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.

and her eyes widened. "A lot,"

elements can't increase their body above their current Stage because of their element's detriment, but your case is different. After all,

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

get canceled out, leaving you both with your base strengths. Everything besides your body would

I would only be able to injure my

from not getting injured to 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

growing agitated and excited as Gravis continued explaining.

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

herself was already like a dream

more logical it

connection between her mind and her dantian since it would bisect her." Without noticing, Manuel wasn't looking at Joyce

The revelation of this possibility completely changed his perception of Joyce. She would transform from a weak enemy

were to fight, she would need to keep herself as low

about this. "Yes, 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

after the slash, the opponent would be open to a counterattack. Imagine yourself in the enemy's shoes. You just used your most powerful attack, but 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

"Don't talk like I'm not here! Yes, that way of fighting sounds very impressive, but one mistake and I would lose my life! I

with even eyes. "Isn't that already the case? One hit to your dantian or head, and

wanted to refute that, but

all your potential. You need to get

Gravis' words hurt her, but she realized that he was right. If she couldn't even beat the people around her, how would she

as he shook her shoulder gently. She looked into Gravis' eyes as he looked back. "You have the perfect element to become incredibly powerful, but in order to truly use that potential, you need to completely change the

defined by

I said you need to change the outlook of your temperament, not your temperament itself," Gravis said. "Life Lightning is compassionate, but against an enemy, it isn't compassionate. With a

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 about receiving them? Wouldn't absorbing the injuries meant for

was opening a new door for her future. Her worries about

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

worries unimportant. If others were able to get through their lives alone, why wouldn't she be able to? She had a powerful Will-Aura and an

"You're right!" she shouted. "I need to depend on myself! Additionally,

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