Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis asked Old Man Lightning about Byron's strength, and he said that Byron is probably one of the weakest ones. However, it was incredibly hard to kill him due to him having the Darkness Element. Byron was incredibly good at stealth, and when he saw an enemy that he couldn't defeat, he would just hide and run away. That was how he managed to escape from Lasar without any injuries, back in the Wind Sect.

Lasar, in comparison, was probably the strongest Sect Master out there. That had nothing to do with him having the Lightning Element but with him having gone through the tenth Stage of Energy Gathering. Just like Old Man Lightning, Lasar would need a level two Unity Will to ascend and a level one Unity Will to reach the Self Stage.

Going through the tenth level of Energy Gathering didn't increase the power of the Spirit but doubled the amount of Energy someone had. With this, Lasar could either hold out for longer or release way stronger attacks without using more Energy, comparatively speaking.

Yet, Gravis wasn't an impatient, hot-blooded youngster. If he just ran straight into the Darkness Sect to get his revenge, he might not return. He first had to make sure that he actually had a chance of winning. The win wouldn't need to be assured. Having a chance was already enough. After all, if Gravis' victory were assured, then wouldn't he waste an excellent tempering opportunity?

Like this, Gravis first exchanged a large amount of his Contribution Points for body tempering pills. He quickly ate those, and his body also reached the Spirit Seed Stage. With this, he wouldn't need to care about any Sapling Stage cultivators. As long as their attacks didn't hit him, he could destroy them without much effort.

Yet, if he wanted to take revenge on the upper echelon of the Darkness Sect, he would require superb dodging abilities. Even though Sapling Stage cultivators weren't very dangerous, their attacks could still injure him.

Gravis had already decided on how he would take revenge. He wouldn't slaughter the whole Sect. After all, even though the disciples had similar temperaments, they shouldn't be liable for what their leaders did. He decided to kill the Sapling Stage elders and Byron. That would be plenty enough for his revenge. A corrupt leadership would only raise corrupt disciples.

The Darkness Sect had the single other Self Stage cultivator outside the Heaven Sect, except for Old Man Lightning. This person was called Old Darkness. At least, that's what Old Man Lightning called him. The Darkness Sect called him Ancestor Darkness. Of course, Gravis would have no chance against someone at that level.

of all, just like Old Man Lightning, Old Darkness never involved himself with what the Sect did. In actuality, he was even more distant than Old Man Lightning. He was basically not even part of the Darkness Sect anymore. So, that person

side. Of course, Old Man Lightning wouldn't involve himself in any fights. Neither he nor Gravis wanted that since Gravis wanted some tempering. Old Man Lightning would

Even before his fight with the priest, Old Man

ready for his goal, Gravis spent his time playing Dodge Ball. This training was invaluable when fighting against multiple people. He would fully make use of it until

nearly a full year

BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG!

shooting around his Spirit Space, and Gravis only moved his body just as much as necessary. One pulled back shoulder here, another leaning of the torso there, though sometimes he still needed to actually take a step or jump. By now,

PACK!

big as a ball. After all, his

get to it now, I won't have any more

some stretches and then started walking to

there? So, he moved his lightning right into his chest. Like this, it wouldn't look as ridiculous, and it also wouldn't

leave his body. It now looked like some white, aggressive ball grew out of his chest. Some of the stray

change its form into an elliptical one instead of a spherical one, nothing would poke out anymore. Sadly, the lightning always popped back into its previous form as soon as Gravis stopped using

Whoop!