Lightning Is the Only Way

The barricade shivered again as they saw Gravis lifting his leg again. Their indecisiveness grew with the previous two deaths. Imagining death and seeing death was a big difference. Yes, they went through a lot of life and death tempering, but they hadn't been in a fight where they were this outclassed! On top of that, all their previous fights had always included both their lives and beliefs. Yet, now, they had to choose between the two. This choice tore them apart on the inside.

BANG!

Gravis' kick hit, and another disciple at the Seed Stage shot into the distance. No counterattack came. Just like before, Gravis vanished from the barricade. He quickly reappeared before the disciple that had just landed. The disciple froze in fear, and Gravis repeated the same thing as before. The others didn't stop him. They were still indecisive about their decision. Gravis' hand slowly moved towards the throat of the disciple, who still lay on the ground.

"AAAHH!" the disciple shouted, and he attacked Gravis with his pike. Gravis simply evaded the attack. An attack made out of fear was easy to evade. After evading the attack, lightning appeared around Gravis' hand, and he slapped the disciple.

BANG!

The head of the disciple was reduced to ash. His Energy entered Gravis as his belongings popped out of his body. "Third idiot down!" Gravis said.

Did Gravis feel bad? Not at all! If he were weaker, he would have died to them. If he were weaker, they wouldn't have announced their goal of killing him at that distance. Like this, they would have suddenly attacked him from a close range. Weakness didn't absolve one of their decisions. They wanted to kill him, so he felt no remorse in killing them. They had chosen their path, knowing fully what awaited them at the end.

Gravis cleaned his hand off the blood and ash. Then, he turned around and looked at the barricade again.

"AAAHHH!" three disciples shouted with rage, panic, and fear. They charged forward with all their power, leaving the barricade. They had decided that their beliefs were more important than their lives. When Gravis saw them, he slowly walked closer to the charging disciples.

Whoosh!

The first disciple stabbed forward with his lance, trying to hit Gravis. Obviously, Gravis easily sidestepped the attack. Another lightning-filled hand ended the disciple's life. Then, Gravis turned to the other two.

CRR!

stop, destroying the ground in the

BANG!

into pieces. All his belongings left his body and appeared around him. What the others didn't see was that his element also left his body. The disciple shouted in pain

BANG!

and all his belongings left him. When Gravis saw this, he smiled. This time, it was in relief. He didn't feel bad about killing people that wanted to kill him, but he also felt like killing those people was a waste. After

new ones." Then, Gravis walked closer to the first disciple and put his hand on his shoulder, making the disciple freeze in place. "You also don't need to cultivate the earth element. Maybe you'll find one

nothing else but stare at Gravis. Right now, he was lost and had no idea how to

and also smiled at the other disciple. Yet, before Gravis reached the much smaller barricade, someone left it. Surprisingly, it was the younger of

Clank, Clank!

his two weapons to the side. "I've never agreed with this whole stubborn belief thing," he said calmly but decisively. "Yet, I was forced to accept it. Everyone around me followed that system, and I couldn't cultivate without it. I was afraid of losing all my progress, so I stayed true to this.

BANG!

whole belief thing is retarded!" he shouted angrily through his gritted teeth. "This whole thing is messed up! We are supposed to create our beliefs when we reach the Magic Gathering Realm, but how

for a long time, always accepting his current circumstances. He didn't want

cultivation system!" he shouted with all his power. Even though his cultivation was destroyed, he still had a powerful body. His voice echoed for multiple kilometers and shook some trees. "I have enough of this fucking bullshit! Even if I reforge my beliefs, right now, I am just a child in the eyes of my future self! My future self will think that I am an idiot right

The disciple's speech resonated with him. Wasn't he also very different from his past self? Skye's parent's death had shown him how much he had changed, and he also somewhat believed his past self to be a naïve fool. If one always clung to the things they believed in the past, they

and even clapped. "I am impressed by

young man took a deep breath. "I'm Eros," he said. Then, he walked closer to Gravis. "Can I join the Lightning

"Why

dear to me. When my power eclipsed that enemy, the Earth Sect forbade me from taking revenge. I hadn't been part of the Earth Sect when that bastard had

chin. "How

an alliance, my 'petty revenge' would endanger the 'family'. Therefore, I was forced to swallow my hatred. I think that everyone has the right to seek their own justice. If someone steps on your bottom line, your family shouldn't force you to swallow that enmity. This thing gnawed at me every day, and I

amount of willpower and motivation. His eyes were basically burning with fervor. Gravis also realized that Eros' Will-Aura was rather

Eros' shoulder. "I am certain that the Lightning Sect will accept someone like you!" Then, Gravis walked to the barricade and stopped in front of it. "Life or Beliefs!?" he