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!

Seed Stage weren't rare,

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

disciples had probably seen that Gravis had killed ten of the Seed Stage disciples and

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!

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

to exhaust me!' Gravis realized with anger. He didn't mind killing weaker people that attacked him, but it was something different when an elder threw

a lot of bodies hit him, Gravis threw everything to the side with all his power. His physical body was very powerful, and the invisible pile of bodies got shot into the

BOOM!

came back. Instead, the world crumbled apart. As soon as Gravis noticed that something was happening, he opened his eyes

now, at the side of the Darkness Sect, facing diagonally outward. One kilometer more and he would have reached the outside of the Illusion Array. The elders had probably grown nervous and decided to act right now.

from the ground around him, scrambling away. As expected, they didn't flee towards their Sect, but away from it. Their panicked faces

Gravis saw two elders standing behind a group of disciples in the initial stage of Spirit Forming. The eyes of the disciples showed pure horror.

elder lying just ten meters besides him,

"YOU IDIO-"BANG! SHING!

thinking that he was empty. Yet, he spotted the reappearing white dots on Gravis and barely willed for the Formation Array to protect him.

when the elder had just realized that he had actually survived, Gravis 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

of his lightning left. At least the Formation Array was destroyed along with one elder. Gravis took note of the two elders behind the disciples and another two elders standing beside Byron.

sure that Byron was frustrated because the elder had used the Formation Array to block

shouted, all the elders

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

the disciples