Dimensional Descent

Leonel took another large breath. The spiraling of blue Star Force this time was even more violent and rampant. Every ounce of Force within ten meters surged toward him, filling his lungs to the point they seemed like they might burst.

'Not quite… Almost there…'

Leonel's mind spun, undergoing several calculations at a time as he continuously adjusted the Force Art.

However, as Leonel progressed, he quickly realized he was approaching a bottleneck. His progress was slowing and he subconsciously felt that he would reach a barrier he couldn't push past with more calculations very soon.

This wasn't' the first time Leonel had run into such a problem. While he was Force Crafting, there were many times the blueprints he thought of couldn't quite meet he mark the wanted them to. When things reached that point, the best choice was to always scrap the design and start anew because this barrier definitely meant that there was a fundamental flaw to his approach.

'A fundamental flaw, hm…?'

Leonel's gaze suddenly sharpened as he took a heavy step backward.

A blade of blue swung down heavily before him, missing the tip of his nose by just a hair. A fine line of blood trickled down and dripped from Leonel's nostrils, his pupils constricting to an extreme.

This wasn't a kilometer. This was 500 meters. The parameters had changed again. Had he been just a moment late in his reaction, he would have been sliced in two. No… If it wasn't for his Dream Counter, he would be dead right this very moment.

Leonel reacted quickly, his spear jetting forth so fast that it cast a inescapable net.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

skill, its speed far beyond Leonel's. If it wasn't for Leonel's own skill surpassing it, allowing him to use a single attack or defense to block

slight breeze as the spear etched onto

ripping a gash along his black compression shirt but missing just enough to leave not a

elbow. After trapping the

brow furrowed. Was it going to be every 500 meters now? Did that also cut down the time

like this, he might as well wait here until the spirit appeared again, even if it meant

by and in less

Leonel sighed. 'Fantastic.'

to battle the spirit again. At least the distance was also cut in half. If he had to cover the same distance in half the time, it would be even harder

missing something… Still

felled the spirit again, accepting

knew that he had to change

any number of paths for him to take. He could try a completely new design, he could swap out the materials he used, he could even try a different tempering

would he do in

changes would probably be to try and use a new Force Art language, maybe it would be more receptive to what he was trying to do. But… Leonel only knew two languages—three if he counted what he learned from that time he almost lost control of his body in the Joan Zone… A

was in the Joan Zone incident. That was from the mysterious entity with

second language he learned was from his father and the Morales family

was from Camelot's magic system and it was also the one he

first language was restricted to the Third Dimension for Leonel. The second language was constructed for