Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had been training for over two days until he was finally finished.

BOOM!

The surroundings exploded as Gravis stretched his muscles. He grinned and touched the muscles all over his body, which felt harder than steel. "Finally, a body equal to the tenth level of Energy Gathering. Now, I am invincible in the Energy Gathering Realm even without my Will-Aura," he proudly said to himself.

Yet, he also sighed a little bit when he looked at his current wealth. "I only have a couple of weapons from the Darkness Guild left. I even used up all Energy Stones that I have plundered up until now. Luckily, I am only missing 20% Energy to reach the tenth level of Energy Gathering. After I sell those weapons, I should have enough Energy Stones to reach the tenth level. Then, I'll immediately break into the Spirit Forming Realm."

Gravis kept the Energy in his head at a constant 99%. If he shot a single dot of Energy into his head, he would immediately break into the Spirit Forming Realm. Of course, that would damage his foundation. The stronger he was before a breakthrough, the better. The amount and density of Energy that he cultivated now would serve as a baseline in the future.

'After I sell those weapons, I will directly break into the tenth level and then ascend into the Spirit Forming Stage. At that time, I only need to finish some unfinished business in the Middle-Continent and then…' Gravis looked up towards the sky, "the Core-Continent."

CAW!

Skye shouted as it noticed that Gravis walked around. For the last two days, he had only been sitting around, eating pills without end. Skye knew that it shouldn't disturb Gravis during that time, so it kept itself busy with other stuff.

laughed slightly and ruffled its feathers. "How's it going, Skye? How far are you from a breakthrough?" asked Gravis with

looked at Gravis with an unsure expression. When Gravis saw that, he lifted an eyebrow. "What's up?"

with that. It meant that it wasn't even close to a breakthrough. As Gravis saw that, he furrowed his brows. "This shouldn't be right. You have

and a bigger Skye with a line between them. Skye looked with interest at the drawings.

circled the smaller bird. "This is you when you break through," he said as he

to the bigger bird. "This means you are at the beginning stages," he said as he pointed at the first mark. "This means that you are in the middle, and this one means you

for some seconds at the drawings and

Scratch.

at Skye with concerned eyes. "You are a bit further than the beginning? How is that possible?" he asked Skye and also himself. If that were true, then it meant that Skye had

'Something had to be wrong with all the food it ate. What is the difference between Skye eating something it had killed and eating something that I have killed?'

into the sky. "The Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique," he deduced. This was the only difference. As Gravis got the thought,

would slowly seep out into the world over multiple days as part of the natural decomposition process. The Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique made

Skye would absorb most of the Energy of its prey. With Gravis using the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique, there was no more Energy

his Will-Aura to win. As that thought came, other thoughts appeared too. Gravis had given Skye lots of food without it having to hunt for it. Was this the best way for Skye to increase its power? If Gravis continued giving Skye free food, it would

Gravis? At that point, its battle experience would be below average in comparison to similar beasts. At that point, it would become incredibly difficult to increase its strength by itself. Gravis

Gravis with confused eyes. It was smart for a beast, but it couldn't hypothesize or think far into the future. That was something exclusive to humans. Skye didn't even realize the "danger" of continuing like