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.

violently around itself, quickly

accurate to say that it had begun to reform. And, it was much larger than any one of Leonel's other Nodes.

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

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 kidney until it completely

kidney turned from a normal

was clear that whatever had been cut out of Leonel had not only recovered, but it had also strengthened by countless times compared to the past. But, what was most shocking

to millions of cells. Compared to the 100 cells that formed

compared to the Force that usually swirled about Leonel's Nodes and Nodal Pathways, this energy

in helping his son to recover. By normal convention, Leonel would have eventually helped his kidney mature to

moment, the violent changes to Leonel's body

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 purification affect that even managed to match the formation of Leonel's Third Star in a casual manner. And, finally, Leonel's body, after going through so much, broke through another barrier and entered the

was within his body that the most drastic changes began to occur. Whether by design or coincidence, the golden-red

in the end, but that experience still left a small influence on him. This was why instead of a pure

energy of Leonel's kidney and they became attracted to one another. Soon, the slight redness of Leonel's Runes became more pronounced.

gold as it actually managed to survive the formation of his Third Star this time

In fact, compared to Leonel's

of the Segmented Cube seemed to not like the fact its insides had been

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