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…"

was almost as though he knew exactly what would happen the moment

timing of Leonel's attack was so perfect that the needles met the projectiles within their nozzles. And the result… was even

slumped into his chair, staring at his monitor with

could even do. Despite the fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he

he could even react, his younger brother had exploded

him reacted just as

time to think of logic. He didn't have

him. Back then, Leonel was nowhere near the monster he was now. How could there even be a contest

once been in the past. His ability had improved and his ability to

improvement

rose like a tsunami, trying to envelop Leonel completely. And,

out. All Leonel saw was a wave of

used his flow ability on

his hands, facing his

"[Earthen Shackle]."

stop. The earth he had always been able to control at a whim suddenly became like a steel behemoth

that was when he suddenly found his ankles and wrists had been caught,

get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been

a stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it to the gates and even the Invalids that had approached close

managed to crawl his way back up to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy breaths heaved his chest

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

this moment, he simply didn't care. He had managed to survive and that

managed to crawl back up to a section of the

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