Lightning Is the Only Way

"Oh, what do you have for me this time?" asked the clerk behind the counter in the Exchange Hall as he looked at the corpse Gravis was carrying.

THUMP!

Gravis put the corpse down. It was a two-meter tall, yellow mantis. Like all the other beasts he had killed in the last week, this was a middle-grade demonic beast. He needed around two days to complete one mission. It wasn't that the missions were hard, but that the way to the mission areas was pretty long.

The missions came from all over, and Gravis had to travel to those places on foot. He ran pretty fast, but it still took some time. He was running for hours on end, ending the fight in one exchange, and then running for hours again. This was boring Gravis immensely.

Gravis was waiting while the clerk looked over the corpse. After a thorough inspection, he walked behind the counter and took out some money. "As always, an incredibly well-preserved carcass. I'll give you 85 gold for it."

Gravis nodded and took the money. He didn't care about haggling on the price, since that was only a small amount of money to him. As Gravis walked out of the Exchange Hall, he counted his money. "Three missions with 100 gold each as a reward. Another 210 gold from the corpses. With my ten gold from before, I should have 520 gold now."

Gravis pondered his situation for a while. He could finish upgrading his Lightning Seed with only 50 gold, yet he would need 2,000 gold to upgrade his Lightning Seed to 40% Destruction Energy.

that he would invest all his gold on the Lightning Tower's second level. He would only need five hours for his Lightning Seed, but he wanted to temper his muscles as much as possible. So, he decided to buy 45 hours on the second level. He would

walked into the Lightning Tower. The two 'guards' at the entrance ignored him like he didn't exist. Gravis went into the tower and exchanged his money for 45 hours on the second level. He quickly walked to his room

Seed had upgraded to 30% Destruction Energy, and Gravis started tempering his body. This time, Gravis had brought some food so that he wouldn't get hungry in the middle. The constant destruction and recreation of his muscles

need to fully temper his body and to upgrade his Lightning Seed to 40%

a lot, but right now, we have the same goal. You

but obviously, Heaven didn't answer. "I also want to cultivate faster right now. I will be tempering my muscles for about 35 more hours in here, and they will be pretty strong by then. You

be a real fight, but not truly life-threatening to me. When I am done here, my muscles will be even stronger. At that point, hunting a high-grade demonic beast won't be a problem. So, for the benefit of both of us, how about you

happened. Yet, Gravis was pretty sure that Heaven would accept his offer. For Gravis to increase his realm was also Heaven's goal,

power. Before Gravis had tempered his muscles, his muscular strength was already equal to someone with tempered muscles, but

of an Energy Gathering expert, but I am probably physically stronger

strength had reached the Energy Gathering Realm while his body was not fully tempered, yet. This had never happened before in the lower world. In Gravis' homeworld, there were probably many people like this, but Gravis was not in his

I could

for him to earn some money. When he arrived at the plaza, he

demonic beast? Four groups have already accepted hunts for high-grade demonic beasts, yet they just keep