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."

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

The group also said their 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

walk was longer than last time, and it took nearly 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 couple of months after that

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 wide

priest with

was the door, which he had entered from, and one door that led to the next trial.

nothing else he could do. He could only accept his current circumstances. At least, he wouldn't need to

would probably need to wait for a couple of days, and sure enough, about four days later, a five-man-group

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

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

group was the group from the Wind

BANG!

the middle of the arena. "Kill the opposing party to pass the trial," it

heavy sighs as they also walked

near the stele. "The only thing I can do

about his life and journey. This was the first time

background would make many of them despair. After all, the gulf was just too vast. The concept of teleportation didn't

He also told them about the concept of Karmic Luck and how this whole situation came to be. Either

everything took multiple

your Wind Sect is the closest Sect to me, except the Lightning Sect. Lasar, the Sect Master of the Lightning Sect, knows

bullshit trial. I would probably just fight you in the fourth trial then.

innocent people

power of the people in Gravis' Homeworld. They had also been

free and unrestrained, in reality, we weren't? As long as Heaven exists, we can't be

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