Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis closely watched the new arrivals, trying to be as stealthy as possible, which was not that hard. He only had to look at the map in his head, and he would see all of them very clearly. Those disciples quickly talked with some other ones to create a more specific plan.

Of course, Gravis heard everything but didn't react. He stealthily clenched his fist in anger. Those bastards were playing as dirty as it got.

WHOOSH!

Skye seemed to be bored at its current position, so it flew a little bit closer. The disciples first felt surprised but calmed down when they saw that Skye was still around 300 meters away. This wouldn't impact their plan. Sadly, the bird had taken all the loot with it, so they couldn't use Skye's absence to steal it.

When Gravis noticed that Skye flew a little closer, he released a hidden sigh of relief. After Gravis had heard about the darkness disciples' plan, he had acted like he wanted to put his loot beneath Skye. In reality, he had told Skye that it should come closer later, but stealthily. Skye and Gravis had known each other long enough, so Skye understood what Gravis had meant. Like this, Gravis could deal with their plan.

"Come on! Does no one in the Darkness Guild have the guts to fight with me one-on-one? I also accept fights with people at the ninth level of Magic Gathering!" Gravis shouted into the surroundings. He had to act his part.

The darkness disciples didn't look angry or enraged but just annoyed and bored. Honor, guts, and glory were unimportant in their eye. Someone who insulted them with one of those three things wouldn't manage to anger them. That person would just draw their ridicule. They didn't look at Gravis like an opponent, but like he was some beast. He just needed to wait for his death, and his words were irrelevant to them.

They finalized their plan, and then they split up. One disciple at the eighth level of Energy Gathering took ten more body tempering pills with him and walked towards Gravis. Gravis just looked with pride at the person. He had to look like he underestimated them. Like this, the bait would be even more delicious.

"I am very confident in my victory, so I am ready to bet ten pills at once, but please, don't immediately attack me, okay?" the disciple said with friendliness as he threw the sack of pills over.

"Don't worry! I only did that before to show you how I felt. I won't do this a second time," assured Gravis as he looked inside the sack. He saw some pretty good pills inside the sack and smirked a little.

"Alright! Everything checks out. You can attack anytime you want," said Gravis magnanimously. While he said that, he also kept his eyes on the disciples at the ninth level of Energy Gathering. They had not contributed to the pills since they were not here to fight with Gravis. They were here to kill Skye!

of their seniors with the bird. High-grade Energy Beasts were rare and very valuable, after all. Those seniors would ambush Skye, and Gravis would quickly turn around and look at Skye in shock. That would be the time when the other disciples attacked

A little bit maybe, but not enough to risk their lives. Yet, with the addition of a high-grade Energy Beast, the potential gains would be worth the risk.

around him came closer and also noticed how Skye had been surrounded. Suddenly, Gravis' eyes narrowed into coldness. All the previous emotions

one disciple right in front of him suddenly felt a deep nervousness and fear. This wasn't right! Something was wrong about

in an even, cold voice. "I wanted to get some more pills, but you had to target Skye," Gravis cracked his neck. "I could have acted

WHOOOOSH!

releasing his Will-Aura. The surroundings cracked under the pressure, and every disciple below

their whole bodies were encased in metal, and they

BANG!

said Gravis in

into the distance. He knew

the fleeing disciple. Instead of chasing,

BANG!

into the eighth level of Energy Gathering. The level suppression of the Will-Aura got reduced by a level, and the fleeing disciple immediately froze again. Meanwhile, the other disciples

BANG SWOOOSH!

one was too strong. Moving its body was incredibly difficult, and its survival instincts kicked in. It retreated until it left the Will-Aura,

he would look through their wealth and pocket anything that he needed. After that, he would just

walking to the fourth body, Gravis looked at the unconscious bodies of the audience. He only sneered. "You haven't killed or offended me, so I'll keep you alive. If I break the rules too heavily, the Spirit Forming people might actually

he walked over to

BANG!

Gravis broke into the ninth level of Energy Gathering. Gravis ignored that guy and continued harvesting his rewards. After he had finished with those two disciples, Gravis also slashed