As Matt's mental energy penetrated Willard's dream body, he sensed something wrong immediately. Willard had two layers of protection in his body created with mental energy. Matt was only able to break through the first layer, and spread his mental energy around, before ripping out a chunk of it. This process caused the dream to collapse, and the massive energy gain from Sundering Strike forced his astral body back where it belonged.
When Matt woke, his head pounded with pain. He was suffering from the side effects of the noise, as his ear drums were destroyed and the blood on the side of his head had already dried up. Matt sat up and looked over at Willard who was still slumped in his chair. Matt didn't know what would happen to Willard after the Sundering Strike, but before he could investigate, a message appeared that caused Matt's head to ache even more.