Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis told them how he met up with his copy and how they first tried to destroy the trial. The group was a bit surprised since they hadn't thought about doing anything like that. They had just accepted their trial without trying to break it.

Well, it was understandable, actually. After all, everyone in the group was only in the initial Stage of Spirit Forming. Breaking something like the Heaven's Trial required just too much power. Gravis was in a different situation since he had enough power to fight something like that.

Together with his copy, Gravis could have annihilated the area of every previous trial. The power of two Gravises was just too great. Of course, Heaven had anticipated something like this, which was why it made the area for the fifth trial special.

When Gravis told them about the solution he had found for the trial, the group's eyes widened. Something like this was possible?

"Could we also have done this?" Nero asked nervously. He still felt terrible about how he had won the fifth trial.

Gravis scratched his chin. "You could not have done the same," he said. "You don't have the ability to change yourself into something that can be fused. Two Spirits can't fuse under normal circumstances. The only reason why this was possible for me was that my Spirit could be converted into lightning. At most, you would have been able to fuse your Energy."

Nero sighed. "And since the Spirit is the core of a person, we would have still been forced to kill each other."

Gravis nodded. "Sadly, yes."

"By the way," Joyce said with interest. "I can't feel your Spirit. Does that mean that you have reached the Self Stage?" she asked.

Gravis smirked and nodded.

Instead of being excited and happy, Joyce sighed in sadness. "That means you will leave us soon, right?" she asked.

Gravis also sighed but walked closer to Joyce and put his hand on her shoulder. "It was bound to happen eventually, but let me first tell you about the solution I came up with regarding our situation."

up and looked into Gravis' eyes

hopes, "but that won't

"I'm not sure what you mean," she

his head gently and looked at Manuel and Nero. "I need to talk to her privately,"

just waved dismissively while Nero

"I can tell you about the levels of the worlds and my homeworld because if you keep ascending, you will reach it eventually. At that point, we will be in the same world. When that time happens, and if you are still interested,

homeworld? I thought

want to go through with this. Some of the knowledge I am about to transmit to you can be dangerous for

couple of seconds. She was thinking through these things seriously. If Gravis said that

so weak that it

want to know," Joyce transmitted, "because my path won't be influenced just because someone said something. My path is more stable than that. So, you

he heard that. That's what he wanted to hear! If his words actually swayed her, he would have given up on her. Only such a powerful will would be

don't tell the others about what I'm going to say now. You have a goal now, so you can deal with this mountain that I am about to drop on you while the others can't," Gravis

motivated eyes. "I

lowest kind of world," Gravis transmitted, and Joyce nodded. This was no new information. After all, no one

comes the highest world, my

still be a world after the next world. The way Gravis had spoken about his homeworld and about his knowledge, Joyce had already anticipated something like this. Yet,

realized how weak everyone actually was in the grand scheme of things. What status would they even have in Gravis'

my homeworld, we can be together,"

wasn't sure how to react. How long would it take for her to reach Gravis' homeworld? It already took decades to reach the Unity Realm. What about the next

get disheartened by this! "I understand!" Joyce transmitted with motivation. "The only thing I have to do is get stronger! I have been doing that until now, so I just need to continue doing

he heard that. Gravis actually told her this for two reasons. One reason was to give her a goal if she really wanted to pursue Gravis, and the other reason was to show her how far the distance was between them. If, after thousands of years, she still wanted to be with him, it would show her love for him. At that time, Gravis

Maybe this was all a fancy crush of a young adult. If she grew out of it, that would also be fine. There were many outstanding individuals in the world, and some of them might even be able to