Lightning Is the Only Way

"Bored now," Gravis said as he suddenly shot upward into a sitting position. He had been looking at his surroundings for five hours now, but the novelty had worn off. His concentration had recovered during that time, and, by now, he felt completely rested and awake.

Gravis quickly stood up and smirked. 'Time to test my power a bit,' he thought.

So, the first thing he did was look at how much he could see with his Spirit. As soon as Gravis concentrated on his Spirit, he realized how far he could see. His eyes widened in shock. It was way farther than he had anticipated.

'I can see the whole Core-Continent and nearly all of the Middle-Continent. This is ridiculous!' he thought. His Spirit had expanded and encompassed thousands and thousands of kilometers. Traveling to the edges of his Spirit would probably take him nearly a whole day, even if he considered his new speed.

One had to know that the Middle-Continent was many times bigger than the Core-Continent. The fact that he nearly saw all of it shocked him immensely.

Yet, one shouldn't forget that Gravis' Spirit, due to its peculiar affinity, had always been far wider than everyone else's. The High Priest had been able to oversee the Core-Continent, so in actuality, it wasn't that weird that Gravis could also see the Middle-Continent.

Gravis always had a Spirit with a radius five times bigger than someone at his current Stage. One shouldn't forget that quintupling the radius of a sphere didn't just quintuple the volume. Quintupling the radius actually increased the volume of a sphere by over a hundred times!

"This is incredible!" Gravis involuntarily said.

Then, he checked his lightning. It was just as big as before, but that didn't represent its power. It had absorbed a ridiculous amount of Energy, but his stronger Spirit had concentrated the lightning further. Even though it didn't look to be much more than before, the quantity and quality were around four times higher.

Gravis also inspected his body for a bit but saw nothing surprising. It just became harder, stronger, and heavier again.

'Speaking of heavier,' Gravis thought. With an order from his will, his physical power entered his Spirit. It was as simple as pouring one glass of water into another. His body became weaker and lighter as Gravis moved more and more of his physical power into his Spirit.

After moving all of his physical power into his Spirit, Gravis felt weak. 'What a wondrous feeling,' Gravis thought. 'My body has definitely become weaker and lighter. I wonder, is my physical power actually not the physical matter of my body, but something else? How else would I be able to move it into my Spirit? It's not like I just shove blood and muscle in there.'

Crk!

broke his hand. The boulder didn't even react to

always keeping watch over the inherent

to its power. When I reduce my physical power, the inherent Energy

Gravis sighed.

same. This is really weird. Shouldn't there be additional inherent Energy stored in

use thinking about this right now. Let me first stress

Whoooom!

small spark of lightning remained. Meanwhile, his

thought. My Spirit has only increased to a power of about 235%. My Spirit and lightning are, in their normal states, about

This means that shoving my physical power into my Spirit doesn't help as much. So, instead of increasing my Spirit to 300%, I can only reach 235%. I

grumbled in his thoughts for a couple

BZZZZZ!

output. 'The amount and density of my lightning increased proportionally. It takes up just as much space, but

Gravis shoved all his

it soon started crackling as muscles tore and bones cracked. When he saw that, he immediately moved everything

Just this short moment already made me sore all over,'

BZZ!

heal his body. It was only a minor injury, so it didn't take much to heal him.

my lightning and Spirit are both about triple my body's power, they could theoretically increase my body's power by 600%, to a total of 700%, relative

reach 300% of its output, rivaling my Spirit and lightning's normal power. Yet, by taking power away from them, they would be lower than their normal output, creating another

Spirit both at 77.77777%. This would increase my

the wasted potential of my power is kicking me in the face. If my body were as powerful as my lightning and Spirit normally, I would be at 100%, but now,