Dimensional Descent

The Ancient Humans reacted quickly. The moment they saw that Tenzin was on his back foot, Mirae attacked with a piercing finger, her forefinger ring vibrating wildly.

At the same time, Bodhi’s leg had suddenly appeared in a high arc through the air, slamming down toward Leonel’s head.

Leonel struck out with a forearm toward Bodhi’s shin and slammed out a palm toward Mirae’s finger.

There was a sudden clash in the air as both were sent tumbling back.

”Show me what you really have.” Leonel said with a sharp glow in his eyes, taking a step forward and then striking out again.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Leonel was suddenly surrounded by three sharp martial artists, but his movements were fluid and unhurried. He misdirected, parried, and attacked in the opening he received with a sharpness of his own that made it look like he had always been a martial arts master.

He slapped down on a fist Tenzin sent at him and calmly ducked under another Bodhi kick to his head.

Bodhi’s roundhouse kick soared by him, accidentally getting in Mirae’s path and forcing her to pull her own attack back.

Leonel’s hips shifted and he unleashed a liver shot at Bodhi’s side in the opening he provided. But Bodhi was decent enough to block it with an elbow.

Unfortunately, the block made his kick spin even more out of control and Mirae was forced to block it with both forearms.

The demure woman was sent flying by her own partner in crime while Bodhi suddenly found his back facing Leonel. Cold sweat broke out onto the tall, dark, and not so handsome man. The scent of death filled his nostrils and his eyes turned bloodshot as he hurriedly slammed his raised foot to the ground, pivoting his hips to send a heel kick backward.

However...

He hit nothing but air.

By the time Bodhi realized what was happening, Leonel was already standing in front of Tenzin, a fist having been driven into the man’s iron gut.

Bodhi knew precisely just how powerful Tenzin’s abdominal defenses were. He had unleashed full force kicks at the man’s stomach before, only to feel like he was hitting a steel plate.

And yet, this very same steel gut deformed beneath Leonel’s attack so severely there was even a bulge out of Tenzin’s back. It looked as though his spine had been snapped out of place, almost like Leonel could have ripped a hole through him completely but decided that he didn’t want to do that.

Bodhi unleashed a roar, reacting in the only way he could and sending down an ax kick for the top of Leonel’s head.

Leonel side stepped without even looking back. He drove an elbow backward and right into the flesh of the underside of Bodhi’s knee.

Bodhi’s straight leg suddenly bent awkwardly halfway through his kick and all his power deflated in a single instant...

Unfortunately, it was too late for him to do anything else.

Leonel had already grabbed his leg, now draped over his shoulder, and pulled.

Bodhi was flipped over Leonel’s head and sent slamming into his Kicking monument.

BOOM!

The monument was far too strong to be shattered, but that only made the rebounding force that Bodhi experienced all the worse. Every bone in his body was shattered, and when he hacked, bits and pieces of fleshly organs spewed from his mouth.

Leonel casually smoothed out his robes as he looked over toward Mirac who had finally recovered. To her credit, she charged for him, not minding her own safety at all.

With a step, Leonel dodged out of the way of her finger.

She unleashed a roar, her simple robes fluttering as an Idol of rings appeared high above her.

Eight bands spread out before her and she struck out with a finger toward Leonel. The finger sent out a strike that passed through one of the floating rings, and all of a sudden, an attack concentrated to a small area became unavoidable, expanding to the point it was even larger than the monuments.

Leonel’s eyes narrowed as he punched out.

BANG!

The Finger Force was shattered to pieces, a rain of volatile energies fluttering around wildly and nearly nicking his robes.

Mirae sent out another, and then another. Sometimes they would enlarge, sometimes they would become wreathed in flames or descend like a waterfall crashing from

above.

Every time, Leonel would just as calmly shatter it.

”CONSTRAIN!” Mirae roared.

All of a sudden, the dancing energies in the surroundings reformed into rings that trapped Leonel on the inside, squeezing down to shatter him to pieces. And yet...

Leonel’s body only shook once.

The rings shattered once again.

Taking a step through the mess, Mirae could react before Leonel had already grabbed her throat. She had obscured the battlefield so much through her own attacks that she

completely lost track of her opponent.

Leonel raised her up and slammed her down toward the ground.

BANG!

Mirae hacked up a mouthful and she unleashed a shudder, her consciousness fading in and out. She couldn’t even see straight anymore and the entire back of her skull was covered in fractures, flattened out to the point she wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking her entire brain was nothing more than mush right now.

Leonel continued to stand high in the air, his imposing air lofty and indifferent...

And then he looked down toward El’Rion.

Sparks seemed to fly through the air, an overwhelming sense of might filling the skies.

”You’re just as arrogant as any one of them.” Leonel shook his head, looking down at El’Rion. He may have grown, but in Leonel’s eyes, El’Rion was still that 14-year-old kid.

”You think I’m arrogant. But I think you’re the arrogant one.”

The words were just as simple as what El’Rion would usually use. Nothing fancy, just the true reflection of his heart on his sleeve.

Leonel reached for his back and pulled out his spear.

”Hurry up then, kid. We’ll see which of us is truly arrogant.”

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