Dimensional Descent

Noah heavily stepped off of the stage, his body drenched in blood from head to toe, none of which was his own. The arena couldn't help but be silent outside of his heavy step.

When Noah returned, Roesia stood with a doting expression on her face. She couldn't help but start wiping Noah off.

Seeing how nonchalantly his grandmother was treating so much blood, Leonel suddenly got the feeling that maybe his family wasn't so normal. The dichotomy of sweet, old grandmother, helping her grandson wipe down the lifeblood of his murder victims…

Just what kind of world was he in right now?

Leonel's lip curled into a smile. Though the gloominess hadn't vanished, he could feel that Noah had vented much of their frustration. There was only so much that Leonel could do himself, at some point them witnessing his own success wouldn't move the needle anymore. However, seeing someone else do it… It gave them more courage to believe that they could do the same.

Though the geniuses of Earth continued to lose after this, and even more miserably at that because Noah had re-energized their enemies, they still returned with their heads held high and a fire lit within their gaze.

None of these people knew that the Leonel and his friends had only just experienced their Metamorphosis not even half a decade ago. To have already reached such a stage in a short period of time was something to be proud of. And, there'd come a day where they wouldn't have to show pride in their defeat, but could instead do so in their victory.

…

The events of the day continued to wane. Of the people of Earth, most had already gone up and lost, unfortunately falling short.

were some

managed to become the third person of Earth to claim their spot for the second day. His

next success story was more so of luck than of skill. But,

Milan's defensive energy shield ability and Arnold explosive palm ability, not to mention the

didn't notice was that Orinik's pupils had constricted into pinholes when

of comprehending Universal Force as

it. Now, Arnold walked the same path of Universal Force that Leonel

In fact, they had all

…

no others made it. Compared to the accumulating

after dozens of rounds and thousands of participants, Leonel felt a subtle connection call out to him as the billboard

'Oh?'

looked up, finding the number he had claimed for himself shimmering

his chair, Leonel stood and stretched, his bones cracking. His mind and body both felt quite alert. After sleeping for over a

the instant Leonel rose, many eyes fell onto him. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that ever since that incident of a few hours ago, many had been waiting

still difficult for many to get a read on exactly what his limits were. This was mostly because by the time people realized that someone actually had the audacity to move against the wishes of the Void Palace envoys, Leonel was already more than half way there. It was hard

had been being targeted by proxy only because they couldn't get at Leonel… But now that he was

than Noah's despite the both of them being extremely heavy. He landed softly, his bare