Lightning Is the Only Way

"I am really impressed by your rapid growth," Byron said as he reappeared a hundred meters in front of Gravis. "I would have imagined that it would have taken longer for you to become that powerful."

Only Gravis and Byron were in this area. No living thing could be seen for kilometers. The ground, mountains, and trees had long been destroyed by the prolonged fight with the elders. Right now, it was only Gravis and Byron in a wasteland without any life. The only thing that could give one company was the darkness and cold wind.

Gravis looked emotionlessly at Byron. "Would you have ever expected that it would end like this when you decided to scam me?"

Byron sighed. "Initially, no," he confessed, "but after Old Man Lightning saved you, I have expected that something like this would happen. Though, I had expected that it would happen in, at least, five years."

Gravis continued looking evenly at him. "Actually, the opposite is true. It couldn't happen any later," Gravis said. "Right now, I am only 2% away from the Sapling Stage. In just two more weeks, this whole thing wouldn't even be dangerous for me anymore."

Byron's insides shook as he heard that. Then, he laughed a little. "And instead of waiting for that, you decided to use my Sect as tempering." Byron shook his head. "I can't imagine anyone that would be so crazy." Then, he looked with a complicated expression at Gravis. "But, I guess that's why you are growing so rapidly. Such a crazy growth requires an equally crazy attitude."

Gravis smiled a little. "Did you know that your best chance of killing me was directly after I entered the Illusion Array?" he asked.

Byron sighed. "Yes, but I was afraid that you were faking your infatuation. On top of that, if I were to strike you and you decided to blow up, I would be dead. I couldn't take the risk."

Gravis shook his head. "Even when I fought the elders, you kept yourself away."

"That was because of your Lightning Sphere. If I struck you and you managed to summon that, I would be dead," he said.

"And that's why you will lose today," Gravis said. "You have been so afraid of committing a mistake that you didn't act at all, allowing me to kill everyone around you. Now, you are alone. Was it really worth it to sacrifice basically your entire Sect to weaken me to this extent? Do you think it was necessary?"

Byron laughed a little. "But!" Byron shouted with a smirk, "you ARE exhausted and have no weapon. I think that outcome is more than enough. To be honest," Byron said as he looked at the Darkness Sect, "If I could choose again," then he turned back to Gravis, "I would act exactly the same. Exchanging the Darkness Sect to weaken you is worth it in my eyes."

"You really don't care that all your elders are dead, do you?" Gravis asked.

it as a means to an end. No one has any loyalty toward it. Everyone wants to use everyone else to achieve their goals." Byron chuckled a little. "That's just how darkness cultivators are. Don't

wanted to be sure. Hearing it directly from Byron

said as he charged forward. He didn't use his lightning as acceleration since he had to

could feel the fluctuations in the darkness.

swung at Byron from a distance. A leg appeared inside his grip as he threw it. Gravis had cut off way more

SHING!

and Byron took note of how Gravis positioned himself. He quickly readied himself and slashed at both of Gravis' outstretched

SHIIIIIING!

mountain of arms and legs appeared before Byron, surprising him. He knew that Gravis would have more body parts, but not that many! After cutting through many arms

BOOOOM!

secret to kill Byron. After all, he had never forgotten Byron while he had been fighting the elders.

completely empty. Yet, even though Gravis was sure that this would have been enough to kill Byron, Gravis decided to jump back. That was because he had not felt any Energy entering his body. This could only mean

Crack.

hear a small thing cracking apart, and his eyes narrowed as he saw Byron stepping out from behind

used against Old Man Lightning! "I had to do dirty work for the Heaven Sect for 50 years to get one of these. This token is

the fact that he had attacked Gravis once, but he hadn't expected that it was this! "And even though you had that, you decided against attacking

than the entire Darkness Sect. After all, only the High Priest can make these. This is like a second life! I'd rather sacrifice the whole Darkness Sect than

You are exhausted. You don't have a weapon. You are helpless now. It seems like I win again, Gravis. On top of that,

walked closer as Gravis lifted his hands in a defensive position. When Byron saw that, he chuckled some more. "Really? Even now, you think you

but also got some nice tempering. After this is

has tempered my will, something that I haven't felt for a long while. You know, I am really thankful that you were able to become so

only looked at him with narrowed

how long I have waited for this moment," he

Gravis said back as his

Whoosh!