The more Leonel walked, despite his ginger steps, the more his pain faded and the colder his eyes became. The reveal of the location of the Variant Invalid's stronghold was still a huge deal. No matter how much the God Realm hated the Northern Star Lineage Factor, they had even greater hatred for the Variant Invalids. This was just a matter of nature.
No matter how against the Northern Star Lineage Factor they were, it wasn't comparable to the Variant Invalids who followed a completely different path. It wasn't until Leonel had truly grasped Destruction that he knew where this difference lay.
Although it sounded somewhat exaggerated, it could even be said that the threat of the Variant Invalids was comparable to the Northern Star.
As for why that was, it was a matter of their Path. It could be said that the Variant Invalids were more of a conduit for Destruction than even the Northern Star itself, or more accurately, they were the vessel through which the universe spread Destruction.
There had been something that Leonel had been neglecting all of this time.
Force Manipulation followed a set path. It unfolded the Forces to the state of Impetus, and then it compacted them, trying to help them to reach the First Dimension.
What was all of this a product of? Wasn't it all following a Path of Creation?
The Impetus State referred to the Impetus of Life.
The Life State was where the kernel for potential of Life lay.
The Creation State was where the kernel for potential of Life began, the location that gave Existence the tendency to move toward Life in the first place.
Each and every one of these steps was best described as a type of Creation, where Creation itself was the pinnacle.
Even when one formed a Dharma and even further, an Idol, this was just a process of taking the burden of Creation away from Existence and placing it within yourself, forming your Godhood.
Every step along the way, this was a measure of Creation.
Then in that case... where did Destruction fit into all of this?
Aina walked by Leonel's side, not sure what he was doing. He had made it sound like they were in a great deal of trouble, so why was he just strolling around now as though nothing at all was happening?
However, soon, her eyes narrowed as she realized that they had appeared in the valley that housed a beast that made her heart shake.
She had seen it once before, a Void Beast corpse. It was a menacing creature that felt difficult to understand the shape and form of, but it was a shocking jolt to the senses nonetheless.
Leonel gave Kira a smile and then suddenly pressed his palm on the beast.
[Life Steal].
A drop of blood from the Void Beast was forcefully ripped out of its body and entered Leonel.
He grit his teeth, veins of black suddenly appearing all across him. However, he was frighteningly calm.
'How interesting... that even in the end, you weren't the true God Beast of Destruction at all, now were you?'
Leonel looked down at this beast that everyone feared, his mind in an unprecedented state of calm.
'No... more accurately, only some of you were...'
The Void Beasts could use Anarchic Force, but just like Leonel had said, Anarchic Force was just another form of Creation just like every other Force in existence.
Much like his Scarlet Star Force, it was just a convenient conduit for these creatures to use Destruction Sovereignty through.
However, being a True God of Destruction was far deeper than that, something far greater and far beyond measure.
Leonel's injuries began to quickly heal and his heart suddenly released a beat that shattered the scales of the Void Beast.