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."

his current power? I guess that's true. If I hadn't taken 90% of my breaks, I could have probably reached

Generally, there are only five trials, not including the last fight between all

an hour of walking. Of course, Gravis was 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

was up, Gravis arrived before another 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

he still couldn't find an enemy. Gravis was sure that no one could escape his senses, even if there were a priest with the

which he had entered from, and

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

walls and closed his eyes. He would probably need to wait for a couple of days, and sure enough, about four days later, a five-man-group entered

and then bitter smiles. They knew of Gravis and his unheard of Battle-Strength. The fact that they felt that his

up fights against Sect Masters, but that made no difference. Some of them looked with melancholy at the ceiling. First, they lost their Sect Master, and now their

was the group from

BANG!

stele appeared in the middle of the arena. "Kill the opposing party to pass

arena. The group released some heavy sighs as they also walked to the middle. One person of the group, who looked especially distraught, could only say one word. "Why?" he

thing I can do for you is to tell you everything about

telling them everything about his life and journey. This was

his Homeworld in 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

them about the concept of Karmic Luck and how this whole situation came to be. Either way, they would die,

took multiple

that Heaven wants your Wind 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

there is still one more bullshit trial. I would probably just fight you in the fourth trial then. Only the fifth trial is when Heaven will unveil

just innocent people that got dragged into

in Gravis' Homeworld. They had also been shocked about

"Even though we thought that we were free and unrestrained,

can't send anything more powerful than a priest at me, so it can't kill me with a