Dimensional Descent

Leonel coughed up a mouthful of blood, his pupils constricting. He felt that he was on the verge of dying. His Dream Force was quickly dissipating, and though he wouldn't die a true death, he would lose without having even ascended the mountain, and that would be a different form of death. Even if he didn't die immediately, the Human Race would certainly be finished.

However, Leonel managed to maintain his tranquility.

His first thought was that he had accidentally triggered something he shouldn't have, maybe a failsafe of sorts. When you were using a treasure like this and using trial and error instead of raw comprehension, it was inevitable that you might accidentally stumble into such a thing.

However, after seeing that the shield wasn't actually trying to kill him, Leonel's eyes narrowed.

He paid close attention to what was really happening, and when he figured it out, his eyes widened.

He retrieved his Dream Force and coughed up another mouthful of blood as the belt was ripped out of his chest.

His Dream Force was still quickly dissipating, but he used the Life Tablet to keep it intact. Then, he rushed down the mountain, looking for a target. When he found a Tier Six, he swiftly killed it then continued to find another, and then another.

Eventually, his Dream Force finally stabilized.

He took deep heaving breaths. That was really close. If not for the Life Tablet, it would have all been over because of his recklessness.

He didn't usually think of himself as a reckless person, but he couldn't really describe what had just happened as anything but reckless. He had made a mistake and it had almost cost him.

But this mistake hadn't come without its benefits.

an interesting treasure...' Leonel muttered to himself,

pulse of it

do it once every ten seconds. In addition, if he was correct, even if he reached Tier Nine, Tier Nine would still be the best the shield could do, though he would be able to

ability of the shield at all, it was just the cover used to hide its true ability, and that ability was obviously related to the

went beyond just a failsafe

would be on the verge of returning to his body on purpose. That way, the connection between him and

have allowed Regnier to use his real abilities for just a short

to be in a near-death state to make it work, the

an advantage Regnier didn't... and

experience, Leonel felt that he could last about three minutes total... if his

he could only last for a little over a minute. And, after that minute was up, he would obviously need a large amount of Dream Force to stabilize his body again to

would be even smaller if he used his Dream Force to do anything else, like controlling a beast or anything of the

real body, which was separate from the Dream Force this avatar was using.

his hands and it returned to the form of

'Reach Tier Eight.'

began hunting Tier Eights. He was much more cautious,

maybe his