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.

rubbed its head against his body. Gravis only laughed slightly and ruffled its feathers. "How's it going, Skye? How far are you from a

with an unsure expression. When Gravis saw that, he

"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

surroundings. He started drawing a smaller Skye and a bigger Skye with a line between them. Skye looked with interest at the drawings. It was naturally curious, and it was always

bird. "This is you when you break through," he said as he pointed at the bigger bird.

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

at the drawings and then nodded. "Where are you

Scratch.

line. Gravis looked 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

thinking for a while, Gravis got a thought. '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

issue was. Gravis took a deep breath as he looked into 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

of Energy," he muttered to himself. Normally, the Energy of a corpse would slowly seep out into the world over multiple days as part of the natural decomposition process. The Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique made all the Energy inside of the

Skye killed something by itself, the Energy wouldn't scatter. In the next couple of days, Skye would absorb most of the Energy of its prey. With Gravis using the Heaven's Balance Cultivation Technique, there was no more Energy for Skye to eat. No wonder it made no

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 hunt for it. Was this the best way for Skye to increase its power? If Gravis continued giving Skye free food, it would not gain more combat

At that point, its battle experience would be below average in comparison to similar beasts. At that point, it would

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