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!

react to his punch. Looking at his bloody and malformed

order, Gravis moved his physical power in and out of his Spirit while always keeping watch over the inherent Energy of his

Energy in my body is always equivalent to its power.

Gravis sighed.

this means that I can still only fully heal myself once. Even when I make my body weak, heal myself, and then shove physical power back into it, the percentage stays the same. This is really weird. Shouldn't there be additional inherent Energy stored in my Spirit when my physical power

thinking, Gravis sighed again. 'No use thinking about

Whoooom!

and all his lightning were shoved into his Spirit. Only a frail body and a small spark of lightning

about 235%. My Spirit and lightning are, in their normal states, about equally as strong. This means that shoving all my lightning

a little bit more. 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 don't like that one

a couple more minutes but then tried something

BZZZZZ!

output. 'The amount and density of my lightning increased proportionally. It takes up just as much space, but it has become way denser, and therefore, more powerful. Just as

Gravis shoved all his power

mind in panic. He had tried moving everything into his body, but it soon started crackling as muscles tore and bones cracked. When he saw

moment already made me sore all over,'

BZZ!

injury, so it didn't take much to heal

my body went above 300%, it started breaking down. Since my lightning and Spirit are both about triple

of my lightning and Spirit into my body, my body would reach 300% of its output, rivaling my Spirit and lightning's normal power. Yet, by

need to keep my lightning and Spirit both at 77.77777%. This would increase my physical power to 233.33333%, which is equal to 77.77777%

like the wasted potential of my power is kicking me in the face. If my body were as powerful as my lightning and Spirit normally,