No Way


    Leonel felt as though all the bones in his body were being shattered. Even his Divine Armor cracked in several ces, finding it difficult to hold up. It was though he was being crushed by a continuous wall that only seemed to grow more powerful as he was shot into the air.


    Blood flew from Leonel''s mouth, marring the inside of his silver helmet. He knew well that if it wasn''t for his Divine Armor''s space domain being activated by him in thest moment, he would have already been crushed into minced meat.


    By the time thest of the water vanished, Leonel had been blown so high into the atmosphere that he could see the light of day again. His armor was filled with cracks from head to toe and his body felt like it was on the verge of copsing. It was only thanks to abination of his Spatial Domain and his Metal Body that he was still able to hold onto his consciousness.


    ''Damn…''


    Leonel coughed.


    If only he had the luxury of taking a breathing. Unfortunately, that was exactly what he didn''t have. Seemingly sensing that Leonel was somehow still alive, the ck swan appeared from thin air, delicate ck feathers once again signaling its appearance.


    Its wings pierced toward Leonel''s neck once again. Somehow, its feathers felt like an abyssal ck hole. They had no weight or depth to them and seemed endless. A single touch from them could result in someone bing just as empty…


    Before it could slice through Leonel, he vanished once again. His body might have been copsing, but his Dream Force was just fine. There was nothing in this world stopping him from casting spells nor did he have any intention of dying in this ce.


    The ck swan seemed to realize that something was wrong, but it was already toote.


    ''[Valiant Seal]!''


    To form four pirs took more than half of Leonel''s stamina, but that was if he was on the ground. Because he had to umte his own Earth Force without relying on the earth, the difficulty suddenly skyrocketed, taking with it at least 70% of his stamina. However, this time, Leonel felt he only needed three, so it took up just over 50%.


    At that moment, the skies trembled, three pirs etched with ancient carvings appeared around the ck swan in an instant.


    It immediately tried to blink away as it had done before, but just when it rolled onto itself, vanishing into the shadows to blink away, there was a sudden spine tingling sound of bones snapping and breaking.


    BANG!


    The neck of the ck swan was twisted into an odd angle. Leonel hadn''t even needed to do anything before its vitality began to fade away.


    As expected, the ck swan wasn''t teleporting, it was rather moving through space at an rming speed. When it entered its shadow world, its speed had almost no limits on it as it was no longer corporeal, so it would feel as though it was teleporting.


    However, the barriers of Leonel''s [Valiant Seal] were almost like the barriers to a world. Trying to charge through that even with a shadow world would be impossible. In fact, even if the ck swan was truly teleporting, it would have been in for the same rude awakening.


    The ck swan just so happened to lead with its neck, the most fragile part of its body, so it was unlucky in seeking its own death without understanding the situation it was in. But, this saved Leonel the stamina he would need to use to truly finish this battle.


    He took deep breaths, stepping into the triangle of pirs and stretching out a palm.


    ''[Twinkling Lily: Carnivorous Stem].''


    At that moment, delicate flower petals formed of Light Elemental Force began to form around Leonel. However, their beauty onlysted for a moment before they suddenly whipped out with vines. The vines themselves were quite beautiful, being coated with delicate, white cotton fments. But, their actions were horrifying. Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    Theytched onto the body of the dying ck swan, tearing into its flesh and pumping out its vitality. Leonel could feel his body quickly healing. In just a few breaths, not only was he back in top condition, but even his Divine Armor had been healed of all its cracks.


    The body of the ck swan turned to ash, leaving behind a Beast Crystal swirling with ck fog. Leonel could tell that it was of exceptional quality. It would most definitely sell for quite a number.


    Leonel took a deep breath. The Dimensional Verse was really too unpredictable.


    He knew that it was a bit reckless to rush out into the ocean all alone like this. However, if that creature wasn''t handled, it would only cause more problems in the future. Leonel felt like he was the only one who could do it.


    Of course, a part of him also understood that his grandfather had such great control over Earth that he could have likely stopped this already if he wanted to. It was once again a case of Leonel and his grandfather''s ideologies shing.


    Emperor Fawkes likely believed that this was a good method of tempering his people, while Leonel didn''t feel like lives needed to be risked needlessly. And yet, here he was, risking his life.


    Leonel shook his head.


    Putting his ck wood spear away, he flipped his palm to reveal another. It radiated the aura of a Quasi Silver Spear but it was very much different from the silver spear he usually used.


    It had a de on just one end and it almost looked like a trident. However, its second and third de were so small inparison to the middle de that they almost looked like essories.


    The body of the spear was coated in beautiful sapphire scales and its de was a translucent blue crystal that the waters below seemed to have already reacted to.


    ''Let''s end this quickly.'' Leonel thought, shooting forward.


    Leonel had no way of knowing that he wasn''t the only one gunning for this mysterious, storm controlling creature.