Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis waited with his saber readied. If the arriving force didn't decide to attack, he would ignore them, but if they came here to hunt for him, he would not show any mercy. If it were a beast, he would kill it. If it were bounty hunters, he would kill them. If it were disciples from one of the guilds, he would kill them.

Some seconds later, three people charged out of the trees into the clearing, their eyes focused on Gravis. Gravis saw their eyes and knew that they had come for him. Yet, there was an issue.

They were disciples of the Lightning Guild. This was an issue since Gravis wanted to support the Lightning Sect to repay them for everything. Yet, ironically enough, they were hunting him, and Gravis didn't want to fight them. They were his brothers and sisters, and even if they didn't look at him that way, he would still see them as such. Gravis would have already attacked if those people weren't disciples of the Lightning Guild.

"Betrayer!" a tall male disciple on the front shouted. "Finally, we've found you!"

Gravis narrowed his eyes. "I don't want to fight you," Gravis said. "I regret what I have done, and I will repay it all in the future."

The disciples looked at each other in surprise since that was not what they had expected. They had expected some cruel monster who would immediately attack them. After a while, they looked with disdain at Gravis.

"Now that you see that there is no way out, you want to claim that you are innocent. Don't joke around!" the same disciple said again. He was the leader of the three disciples, and he had reached the fourth level of Energy Gathering. According to intel, Gravis had only recently reached the Energy Gathering Realm.

Gravis released his Will-Aura but didn't compress it. The disciples immediately shook, and their breathing grew heavier. It felt like they were standing before someone who could kill them with a turn of his hand.

The leader gritted his teeth. "You can't intimidate us with your Heavenly Pressure! We know that it is only an empty shell and does not symbolize your true strength. We also know that it takes a lot of energy to release it! Give up and return to the Lightning Guild with us!"

accomplish, and I will repay the sect in the

several-fold. Starting at the Energy Gathering Realm, people could use their elements for a lot of different things. Increasing one's movement speed was one such

flanked Gravis from the side. The leader attacked

CLANK!

disciples' jaws dropped as they saw

level of Energy Gathering, and their lightning was natural lightning. Gravis' lightning resistance had increased with his breakthrough in the Energy Gathering Realm. His body had to be

Destruction Lightning of the third level of Energy Gathering. Even natural lightning from someone one level higher than him would not hurt Gravis. Only natural lightning from someone two realms higher

to add damage to his attack. By trying

Leave!" he shouted. Gravis used some strength and shot the attacking disciple back. The disciple flew for some time and created a ditch in the ground while trying to keep his footing

to be quite powerful. The leader looked at Gravis with a more serious expression. "You are stronger than I thought. Seems like I have to get

he shot forward, even faster than before. This time, he was

CLANK!

knew that this attack would be more powerful and decided to parry instead of blocking. Blocking it might stun him for a moment, and the others could take advantage of that. The spear passed Gravis, and the eyes of the leader shrunk to

SHINK!

spear fell to the ground. The leader screamed in pain, and the others froze in shock. Gravis was way out of their league! They couldn't hunt someone like

already," he said and put his saber back. "Because you are from the Lightning Guild, I will spare your lives once," he said, and the fear of the disciple's reduced slightly, yet they were still prepared for an