Lightning Is the Only Way

Skye flew for a full day. In that day, Gravis ate a lot of body tempering pills. He didn't need to destroy and reforge his body for it to become stronger. The only reason why he had done that with the Body Ascension Pill was that this was the only way how the pill would work. The other pills simply strengthened the body without destroying it.

In that day, Gravis ate about a third of the pills and reached the peak of the seventh level of the body. He still had some time and could increase his bodily power into the eighth level, but he stopped. If his body were at the eighth level of Energy Gathering, not many people would dare fight him. Like this, he would maybe not get enough pills to reach the tenth level.

'Most people can't feel my physical strength, but some of them can. If anyone powerful notices my body's power, they might dissuade others from fighting with me, and I can't just go on a killing rampage. The Spirit Forming experts would get involved. I can't fight those, yet,' thought Gravis with narrowed eyes. 'Guess this is where I'll stop for now.'

The disciples Gravis had killed also carried a lot of Energy Stones. He had several hundreds of those, and if he took them all, he would reach the middle of the eighth level of Energy Gathering. He also didn't absorb those for the same reason. He had to accumulate more pills and stones to rise in one shot. No one would accept fighting a Heavenborn at the ninth level of Energy Gathering with an equally powerful body.

Like this, Skye and Gravis continued flying towards the Earth Guild until…

BOOM!

A loud sound of something hitting the ground reverberated through the surrounding kilometers. Whatever hit the ground had to weigh multiple tons. Gravis' eyes shone with interest, and without him saying anything, Skye charged into the direction where the sound originated.

of around twenty meters, but its front legs were more prominent and more

had ever seen had been Skye's parent. Heaven had made sure that he never saw another one. Yet, they

as he thought about this situation. He looked up into the sky. "I wonder why you allow a high-grade Energy Beast to cross my path," Gravis spoke. "Is it because they

Heaven didn't answer. Gravis looked back down at the creature and rubbed his chin in thought. 'I doubt this is a scheme. Beasts can't resist my Will-Aura, and the only thing powerful enough to threaten me is a Spirit Forming expert. If this beast has a Spirit

'It probably takes too much Energy to control such a powerful beast. Heaven had been willing to pay that price if those beasts could still function as tempering for me,

off of Skye. His body was powerful enough to withstand a fall with terminal velocity, so that wasn't an issue. Skye looked at Gravis but didn't decide to get involved. It had fought many powerful high-grade Energy Beasts

place where Gravis would land and readied itself, opening its mouth to

WHOOOSH!

finish its lightning attack. As Gravis closed in on the ground, more and more trees in the surroundings were crushed into splinters. The intensity of the Will-Aura grew with proximity to Gravis, so a giant crater also started forming. It looked like a humongous, invisible bowl pressed into

eyes at its approaching doom. Gravis readied his saber for a mighty swing and infused it with 80% of his

BOOOOOOOM!

head of the beast, and the surroundings erupted in an explosion of dirt and lightning. Gravis had been falling with terminal velocity with his very heavy body, which generated a ridiculous amount of force. Like a meteor, he created an even larger crater with his impact. The shockwave uprooted many