Dimensional Descent

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Leonel pressed forward with a furious speed. It was clear that his Spear Force was sharper and his reactions were quicker. At the same time, his strength output was beyond that of the Rapax. After all, he had cleared five territories while the Rapax was still working on its second.

However, the combat style of the Rapax was unpredictable and it flowed exceptionally smoothly. All parts of his body seemed to become a spear, it was to the point where it was difficult to tell whether he was a true spearman or if he was a close combat expert instead.

Leonel's spear separated into six blades, attacking all the vital points of the Rapax at once. The Rapax young man reacted with three of his own, but what was surprising was that his tail also split into three matching Leonel with a total of six.

Leonel's timing was thrown slightly off by this. The Rapax's three spear collided against him first with a purely forward pressure, but the three tails followed up with a more side-swiping momentum. The delay between the two destabilized Leonel's spear and opened up his guard.

Suddenly, the Rapax's foot appeared before Leonel's chest, clearly having expected exactly this sort of lapse.

Leonel didn't have the time to block and could only try to twist away. Unfortunately, he was a step slow and a claw coated with radiant gold Spear Force shot across his chest, taking with it a strong impact that knocked the air out of his lungs.

With a grunt, Leonel spun and shot backward at the same time, the armor that protected him deflecting much of the pressure. He realized immediately that had it not been for his self-forged armor, his rib cage would have been slashed to pieces beneath that strike.

Leonel's expression couldn't help but become several hints more serious. He had the advantage in strength, power, speed and even sharpness, but he was actually losing in... combat effectiveness, experience and battle prowess.

Rapax appeared before Leonel instantly, not giving the latter any room to

into the skies, performing a perfect vertical split. Its momentum was so fierce

trying to throw it off balance before its kick could land. However, his tail countered before Leonel's spear could even gather up momentum,

guillotine. Even before it landed, Leonel could feel the sharpness digging into the skin of his forehead. He had no doubt that if this kick connected, his body would be split right

choice, Leonel used the momentum of his clash against the Rapax's tail to roll off to the side,

BOOM!

and the residual impact cracked the rest. Even so, the Rapax was completely unmoved

closer to death Leonel came, the calmer he became. Although he didn't have perfect control over his body like he did when he had his Ability Index, he still maintained perfect control over his mind. He realized that he needed to enter that state he had cleared the

let his brain take over the heavy lifting again. Since he could win through sheer power, his skill had become less

who was also a close quarters combat expert like this Rapax was a whole other can of worms. He couldn't win this by

pressed even harder. His own instincts were sharp enough to feel that something might change if he

speed, he had never needed a dedicated movement technique,

the martial arts Style of this Rapax seemed to be infused with a mysterious

he got used

holding his spear in his free hand as he pushed up into a handstand. His hips torqued and he twirled once, spinning out of the

landed behind