Lightning Is the Only Way

Old Man Lightning and Lasar had learned to trust in Gravis' imagination. Due to him not being raised in this world, he had a broader view, which enabled him to think outside the box.

"Oh? Now, I'm interested. Tell us!" Old Man Lightning said.

Gravis scratched his chin in thought. "Think about the situation like this. You would need 50 years to start your tempering again, so it will definitely take longer than 50 years to reach the Unity Realm for you, right?"

Lasar nodded.

Gravis lifted a finger. "Now, how long would it take you to recultivate from the Sapling Stage?" Gravis asked.

Lasar furrowed his brows. "I am halfway through the Tree Stage right now, so it will only take five years to return to my peak, but from the end of the Sapling Stage, I would probably need over ten years. The beginning of the Sapling Stage would be 20 years."

Gravis smirked. "Right, isn't that shorter than 50 years?"

Lasar still furrowed his brows. "I guess it is, but-"

WACK!

Old Man Lightning hit Lasar on the head with his cane. "Are you stupid? Don't you get it?" He asked with annoyance.

Lasar thought about this for a while. Then, after some seconds, his eyes widened, and he clapped thigh in realization. "Of course!" he shouted, and Gravis smiled. "In the Self Stage, I can only temper myself against others in the Self Stage. The same holds true for the Tree Stage. Sadly, due to me going through the tenth Stage of Magic Gathering, no one in the Tree Stage would fight me. My Unity Will would also make fighting against high-grade Spirit beasts too easy."

"But at the Sapling Stage, I could temper myself again since I would have plenty of opponents," Lasar said.

Gravis continued smiling and nodded. "Yes. With your bigger storage of Energy and your stronger will, you can probably manage to fight Tree Stage cultivators or high-grade Spirit Beasts. Though, you would have to fight one Stage higher than yourself." Then, Gravis shrugged. "After all, if I can fight two Stages above myself, you should be able to fight one Stage higher."

Whoosh!

Gravis evaded a cane. "Stop being so arrogant!" Old Man Lightning said with frustration.

Old Man Lightning. "Why? Did I lie?" he asked with

cane, harrumphed, and turned his head

stronger," Lasar muttered while scratching his stubble. "It sounds quite contradictory,

his hand dismissively. "Don't worry! I'm just giving some ideas. After all, it's you that has to

he chuckled a bit. "The new generation will always surpass the

smirked. "Well, that may not always be true,

Whoosh!

dial back

frowned at Old Man Lightning. "I wasn't talking about myself!" he shouted back. "I was talking about all those new disciples that are getting their Destruction Lightning right now! Don't always jump

Lightning said evenly. Surprisingly, he didn't sound angry. "You dodged some of my canes, and now

had forgotten that Old Man Lightning was still way more powerful than him.

smirked. "If sorry were enough, we wouldn't have

after a long time, Gravis got beaten

The helpless beating that he took from Old Man Lightning reminded him of his first days in the Lightning

not to forget the power of the people I am talking to. In other worlds, an attitude like this could cost me my life. Seems like there is

his weaknesses. If he talked like this with other, more powerful people, they might not stop after only beating him up a little. In a sense, Old Man Lightning's beatings taught him some

was already flowing out of his body. The only interesting thing would be body tempering pills, but he didn't want to increase his body right now. After all, if he got even more powerful, he wouldn't be able to temper himself

the Lightning Sect thought that the Darkness Sect had paid for their crimes. Leaving

to the Sapling Stage, the Lightning Sect wouldn't have anyone at the Tree Stage anymore. On top of that, Gravis was about to leave the Sect for the resource war. He would leave in about two weeks and stay inside the

ascend to the next world. After all, Gravis would be untouchable inside the closed area for the resource war. One shouldn't

that in two months, both Old Man Lightning and Gravis wouldn't be there anymore. The Lightning Sect would become way weaker than before. Lasar could remain in the

Stage, Lasar would still be as powerful as an

this, around two weeks

course, he didn't. After all, Old Man Lightning and Lasar had told him that he could only participate in the resource war as long as he remained in the Seed

more powerful than before. The tempering against the Darkness Sect helped a lot, and Gravis could now condense his Will-Aura to an area of about 13%. As soon as he would reach 1%, he would have

ordinary Self Stage cultivators. With the current strength of Gravis'

had already said his goodbyes to the only other being that he felt a connection with in the Lightning Sect. The Freya's Birch. It didn't want to see its father