Chapter 363: Suitability (2/2)

Leonel wiped the blood from his face with an arm, looking back toward the monument. His gaze narrowed.

He realized something.

All this time, he had been subconsciously restraining his Internal Sight. But, when he meditated on the Natural Force Art, in order to appear within his Dream World and the real world at the same time, the only option was to use his Internal Sight.

Leonel had learned from Uncle Montez that wantonly using his Internal Sight was seen as a taboo in this new world order. So, he had always been careful with doing so. This made him miss the fact that his Internal Sight was severely restricted beneath the aura of this monument.

It wasn't that there was nothing to gain from this monument, but rather that anything worth gaining could only be seen through Internal Sight. It wasn't even necessary for Leonel to use the Natural Force Art to see it.

In fact, the fact Leonel used the Natural Force Art caused him to dive too deeply into the world which was what caused such an exaggerated backlash. Had he dipped his toes in more slowly, he wouldn't have suffered nearly as badly even if he did a bit.

Coming to this realization, Leonel understood the crux of the matter.

In this world, without Internal Sight, it was impossible to cultivate. Due to this, it was both a point of emphasis and something that was easily glossed over.

These youths standing around the monument might have already tried to examine it with their Internal Sight, but because theirs was so much weaker than Leonel's, it wasn't even possible for them to cut through the pressure and touch the monument with their senses.

Their only option would be to walk through the pressure personally. However, the pressure here was many times that of the Gates. Most couldn't even enter a five meter radius, let alone get close enough to extend their Internal Sight.

This made Leoenl certain that there were very few in this Brave City who had succeeded in doing what he had. And, these people, in all likelihood, had kept this secret to themselves.

”… LEONEL!”

”Huh?” Leonel was suddenly awakened from his thoughts only to find that three people were standing above him.

These three were, of course, Jerach, Qiyra and Syl. They looked over him with a mixture of confusion and worry.

”Who attack you?” Jerach was the first to ask.

”Oh… I'm not sure.” Leonel shrugged. ”It was probably just a warning, or else I'd probably be dead.”

Seeing Leonel's nonchalant response, the three didn't know how to respond. Was this a way that someone who had just died was supposed to react?

Leonel, however, was already thinking of other things.

This monument wasn't suitable for him. It was too bloodthirsty and also the general it depicted used a halberd. In truth, the halberd and spear had many similarities, but Leonel had the Spear Domain to learn everything he needed about the spear. He didn't need outside resources.

He needed to visit the other monuments and hopefully find something that would make his breakthrough into the Fourth Dimension with his Soul Force allow him to protect himself.

Leonel was mostly hoping to find a Fourth Dimensional mage… If he couldn't find it within the Eastern Section of the city, he would have to travel to the other Sections even if it meant starting a war.

Jerach, Syl and Qiyra obviously had no idea what Leonel was thinking, otherwise, who knew how they'd react to this madman?