Lightning Is the Only Way

CRRR!

The door that had been silent for six months finally opened. Gravis turned to it and released a sigh of relief. "Finally, I can continue," he said.

It had felt like forever to him. Being alone without any outside stimuli for six months was incredibly boring to him. Mortals might find such a thought horrifying, but Gravis was already used to it. To him, it was nothing more than boredom.

Gravis retrieved his lightning and Spirit. He had been trying to make the Lightning Bomb stable. It was a huge issue that it always absorbed all of his lightning whenever he summoned it. This made the technique very problematic since he couldn't control the output of lightning. If he managed to use as much lightning as he wanted, he could build new techniques on top of that foundation.

Why did Gravis not ask for more Battle Techniques from the Lightning Sect? The issue with that was that all of the Battle Techniques had the same base. All the techniques were based on a combination of Spirit and will. As long as he couldn't control his lightning's output, any additional Battle Technique became meaningless.

One had to know that the Lightning Bomb and Lightning Crescent didn't have anything to do with the Rakshasa Saber. The attack might be similarly performed, but only up to the base. The Rakshasa Saber needed Energy to function, not lightning. As soon as lightning came into the equation, it stopped being the Rakshasa Saber.

The Lightning Bomb and Lightning Crescent were new techniques created by Gravis. Sadly, without the ability to control the lightning output, the usage of those two techniques became very limited. Gravis had tried to fix that for a long while now, without any result. The sphere would summon another him, basically, and the second him wanted his own lightning. It was just instinct.

Yet, the six months didn't go by without any result. His dodging became even better thanks to his new way of training. His control over his physical power also increased.

What was the use of better control? It was the optimization of the user's power. More powerful attacks needed a longer windup, while weaker attacks would be faster. For example, using a slash with Gravis' full power would be stupid if he fought against a wind cultivator. The slash would be too slow to hit them. A weaker but faster slash would still be powerful enough to injure the person.

"Anyway," Gravis said as he cracked his neck. "Time to go. I wonder what you have in store for me, Heaven. Will you use your secret weapon right now, or later?"

With that said, Gravis walked through the opened door and looked at the walls. "Sure enough, the door was many meters thick. Trying to brute-force my way through that would have taken forever."

Gravis walked for about a minute and then entered a small hall. The hall was identical to the one where his group has split up. And, funnily enough, his group waited for him there. When Gravis saw them, he was pleasantly surprised.

The group also looked at him and smiled. All four were still alive, relieving Gravis. Even though only two people from the group could be considered friends, Gravis still didn't want them to die. He was a little happy that everyone was still alive. He also saw that their wills had grown a little bit. Apparently, the trial had been dangerous, but not that much.

up in shock. He was very experienced in battles and with people. The moment he saw Gravis, he felt that Gravis' Will-Aura had become much more powerful. Such an intense increase could only happen if someone went through an incredibly dangerous

user's Battle Strength. On top of that, the first trial should be the easiest one.

well. He felt that Gravis' body was equal to someone at the Tree Stage. If he had had such

quickly ran to him and grabbed his right hand with both of her hands. "Thank you so much for your

could only bitterly smile. "It's alright. I didn't do much. I

I am still bad at fighting, but I can, at

could call that creativity," the lightning disciple said from the side

the face. "Shut up, Claude! You promised

only smiled bitterly

an eyebrow. "Oh? What

still red face. "Can't you see that I am obviously embarrassed about this!?

eyes. "Sure, keep

the group, he got an idea. "Do any of you have

Stage," Manuel said. "I also don't need them for the time being. My body is already more powerful than my Realm, which makes it difficult to use

to reach the Seed Stage,"

the Sapling Stage," Joyce chimed

his chin for a bit. "No offense, but that amount of pills won't

of weapons. I am most comfortable with a long sword, but I am also fine with a spear. Though, I already have a weapon. So, if you want

Whoop!

the spear. "You sure?" he asked with a

widened to their limits. "Holy shit, is that a peak-grade Spirit

been able to judge the weapon's quality, but when they heard Manuel's shout, their eyes also widened in surprise. Where did Gravis get that?

and surprise. "Normally, about 80% of the weapon's grade is decided by its Formation Arrays.

"Core? Like a Beast Core?"