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.

thought about this, and her eyes widened. "A lot," she

their body above their current Stage because of their element's detriment, but your case is different. After all, you don't fight with your element, do

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

the Sapling 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

would only be able to injure my

the counterattack 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

was growing agitated and excited as Gravis continued explaining. "Yes, I would," she

smile. "And since you can heal yourself ten times, you can

a dream to someone with Life Lightning. Yet, Gravis was saying that she could fight two Stages above

the more Joyce thought about it, the more logical it seemed. The others also started

thought. "A loaded wind blade from me could sever the connection between her mind and her dantian since it would bisect her." Without noticing, Manuel wasn't looking at Joyce as a weak girl anymore, but as an

need to think about how he would fight her. Yet, now, he needed to actually plan on how to win. The revelation of this possibility completely changed his perception of Joyce. She would transform

Only by knowing the weapons of the enemy would she be able to counter them. If you two were to fight, she would need to keep herself as low

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

your enemy wasn't even injured. You would have wasted your most powerful attack for basically nothing. Like this, without her even doing anything, she would have robbed you of

fighting sounds very

to her with even eyes. "Isn't that already the case? One hit to your dantian or head, and you would die. I see no

to refute

to reach the top, you need to unearth all your potential. You need to get comfortable with injuring yourself to slay the enemy. If you can't even do that, then

looking at the floor. Gravis' words hurt her, but she realized that he was right. If she couldn't

Gravis' eyes as he looked back. "You have the perfect element to become incredibly powerful, but

unsure eyes into Gravis' eyes. "But, my temperament is defined by

of your temperament, not your temperament itself," Gravis said. "Life Lightning is compassionate, but against an enemy, it isn't compassionate. With a more powerful body, you will still

instead of focusing on healing others, you are focusing on healing yourself. You can heal injuries without any problem, so what's so bad about

for her future. Her worries about the future seemed so distant now. Even though she hadn't talked about it, she had been anxious about the time when she would

just be wild prey? All her security

worries unimportant. If others were able to get through their lives alone, why wouldn't she be

short moment and then reopened them. Yet, instead of uncertainty, they shone with battle-intent. "You're right!" she shouted. "I need to depend on myself! Additionally, if I absorb all the injuries, my close ones

to fend for themselves! Having companions was great, but it was not a necessity.