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.

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

find a flaw,

an instant, choosing to swing his spear downward. At the same time, another appeared before him, blocking the

brow. He once again felt as though his sword had entered a sticky mud wall. Luckily, he was falling back

body flipping and dodging as numerous golden droplets fell toward him like darts. His free hand remained active, drawing more and more white gold rings as he

BANG!

shattered the white gold ring, his expression

coming for him, his gaze flickered, the

strong magnetic field repelled the rings, sending them

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

'Illusion.'

Elaquin to not sense the change.

planted it hard. He could feel the muscles in his legs tearing to shreds beneath the wild force, but just as quickly as they tore,

in momentum, his sword pierced forward, his rings rebounding

space. In the next, a flicker of starlight formed the

blade even as the former's Radiant Cores and the latter's

gaze gave off

into the benign Force they came from. However, the result was

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

filled with the searing image of blinding white lights. The only thing he could feel was the very familiar

SNAP!

swordsman, this noise was the most resounding of all. Even before he pulled back all the way, Elody could feel the emptiness past the handle of his hilt… His

filled with a blinding white light, and

and his body felt like it was

since the explosion… A

a flood of blood riding down his chin and soaking his throat and

happened, but he vaguely felt that he had been

corrosive semi-liquid.