Dimensional Descent

Leonel's body, which had been lifted from the star road, fell back down heavily upon it. He landed on his feet, but his face was obstructed by the sheer length of his light violet hair. It covered his body and his face, cascading for hundreds of meters as though it had a mind of its own.

Leonel exhaled a breath. Even from beneath his endless pile of hair, the billowing steam made its presence known.

Leonel's long hair blew out of the way, revealing a body that put even Aphestus' to shame. Despite the fact Leonel had never been as obsessed with training his body as Aphestus was, it seemed that his breakthrough had reformed his image into something the Romans would have carved out from white stone.

From top to bottom, Leonel was covered in a sheen of colorless sweat that still pumped out what remained of his body's impurities. However, by this point, his body had grown so pure that even his sweat itself released a refreshing aura, smelling like a faint cinnamon with just the slightest touch of honey.

The fibers of his muscles could be seen from beneath his skin, their steel cord like construction wiggling about and following the contours of his tan. His abs seemed to have one too many pairs for a normal human and large veins pumped throughout his body, giving him a vascularity that put most body builders to shame.

And yet, he was a lean, explosive machine, even down to his defined quads and calves of his legs.

Leonel knew that this must be the result of his Metal Body. He had never had such defined muscles in his life despite the fact he had always been fit. That was definitely the only explanation, and he was correct.

When Leonel's body was reconstructed, the explosive strength of his Metal Body could finally manifest itself. The bulging strength that had been hiding all this time made itself known, threatening to burst out from Leonel's skin.

at the muscles beneath. Rather than a pure healthy pink, it would be tinted with a slight bronze that made it look as though his body

tell that he was also far heavier than he had been in the past, he somehow simultaneously felt as light as

this. He had yet to branch out his Nodal Pathways so it was quite shocking that he had managed to do so, at least

evolutions one would undergo in the

use of Nodal Pathways to accomplish this, but Leonel's Metal

to remember that because Leonel had managed to open the Fourth Dimensional Gate of his Metal Synergy Lineage Factor to the ninth level, even his very bones had been

was at the highest possible level, allowing it to complete the same task Nodal Pathways would be

course, this didn't mean that Leonel's Runes could replace his Nodal Pathways. If he didn't begin to form them on his own, it would cause problems in the future. But, at least for now, there was no problem treating them

eyes. He still couldn't believe all the veins popping up across his body, it almost felt unnatural

step into the Fifth Dimension right

rearranging his cells and forming new pathways was now far more difficult. Had he not had a Metal Body, maybe just a few days would have been enough to finish since he had more than enough

lives. Plus, a few months would probably still have him stuck

at his hair and slicing it short again. He felt that his hair was easily tens of times tougher than it had been in the past, but thanks to his King's Might, it was just as easy

no beard…' Leonel shook his head,