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.

shot out from the ground, catching Leonel somewhat off guard. At the same time, Elody's

gaze sharpened. Elody's white gold ring was too solid and simple to find a flaw, and dispersing the Force that made it would take too much

the

a sticky mud wall. Luckily, he was falling back now and could use his momentum to

like darts. His free hand remained active, drawing more and more white gold rings

BANG!

spear shattered the white gold ring, his expression just as placid as

the flood of them coming for him, his gaze flickered, the unmoving nine Radiant Cores to his back jumping

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

Internal Sight locked onto Leonel who appeared to his back, but his heart shook

'Illusion.'

too many battles with Elaquin to not sense the change. Surprisingly, though, Leonel's

stop him from reacting in time. The billowing white 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

his rings rebounding back from Leonel's repulsion and enveloping his nine Radiant

was piercing toward empty space. In the next, a flicker of starlight

as the former's

gave

looking to shatter Leonel's Radiant Cores back into the benign Force they came from. However, the result was far more explosive than

BOOM! BOOM!

popped as his eyes were filled with the searing image of blinding white lights. The only thing he could feel was the very familiar and annoying feeling of his sword slipping into a mud wall.

SNAP!

amid all the loud cacophonic booms, as a swordsman, this noise was the most resounding of all. Even before he pulled back all the way, Elody could feel the emptiness past the

but high pitched screeches, his gaze was filled with a blinding white light, and his Internal Sight was continuously being distorted by

seared through his Force Skin and his body felt like it was floating

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

down his chin and soaking his throat

how any of this had happened, but he vaguely felt that he had been painted into this corner… No, he had stepped into this trap with his

extremely thick and viscous corrosive semi-liquid. The more knowledge Leonel had on the Law he