Lightning Is the Only Way

The group looked with questioning gazes at Gravis. What was he talking about? Someone with Life Lightning wouldn't be able to use their element offensively. This gave them a severe disadvantage over their opponents. Someone like that could be the strongest fighter? How would that even work?

Joyce waved her hands defensively. "No, no, no!" she said quickly. "How would I be able to win against the others? Their elements suppress me, and I would be on the defensive the whole time!"

Gravis smirked while rubbing his chin. "Let me explain," he said. "First of all, why didn't you upgrade your body to the Seed Stage already?"

The group got even more confused as they furrowed their brows. What's it with this stupid, obvious question?

Joyce also furrowed her brows. "Because my own body would hinder my element, and if I wanted to release it, I would probably spend over double the cost. My element would be weakened significantly like this."

Gravis nodded. "Yes, but that is only a disadvantage if you wanted to release it to fight, right?"

"That also counts if I want to heal someone else. If I don't use my Life Lightning to heal others, what would be the point of having it in the first place?" Joyce asked with skepticism.

Gravis wasn't deterred by her question and only chuckled a little. "But can't you still heal yourself?"

Joyce scratched her neck. "I mean, sure. The healing of my own body wouldn't be hindered. I would only need to use more Life Lightning to heal it since a stronger body requires more Life Energy."

Gravis continued smirking. "Right. Now, let's think logically about this. You can probably heal yourself to your peak condition from a near-death state about 20 times, right?"

Joyce nodded.

"With a body at the Seed Stage, you would still be able to heal yourself around ten times, right?"

Joyce nodded again.

"Alright. So, if you fight as you are now, you can probably take down one enemy one Stage above yourself thanks to your Will-Aura, right?" Gravis asked.

Joyce nodded.

"Then, how many enemies at the Seed Stage would you be able to take down with a body at the Seed Stage?" Gravis asked with a smirk.

eyes widened.

nodded. "Right! The other elements can't increase their body above their current Stage because of their element's detriment, but your case is

thought. "I guess not," she said after a while. Her mind was

Stage. Your Will-Aura would be able to bridge the gap of two Stages. Both of your Will-Auras would get canceled out, leaving you both with your base strengths. Everything besides your body would be two Stages lower. Yet, with only your body, you would still be able to, at least, injure that enemy,

able to injure

would be swift. Yet, thanks to your Life Lightning, you only need to protect your head and dantian. As long as one of these two things isn't destroyed, you can immediately heal yourself to

and excited as Gravis continued explaining. "Yes, I

times, you can

too unreal. Fighting one Stage above herself was already like a dream to someone with Life Lightning. Yet, Gravis was saying that she could fight two

thought about it, the more logical it seemed. The others

in thought. "A loaded wind blade from me could sever the connection between her mind and her dantian since it would bisect

plan on how to win. The revelation of this possibility completely changed his perception of Joyce. She would transform from a weak enemy

nodded. "Yes. That's why having the element isn't enough. Only by knowing the weapons of the enemy would she be able to counter them. If you two were to fight, she would

and an enemy that doesn't know how she fights would, instead, use a vertical slash. Normally, to evade a vertical slash, a cultivator needs to move their body around a meter to the side. But in Joyce's case, she only needs to move a couple of centimeters. As long as

enemy wasn't even injured. You would have wasted your most powerful attack for basically

talk like I'm not here! Yes, that way of fighting sounds very impressive, but one mistake and

hit to your

wanted to refute that, but

your potential. You need

looking at the floor. Gravis' words hurt her, but she realized that he was right. If she couldn't even beat the people around her, how would she be able to reach the

"You have the perfect element to become

temperament is defined by my element. I can't change my temperament as

against an enemy, it isn't compassionate. With a more powerful body, you will still be able

to yourself, I see no problem. You will still use your Life Lightning to heal, but instead of focusing on healing others, you are focusing on healing yourself. You can heal injuries without any problem, so what's so bad

It was like he was opening a new door for her future. Her worries about the future seemed so distant now. Even though she hadn't talked about it, she had been

friends or family anymore. Together with her weak element, wouldn't she just

through their lives alone, why wouldn't she be able to? She had a powerful Will-Aura and an incredible

of uncertainty, they shone with battle-intent. "You're right!" she shouted. "I need to

should be! Strong and able to fend for themselves! Having companions was great, but it was not a necessity. Even