Lightning Is the Only Way

WACK!

A cane hit Gravis' head, breaking him out of his concentration.

"Stop wasting all the good Balzar!" Old Man Lightning shouted with anger at Gravis.

Gravis stopped punching as he rubbed his head in annoyance. He looked at Old Man Lightning, but before he could complain, he noticed all the "stones" in his vicinity. The stones all came in different shapes and sizes. Some of them were pyramids, while others were squares. There were even more complex shapes like dodecahedrons.

Gravis even noticed some disciples of the Lightning Sect looking at some of the stones in appreciation. By now, the disciples only took away the ugly, useless stones but left the beautiful ones lying around. Gravis even saw an elder looking at the stones in appreciation as he happily combed his beard.

Many of the stones were even placed in multiple lines, according to their forms. The stones at the start of each line had the rough outline of the final shape, while the last one showed the best example of this form. Apparently, the disciples had created a "path of progression", showing Gravis' progress in controlling his physical power.

What shocked Gravis was the sheer amount of stones. There were so many that it was hard to count. "How long have I been punching?"

WACK!

Another hit with the cane. "You've been at this for three full days! Look at all the Balzar you wasted!"

Gravis rubbed his head in annoyance. 'This old brick wall is back. Man, I had so much fun!'

show his annoyance. If he did, only more beatings would follow. Instead, he evenly looked at Old Man Lightning. "I think I have enough control over my physical power now.

WACK!

care about your control! Rebuild my fucking house!" Old Man

he remembered the initial reason why he started doing this. "Alright, I'll rebuild your house, but

stopped. Instead, he just

progression for some of

"No, no, it's alright! It's your ore in the first

you." Then he turned to the others. "You heard him! Take them

started running back into the Sect. One shouldn't forget that Old Man Lightning's "home" was

WACK!

fucking house!" came a shout inside Gravis' head. Gravis gritted his teeth in anger but started punching more boulders. As soon as he finished rebuilding

felt his emotions rising as he remembered Byron, but he quickly suppressed them and concentrated on the stones again. There was no reason to get angry right now. He could save that all for when he was powerful enough to kill that

BANG!

many identical bricks. When Gravis

continued punching enough boulders to rebuild the house. It only took a couple of hours. As soon as he had enough bricks, he started stacking them in the shape of a house. After he created a rough outline,

to refill his storage a couple of times. The stones required way more lightning than he thought. All in all, it took him about a day to finish the exterior of

finished work. The house had two floors with some windows. However, he didn't create any rooms. After all, he

issue. He couldn't feel the Spirit of Old

shouted into the surroundings. Yet, no answer came. Though there also came no flying cane, which probably meant that the old man was happy with the house. Gravis was sure that the old man heard