Lightning Is the Only Way

The big bird watched from the side while Skye stood beside it. They were both very interested in this fight. There were not many occasions where they could watch a battle to the death. The parent also wanted its child to learn from the fight. It knew that both Gravis and Silvio were stronger than Skye, so its child could surely glean some tactics from watching the fight.

Silvio didn't shoot a look at the birds even once. Gravis had taken him by surprise two times already, and he couldn't afford a third time. Did Silvio completely believe what Gravis had said about the bird not getting involved in their fight? Usually, he wouldn't believe that, but this time, he had no choice.

If he considered the possibility that the bird would get involved, then why was he even fighting? His death would already be a certainty. So, in order to not lose hope, Silvio could only believe in the possibility that the bird wouldn't get involved. If it did, his mindset would be drowned in a sea of terror and helplessness.

His Energy reserves were already down to under 40%. Blocking Gravis' earlier physical attack has eaten up an entire 10% of his total reserves. He couldn't afford to let that happen again.

Gravis shot forward at Silvio in an attack. The initiative was essential, and if he got hold of it, he would be at an advantage. Gravis used a chop with his saber, his Martial Arts fully integrated into every attack of his. Silvio didn't block passively but used his own attack to stop the saber. With his superior Energy, he could completely destroy Gravis' balance.

BANG!

The two weapons hit, and Gravis' saber was shot upwards, while Silvio still had his weapon under control. Without waiting for another second, Silvio's spear thrust towards Gravis' torso.

BANG!

Suddenly, Gravis' saber hit the spear again and redirected the attack. Silvio's eyes widened. How was this possible? Gravis had utterly lost his balance, and it should be impossible for him to regain it that quickly.

What Silvio hadn't seen was that Gravis knew that he would lose a direct exchange, so he had already prepared a backup plan. When his saber shot upward, a lightning bolt left it and hit the ground. Similar to the principle behind lightning movement, the thick lightning bolt pulled the saber downward in another slash. His usage of lightning was brilliant.

he had also seen the ingenious usage of wind from Skye. Only using lightning as an attack seemed a waste of

and Gravis stepped closer to him and slashed with his saber. Lightning came out of his saber and hit the ground behind Silvio. Silvio couldn't retrieve his weapon in this short time frame, so he could only lift his hand and block the physical attack again with

BZZZ! BANG!

attack with his lightning but surprisingly lost only 5% of his total Energy reserves. This didn't make him happy but more worried. Why was this attack only half as strong as the previous one? Silvio suddenly felt an incredibly strong impact on his chest. Gravis had used the lightning, which had hit the ground behind Silvio, as a powerful string to guide his saber in an

the saber as an attack, Gravis let go of his weapon and unloaded his full physical power into a punch. Silvio's attention was preoccupied with the saber, and he hadn't put up any other defenses. Which idiot would let go of their weapon in a

mouthful of blood. While

Gathering Realm would also increase with every level up, but the increase was negligible in comparison to the growth of their Energy. If Silvio hadn't been three levels higher

was still heavily injured. Several of his ribs broke and stabbed through his lungs. A cultivator wouldn't die to that since they had tempered their organs and

needed to take advantage of that. All these attacks were ingenious and surprising, but they would only work once. If Silvio had seen

on both Gravis and his saber. Silvio clenched his teeth and extended his hand to block the saber with his

back. Silvio felt the saber hit the lightning on his hand, which meant another 5% of wasted Energy, but without Gravis there to

look at the saber. When he felt the attack weaken, he grabbed to the approximate location of the saber. Yet, he felt nothing. A cold shudder went down Silvio's back, and he turned to the

Their fight was so fast that it wouldn't even have fallen 20 centimeters in the

in this scenario. It was absolutely impossible that Gravis had pre-planned that action because lightning couldn't be placed with a timer. When it got released from the body, it

also impossible that Gravis had given the saber a new "command". There had to be a medium for lightning, so Silvio would have seen lightning creep from Gravis' body to the saber.

went into the earth, under normal circumstances, it would get swallowed up. Yet, with Gravis' Elemental Synchronicity,

shot a nearly fully-powered lightning bolt to his approximate location. That wasted more of his Energy, and Silvio slowly started to feel the panic set in as his Energy reserves started dwindling due to his wasteful

CRACK!