Lightning Is the Only Way

The group traveled for a couple of minutes before they arrived at the fourth trial. The area of this fourth trial looked different than all the previous ones. Before this, Gravis had only seen big arenas or just small rooms, but this one was a fusion of the two.

A one-kilometer wide, lowered arena was in the middle of the trial ground. Around the edges were benches, low-quality weapons, and even training dummies. The arena took up 90% of the area, surprising Gravis a little. Why wouldn't the arena just take up all of the trial ground? What was the point of this side area?

"Oh, cool," Joyce said with a smile. "It's just like the earlier trials."

Gravis looked at her with a lifted brow. "This is how your earlier trial grounds looked?" he asked.

Joyce looked at him with a questioning look. "Yeah, did your trial grounds look different?"

Gravis nodded. "Yes. The second trial was a small hall, while the other two were just an open area. There wasn't a specific area dedicated to fighting."

"Well, it wouldn't make sense to create a dedicated arena for only one person, would it?" Manuel interjected as he stepped forward. "How did you think we decided who would fight which enemy? In these kinds of trials, enemies will appear one after the other inside the arena while we wait outside. As soon as the enemies spawn, a sign appears that tells us which cultivator should fight."

BANG!

In the middle of the arena, a stele appeared. The group looked at it and read the inscription. "The four cultivators at the initial Stage of Spirit Forming will temper themselves against the appearing enemies. The cultivator at the Tree Stage will act as a guide and teacher for fighting," Joyce read aloud.

She smiled and turned to Gravis. "So that's why we are together in this trial. Gravis, you will teach us how to fight! Isn't that great?" she shouted with a smile while waving at him from beside the stele.

Gravis rubbed his chin in thought. "Is there really no trap here?" he mused to himself. "Am I really only supposed to teach them?"

Gravis narrowed his eyes and looked at the ceiling. "Did you actually learn from your mistakes? Did this really just happen?" he asked with genuine surprise. "Have you realized that you can't suppress me anymore? Are you actually intending on not making it hard on me in this trial?"

No answer came.

Whoom!

Tree Stage will give a one-time demonstration of his skills. One enemy at the Self Stage will appear with an equally strong dantian and body. In order to demonstrate his Battle-Strength properly, the cultivator

the others furrowed their brows. The enemies that they had fought in their previous trials had also been a Stage higher than them. If one only looked at the two

know that the Will-Aura was the main reason why the group could fight above their Stage. Without it, they would be weaker in everything. The cultivators thought about how a fight against such an enemy would go,

surprise, eliciting worried gazes from the group. "Heaven actually learned from its mistakes. Color

Bang!

it and was pretty sure that it was only there to block the shockwaves from exiting the arena. Joyce looked with worry at Gravis as

of the arena with his head. "Leave. This is not a

nodded and jumped

Whoom!

grey, including clothes, skin, hair, and eyes. He carried a large saber that looked less like a saber and more like a knife. It was over two meters long

BANG!

person shot forward while readying the humongous saber in one hand. His other hand was close to his

BANG!

unable to react. The huge saber immediately slashed down while

Gravis' head, but he didn't even look at

BZZZ BANG!

fire off. The fireball exploded, destroying the puppet's hand in the process. Gravis had noticed that the fireball had been

over Gravis, but most of its power had been stopped by the puppet's hand and the Lightning Spear. Yet, the explosion was still powerful, and

BANG!

lightning explosion to accelerate through the shockwave. He quickly reached the puppet, lifted his saber high, and

CRK!

it

BZZZ!