Leonel might have reached the Superior Stage in his Metal Body, but he wasn't infallible. He was under no delusions that he would survive such an onslaught. And, even if by some miracle he did, he doubted that he would still be in position to fight.

However, he didn't intend to allow such a thing to happen.

His mind was on a completely different level. He could see everything before it happened.

Joseph's order to fire. The spinning gears as the final tweaks were made to their aim. The slight scent of gun powder. The touch of heat that graced the barrels.

Leonel felt it all as if he was right there in the cockpit with them all. Which tanks were firing, where they were in relation to him, exactly when their shells would exit the nozzles… He saw through it all.

And that, exactly that… would be their downfall.

Leonel's raised hand trembled slightly. It was only the slightest flick, yet seven foot-long needles shot forward at impossible speeds.

They tore through the air, leaving a streak of smoke in their wake. Then…

The sound barrier shattered.

In one blink the needles were floating by Leonel's side. In a second blink they had appeared before the nozzles of the seven firing tanks. In a third…

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Joseph's heart trembled.

"No… No…"

though he knew exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's

perfect that the needles met the projectiles within their nozzles.

staring at his monitor with

a healing

he could even react, his younger brother had exploded through the roof doors of

saw nothing but red. The ground beneath him reacted just as

time to think of logic. He didn't

his Force Nodes, Leonel had already defeated him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near the monster he was

felt that these matters were different from what they had once been in the past. His ability had improved

Could his improvement match

envelop Leonel completely. And,

completely blotted out. All Leonel saw was a wave of earth

He used his flow ability

out his hands, facing his

"[Earthen Shackle]."

always been able to control at a whim suddenly

his forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly

could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth

blood had come to a stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it

undamaged section of the wall.

below. The only slight clue he had was Leonel's familiar voice roaring through the city. But, he had yet to confirm if that voice that haunted his

simply didn't care. He had managed to survive and that was all

find that he had managed to crawl back up to a section of the wall where the white wolf Variant

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