Lightning Is the Only Way

While Gravis was making his way over to his first destination, around five hours had passed for Aion, who was still waiting beside the Wind Wall.

WHOOSH!

A mighty Spirit reached Aion's location and came into contact with him. "Where is he?" a thundering voice echoed in Aion's mind.

Aion could only smile bitterly. Gravis was his friend, yet he was still part of the Heaven Sect. It felt kind of weird being between two opposing forces. "He has left shortly after I have destroyed the token," Aion answered back.

Aion felt some annoyance and rage from the Spirit. "Why didn't you stop him!?" the voice practically shouted.

Aion remained calm. "He has broken into the Spirit Forming Realm. You should know about his unprecedented Battle-Strength at the same level. I can't stop him at all."

Instead of calming down, the voice got even more enraged. "What!? It's only been five days! How has he reached Spirit Forming from the sixth level of Magic Gathering in only five days!? Are you lying to me!?" the voice shouted.

Aion could only continue smiling bitterly. "You don't understand Gravis. The first thing I did after I returned was gathering information on where he was and what he did," Aion said back.

"What could he have possibly done to break through so many levels in just five days? He would have needed to start a war with a guild!" the voice shouted back.

"In a sense, that is exactly what he did," Aion said back.

The Spirit shook and stopped for a second. "What?" the voice said back in shock. "How is he still alive then?"

"Gravis used a brilliant plan," Aion started explaining. "First, he went to the Fire Guild and offered them life and death tempering as long as the disciples paid with one body tempering pill. He killed many people like this and gathered a lot of body tempering pills without creating any enmities with the guild."

The voice remained quiet for some seconds. "That is actually a brilliant plan. It seems like I have underestimated this Gravis," it said back.

The Spirit transmitted everything in its range, including Aion's nod. "After that, he went to the Earth Guild but left just as quickly. His next stop was the Darkness Guild, where he did the same thing, as in the Fire Guild, again. Like this, he had gotten enough body tempering pills to achieve a body at the level of the Magic of someone at the tenth level of Magic

confusion. "Why would he do that? He is not a Heavenborn, so why would he make his body stronger than his Magic?

just like us. He has reached the tenth level of the body and then the tenth level of Magic Gathering. After

body to suppress the pressure of the Magic? That way is a little barbaric, but it should work. This speed of cultivation

world, then he should have guessed that too. Yet, the person didn't even think about Gravis having a strengthened dantian. It seemed like the High Priest kept Gravis' background secret.

best to stop him! You wouldn't have needed to stop him. You just had to follow him

BOOM!

normal Heavenborns'. A huge, blue trident was

didn't mind the priest's outburst. "Like

to take offense to that, yet he kept himself in check.

Gravis has fought with the Fire Guild, he also killed an elder in a one on

priest didn't care about that. "So? He has a Will-Aura. Of course, he

absorbed any Magic when he defeated his previous opponents. My guess is that he really intended to put

his eyes. "What do you mean?"

an equal body, while still being at the sixth level of Magic Gathering with a body

of the priest exploded. "Impossible! It's shameful that you want to lie

Magic Gathering with a body equal to the seventh level when he killed

of the priest widened. He hadn't thought that Aion would actually go through with this. He looked to the sky but saw no clouds forming. Slowly, he started growing panicked. Then, he looked at Aion. Aion was still

took a shaky breath. Did he think that he was weaker than Gravis? Of course not! Yet, he realized the potential that Gravis had. If someone with such an unnatural Battle-Strength reached a level even remotely close to a priest, the priest would have

had to reach the Tree-Stage to be invincible against anyone that wasn't the High Priest. Right now, Gravis was not dangerous, but

you survive?" he asked with a quieter voice. He now realized what a joke it was to ask Aion why he

kind of sees me as a friend," Aion said while scratching the left side of his head with a finger. "He said that for all the help

a deep breath and looked into the sky. "Thank Heaven that you didn't die," he muttered. He had been angry at Aion, but Aion was still a brother for him since they came from