Dimensional Descent

Leonel's speed was much greater than it had been before as he entered the bubble of the young man he had seen earlier. He thought it would be smartest if he entered more known territory. Not only was he certain that there was a person here to target, but he was also of a strength Leonel was confident in dealing with.

Leonel's steps paused for a moment and he turned back, pressing a hand toward the forcefield. The forcefield rippled, but stopped his hand from passing through. It seemed that by stepping into this region, he had locked himself into a cage and he couldn't retreat as he pleased.

That much was fine. He had considered the possibility of this happening which was why he had chosen a known location to begin with.

Turning back, Leonel shot into the distance again, leaping into the trees agilely and vanishing into the foliage. He moved forward without a single hint of a sound, scanning the region quickly with his eyes.

It was impossible to lure out this enemy like he had the beasts of his bubble. Humans might be intrigued by a Force Eruption, but there was a more likely than not chance that if the young man sensed a Force Eruption, given his strength, he would stay quite a distance away from it. He likely wouldn't take the risk if he didn't have to. So Leonel had to find him on his own.

The good news was that Leonel's senses were much sharper after absorbing so many Beast Crystals. So, he cut a straight line through the closed off bubble, paying keen attention. His ears twitched every so often.

Finally, he caught the faint sounds of battle.

He changed direction, gliding through the trees and moving up higher as he moved. Eventually, he could sense the strands of Spear Force gliding through the air and he locked onto a battle occurring about 300 meters ahead of him.

man stood his ground as he faced off against two beasts. He was clearly much stronger than he had been when Leonel last saw

pushed off of the trunk of the tree he stood within with such force that it bent in the opposite direction far enough to

caught off guard by Leonel's sudden appearance on the battlefield, but before he could react, Leonel's Absolute Spear

pupils of the young man constricted. He immediately felt the

Domain erupted in an attempt to counter Leonel's, but it

took a step forward, closing the

the situation wasn't good, the young man pierced forward with his spear, trying to catch Leonel off guard and make him pay for his nonchalance. However, Leonel simply tapped them with a finger, his Spear Force

Leonel's own thrust forward, nailing the former right in the collarbone and pressing forward until

out with his spear in vain, but Leonel's hand grabbed its polearm with one hand, released his

even move an inch without the spear through his collarbone making his body

be a hint of defiance on it that masked a lingering fear. He had seen Leonel before, but back then, he had been very confident in his abilities. It had

was simply impossible for someone with Spear Force this powerful to have shown the kind of weakness he saw from Leonel earlier, nor was it possible for there to be such vast improvement

odd pull from the young man's

his mind and released his grip on the

"What is your name?"

hadn't even cleared his bubble yet, this wasn't even enough for the lowest tier of