Dimensional Descent

Elody's expression changed when he felt his sword pierce through the , it made him feel as though he was trying to slice through a wall of sludge and his reaction to it was forced to be delayed.

Once against, Elody felt like all the Force in his strike was dissipated. The first time he had assumed that it was an ability of Leonel's armor, but this time his sword hadn't even grazed it. It suddenly made him understand that Leonel was forcefully dispersing the Force attached to his blade, something that left him at a shock.

The combination of Dream Rupture, , Duality Domain, Withering Snowfall and Leonel's Divine Armor's Spatial Domain made Elody feel as though all his most powerful strikes were landing on a bed of cotton. Leonel had too many abilities that could siphon away and disperse Force, it forced Elody into using more and more Force to compensate, but that only drained his stamina faster.

The instant Elody turned this into a battle of techniques, he found himself countered at every turn. He could feel that his actual strength wasn't' far off from Leonel, in fact in terms of raw ability, he was a step or two above. But, Leonel's ability to calculate a step or two ahead of him and respond perfectly resulted in him getting pushed further and further into a corner.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Elody brandished his sword in one hand, his other drawing a circle in the air. A ring of blinding white gold formed in the blink of an eye as he parried Leonel's piercing spear strike.

The ring of white gold shot downward, landing perfectly in the spot Leonel's foot would land next.

Elody's timing was perfect, everything about Leonel's momentum said that he wouldn't be able to dodge in time.

However, the land in the middle of the ring suddenly shot upward, giving Leonel a place to rest his foot.

Elody's free hand squeezed closed, shattering the small pillar of earth, but completely missing the target of Leonel's ankle.

Right then, a blinding pair of wings stretching out for tens of meters spread to Leonel's back. Leonel knew that he couldn't allow his foot to fall to the ground, and could only activate his strongest movement technique.

His body became as light as a feather, circulating instantaneously.

With a light tap of his foot toward the crumbling rock pillar, Leonel vanished and appeared to Elody's back.

The shock amongst the spectators was palpable. Even as the crowd grew, drawn over by both the commotion and Leonel's earlier beam of light, there were likewise several members of the Speed Arm who were amongst them. However, even in the case that there wasn't, there wasn't a single member of the Luxnix main family that wouldn't recognize those illusory wings.

Elody's pupils constricted into pinholes, he could feel the threat of danger creeping upon his neck, but he reacted just as quickly.

catching Leonel somewhat off guard. At the same time, Elody's sword pierced backward, his

too solid and simple to find

downward. At the same time, another appeared before him, blocking the odd angle of

as though his sword had entered a sticky mud wall. Luckily, he was falling back now and could use his momentum to pull free, but this was already the fourth or fifth

droplets fell toward him like darts. His free hand remained active, drawing more and more white gold rings

BANG!

shattered the white gold ring, his expression

flickered, the unmoving nine Radiant Cores to his back

field repelled the rings, sending them spiraling backward as Leonel's figure flickered once

locked onto Leonel who appeared to his back, but his

'Illusion.'

to not sense the change. Surprisingly, though, Leonel's was even better than Elaquin's. Who

gold fog around him surged, his thigh bulging as he planted it hard. He could feel the muscles in his legs tearing to shreds beneath the wild force, but just

momentum, his sword pierced forward, his rings rebounding back from Leonel's repulsion and enveloping his

flicker of starlight formed the outline of Leonel's

Elody's blade even as the former's

gaze gave

the benign Force they came from. However, the result was far more

BOOM! BOOM!

white lights. The only thing he could feel was the very

SNAP!

loud cacophonic booms, as a swordsman, this noise was the most resounding of all. Even before he pulled back

screeches, his gaze was filled with a blinding white light, and his Internal Sight was continuously being distorted by the wild magnetic fields pulsing and rebounding in the

his body

the second clear feeling he had since the explosion… A piercing pain as his chest was skewered by the blade

flood of blood riding down his chin and soaking his throat

no idea how any of this had happened, but he vaguely felt that he had been painted into this corner… No, he had

better, he would have understood that the Law Leonel chose for his 's was the formation of an extremely thick and viscous corrosive semi-liquid. The more knowledge Leonel had on the Law he chose, the easier it would