Lightning Is the Only Way

SLAP!

Gravis got slapped away, and many of his teeth left his mouth. He spun a couple of times and landed on the floor.

"Oh, Gravis, Gravis," Byron said with a mocking tone. "You feel yourself superior by knowing about the worlds and thinking that you know Heaven better than anyone else. Yet, precisely that made you a perfect target."

Byron walked closer to Gravis. "People from a different world? Who could possibly believe that?" he mocked as he walked closer. "Heaven telling me all your secrets? No one would believe me if I said that Heaven spoke to me."

Byron kneeled down and lifted Gravis by his hair. "You thought yourself so knowledgeable and wise, yet you believed shit that no one with a rational mind would believe."

Gravis suddenly punched since he had no weapon anymore.

THUMP!

Gravis' fist hit Byron's chest, destroying parts of his robes, but otherwise, Byron didn't move. Gravis had no more lightning, so he wasn't able to load his punch. Byron's body was way more powerful than Gravis, and he ignored the punch. Byron continued smirking, grabbed Gravis' arm, and then slapped him with the other one.

SLAP!

Gravis was shot into the distance again, his arm getting ripped off as it still remained in Byron's grip. Parts of Gravis' face caved in as he started spitting blood.

Clank! SLAP!

was stopped by Byron's hand, and he also got slapped into the distance. "Keep yourself out of this, boy.

since his mouth couldn't form any more words.

"The Guild Master of our Proxy-Darkness Guild found

he knew that the Heaven Sect would kill you, but imagine his surprise when he found out that you joined

stopped before Gravis and gestured widely to the surroundings with his open arms. "I was really interested in that development. Heaven allowed someone that wasn't its child to join the Heaven Sect and profit from its resources? How could that be possible? There was no precedence for

top of that, I also found out about the Basin of Nature

thing that could stop Heaven was someone more powerful. Someone like that could only exist in a higher world. You might ask yourself, if I knew about your background, why I still decided

There was nothing he could do right now. He was completely spent, and Byron's power completely

Jaimy incident.

People from a higher world know more about cultivation than us nobodies, so they would also know that saving you would prevent you from further tempering your will. After all, you would always think that you wouldn't die anyway since your backer could always

plan on just that. The most important clue was your talk with that girl from the

through Gravis'

Master of the Darkness Guild. Starting at that point, I have sent one of my most trusted elders to

one knee beside the laying Gravis. "We from the Darkness Sect pride ourselves in our supreme stealth. On top of that, who in the

Gravis by his hair. "You talked so affectionately with that girl and told her everything, not thinking about anyone listening. After I heard about that, I started planning. A powerful lightning cultivator not affiliated with any power and with no knowledge about the Core-Continent?

used battle-techniques instead of elements? There were plenty, so our stock of battle-techniques is

by his hair. He had no lightning, nearly no Spirit, and his

my claims, I would have directly killed you. So, in some weird way, you should be thankful for