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.

his Ethereal Glabella, a sudden surge of Soul Force began to spin violently around itself, quickly forming a

a golden-red stone began to form. No… It was more accurate to say that it had begun to reform. And, it was much larger than any one of Leonel's other Nodes. In fact, it didn't seem like a normal Node

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 Sight over it, he hadn't noticed a thing. It could be said that it only took up the

only was the space that had been cut out suddenly filled with a heavy, swirling golden-red energy, but it slowly matured, taking over

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

past. But,

particularly large organ, but it was still formed of hundreds of thousands to millions of cells. Compared to the 100

Pathways, this energy was several levels

Leonel would have eventually helped his kidney mature to this state over a long period of time, but it seemed like

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

with the rest of his body, causing a purification affect that even managed to match the formation of Leonel's Third Star in a casual manner. And, finally, Leonel's

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

a small influence on him. This was why instead of a pure violet, when he entered his true battle state, his eyes would also contain

the slight redness of Leonel's Runes became more pronounced. At the same time, the bronze color grew in

also became more gold as it actually managed to survive the

Owl seemed to also be influenced. In fact, compared to Leonel's Metal Synergy Lineage Factor, it resonated with this scarlet gold energy on a much

continued to take place, Leonel remained in a deep sleep. During that time, the spirit of the Segmented Cube seemed to not like the fact its insides had been so

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