Lightning Is the Only Way

As soon as Gravis reached a distance of ten kilometers, the Ogre woke up. 'Interesting. Spirit Beasts don't have a Spirit, but they have some kind of sense that makes them feel danger. All the previous Spirit Beasts I killed had only reacted when I reached a distance of five kilometers. So, high-grade Spirit Beasts have a range of ten kilometers. Good to know,' Gravis thought.

The Ogre looked in the direction of Gravis and started punching its chest in a show of dominance. The pounds were thundering, and Gravis could even hear them very clearly from such a distance. 'That's a powerful body. Its body is probably multiple times stronger than mine. I need to use my lightning to make up for the speed difference.'

"UWAAA!" the Ogre shouted aggressively and started charging at Gravis. Surprisingly, the ground beneath its feet didn't explode even though it was shooting itself forward with incredible power. Gravis didn't evade and took out his saber. He knew that he couldn't match the Ogre's power, even if he added his lightning. Yet, Gravis had a plan, and that required him to collide head-on with the Ogre.

Gravis and the Ogre quickly closed in on each other, and Gravis used his preloaded saber to attack back. The Ogre punched with its right fist, while Gravis attacked said fist with his loaded saber.

BOOOOOM!

The surrounding 100 meters exploded as a shockwave annihilated everything. Blood splashed as a huge crevice was torn into the Ogre's fist. Its middle finger was destroyed while the saber went halfway into its hand. The Ogre shouted in rage and pain while Gravis was shot into the distance with unreal speeds, barely retrieving his saber into his Spirit Space.

BANG BANG BANG BANG!

Gravis destroyed a massive amount of trees and boulders as he shot back. His saber was still fine, luckily, but his right arm was basically annihilated, along with his shoulder and some torn muscles. All in all, Gravis' injuries were way more severe than the Ogre's.

Gravis rolled a couple of meters more until he finally stopped.

BZZZ!

He used about 40% of his body's inherent Energy to reach his peak condition again.

"RAAAAA!" The Ogre shouted in rage as it shot at Gravis with bloodshot eyes. "DIE!" It transmitted to Gravis with an incredible amount of fury. "DIE! DIE! DIE!" it continued transmitting.

Gravis smirked when he saw that. His plan was a success. The Ogre had gotten an injury, while Gravis only used 40% of his inherent Energy.

Gravis' goal had been twofold. First of all, he wanted to injure one of its hands, which would make it act in one of two ways. Either it would not use that hand as much anymore, or it would be blinded by rage and make the injuries on its hand more serious. Both were good outcomes.

apprehensive or enraged. Both mindsets would make the beast weaker in combat. Either it would hesitate in attacks, or it would attack more directly to vent its

the Ogre was enraged. Its pain was completely forgotten as it abused its right hand to accelerate, leaving bloody fist-prints along its way. The Ogre quickly closed in on Gravis' position while Gravis resummoned his saber. Gravis readied himself and stood in a battle-position, waiting

Gravis had already been prepared for that attack. His pre-dodging appeared again after a long while. He hadn't been that outclassed in speed for a long while, which hadn't required him to use such a risky maneuver. After all, one wrong dodge could become fatal. Gravis still remembered

Whoom! BZZZZ!

his lightning as the attack's mighty wind blew his hair back. After sidestepping, Gravis didn't actually attack but passed the Ogre instead, using more lightning on his legs to make him as fast as possible. Why was he doing that? Wasn't

BOOOOOM!

had used 30% of his Spirit for the Lightning Bomb, and it only managed

Ogre cried in rage as it shot backward due to the explosion. Yet, surprisingly, its left fist wasn't that injured. It only showed some red marks and some cuts. One had to know that the Lightning Bomb was one of Gravis' most powerful attacks. That it didn't even manage to majorly injure the fist would appear surprising to

This had confirmed

still threw it backward, right into the waiting Gravis. Instead of attacking

BANG!

still flew over Gravis. After all, its center of Gravity was pretty high off the ground. Just as the Ogre passed over him, Gravis kicked its body with all his physical

into the air. Gravis might not have been able to injure the Ogre, but his powerful kick had enough power to shoot the Ogre into the air. Gravis had gained a lot of experience in fighting Spirit Beasts in the past year, and he also noticed how effective it was

Of course, Skye had been an exception. Instead, most beasts used their element to empower their attacks or to defend themselves. Gravis

earth element. That was why the ground beneath its feet didn't explode when it accelerated, and also why the explosion didn't injure its left fist. A stable ground made for better acceleration, and the earth element also hardened its fists. On top of that, the only reason why Gravis even considered matching the

fifty meters and was completely cut off from the ground. Without the ground, it was more difficult to use the earth element. As long as it touched the ground, it could use the earth to empower itself, but if it didn't touch the ground, it could only use its inherent Energy, which

BZZZZZ!

Bomb above himself. Before using it, he had about 40% of his Lightning and 70% of his Spirit remaining. One had to remember that every usage of lightning on Gravis' leg to accelerate cost a whole 20%, while 10% of that was quickly reabsorbed every

lightning without exploding. After all, the Lightning Bomb always absorbed as much lightning as it could. After summoning it, his lightning

SHING!

waiting, Gravis slashed forward, destroying his saber in the process. This high-grade Spirit Weapon had enough hardness to resist his Lightning Crescent when he had been at

create a counterforce for Gravis since it just cut the air. Due to that,

Whoop!

upwards, making Gravis fly right behind the crescent. In nearly no time, the Lightning Crescent hit the Ogre as it was still flailing helplessly in the air.

BOOOOOOOM!