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!'

didn't 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

WACK!

your

as he remembered the initial reason why he started doing this. "Alright, I'll rebuild your house, but after that, I want to talk with

he just turned around and

mind if we take the stones? This shows a good path of progression for some of our disciples, who don't have such fine control yet,"

it's alright!

the others. "You heard him! Take them away! You know where to

their Spirit Spaces. Then, the disciples started running back into the Sect. One shouldn't forget that Old Man Lightning's "home" was outside the Sect and not inside. Gravis looked with interest as the disciples

WACK!

head. Gravis gritted his teeth in anger but started punching more boulders. As soon as he finished

again. There was no reason to

BANG!

punched one big boulder, which perfectly fell apart into many identical bricks. When Gravis saw that, he

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, he infused his lightning into the stones, making them harden and fuse. Not every house had a completely fused

huge storage. Yet, Gravis still needed 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 the

at his finished work. The house had two floors with some windows. However, he didn't create any rooms. After all, he had no idea about the interior of the previous house. Who knew what kind of rooms the old man

He couldn't feel the Spirit of Old Man

no flying cane, which probably meant that the old man was happy with the house. Gravis was sure that the old man heard him since he always