Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked as the two experts grew more and more panicked. Sadly, the earth was stalwart and would not bend. Of course, sad for them, lucky for him. Gravis wouldn't want them to just give up and run away. He had more things to test!

Step. Step. Step.

Gravis moved closer again, and the two experts' anxiety grew. They were running out of ideas. They couldn't think of any way to win. The power difference was just too vast!

Gravis walked until he stood two meters away from them. "How about this?" Gravis asked. "You can attack me once with your spear. I promise that I won't dodge or block. I wanna test something."

The eyes of the two experts shot open in shock. Not dodging or blocking? Wasn't this just suicide? The further the fight progressed, the more confused they grew. Wasn't Gravis taking them too lightly? They were in the same Realm, after all.

"You won't break your word?" asked the Vice-Guild Master from the back.

Gravis nodded. "I won't. You can unleash one attack, and I won't block or dodge."

The Guild Master looked at the Vice-Guild Master and nodded solemnly. "I don't know what he's planning, but I doubt that he will break his promise. Also, don't kill him. We have no life and death enmity, yet. If his plan succeeds and he has seen that you tried to kill him, we might actually die. This guy said that no one would die today. Remember?"

The Vice-Guild Master sent an affirmative answer back. The chances of killing Gravis were not 100%, and if this strike wouldn't kill him, they would most likely die. They had to stay cautious and not create a life and death enmity.

The Vice-Guild Master readied himself for a strike and infused a whole 30% of his Energy into the spear. The spear's weight became impossibly high, yet the Vice-Guild Master, as the manipulator, didn't feel it. Since his weapon was infused with his Spirit, he could ignore the added weight. If that weren't the case, he wouldn't even be able to lift his weapon.

The Vice-Guild Master pulled back his spear, ready to strike. Then, with all his power, he shot his spear forward.

SHING!

disbelief. The spear had stabbed through something alright, but it was not Gravis.

smiled. "It works, hehe," he

What had Gravis done?

surprised by the power of their strikes. He knew that they didn't have bodies at the Spirit Forming Realm, yet their attacks had been nearly as powerful as a physical attack of someone with such a body. By then, Gravis had thought

do that? Gravis had thought about that and thought of a possibility. The only way they were able to release such powerful attacks without having such a powerful body was

how he could manipulate his weapon with magnetism. So, why not use the magnetism to manipulate the weapon of his enemy? He had to test that! Of course, there was a gamble in trying that. If the weapons were not affected by magnetism, his planned method

would be unable to move then. And even if the weapon hit him, as long as he didn't die instantly,

what exactly

Master had pushed forward with his strike, Gravis summoned a lot of lightning on his feet, creating a magnetic field. The weapon moving forward got influenced by the magnetic field and changed its trajectory. The stab changed from a horizontal one into one going diagonally down. If his opponent had been prepared for that, he might have been able to counteract the

this method was even more effective. The cultivators of the Earth Guild, obviously, weren't affected by their weapon's weight. Yet, when an external force pulled on the increased weight, that didn't matter since it affected the increased weight, not the base one. It could be summarized into one stupid phrase: The more

have only been lowered slightly. In that case, it would have probably stabbed through Gravis' abdomen. Yet, that also didn't matter. He

even better was that Gravis didn't even use any Energy. The lightning had never left his feet. He just reabsorbed it into

shocked by what just happened. After some seconds, the Guild Master finally figured out what had happened. "Magnetism," he sent to the Vice-Guild Master,

anyone from the Lightning Guild, so they hadn't known that one could utilize lightning like this. By now, they lost all

put all your power into defending. If you don't,

gifted a free shot and still hadn't been able to hit Gravis. There was no point in readying his weapon anymore. He just braced himself for impact and supported the Guild Master from behind. This next attack could

Gravis had tested some things, he had gotten even more ideas. The close-range explosion of his lightning spear made him realize that he could absorb part of his own attack, cutting the cost significantly.

BZZ BOOOM!