Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis waited patiently. He knew that Byron knew nearly all his techniques and methods. After all, Gravis had told and shown him in multiple fights. Byron also knew about Gravis' Lightning Bomb and Lightning Crescent. Due to that, Gravis was sure that the elders stood very far apart.

Yet, just with the case when Byron used Gravis' higher knowledge to his advantage, Gravis could now do the same thing to Byron. Byron knew Gravis' creative way of fighting and was probably incredibly careful right now. Gravis was sure that Byron was not only careful but actually too careful.

He was probably so intimidated by Gravis' growth and unique ways of fighting that he was afraid of committing a mistake. If Byron had directly attacked Gravis in the Illusion Array, he might have managed to kill Gravis. Of course, in that case, Gravis could have just exploded himself with lightning, taking Byron with him. Byron knew Gravis, and Gravis knew Byron.

Whoosh CLANK!

Gravis felt his surroundings move slightly and slashed with his saber. Two weapons collided, and Gravis got thrown back. All the elders had bodies more powerful than Gravis, making it difficult for him to block their attacks.

As Gravis flew back, he felt another fluctuation.

CLANK! BANG!

Gravis blocked with his saber and immediately unloaded the previously-stored attack. The attack destroyed the attacker until only ash remained. 'Another elder dead, another trump card gone,' Gravis thought.

At least Gravis regained another 20% of his lightning for a total of 60%. Sadly, his saber could only hold one loaded attack.

SHING!

Gravis had felt the fluctuation, but he was too slow to react. His whole left arm was cut off. Yet, instead of counterattacking, Gravis jumped back, quickly using 20% of the inherent Energy inside his body to regrow the arm. Yet, that wasn't enough! Nearly all the Life Energy inside his body was destroyed by the darkness that was infused into him, requiring Gravis to convert all his Energy into Life Energy.

He felt the attack and knew that it had come from Byron. With Byron's carefulness, he wouldn't have committed to such an attack if he wasn't sure that he could escape afterward. If Gravis attacked him now, he might waste the remainder of his lightning.

first wanted to take out the remaining

Clank! Clank!

elders had become more careful after the death of the third elder. They realized that any mistake could cost them

Clank! Clank! Clank!

people that gave their lives for a greater cause. Their own lives were more important than anything. Thus, none of the two elders

dragged on like this for

it was difficult, but because his enemies didn't give him any openings. 'Are they trying to exhaust my physical power?' Gravis

had tried that tactic on him yet, but it seemed to work. On top of that, it was nearly impossible to foresee the attacks. The attacks came from spots so far apart that it should be impossible for the elders to get there. Gravis was sure that darkness cultivators had some kind of movement ability

block, he would become exhausted quicker. Yet, the elders had more powerful bodies and took

If this continues, I might actually die without having put up a fight!' Gravis thought. 'I haven't fought against someone that used this tactic before. I need to release, at least, 20% of my lightning with some added Spirit to kill one

of attacks, Gravis decided to change his way of fighting. As the next attack arrived, Gravis blocked it again, but surprisingly, the sound of clashing weapons was way quieter than before. Gravis had shown a blocking motion as a feint. Instead of actually blocking, he had let the elder throw his saber away. The elder's eyes

BANG!

quite surprised by that since it had taken him only a split second to summon his saber. This meant that someone

were left, but Gravis had lost his weapon. Was that worth it? Definitely not! Gravis had fallen for Byron's trap. Gravis quickly searched the loot for another weapon but noticed that all the loot was

Whoosh, Whoosh!

weapon to halt the remaining elder's advance, the elder continued attacking. The elder had seen that Gravis had no more weapons and attacked him with a flurry of attacks. The elder was attacking Gravis like crazy, but Gravis managed to dodge every single attack. Without his Will-Aura slowing the elder immensely, and without the evasion training with his Spirit Seed, Gravis would

the elder swung in very wide arcs, making it impossible to get close. On top of that, it was always only one dagger that attacked. The other one was in a position between defense and attack. If Gravis

stab with no problem, but an attack fully loaded with darkness would sap him of all his Life Energy. If he still had the inherent Energy in his body, he could refill his Life Energy. Sadly, he had used

into his body, basically ending his life. A trade of injuries, a tactic that Gravis had used a

element, for example, would be destructive, but not a sure death. The advantage of fire, on the other hand, was that it could be used from range.

by converting that Energy into Life Energy. Anyone else would just straight up die in one hit. Sadly, right now, he would be just like anyone else. One hit, and he would

couldn't resist for much longer and became more aggressive. After all, Gravis couldn't dodge forever. His attacks became more fervent, and it became more difficult for Gravis to evade. If there