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.'

Gravis' nervousness vanished. There were not many 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

moved his Spirit to his ring and willed it to contact Elder Byron. "I'm done with the mission. The whole

was the right decision!

smiled and cut the connection. While the fight with the group leader didn't particularly increase his will, the previous fight against the other three was excellent tempering. He had come close to dying a couple of times and even used nearly all his weapons. The only thing he hadn't used was

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 lightning to push into his Spirit. Originally, he would have needed a full year

Stage cultivators. Though…' Gravis mind trailed off as his smile was replaced with a grimace. 'I have underestimated the cultivators of the Core-Continent. Originally,

the fight and had noticed that the fight had had some close calls. This had been a fight against three Seed Stage cultivators and one Sapling Stage cultivator, though it could actually only be counted as two Seed

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. The chances of me winning against two of

situation and 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

incredible fighting experience. I took the fighting experience standard of the Middle-Continent and applied it

saw the others already present, though Creed

saw Gravis, they all smiled

in a sign of camaraderie. Though his eyes still seemed icy. The iciness of his eyes and his warm gesture and comments clashed

said and walked forward, heartfelt smiles blossoming

he could spend time with had been Ballor. Sadly, he had died very quickly in the first practical test. It had

Calm down, everyone," Elder Byron berated them, but his warm and excited smile betrayed his true feelings. "So, Gravis. What did you think