Chapter 343: Kidneys (2/2)

Leonel had calculated everything out. If he tried to form his Nodes one at a time, he would get stone walled when he tried to form his Tenth. The only chance he stood was to form them both at the very same time.

For the current Leonel, splitting his mind in two directions was as easy as breathing. After Crystallizing his Spirit Pressure to perfection, he could already split it over eight ways. So, how could two possibly be an issue?

Leonel guides his Force, stimulating his life energies, rearranging the cells of kidneys.

The kidney was an extraordinarily important part of the body. It was responsible for cleaning away many of the impurities of the blood. However, for anyone who had ever suffered a kidney stone before, they would know that even the smallest particle could cause everything to go wrong.

For Leonel to rearrange his cells, though it wasn't as dangerous as when he had done so with his brain, the immediate pain was definitely far more potent.

However, from the outside, one would never guess that Leonel was in pain.

In just an hour, Leonel had already rearranged a hundred cells worth of space, creating a nice pocket for his two Nodes. To this point, despite the pain, everything had gone perfectly. All he had to do now was form his Node within the pockets he had created and connect them with his others. By then, his foundation within the Third Dimension would become perfect.

Leonel's chest expanded, his thick Force building.

In one swift motion, he unhesitatingly swung his head back and gulped down the whole vial of dew.

BANG!

Leonel's body suddenly expanded by a size. However, it wasn't proportional in the slightest. He looked as though he had suddenly gained a hundred pounds and that his body would burst at any moment.

However, under the strength of his Metal Body, he kept himself together as his face contorted.

Blood leaked from his lips, but he willed himself to focus.

In that instant, all the Force in his body rushed to two locations, carving out a Node Pathway with impunity.

Leonel's brow trembled, but he bit down on his teeth hard.

He compressed his bloated body, squeezing his muscles and flexing with all his might.

Cracks began to spread not only across himself, but even the floors of the Lab Setting. It seemed that he might implode at any given moment.

But it was exactly then that he felt the Node Pathways complete. One to his left kidney and the other two his right.

Just when Leonel was about to feel ecstatic, he suddenly felt as though someone had stabbed through the right side of his body and twisted the knife.

In that moment, a scar Leonel had hardly thought about his whole life suddenly lit on fire. From a faint mark near his liver, it suddenly exploded, radiating out with a blinding light.

”AGH!”

Leonel couldn't control his roar. The pain was so excruciating that his eyes rolled back until only their whites remained. His body convulsed uncontrollably.

There was no need to even mention his breakthrough attempt. He had completely lost control of his Force, his body bursting apart at its seams.

He flopped to the ground, his body spasming as blood leaked from his orifices. The scar continued to burn brighter and brighter, stretching up the side of his body as though to swallow him whole.

Leonel could have never thought that the reason he felt nine Nodes weren't enough was precisely because of this scar his father mentioned in the note he left to him all that time ago…