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 my current Realm a whole year earlier. My Will-Aura would probably also be more powerful. Is my

be going. See you in a couple of months," Gravis said as he stepped into the next door. 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 the last fight between all groups. This is already the third one. Your secret weapon will

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

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 and

if there were a priest with the darkness element

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

He could only accept his current circumstances. At least, he wouldn't need to

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

at him. The group looked at Gravis with shock, surprise, and then bitter smiles.

them could even put 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 Sect was about to lose their most

the group was the group from the Wind

BANG!

appeared in the middle of the arena. "Kill the

heavy sighs as they also walked to the middle. One person of the group, who looked especially distraught, could only say

near the stele. "The only thing I can do for you is to tell you everything about this farce. Let's talk,"

journey. This was the first time where he told someone absolutely everything without holding anything back.

despair. After all, the gulf was just too vast. The concept of teleportation didn't even exist in this world, yet beggars in Gravis' home city could even do that? People who could fly were

Luck and how this whole situation came to be. Either way, they

everything took

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

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

all in all, you are just innocent people that got dragged into this," Gravis

the power of the people in Gravis' Homeworld. They had also been shocked about the fact that there were three more grades of worlds above theirs. All of this just seemed too unreal and

were free and unrestrained, in reality, we weren't? As long as Heaven

doing this. It can't send anything more powerful than a priest at me, so it can't kill