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.

to spin violently around itself, quickly forming a Third Star that sent pulses of

more accurate to say that it had begun to reform.

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 Sight over it, he hadn't noticed a thing. It could

heavy, swirling golden-red energy, but it slowly matured, taking

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

also strengthened by countless times compared to the past. But, what was

still formed of hundreds of thousands to millions of cells. Compared to the 100 cells that formed Leonel's other Nodes, there wasn't even

that usually swirled about Leonel's Nodes and Nodal Pathways, this

recover. By normal convention, Leonel would have eventually helped his kidney mature to this state over a long period of time, but

changes to Leonel's body slowly came to

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 purification affect that even managed to match the formation of Leonel's Third Star in a casual manner. And,

began to occur. Whether by design or coincidence, the golden-red energy of

had almost failed and suffered Bloodline Deviation he had managed to turn back in the end, but that experience still left a small influence on him. This was why instead of a pure violet, when he entered his true battle state, his eyes would

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

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

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

Segmented Cube seemed to not like the fact its insides had been so dirtied. So, Leonel was swept up and thrust into

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