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!

and he also got slapped into the distance. "Keep yourself

since his mouth couldn't form any more words. This was the only open question

he walked over to Gravis. "The Guild Master of our Proxy-Darkness Guild found out that

continued approaching. "The Guild Master didn't mind since he knew that the Heaven Sect would kill you, but imagine his surprise when he found out that you joined the Heaven Sect. After that happened, he reported this development to

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 this development.

Heaven allow such disrespect towards it? Heaven has struck people down before, so why hasn't it killed you? On top of that, I also found out about the Basin of Nature incident.

powerful. Someone like that could only exist in a higher world. You might ask yourself, if I knew about your background, why I still

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

gave me all the clues I needed." Byron lifted one finger. "The first one was that Jaimy incident. If your backer from the

a second finger. "The second one was your fight with that elder from the Fire Guild. That was basically suicide, yet no one interfered. 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

course, that's all conjecture. I wouldn't base my plan on just that. The most important clue was

through Gravis'

which girl he meant. "After you joined the Heaven Sect, I was informed by the Guild Master of the Darkness Guild. Starting at that point, I have sent one of my most trusted elders to keep watch over you. Of course, he couldn't watch you while you were inside the Heaven

knee beside the laying Gravis. "We from the Darkness Sect pride ourselves in our supreme stealth. On top of that, who in the Middle-Continent was able to feel the Spirit of someone at the Sapling Stage?

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

power that used battle-techniques instead of elements? There were plenty, so our stock of battle-techniques is big. I just randomly grabbed a fitting one for you and said it

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

Gravis'. "If you didn't fall for my claims, I would