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.

her eyes

Stage because of their element's detriment, but your

said after a while. Her mind

Gravis continued. "Think about fighting someone at 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 with your base strengths. Everything besides your body would be two Stages lower. Yet, with only

was still in thought. "Yes, but I would only be able to injure my enemy once before

not dying. You would be able to stab the enemy's body once, but 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 things isn't destroyed, you can

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

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

a dream to someone with Life Lightning.

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

her dantian since it would bisect her." Without noticing, Manuel wasn't looking at Joyce as a weak

how to win. The revelation of this possibility completely changed his perception of Joyce. She would transform from a weak enemy into a dangerous one if they

the weapons of the enemy would she be able to counter them. If you two were to fight, she would need to keep

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 it doesn't hit her head or dantian, the connection won't be severed. This also lowers the speed requirement to dodge

shoes. You just used your most powerful attack, but your enemy wasn't

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

already the case? One hit to your dantian or

refute that, but she

that Joyce remained quiet, Gravis walked closer and put a hand on her shoulder. "If you want 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

that he was right. If she couldn't even beat the people around her,

perfect element to become incredibly powerful, but in order to truly

my temperament is defined by my element.

outlook 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 be able to heal others, just not as good as

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 about

Her worries about the future seemed so distant now. Even though

she just be

were able to get through their lives alone, why wouldn't she

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

Joyce. This was how a cultivator should be! Strong and able to fend for themselves! Having companions was great, but it was not a necessity. Even without