Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked at the person standing in the middle of the arena. It was a young man, nearly two meters tall. His brown hair, steady body build, and severe eyes were indicative of his element. He was definitely cultivating the earth element. On top of that, the person was at the Self Stage and had an unreal amount of Karmic Luck surrounding him. He was, without a doubt, a priest that cultivated the earth element, the perfect counter to Gravis.

'This will be incredibly difficult. His body is one Realm stronger. His Energy is two Realms stronger. His Spirit is also two Realms stronger. On top of that, his Heavenly Pressure is a little weaker than my Will-Aura, but that's without considering the level suppression. With the addition of the level suppression, his Heavenly Pressure is a full Realm higher than my own. I will probably be slowed to around 70% of my max,' Gravis thought severely.

As Gravis entered, the door behind him closed with a bang. He was locked in the room with the priest.

The priest had already noticed Gravis and looked at him evenly. "Your death has arrived, sinner," he said.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. "You think? What makes you so sure of that?" he asked without fear.

The priest showed no emotional reaction to Gravis' words. "I know your techniques. You have revealed them in the Darkness Sect, and our agents have seen them." The priest pointed at Gravis' saber. "This saber is probably already loaded with the attack that you call Lightning Crescent, right?"

Gravis' eyebrows shot up. "Impressive. You even know the name of my attack. Then you probably also know what it's capable of, right?"

The priest nodded. "A fully loaded Lightning Crescent would even be a danger to me. Trust me when I say that I am not taking you lightly, even in the slightest. All my instincts are saying that you are not a danger, but the High Priest has ordered that I should look at you like you are as powerful as another priest, and I will follow that order. The High Priest's words are my belief, and I won't break them."

Gravis smirked a little. "I still don't see what makes you so confident," he said.

Whoop!

Two Jade Tokens appeared in the priest's hand. "Do you recognize these tokens?" he asked.

When Gravis saw them, his eyes narrowed in seriousness. These were the same tokens that Byron and the other priest had used. The priest saw Gravis' reaction. "So, you know them. Yes, these are the tokens that create a barrier around me that blocks an attack below the Unity Realm. Your Lightning Crescent exhibits power in the Self Stage, but after being blocked by one of these Jade Tokens, I won't even feel a thing."

top of that, I was chosen as your enemy because

BANG!

bang as it appeared in front of him. "You are slower than me, even with your lightning. My body is powerful enough to rival your unique acceleration method. I will stay on the defense all the time, and I won't put myself in danger until you are, without the slightest

two of his Lightning Crescents, and any

weapon hand will always carry a token so I can activate it at a moment's notice. I won't drop my guard for even a second. Resistance is

that. The priest took him as a dangerous, mortal enemy. Convincing him that his belief was wrong? Impossible! The Heavenborn fully believed

there for a couple of seconds,

BANG!

from the middle of the arena as the priest shot towards Gravis, his unreasonably large shield in front of him. Gravis

see was a huge, metal wall charging

BANG!

10% of his lightning into the ground. His speed peaked, and he circled the priest.

BANG!

arm to the side. The saber never even came close to reaching the priest. Gravis' arm was broken, and if he hadn't retrieved his Saber into his Spirit Space, it would have

BANG!

and shoved his shield forward, directly at Gravis. The shield was infused with the earth element, and its already ridiculous weight multiplied. On top of that, the shield was just too wide. Deflecting it with magnetism would be absolutely useless. Like this, the shield hit Gravis, and he got shot into

BANG!

back hit the arena's wall nearly 700 meters away and bounced off, leaving not a single mark on the wall. It was just way too sturdy. The shield bash had further decimated his arms while the wall's impact broke his spine into many pieces. Gravis lay on

your lightning, I won't allow that. I will keep charging at you like this until you are dead," the priest said as he ran at Gravis again. "Also, I know that you can heal yourself in an instant, so stop

had planned to catch the priest off guard, but that plan also didn't work. If Gravis

BZZZ!

around 60% of his Life Lightning to get back into his peak condition. Yet, what did that accomplish? He had already wasted 10% of his lightning in an attempt to get around the priest's defense. The same thing would just repeat. He could do the same thing and unload a

Spear? That would waste his lightning even more. Cultivators with the earth element could increase their body's defense significantly. On top of that, the priest's body was two Realms higher than Gravis' lightning. Even a Lightning Spear with 60% of his lightning would only, at most, injure one arm of the priest. Like this, Gravis would basically use all his lightning. What