Lightning Is the Only Way

Complete darkness surrounded Gravis. His Spirit was cut off from the outside world, and his eyes were closed. He also ignored everything that he heard. After all, he had to walk forward without any distractions. He only opened his eyes and Spirit for a split second every couple of seconds to see if he was still inside the Illusion Array.

While walking forward, Gravis swung his saber continually to destroy everything before him. He couldn't risk touching a tree right now. If he did, his lightning would unload into nothingness.

His heart pumped quickly. It wasn't because of nervousness, but because of excitement. He could see and feel nothing while one enemy at the Tree Stage and, at least, five enemies at the Sapling Stage watched him. Any one of those could attack him suddenly.

Gravis felt extremely close to death right now. Walking blind around an area where an enemy could strike him created waves inside his mind. This sensation alone was good tempering for him. Even if the others didn't attack him, in his mind, he would have still gone through a life and death crisis. Perception was everything when it came to the tempering of one's will.

BANG!

10% of his lightning unloaded again. This time, Gravis felt his lightning unload itself via his leg. He also quickly felt around 10% of his lightning regenerating. Apparently, he had just killed someone at the Seed Stage.

BANG!

Another unload from the same leg, and another wave of Energy entered his body.

BANG!

And again. Gravis was quite surprised by the disciples' willingness to throw their lives away, but he quickly thought of a reason. Some of the disciples probably made a pact where they decided to exhaust Gravis. After all, every single lightning strike cost Energy, and Gravis couldn't possibly have an infinite amount of that.

He also guessed that Byron had probably offered that gamble. He probably said something along the lines of that any disciple that managed to injure him would get some powerful weapon or something similar.

BANG!

And again!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

at the Seed Stage weren't

even less of those. After all, they didn't temper themselves as crazily as the Fire or Lightning Sect. Gravis guessed

had killed ten

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!

his eyes as he realized several things. The unloads didn't come from a single point of his body but form all over him at random spots. On top of that, every single unload didn't give him 10% of his Energy back, but only 5%. This could only mean

are throwing disciples at the initial stage at me to exhaust me!' Gravis realized with anger. He didn't mind killing weaker people that attacked him, but it was something different

threw everything to the side with

BOOM!

lightning leaving his body. Yet, surprisingly, no Energy came back. Instead, the world crumbled apart. As soon as Gravis noticed

Sect, facing diagonally outward. One kilometer more and he would have reached the outside of the Illusion Array. The

standing up from the ground around him, scrambling away. As expected, they

a group of disciples in the initial stage of Spirit Forming. The eyes of the disciples showed pure horror. Those were probably the "lucky" disciples that had the

also noticed another elder lying just ten

"YOU IDIO-"BANG! SHING!

The elder had been too shocked to react. Earlier, he had charged at Gravis, thinking that he was empty. Yet, he spotted the reappearing white dots on Gravis and barely willed for the Formation Array to protect him. The Formation Array blocked the lightning and

had taken the initiative and finished him. 20% of his lightning regenerated, but his storages were still very low. The avalanche of bodies thrown at him had been cruel but effective. Every single lightning strike used 10%,

of the two elders behind the

the dead elders. Gravis was sure that Byron was frustrated

all the elders

right now!" Gravis shouted at the disciples. "They are in stealth and can't risk showing

avalanche, the disciples fled