Dimensional Descent

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…"

exactly what would happen the moment Leonel's

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

his chair, staring at his monitor with a pale

was nothing he could even do. Despite the fact he had a high rank, he only had a healing ability. Even if he wanted to

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

but red. The ground beneath him reacted just as violently, becoming a massive wave that shot him into the

logic. He didn't have time to realize that his

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

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

his improvement

Leonel completely. And, at the very least, its shadow succeeded in doing

Leonel saw was a wave of earth and the man who stood

He used

his hands, facing his palm toward

"[Earthen Shackle]."

a stop. The earth he had always been able to control at a whim

almost thrown off due to his forward momentum, but that was when he suddenly found his ankles

to a grinding halt before he could even get close. Though he was the one in the air now, shackled by earth that had once been under his control, he still felt as though it was Leonel who was looking

a moment. The screams and blood had come to a stop within the city, the rumbling tanks never even made it

to an undamaged section of the wall. Heavy breaths heaved his chest as he sat slumped to the

idea what happened below. The only slight clue he had was Leonel's familiar voice roaring through the city. But,

he simply didn't care. He had managed

had managed to crawl back up to a