Dimensional Descent

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The rumble of Leonel's poem seemed to resonate with the world, dimming the depth of Amery's night and the brightness of his day. His defenses became airtight, his spearmanship taking another leap forward.

The raging battle intent in his eyes seemed to become as calm as a chilly lake, but it was precisely this controlled battle intent that made one's heart grow cold.

He took a step to the side, parrying Amery's assault.

"One spear to connect the earth and skies."

Leonel's voice rumbled again and his spear tip met the perfect crossing of Amery's two blades, thrusting through the two of them at precisely the same time and disrupting the flow of his attack. A streak of spear light shot through the vast darkness above, becoming a dividing sign between Amery's Natural Light Realm and the rest of the world.

Amery's swords flew to the side and he was forced to take a step back, the strength of Leonel's spearmanship throwing him off balance. But even so, his gaze only gained a fiercer depth to them. His Natural Light Realm changed once again.

If before Leonel's "One spear to connect the earth and skies" had been the dividing line, at this moment, Amery himself was the dividing line. It was as though he became the center of the world, his Dark Force sword holding the night and the Gaia Force holding the day.

The fierceness of the glow of his Innate Nodes continued to grow, each becoming the center of their own world.

Amery's horns sparked, sharp, howling Sword Qi spiraling around each one of them. His Gaia Force sword rose and the world seemed to fall into silence. The echo of Leonel's poetic words dimmed and faded entirely, the strength of his spear dimming considerably at that moment.

actually learned the Complete Universal Force. Universal Force was difficult enough to learn normally, but to learn the True version, like Leonel had, and apply Universal Force to all aspects of his ability, was even more

or more accurately, the talent. But, Amery had made the conscious choice to only learn Universal Force

Leonel didn't understand why this was, but now

his life to the sword in a way that Leonel had never done for the spear, or even the

Reflected exactly that.

BOOM!

than Leonel had ever seen in a single instance. He

fact, even as he swung this strike, Leonel felt that Amery was making small changes to

was improving in

suddenly grinned. Facing this tide of Sword Force that couldn't seem to be blocked, the savageness of his expression only grew and the pulsing crimson light within the depth of his pale violet irises

to be corrupted by a deep, black fog. It grew deeper and deeper until the point it had swallowed the entire cyclone and an enormous sphere of Dark Force enveloped

strength of Amery's strike fell

piercing out with his spear. He seemed to draw a line through the darkness, but as quickly as he split it into two, was just as quick as it

constricted. He felt the

Amery had a shocking thought.

strength of Universal Force comprehension came from the concept of Cycles, and Cycles found their strength in

maintain its proper strength beneath the might of

in hand, and its Domain deployed, the strength of Leonel's