Lightning Is the Only Way

Silvio's eyes were full of rage, hatred, and panic. He saw the big bird following his leader and gaining ground extremely fast. The two other disciples in the Formation Array panicked and used everything they had to destroy the Formation Array, even though they knew that they couldn't break it.

When he heard Gravis' shout, his rage exploded, and he released an enraged roar with all his power. He released a massive lightning bolt that shot at Gravis, but Gravis only sidestepped. Silvio was blinded by rage, and his attacks were fueled with his anger. He used his whole body to attack, which only made him telegraph every attack very clearly.

Silvio continued shooting his lighting at Gravis, and he moved with all his speed. His hatred exploded to the sky, and he was wasting all his Energy. When he saw Gravis dodging everything, his rage grew even more, which didn't help at all. Every attack from him left a vast area of destruction on the tree, while Gravis wasted as much time as possible, not counterattacking.

The tree got involved and tried to stop Silvio, but his violent lightning destroyed everything that got close to him, which wasted even more Energy. Gravis didn't want to see the tree getting hurt and charged down the tree. "Come, let's fight on the ground!" he shouted with mirth, and Silvio chased him, blinded by rage.

Gravis had killed his love! Gravis had used Silvio's inadequacy to doom his senior brothers! Gravis had dodged all his attacks, which enraged Silvio even more! In Silvio's eyes, there was nothing but Gravis.

Silvio was faster than Gravis, but whenever he released a lightning bolt, he stopped for a second. One couldn't release a fully powered Energy attack while simultaneously using their element to move. A fully powered attack required the concentration of every last bit of Energy, after all.

They both left a colossal ravine of lightning and destruction behind while moving down the tree. Luckily, the tree noticed that they were moving away, so it decided against sacrificing more branches to stop them. The sooner they left, the better. It had just recovered from the earlier calamity, and now it was close to death again.

returned with a bloody beak and some remaining body parts in its claws. The leader hadn't survived for even a minute.

mine!" shouted Gravis at the bird and shot a small lightning bolt at the Formation Array. The bird followed the lightning bolt with its eyes

and it understood multiple things. It saw how the attacks of the disciples were blocked, while Gravis' attack went through. It guessed that its own attacks probably won't be blocked and that it could reign havoc inside the Formation Array. It looked one

released a casual caw to show that it understood. Gravis had shown his battle intent, and the bird understood that he wanted to fight with Silvio. The bird shot off and charged towards the Formation Array. The captured disciples

his anger, and he grew incredibly agitated. A glimpse of death made him forget all

worry. It won't interfere with our fight," Gravis told him while looking at him. Gravis' lightning movement didn't require him to look forward while moving since it was equally as

for the coming battle. His Energy reserves were already down to under 50%, and he saved it for the upcoming fight. He shot no more lightning

kilometer. When Gravis judged that the tree wouldn't get injured anymore due to their battle, he slowed down and readied his saber. "This seems good. Let's go!" he shouted

use the bird to kill Silvio? Of course, but Gravis knew that he needed to temper his will further. Opportunities to temper his will were rare for Gravis since Heaven always only sent enemies to Gravis that made him nearly helpless. When Gravis was hunting for Energy Beasts the last couple of days, he had never met a middle-grade Energy Beast, because Heaven refused to send him enemies

the last bit of strength to survive his next encounter with Heaven's schemes. Gravis was prepared to risk his life, because only by continually risking his life, would he have the

wouldn't underestimate

deep breath to ready up. Yet, just when he had finished, Gravis was already directly in front of him, slashing

only lost his attention for a split second to get into the right mindset