Dimensional Descent

Leonel walked across the city walls. Heavy rain pelted down like an aggravated assault. It rebounded off of his golden armor, shattering in the air almost like tiny orbs of glass.

The moment the Sea Gods began their attack, he no longer bothered to hide the purpose of the formation.

The minerals and salts were quickly soaked into the Force Art, strengthening it. At the same time, the rain above became so heavy that the world was practically wreathed in darkness. It felt like there was hardly a difference between standing in this rain and being submerged in the depths of the ocean.

Quickly, the waters that were soaked up from the ground were replenished by an even heavier rain. All at once, the formations of the Sea Gods were co-opted and aggressively commandeered.

The application of Crafting that Leonel was using here was far beyond the imagination of even most Demi-God Crafters. It was likely that only hidden masters of the Owlans and Dream Asuras could match up to him in terms of raw theory and creativity.

Of course, they most definitely had far greater strength and the capability to Craft far stronger Crafts as a result. Unfortunately, Leonel couldn't yet fully divorce what he could Craft from his own strength or that of Little Tolliver's.

Essentially, to make an overly complicated matter simple, he had begun to use the protective Force Arts of the Fleeting Cloud Empire like a human's body.

The minerals were being used up, and the water was being consumed and expelled. It was an application of the Self Path that was truly extraordinary. He had managed to change many of the fundamental tenets that helped the Force Art to run without actually changing its foundation at all.

However, it wasn't enough... not just yet.

For one, in this rain, his greatest strength, his Fire Force, was handicapped. The concentration of Water Force in the region was so high that the use of practically any other element was nigh impossible. Even if it was a Lightning Force, with how heavy the rain was, unless your control was excellent, you'd likely end up electrocuting your own companions.

That said, Leonel couldn't use his hallmark Forces in this place, not unless he could be sure to kill anyone who saw it. So this wasn't as big of a deal to him.

The larger issue was something else entirely.

Not only were the Sea Gods still fiercely attacking the formation and seemed capable of breaking it-at least in part-very soon, Leonel had yet to see any obvious effects of his plan.

'Was I wrong?' Leonel's eyes narrowed as he scanned the battlefield. 'No, I can't be wrong.'

Leonel didn't conclude this because he was so overconfident in himself. The real reason he was certain was because the best proof was right before him.

How could it be so coincidental? Would the Sea Gods really attack the instant it started raining just because?

Logically, the odds of that were much lower. It just meant that the benefits weren't as obvious just yet.

But that made sense. If the weakness of the Sea Gods was so blatantly obvious, then it would have been used against them long ago.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

should

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as you said. Everyone

a hand. "Follow

city gate. In fact, he had cleared out large portions of the city, turning

a foolish decision. Unfortunately for them, that was because they didn't understand the changes

would be open to attack. Many would fly over the walls and

Gods had already surrounded the city, it would be

all of their attack on a singular point, a point that happened to be right in front of

a single

be localized, and any hole created

but as it absorbed more of the salts and minerals that the Sea Gods were still trying to pump into the environment, it would heal

from this region would directly be used to strengthen the other regions. Meaning,

people. Not only was he unaware of whether the other side had

he needed this commander's

would listen because they had to, and for no other

In it, a

consumed by another thought. He didn't care how they felt about his plan, they would see his thought process soon

after observing the army below, he couldn't figure

blended in far too well, and it was as though the Sea Gods had gone the extra mile to

far as to not even have a figurehead... why? If they didn't want to expose themselves, shouldn't they have propped up

pointed to one

his enemies, his real enemies in this excursion, was

they a Demi-God or a

BOOM!

THE GATES!" Leonel roared,

command shocked many more, but they followed it nonetheless. They

Even if it meant

foot and

shot forward. The rain formed a bullet around his speeding form, his body becoming akin to

Sea Gods were taken aback, both by the fact the Force Art didn't collapse entirely and the fact the

for another siege after the Force Art fell. How could they expect the

Talon had never seen a formation that acted like this one, let

Force Art was built upon each fundamental rune used to build it. When one shattered, the

How had...