Dimensional Descent

Leonel had never paid as much attention to his connection with Blackstar as he should have. But after his change, he realized that a contract formed between man and beast wasn't so simple at all.

An intertwining of the soul was naturally an astonishing matter, as Leonel and Aina's union had shown them more than one time before. And it was precisely because of his experience in marriage that Leonel came to understand that his connection with Blackstar wasn't so simple, either.

It could be said that the reason he had never noticed before wasn't because he was too neglectful, but rather because Blackstar was far too unruly. A troublemaker in the truest sense.

In their relationship, Blackstar wasn't the beast, but was rather the man. Back then, Leonel didn't even know how to contract beasts, so the reality of their relationship was that Blackstar was the one in the superior position.

As such, there were certain things about their relationship that Blackstar could instinctually understand, but wasn't able to communicate with Leonel at all.

It wasn't until Leonel became a Wise Sea Order and gained the capability of seeing through most things that he was able to grasp what Blackstar had never been able to communicate to him.

It could be said that the closeness between him and this little mink was no less than that of the connection between him and his wife.

And in some ways, it was even more exaggerated than that.

Because they could truly battle as one.

It could be said that the moment the Shadow World appeared, it was like Leonel had formed his Divine Armor not of just four beasts, but five.

And one of those beasts happened to have the inheritance of the Void Beast and was a Shadow Sovereign of the ages.

In that moment, billowing plumes of smoke came from the soles of Leonel's feet and the corners of his eyes.

The silver-gold tattoos across his body darkened and even the [Star Fusion] rushing out from seemed to blacken as well.

his spear outside, and the roar of four beasts

Force appeared before him in the blink of an eye, seemingly moving at the speed of light, but it went through his body as though he wasn't

the Celestial Ember and slashed

met talon, one seemingly far inferior to the other, both in imposing

BANG!

Celestial Ember was sent flying, crashing into the

went by,

world it seemed as though there was nothing but a frightening stillness, a black

to be erupting with a battle intent only a

whim, controlling the battlefield with such precision

slowly whittled them down, his spear strikes cutting into them again and again. They never gave him the chance to kill them in a single strike, but he also never overextended himself

of chess, walking them all down step by step. He didn't seem to

suffer for it. And yet, he was

were also entirely incapable of using Dream Force. An existence like Nova's descendant, Verma, who participated in the Gathering of Minds,

facing off against a Dream Force master like Leonel, with the Control Ability

to be incorporeal as he pleased and avoid damage entirely, these Beast elders felt so frustrated that this alone

out that Leonel couldn't both attack and be incorporeal at the same time, but it was like it didn't matter

was able to corner them every time,

that was when

moved like the wind. At that moment, he deployed a method he hadn't used since the battle started and a twin pair of Natural Force

around him grew and gained a slight violet tinge

around his spear. It felt, for a

"Die."