Lightning Is the Only Way

"I still think this is going too far," Manuel said after some seconds. "The whole world saw your last trial, and your reputation will be forever tarnished in an unrecoverable way."

Gravis shrugged. "So?"

Manuel was a little taken aback, but then he laughed a little. "Yes, you're right. What does it matter what the world thinks about you? It has no impact on you," then, Manuel sighed. "It seems like my temperament is still not decisive enough."

Gravis rubbed his chin in thought. "I wouldn't be so sure about that," he said.

Manuel raised an eyebrow. "Oh? How so?"

Gravis smiled. "Because it hasn't happened to you, but to someone you consider a friend," Gravis said. "I would probably also be angrier if it happened to you or Joyce. We often feel more pain for someone we are close to than the person might feel themselves. Of course, it strongly depends on the situation, but I think in this case, this is true."

Manuel remained silent for a while. "I think you're right. If that had happened to me, I wouldn't care as much. After all, I know that my power speaks for me. If someone confronted me with that, I could just kill them."

Gravis nodded. "Exactly!"

Manuel walked closer and patted Gravis' shoulder. "It might seem cruel and unfair to my dead master, but I am happy that I met you, Gravis. You have shown me an entirely new outlook on the world, Heaven, and how a cultivator should be. If my dead master could see us, I think he wouldn't regret his death. He was just that kind of person."

Gravis also smiled slightly. "Thank you for your words, Manuel. I also consider you a friend," he said.

Manuel smiled more when he heard that. "Great! That's what I like to hear!"

The group talked some more for a couple of hours, sharing their experiences and outlooks on life. After the conversation lulled into silence, Gravis stood up. "No time to waste," he said.

The others looked at him reluctantly. "Why are you always so impatient?" Joyce groaned. "We haven't seen each other in eight months, and now you want to leave again."

Gravis shook his head with a smile. "I don't want to stop. If I indulge too much, I might become complacent. I can't risk that."

wanted to object, but she realized that Gravis was probably right. 'Is this why he has achieved his current power? I guess that's true. If I hadn't taken 90% of my breaks, I could have probably reached my current Realm a whole year earlier. My Will-Aura would probably also be more powerful. Is my current mindset really the right one for cultivation?' she

goodbyes, and like this, Gravis was alone again. "Let's see what you have for me this time, Heaven. Generally, there are only five trials, not including the last fight between all groups. This is already the third one. Your secret weapon will probably come at the fifth trial, so the next two will probably include more of

walking leisurely. He wasn't walking much faster than a mortal. After all, he was in no hurry since he had to wait for a couple of

door. With a push, he opened it and entered. He saw an arena identical to the arena of his first trial. It was about a kilometer wide and

sure that no one could escape his senses, even if there were a priest with the darkness element in here. Gravis also doubted that possibility. The arena was lit and about as bright as the outside during the afternoon. If there were a powerful darkness cultivator waiting for Gravis

one peculiar thing. All his previous trials had two doors. One of them was the door, which he had entered from, and one door that led to the next trial. This trial had three doors. "So, my enemy will arrive from one of

had a suspicion of what this trial would entail, and he wasn't happy about that. Yet, there was nothing else he could do. He could only accept his current circumstances. At least, he wouldn't need to kill his own group. Gravis made sure that this wouldn't happen

wait for a couple of days, and sure

with shock, surprise, and then bitter smiles. They knew of Gravis and his unheard of Battle-Strength. The fact that they

Some of them looked with melancholy at the ceiling. First, they lost their Sect Master, and now their Sect was about to lose their most talented disciples.

the group was the group

BANG!

"Kill the opposing

some heavy sighs as they also walked to the

the stele. "The only thing I can do for you is

little reluctant, but eventually, they complied. After that, Gravis started telling them everything about his life and journey. This was the first time where he told someone absolutely everything without holding anything back. He even told them all

detail and his specific background would make many of them despair. After all, the gulf was just too vast. The concept of teleportation didn't even exist in this

came to be. Either way, they would

everything took multiple

Sect to die, but because your Wind Sect is the closest Sect to me, except the Lightning Sect. Lasar, the Sect Master of the Lightning Sect, knows some of the things I told you, but not everything. That's why they have not sent anyone this year. If they had, I would probably fight against them

just fight you in the fourth trial then. Only the fifth trial is when Heaven will

are just innocent people

people in Gravis' Homeworld. They had also been shocked about

while. "Even though we thought that we were free and

why Heaven is doing this. It can't send anything more powerful than a priest at me, so it can't kill me with a fight. That's why it is trying to rile