Lightning Is the Only Way

Yet, just when Gravis started accelerating, he immediately stopped since he had noticed something.

"Who's there!?" he shouted into the surroundings, but nothing appeared.

Just now, he had felt like someone was watching him. It felt similar to a Spirit, but it was not completely the same. It just felt like someone was watching him. Gravis never had this feeling before, and he trusted his instincts. He was 90% sure that someone was watching him.

Yet, just when he had shouted, the feeling completely vanished. Now, Gravis was 100% sure that someone had watched him. The feeling wouldn't have vanished just like that otherwise. Gravis narrowed his eyes. 'This is troubling. Has this person seen the whole fight? The feeling was very subtle, and I'm sure that I wouldn't have noticed it in a fight. What was going on?'

Gravis increased his speed. 'Someone who can keep their Spirit nearly completely invisible in front of me. I'm 90% sure that the watching person is a Tree Stage cultivator. I can't fight someone like that!' Gravis felt a little nervous while accelerating more and more. Yet, surprisingly, even after over ten minutes, no one arrived. The feeling also didn't appear again.

'What is the goal of that person?' Gravis thought. Yet, the more he thought, the more confused he got. If that were an enemy, they would have attacked him. He was injured, and his Spirit was nearly empty. There was no better opportunity than this. Yet, if that person was a friend, why would they vanish suddenly? On top of that, Gravis didn't have friends with such power. Was it a neutral party?

Gravis suddenly got an idea. 'Was it a powerful Heavenborn? Maybe they have noticed the fight and appeared, but noticing the robes of my enemy and me, they just continued watching? Elder Byron had said that Heavenborn weren't allowed to interfere in this struggle, after all.'

The more Gravis thought about this, the more reasonable it seemed. 'This is the only explanation that I can come up with that makes sense. Everything else is too farfetched.'

people in the Tree Stage in the Core-Continent. Tree-Stage cultivators were at the level of Sect Masters. How many of those would just casually walk around? The highest probability was that it had

to contact Elder Byron. "I'm done with the mission. The whole group is dead.

the right decision! We are still at the

other three was excellent tempering. He had come close to dying a couple of times and even used nearly all his

This was great! The increase of his maximum amount of lightning by absorbing the Energy Stones had also expedited his training speed in regards to his Realm. A higher lightning threshold meant faster lightning regeneration and more

a grimace. 'I have underestimated

some close calls. This had been a fight against three Seed Stage cultivators and one Sapling Stage cultivator, though it could actually only

used the Energy inherent in my body, which I normally save for healing. I already had to fight so intensely against such a group. Two Sapling Stage cultivators would have been even harder.

noticed that he had been truly naïve. 'The person even managed to condense his Will-Aura. I guess a condensed version of a Will-Aura is a requirement to reach the Sapling Stage. Someone who has such a powerful Will-Aura went through a lot of intense struggles. No one at that realm

their power just based on their Realm and ignored the fact that every single one of them also has incredible fighting experience. I took the fighting experience standard of the Middle-Continent and applied it to the Core-Continent. If

camp. After some more minutes, he arrived. Gravis saw the others already present, though Creed was still missing. Creed was not nearly

saw Gravis, they

lightly punched Gravis' chest in a sign of camaraderie. Though his eyes still seemed icy. The iciness of his eyes and his warm gesture and comments clashed violently,

Gravis," both twins said and walked forward, heartfelt smiles blossoming on

weird to him. The last friend that he could spend time with had been Ballor. Sadly,

alright. Calm down, everyone," Elder Byron berated them, but his warm and excited smile betrayed his