Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis received his Pre-Forming technique under the confused eyes of Aion. Aion couldn't understand why Gravis would want such a useless technique, but Gravis used his own points, so there was nothing that Aion could say about it.

Gravis read through the technique and learned it in under a day since it was not that complicated to perform. He quickly started using the technique to form his Spirit. Gravis moved his Energy according to the way that the book described and noticed a small spot of Energy appearing on his forehead.

The Energy in that one spot continued growing denser as Gravis put in more Energy. After nearly one hour, the dot reached a sufficient density of Energy, and no more Energy could be put into it. Gravis had to use up his whole Energy storage just to create this single dot.

When the dot had been fully created, his mind started resonating with the Energy, and the Energy dot got slowly absorbed by his mind. When the Energy dot was fully absorbed, Gravis felt a slight headache. It felt like something was pressing into the side of his skull from the inside.

Gravis knew that compressing the Energy took a certain amount of will, and he also knew that breaking into the Spirit Forming Realm took even more will. Yet, why was such a firm will necessary?

For the condensing of the Energy, one needed a strong will in order to build enough pressure to force the compression. Yet, why did the Spirit Forming Realm need an even stronger will, even though people at the peak of Energy Gathering Realm had already compressed their Energy to the maximum?

Gravis hadn't known why that was necessary until now. Gravis had only put one point of compressed Energy into his head, and he already had a headache. Was this enough to form his Spirit? Definitely not! It needed a lot more Energy. So, when more Energy got shoved into the Spirit, more pressure would be created, and therefore, a stronger headache would occur.

it would take to fill his head completely. Gravis guessed that one would probably need a Will-Aura to resist

leave his mind and

Will-Aura to form their Spirit, Gravis' Will-Aura wouldn't be anything special anymore. He guessed that the strength of his Will-Aura, when he had been in the

he had a will that was strong enough to support a breakthrough

fighting the demonic beasts in the Hunting Guild, and it grew stronger again in the bloodbath of the Basin of Nature. If he were to compare his Will-Aura at that time, to newly advanced people in the Spirit Forming

people who remained longer in that Realm? What about the people who were a level higher in that Realm? Gravis guessed that his Will-Aura probably would've only been average. With an average Will-Aura, he would lose one

have never gotten his Destruction Lightning. Ironically enough, Gravis' second-worst experience in this lower world had increased his Will-Aura tremendously and also allowed him to get his Destruction Lightning. His worst experience was, of course,

Lightning Guild and Fire Guild, Gravis' Will-Aura had increased again. He guessed that it could be considered powerful even in the middle of Spirit Forming. But was Spirit Forming his goal? Of course not! Gravis' will could never grow strong enough! There was still the middle world and the higher world before he could cultivate in

stage that he heard his father shout in the past? The Realm called Star God was beyond Gravis' comprehension right now. Was his will already strong enough to

that this technique forced on Gravis? Gravis was actually happy about this headache! Pain was also a form of tempering for

pushing the Energy into his head, and with a thought, the

WHOOSH!

and filled his body. Gravis quickly used his Energy vortex to absorb the Energy, and his empty storage was