Lightning Is the Only Way

The whole Heaven Sect waited for Gravis to return, but he never did. Aion couldn't delay the departure anymore and led the Heaven Sect away, fuming with anger. 'When I return, I'll tear you a new one, Gravis,' he thought. Didn't Gravis know how important this visit was? Was this how Gravis thanked him for all the work he had done?

Meanwhile, Gravis was sitting on top of Skye and flew to the east. Behind Gravis lay a gigantic banner about 20 meters long. 'They will travel for a total of six days and will stay for one. I doubt that Aion will return prematurely just because of me. So, they will be back exactly one week from now. I have one week to get as much tempering and wealth as possible, though I should probably stop after six days. Without a good head start, Aion might find me very quickly.'

Luckily, with Skye now being a high-grade Energy Beast, the way to Gravis' destination was very short. It only took them one day. Gravis and Skye had left on the second day and arrived at their destination simultaneously as the Heaven Sect took off to their headquarter.

Gravis looked at the horizon. There, he saw a gigantic volcano, higher than any volcano or mountain he had ever seen. Just its base was already breaking through the clouds, and a lot of lava was running down its sides. The volcano was always active and spewed lava 24/7. Around the base of the volcano, Gravis could see a lot of buildings made of obsidian. People darted from one building to the other.

Obviously, that was the Fire Guild. Gravis looked around but couldn't see any Energy Beasts or Energy Plants. It seemed like the strength of the Fire Guild was about the same as the Lightning Guild and couldn't compare with the Wind Guild.

was child's play in comparison to the Fire Guild. Wherever he looked, he saw people fighting. They were even fighting along the

their borders. A lot of disciples and guards already looked at Skye and pointed with their

his power from Skye's back. His voice reverberated throughout half of the Fire Guild, and everyone looked into his direction. "I am Gravis from the Heaven Sect,

blatant disrespect, even if Gravis didn't mean it like that. That was just how the disciples of the Fire Guild were. They searched for any reason to

Gravis felt that this shout came from someone in the Spirit Forming Realm. "We don't care what you offer! We only

back and, surprisingly, the voice didn't answer immediately. "Starting today for the next six days, I will accept life and death duels from anyone in the eighth and ninth

tempering. Disciples in the higher stages could only find life and death tempering with high-grade Energy Beasts or with other people in their level. Yet, how easy was it to find a high-grade Energy Beast, and how easy was it to find people at their strength, willing to fight them? That was the biggest reason why they had so many people in the higher levels of Energy Gathering but nearly no

Free life and death tempering? Who could say no to that? Of course, this was only true for the Fire Guild. The

body strengthening pills. Someone who wants to fight with me to the death has to give me one of those before the fight," Gravis released a small laugh. "Of course, if the

as well as all his wealth,

took up the banner from behind him. He had created the banner while they were on their way to the Fire Guild. Gravis made Skye dive and threw the banner at the ground. The banner was made out of the wood of an Energy Plant, so it was pretty durable. As it hit the ground, the earth shook, and the banner vibrated