Lightning Is the Only Way

BOOM!

Gravis used his full acceleration with his lightning and body to quickly reach the elder again. Even though the elder was prepared, he was still taken by surprise by Gravis' ridiculous acceleration. He hadn't used that in this fight before, making it impossible for the elder to react appropriately.

BANG!

Manuel had appeared before Gravis, having summoned a humongous shield before him. Gravis' kick exploded on the shield, blowing it into fragments that shot towards Manuel, who stood right behind it.

Clank, clank, clank!

With impressive control over his weapon, Manuel blocked all the fragments with his sword. Meanwhile, the elder pointed his weapon over Manuel's shoulder, releasing a concentrated beam of sword force.

CLANK!

Gravis angled his saber over his still outstretched leg, making the beam deflect off of the surface of the angled saber. The direction of the beam changed, and it shot into the sky. If he had blocked it directly, Gravis would have been pushed back, but with this maneuver, he wouldn't have to retreat. The beam's force pushed Gravis towards the ground, which immediately exploded with lightning as Gravis shot forward again.

WOOSH!

Manuel sidestepped the second kick as if he had seen it coming. Apparently, he was also proficient in pre-dodging, just like Gravis. Manuel immediately started slashing towards Gravis' outstretched leg, intending to cut it off.

SHING! BOOM!

Gravis' right leg was cut off at the knee, but a concentrated lightning spear came out of the leg's stump, hitting Manuel right in the chest. The flesh on Manuel's chest exploded off, and he got shot away. Gravis had traded his leg for a severe injury.

SHING!

The elder released an attack as Manuel shot away, and it shot towards Gravis. Gravis quickly kicked his severed leg with his stump, making it hit the crescent of sword force. His body was powerful, and such a hastily released attack didn't have the full power of the elder. As his severed leg hit the sword crescent, both of them exploded into a wave of destruction and blood.

SHING!

saber and cut off a diagonal chunk of the stump that was his right leg and then shot forward at the

Clank! SHING!

Gravis had cut off a diagonal chunk of his leg to sharpen his own bone into a sharp pike. The protruding bone had part of it cut off, which made it pointy. It was painful,

skin. Apparently, his body hadn't been as tempered as Gravis'. If it had been, Gravis' wouldn't have been able to sever the bone of the hand. The elder was shocked dumb by this development, and he couldn't react to

BANG!

block the attack, the sword shot backward and pierced the elder's torso. It

BANG!

huge shield appeared before the elder as Manuel had returned. Manuel had retrieved the shield from his Spirit Space and placed it right before the elder to block the attack. The shield exploded again, and its fragments shot backward again. But this time, there was no Manuel to stop the fragments since he was still in the process of running back. Thus, the fragments all

in frustration. He had been so close to killing one of them! This was the third time that Manuel had saved the life of the elder. At least the elder was severely injured now. Meanwhile, Manuel was very close to Gravis again and readied himself for an overhead slash. Gravis used his sharp stump to kick towards Manuel's hands, but his leg was

BZZZZ! BANG!

the inherent Energy of his body to make his leg instantly regenerate. Manuel's eyes widened, and the kick hit Manuel's hands. Sadly, Gravis hadn't had time to load his kick with lightning. Yet, some of Manuel's

BOOM!

with lightning, shooting him forward while his right leg was still outstretched. Manuel had lost his balance due to the kick, and he managed to barely hold his

BOOM!

and more fragments shot at Manuel, but this time, he didn't have the luxury to block those. Some of them buried themselves in his torso as

BZZZZ!

again, and the jagged fragments pulled themselves out of Manuel's and the elder's

THUMP!

of construct with four long, metallic bars that were held together with some non-magnetic materials. The bars pointed at the elder. Gravis immediately put the

BZZZZ!

inside of it. Then, the lightning shot forward along the bars and became stronger, pulling the fragments with it. As the fragments passed the tip of the four bars, a small explosion appeared behind them as they shot out with unreal speed. The elder quickly

Clank, clank, ptsh, ptsh!

into the distance again. By now, Manuel had gotten up again and charged towards Gravis. Gravis quickly angled his contraption towards Manuel. Then,

WHOOM!

from his contraption. Then, the contraption vanished, but it wasn't put into Gravis' Spirit Space, but into Manuel's. He wouldn't allow such a dangerous weapon to stay outside. As long as

his balance and charged forward again. Yet, this time, he wasn't using his lightning. He had used it too many times, and his storage was running low. He had to remain frugal with it now. They came closer to each other, but suddenly, Manuel lowered himself and spun around once, creating a circle of sword force that grew bigger as it shot away

but he knew that this was what Manuel wanted. Manuel wouldn't have made such an easily avoidable attack without reason. Sure enough, Manuel had already pulled