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 Third Star that sent pulses of pure energy

more accurate to say that it had begun to reform. And, it was much larger

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

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

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

Leonel had not only recovered, but it had also strengthened by countless times compared to the past.

formed of hundreds of thousands to millions of cells. Compared to the 100 cells that formed Leonel's other Nodes,

Nodes and Nodal Pathways,

helping his son to recover. By normal convention, Leonel would have eventually helped his kidney mature to this state over a long period of time, but it seemed like this would no

that moment, the violent changes to Leonel's

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

by design or coincidence, the

Leonel 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

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

escaped by Leonel's hair which also became more gold as it actually managed to

his Snowy Star 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 deeper level even to the

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 dirtied. So, Leonel was swept up and thrust into the bath house of the Abode Setting while the

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