Inadvertent Exertion

He basked in the otherworldly glory as he beheld innumerable worlds centered around each lifeform.

BADUMP!

His Martial Heart blazed into glory as it enhanced his brain and senses, allowing him to see further.

To see more.

It helped.

The invisible antithetical worlds that overlapped the real world, revolving around their targets, grew more real.

They grew more fleshed out.

Although he knew they were mere figments within the depths of his mind, it was difficult to truly believe that.

They were so real.

So real that he could almost believe it.

And he did.

The invisible worlds became so indistinguishable from actual reality that his subconscious mind was unable to differentiate between the two.

That triggered a sequence of events that Rui could have foreseen had he not been consumed by the Tree of Life.

Suddenly, his body language and demeanor changed.