Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis jumped out of the arena and looked at the group evenly. The group was actually quite shocked at how quickly the fight had ended.

"Gravis! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Joyce asked with worry as she ran up to him and looked at him closely.

Gravis could only sigh at that. "No, obviously, I'm not. I can heal myself by converting the inherent Energy in my body into Life Lightning," he explained simply. Then, he turned to the remainder. "Since I am supposed to be your guide, I'll start explaining the backgrounds of the fight now."

Joyce was a little annoyed that Gravis just brushed her worry off and immediately went to teaching, but there was nothing she could do.

"Gravis, why didn't you unleash your preloaded weapon into the puppet's head as soon as you struck it?" Manuel asked. "This seemed like a way better way to win the fight."

The rest of the group also had this question. Why didn't Gravis unload his saber?

Gravis laughed a bit. "You're right. That would have been a cleaner and better way to win the fight. I would have done that if I could."

Whoop!

Gravis summoned his saber. "This saber has been forged specifically for me, and it has different Formation Arrays. The Formation Arrays allow me to store my most powerful attack, the Lightning Crescent. Sadly, the good comes with the bad, and the addition of the new Formation Arrays makes it impossible for me to store a normal loaded attack."

A light of recognition appeared in the group's eyes. "But you could have unloaded it anyway. After all, such an attack would probably not have broken the rules," Manuel said again. "Simply unloading your weapon should be okay, even if it had a Lightning Crescent inside."

Gravis smirked a little. "Yeah, you're probably right, but that's not the reason why I didn't unload it," Gravis explained. "I am pretty sure that the restriction on my Lightning Crescent wasn't there to make it hard on me but to protect you guys."

Joyce frowned. "But the arena is protected with a powerful Formation Array. Nothing is able to leave the arena."

his head. "The Formation Array can probably block an attack at the Self Stage, but my Lightning Crescent is actually more powerful than just an attack in the Self Stage.

know that you're

Bang!

to summon a will-sphere. Instead of explaining, it would be easier to show them. He infused his lightning into the will-sphere, and it

BOOOM!

lightning explosion happened. Gravis' will had become many times more powerful, as well as his Spirit. This 1% of

immediately activated again, and nearly the whole arena was filled with lightning. Together with his more compressed lightning and his stronger will, this one percent of his Spirit created a force that would have been equal to around 30% of his

to the group. "That was 1%

even have been able to

the weapon and fighting position of the puppet, I knew immediately that it had the fire element. The puppet fought rather smartly by keeping one of its hands free. With that free hand,

now listened to

also stopped its main plan. Remember that the enemies try to anticipate everything you do, but they

the explosion, even though you knew that it was coming? This seemed like a waste since you

would not have been injured, and the hand of

Gravis was coming from, but she still wasn't wholly convinced. Wasn't the point in winning a fight not to die or not get injured? Why

of it like this. The fight starts, and I have a 50% chance of dying and a 50% chance of winning. By injuring the hand of the enemy, the chances of winning would rise to 60%. Yet, doesn't that still leave

at the arena. "The puppet fought safely without taking any risks,

darkness disciple was confused now. "But fighting safely is, as its name says,

to me in every single way. It was faster, had more stamina, had a more powerful body, more powerful Energy, a more powerful Spirit, yet it hadn't managed to hit

forward. "Because you never gave it any chance to make use

I had retreated after destroying its hand, its fighting style might change. Maybe it would

into a disadvantageous position. The safest way to win was to go all-in. The moment when the puppet didn't immediately

speak up. "That all makes sense, but why did you injure yourself to that degree? Your leg was completely destroyed, and your body was full of burns. Couldn't you have won without injuring