Lightning Is the Only Way

A couple of seconds after Gravis had killed the last disciple, the defense line parted for a new disciple to step forward. This obviously showed that the disciples of the Fire Guild approved of this opponent. Gravis looked at the new arrival, and his eyes narrowed. 'Ninth level of Energy Gathering," he concluded. 'Now, the real fight begins.'

The disciple stepped forward and looked at Gravis in rage. "Why did you kill the last two?" he asked with anger. "They have already lost all their will to fight and only wanted to flee."

Gravis' expression didn't change. "If I let them live just because they gave up, this wouldn't be genuine life and death tempering anymore," Gravis answered. "You can't just run from a fight and expect that your enemy doesn't attack anymore. At least, you have to survive until you are safe."

The new arrival narrowed his eyes too. "Your reasoning is sound, but that is only if you don't have any compassion for the lives of others. I couldn't do what you just did, because I am not an emotionless monster," he explained with disgust.

The statement didn't impact Gravis' will. Obviously, the new arrival hadn't gone through experiences where sparing an enemy's life came back to bite him in the ass, compared to Gravis. Gravis had spared his enemies' lives two times, and both times a stronger force returned to kill him. Gravis didn't like being this cruel, but it was a necessity for survival.

WHOOSH PACK!

Gravis caught a pill bottle and looked at it. His eyes shone when he saw the pill because it was one of the more expensive ones on the banner. Gravis looked up and nodded at the new arrival.

SHING!

For the first time today, Gravis took out his saber and readied it. His enemy was at the ninth level of Energy Gathering. His enemy had a genuine chance of killing Gravis if Gravis took him lightly. The breathing of the onlookers quickened, and their eyes narrowed. This would be the first real fight!

The disciple also took out his weapon, which was a humongous halberd. Gravis looked closer at the halberd, and his eyes narrowed even further. 'This halberd looks incredibly heavy. Either this guy uses a special fighting method that requires such a heavy halberd, or he also trains his body. Judging by the expensive pill he threw at me, it is probably the later.'

BOOM!

for such speed. A strong body not only increased attack and defense but also speed. The disciple lifted his halberd and readied himself to

BOOM!

knew that Gravis had a powerful body, but he had expected Gravis to stay on his spot, like all the other times he had fought. Yet, the disciple didn't lose his focus,

BOOM!

and the earth under him exploded into many pieces that shot into the distance. Gravis' arms trembled due to the powerful force of the attack. Usually, he wouldn't passively block like this, but he had to find out

and he also had the initiative in the attack. Judging by the power, his body should be at

move that the guy with the Will-Aura had used previously. That guy had only been at the seventh level of Energy Gathering, while this one was at the ninth. The power of this

BZZ BOOM!

his lightning to detonate the fire before it could reach its highest density, weakening the explosion. Gravis got thrown to the ground by the explosion, and the top of his head, as well as his back, received severe burns.

a couple of meters but remained

BANG!

the disciple exploded as a thick mass of lightning shot towards his right leg. The disciple screamed in pain and decided to jump back, instead of attacking. This attack had come out of

Elemental Synchronicity to create a tunnel for his lightning. Like this, the enemy wouldn't see the lightning creeping towards him. Gravis knew that his enemy's body was powerful, so he had used a full 20% of his whole Energy reserves in this one attack. If he didn't commit fully to this attack, he wouldn't be able to leave a heavy injury on his

his leg. The colors black and red dominated his leg, and the disciple felt that it was incredibly difficult for him to

BOOM!

had noticed how the focus of his opponent had shifted to his leg and used this opportunity to stand up and shoot towards his opponent. The explosion came from Gravis, shooting himself forward

in front of him, bursting with lightning. Gravis was readying himself for a mighty overhead strike. The disciple's eyes shrunk to

said in his mind.