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.

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

his cane, harrumphed, and turned his head away from

stronger," Lasar muttered while scratching his stubble. "It sounds quite contradictory, but it should work. This is

waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry! I'm just giving some ideas.

you are." Then he chuckled a bit. "The new generation will always surpass

that may not always be true, but, right now, I couldn't put it better

Whoosh!

another cane. "I said, dial back your

and 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 to conclusions,

shit, eh?" Old Man Lightning said evenly. Surprisingly, he didn't sound angry. "You dodged some of my canes, and now you think that

knuckles as Gravis noticed that he had forgotten that Old Man

only smirked. "If sorry

like this, after a long time, Gravis got beaten

returned to the Lightning 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 Sect.

that one,' Gravis thought. 'I think it would be better 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

If he talked like this with other, more powerful people, they might not stop after

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

paid for their crimes. Leaving them

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 Freya Clan

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

would become way weaker than before. Lasar could remain in the Tree Stage to

helpless. Even at the Sapling Stage, Lasar would still be as powerful as an average Sect Master. With the Wind

around two weeks

he wanted. Of 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 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 condensed a level

had a Heavenly Pressure, which corresponded to a level two Unity Will. That was the main reason why they were more powerful than ordinary Self Stage cultivators. With the current strength of Gravis' Unity Will, he had

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 Lightning Sect. The Freya's Birch. It didn't want to see its father going, but there was no