Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis readied his saber and ran along the surface of the tree. His feet might not be able to keep him to the tree, but his lightning easily kept him there. Gravis was careful not to use too much power in his lightning since that could injure the tree, and it might decide to attack him again. He didn't want to fight two beasts at the same time.

It took nearly half a minute to reach the branch where the wind bird landed. When Gravis reached it, he circled around it and stepped on top. The branch itself had a thickness of a little over ten meters, and the walkable area on top of it was around five meters wide. A little tight, but Gravis could manage.

Gravis looked at the tree and saw a big hole inside of it. Due to the clouds and the light's angle, Gravis couldn't see much in the hole, but he was sure that the wind bird was inside. Gravis grinned.

"Come out and play," he shouted as he shot a weak lightning bolt into the hole. Gravis quickly heard some shuffling and some angry cawing. Directly after that, the bird came out of the hole, looking at Gravis in rage. How dare this insect disturb it?

It shot a wind wave at Gravis to push him off the tree, but Gravis stuck to the branch by using his lightning movement to push against the wind. Gravis readied another lightning bolt, this one stronger than the previous one, and shot it at the bird.

BANG!

The head of the bird shot back, and some blood came out. It quickly recovered, and Gravis could now see rage in its eyes. Finally, it was taking him seriously. He didn't specifically want to kill it, but only test his strength. If it was too weak, he could just go again. There was no reason in killing something just for sport. He wouldn't even know how to sell the corpse due to him being wanted.

The bird screeched and shot forward with incredible speed. Gravis was already prepared and lifted his saber.

BOOM!

his body, and Gravis felt some pain in his arms. He

should be about equal since it has used its wind as a boost. I'm pretty sure that it's a low-grade Energy Beast,' he concluded. Gravis had a lot of experience in fighting against demonic beasts, but Energy Beasts were something new for him. He still couldn't properly assess their strength.

insect in front of it. It quickly changed its strategy and jumped up into the sky, and it started circling

the bird seemed to move sideways out of nowhere and shot a talon at him. At the same time, Gravis also felt a strong wind pushing him to the bird. Gravis didn't expect the wind, and he got thrown at the

CLANK!

wing of the bird with the saber's blunt side. He didn't

saber at the tree, and it quickly stabbed into its bark. Gravis then connected his saber and his body with a thick strand of lightning, which he then used as a rope

more Energy it needed. Additionally, the increase of consumption of Energy in relation to the distance wasn't proportional but exponential. From this distance, Gravis would need

could build some kind of connection with the user. This made it way easier to move the elements to and from the weapon. The Formation Arrays on good Energy Weapons made the weapon act the same as the

lost his hold. The smart bird had hit the saber with its

"Scree!"

it seized in the air for a bit. Gravis simply pulled his saber to himself and threw it at the branch again. Since he had fallen a bit, the saber hit the branch's underside

flew up again. Gravis stuck to the underside of the branch and looked at its attack. This time, it

BANG!

in the bark of the tree. Gravis grinned, "Let me help you," and kicked the bird's head.