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.

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

and turned his head

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

I'm just giving some ideas. After all, it's you that has to make this

and nodded. "Right you are." Then he chuckled a bit. "The new generation will always surpass the old,"

always be true, but, right now, I couldn't put

Whoosh!

"I said, dial back your arrogance!"

frowned at Old Man Lightning. "I wasn't talking about myself!" he shouted back. "I was talking about all those new disciples that

he didn't sound angry. "You dodged some of my canes, and now you think that you can walk all over me, is that it?

had forgotten that Old Man Lightning was still way more powerful than him. "Hey, I'm

"If sorry were enough, we

this, after a long time, Gravis got

Sect. Gravis had already healed himself and Lasar during that time. The helpless beating that he took from Old Man Lightning reminded him of his first days in the Lightning

the power of the people I am talking to. In other worlds, an attitude like this could cost me my life. Seems like there

beating had shown him another one of 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

and his lightning was already flowing out of his body. The only interesting thing would

got obliterated. On top of that, the Lightning Sect thought that the Darkness Sect had paid for their crimes. Leaving them their wealth could be considered as a small help. After all, the Lightning Sect wasn't interested in completely eradicating the Darkness Sect. That would just

He first wanted to inform all the elders in the Sect about his future plan. By falling 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

resource war. One shouldn't forget that the resource war would

meant 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 Tree Stage to secure the Lightning Sect's foundation, but he had decided that his own cultivation was more important. He had given enough to the Sect over the

would still be as powerful as an average Sect Master. With the Wind Sect also being close-by,

this, around two

participate in the resource war as long as he remained

his Will-Aura to an area of about 13%. As soon as he would reach 1%, he would have condensed a level three

Will. That was the main reason why they were more powerful than ordinary Self Stage cultivators. With the

stood at the front gate of the Sect. Old Man Lightning and Lasar stood opposite him with smiles on their faces. Gravis also smiled at them. He had already said his goodbyes to the only other being that he felt a connection with in the