Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis waited for the strong people to arrive. The number of people at the ninth level might be small, but there would probably be people at the eighth level with a Will-Aura. Those people knew how to fight since they went through plenty of life and death experiences to get their Will-Aura. Gravis' excitement grew as time passed.

"I would like to spar with you!" shouted a disciple at the eighth level of Energy Gathering. "I don't want a life and death battle."

The others looked at him and then thought that that was actually a really good idea. If they paid Gravis the pills, he would surely accept some spars. He didn't have anything to lose after all.

"I don't spar," said Gravis back without looking at the person. The other disciples were surprised by what Gravis had said. What did he mean with, he didn't spar? Why would someone not spar? Through sparring, they could find out their own weaknesses and rectify them. By rectifying their weaknesses, their strength would increase. Not sparring just sounded stupid in their mind.

"What do you mean with, 'I don't spar'?" another disciple shouted, echoing the other disciples' thoughts.

"You still haven't realized yet?" asked Gravis with furrowed brows at the disciples. Seeing that no disciple answered, Gravis just harrumphed. "Sparring might, theoretically, make you find out about your weaknesses, but it also creates new weaknesses."

The disciples also furrowed their brows. This was similar to what some of their seniors had told them, but when everyone saw their own weaknesses in a spar, they ignored their seniors. They all saw their improvements with their own eyes. If put to a choice, the disciples would rather believe their eyes than what other people said.

'I'm using the Fire Guild for tempering, so I might

would be a life and death battle. Yet, the first guy wanted to test me by using a half-assed attack. That might be possible to do

level of Magic Gathering. So, without actually physically hitting me, he had no way to injure

to get ready? You might as well make some stretches in the

them would have probably acted similarly to the first and third guy. With Gravis' explanation, they knew that doing these things was stupid. Actually, they

They had been used to sparring, which made them neglect the danger. They might recognize the danger with their mind, but their emotions were so used to fighting that they didn't react differently when a genuine life and death

had seen how the others died, but in their mind, they had survived every fight they had ever fought. Their emotions still hadn't

here. Ironically enough, the place of logic and emotions had switched places. Before, their head told them that they could die while their emotions didn't care. Now, their emotions felt fear, while their head told them that

of three people watching all this.

the central tower of the Fire

each other on their respective thrones. Normally, they would playfully banter with each other, but this time, the

Gathering. He obviously has tremendous fighting experience. Judging by what I have seen,

Guild Master as he leaned back on his throne. "Is this what happens if a Heavenborn

brows furrowed at the same time. The Guild Master had told them a lot about Heavenborn, and they knew that Heavenborn always had weak wills. "Actually," started the Guild Master again, "you have forgotten about two additional aspects. He's already this strong, yet he