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!

earth under the disciple exploded as he shot forward with incredible speed. Gravis was already prepared for such speed. A strong body not only increased attack and defense but also speed. The disciple lifted his halberd and readied

BOOM!

Gravis had a powerful body, but he had expected Gravis to stay on his spot, like all the other times he

BOOM!

the slash, 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

power, his body should be at around the sixth level.

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 explosion would be quadruple of the power of the earlier

BZZ BOOM!

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

the disciple wasn't prepared for the early explosion and hadn't readied himself yet. Because of the shockwave of the explosion, he got thrown back for a couple of meters but remained uninjured. He quickly got his bearings back and looked at Gravis, who was lying on the ground right

BANG!

towards his right leg. The disciple screamed in pain and decided to jump back, instead of attacking. This attack had come out of nowhere, and he had not seen any lightning creeping across the floor. How

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

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

BOOM!

shifted to his leg and used this opportunity to stand up and shoot towards his opponent. The explosion came from Gravis, shooting himself forward with

readying himself for

disdain. 'Idiot,' he said in his mind. The saber