Dimensional Descent

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Leonel came to an abrupt stop.

He could finally seem to hear around him and the sound of his heartbeat was so loud that it rumbled like thunder. Every pulse sent waves through the waters, causing it to shudder and wince. It beat so loud that Leonel felt that a single thump could have shattered his previous set of bones before he had been eaten by the Cobra Demon.

Leonel hadn't truly been aware of how powerful this new heart of his was until now, but it was exactly because such a heart was beating so wildly and strongly that it was so concerning. If not for the fact that it was so strong, it would have given out long ago.

Now, there was nothing but a searing hotness in his chest. It felt like hot coals were resting within his ribcage and billowing scalding smoke up his throat. The pain was unbearable, and the heat of the waters around was almost as well.

Looking around, Leonel realized that even the stingray beasts in the surroundings were forced to retreat a long way from him in order to avoid being crushed by their master's might. If not for this, Leonel might have wiped out three days of hard work all on his own.

Finally, Leonel looked down to find that it was Aina. She didn't say anything and simply held onto him tight, refusing to let go. A large portion of her clothing had been burnt away, and if it wasn't for her tightly holding onto him, she may have very well shown the world far too much.

Leonel took a breath, and then another, and another. Only then did the searing pain in his chest seem to finally begin to calm down. The fact it only took three breaths was a testament to the strength of his recovery abilities, but even so, the dull pain continued to linger and would probably take several hours to vanish entirely.

He had really pushed his body to its limits just now, if he had been any less cautious, he might have truly overheated himself and died… again. It was also unknown if his soul could even survive the rampaging of his Scarlet Star Force, he really might have burned himself to death.

Leonel looked around at his body to find that it was truly in a mess. His left arm was half missing, his right leg was chopped at the knee, his body was caked and covered in blood. He had truly fought like a fool, he hadn't even used his Divine Armors. But honestly, if he had taken out his Divine Armors just now, aside from maybe his third tier one, the first and second tiers would have both been destroyed under his own power, and he would have had to drain his stamina even further just to upkeep them.

only shake his head. 'How pathetic. [Instant

and Star Force fell upon both

wrapped his arms around Aina and ran his fingers through the back of her hair. He felt more

you okay?"

lot of work to do elsewhere, but there had been a suffocating feeling in her chest she couldn't ignore until she ran all the way

him, or maybe it was because his Scarlet Star Force Innate Node was taking over well ahead of the time

answer immediately, and it seemed like

don't really feel like participating in these

them was extraordinary. This was Leonel's dream, everything he had been working toward in the last several years, everything he had done since exiting Valiant Heart Mountain,

felt quite meaningless. If he hadn't been trying to stop his

while. All she knew was that she couldn't allow Leonel to quit, but she didn't even know what was wrong, so she didn't know how

the situation. Leonel was the kind of person who thrived under pressure, she knew him well

thing he had given up on, was it herself? And why had he done that? It was purely logical. She had crossed a

a logical reason for this as

King to help the most people possible. And he wanted to help the most people possible

he had found an objective metric, or

person who could draw a conclusion different from his own

convince Leonel that he was

a moment, and after