it had also strengthened by countless times compared to the past. But, what was most shocking was the fact it took the place of Leonel's

formed of hundreds of thousands to millions of

about Leonel's Nodes and Nodal Pathways,

gone a bit overboard in helping his son to recover. By normal convention, Leonel would have eventually helped his

that moment, the violent changes to Leonel's body slowly

of black, putrid liquid flowed out from his pores and mouth, filling the Lab Setting with a terrible stench. At the same time, the golden-red energy of his right kidney seemed to connect with the rest of his body, causing a

his body that the most drastic changes began to occur. Whether by design or coincidence, the golden-red energy of Leonel's kidney seemed

Bloodline Deviation he had managed to turn back in the end, but that experience still left a small influence on him. This was why

and they became attracted to one another. Soon, the slight redness

by Leonel's hair which also became more gold as it actually managed to survive the formation of his Third Star

in Leonel's Ethereal Glabella. At that moment, the faint spirit of his Snowy Star Owl seemed to also be influenced. In fact, compared to Leonel's Metal Synergy

remained in a deep sleep. During that time, the spirit of the Segmented Cube seemed to not like the fact

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