Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis quickly exited the third trial and made his way to the usual hall. After around an hour of walking, Gravis reached the hall and saw his group. Everyone was still alive, making Gravis smirk. Everyone's Will-Aura had increased, and Claude had also condensed his Unity Will.

The darkness disciple also had a fully concentrated Will-Aura now. Joyce was well on her way to reaching a level two Unity Will, but that would still require some tempering. Manuel had also started to slowly concentrate his Unity Will, but he was still a long way off from a level two Unity Will.

When the group saw Gravis, their eyes opened in shock. Gravis had already reached the Tree Stage? Wasn't that a little too fast? His will also felt much more powerful, but by now, the strength disparity was just too large. They couldn't judge Gravis' Will-Aura anymore. It just felt incredibly powerful.

"Congratulations!" Joyce shouted with a smile as she clapped into her hands, excitedly. "Now, no one below the Unity Realm can fight with you anymore!"

Gravis nodded with a smile. "Thanks. I should be able to reach the Self Stage in another ten months. Then…" Gravis trailed off as his smile transformed into a smirk.

Gravis didn't need to finish his sentence to make the group understand. They knew exactly what his goal was. After two more trials, Gravis would reach the Self Stage and then the Unity Realm. At that point, he would fight against Heaven, something that had seemed unimaginable to them a couple of years ago.

"I want to see it when it's time," Manuel said with a smirk as he stepped closer.

Instead of smirking back, Gravis' face transformed into a frown. "Manuel. There's something I need to tell you," he said.

The group noticed Gravis' change in tone and grew serious. Yet, how did Manuel react when he heard that?

Manuel only sighed.

"I think I know what you want to tell me," he said with helplessness. "Since humiliation didn't work, Heaven probably wanted to make you regret and rage. My disciple brothers are dead, aren't they?" he asked.

Gravis nodded solemnly.

When Manuel saw Gravis nod, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Tell me how it went down," he said with a calm tone as he sat down in the middle of the hall.

and Manuel with a mixture of disbelief, frustration, anger, and pity. Heaven was really taking it too far. Gravis walked closer and sat down opposite Manuel. The remaining three people also walked closer. Claude was just about to

Bang!

to the side, surprising him. Then, she sat down beside Gravis. When Claude saw that, he laughed a little and

I entered the third trial…" Gravis started as he told the group about

the heroic end to their lives made the situation much easier to accept. The group from the Wind Sect had been able to insult Heaven however

for such a long time," the darkness disciple chimed

even though

"I would have never guessed that the earth shook because the Wind Sect's group was insulting Heaven. It must have been really angry if we felt that from so far

smiled slightly. "It sure was angry," Gravis said. Then, he continued telling the tale of the five heroic men from the Wind Sect. Their inevitable deaths elicited some

with closed eyes. He had closed his eyes to better imagine that scene. He knew all five of these men, so he could

had the opportunity to insult this world's ruler and captor," Manuel said slowly. Then, he laughed. "This is a better death than nearly all cultivators will ever experience. While everyone had been caged, these five had managed to break out of the cage and spit on our captor.

how they lived, free," Gravis said,

not your fault. Even though they have died, they had been able to show

didn't do anything. I only told them why they were in

their third one. They had fought solo and in groups, always outnumbered two to one. Yet, surprisingly, even though the trial could objectively be called harder, subjectively, it wasn't harder at all. According to what

were way stronger

only a day after they had passed

being a full Stage weaker, Manuel was now only about half a Stage weaker. He had made a lot of progress. Previously, he had been able to win a one-on-one fight against someone a full Stage higher, but now, he could fight around three of

After all, she hadn't really participated in fights before this Heaven's Trial started. But

to walk to the door, yet he stopped when he noticed something. Meanwhile, the group smirked at him.

two doors, like the previous times, but only one door. On top of that, the single door also had a big '5' inscribed above it. When Gravis

that Gravis had talked to Heaven. Wasn't that useless? After all, Heaven didn't

why it would do that. Killing the group would be ridiculous. The highest Heaven would, obviously, not accept that. Yet,

Pack!