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.

slightly and ruffled its feathers. "How's it going, Skye? How far are

an unsure expression. When Gravis saw

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 eaten so many humans in the later stages of Energy Gathering. You should be close to a breakthrough or even have broken through by now. Something's not

and grabbed a stick from the surroundings. He started drawing a smaller Skye and a bigger Skye with a line between them. Skye looked with interest at the

he said as he pointed at the bigger bird. "This line shows how close you are to a breakthrough." Gravis pointed at the line

closer to the smaller bird, one in the middle, and one closer to the bigger bird. "This means you are at the beginning stages," he

the drawings and then

Scratch.

at Skye with concerned eyes. "You are a bit further than the beginning? How is that possible?" he asked Skye and also

food it ate. What is the difference between Skye eating something it had killed and eating something that

the sky. "The Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique," he deduced. This was the only difference. As Gravis got the thought, he remembered that one Beast Core that he still carried around. He took it out and looked at

world over multiple days as part of the natural decomposition process. The Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique made all the Energy inside of the

absorb most of the Energy of its prey. With Gravis using the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique, there was

even come close to Gravis. Gravis wouldn't even need his Will-Aura to win. As that thought came, other thoughts appeared too. Gravis had given Skye lots of food without it having to

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

but it couldn't hypothesize or think far into the future. That was something exclusive to humans. Skye didn't