Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis pulled the thing out and looked at it.

"CREEEEEE"

It released a maddened and enraged shriek, but Gravis didn't falter. It was a long, black worm with eyes completely covering its body. It looked like an abomination that parents would make up to scare their children into behaving.

More spires shot at Gravis, but Gravis only tightened his hold on the worm. The spires broke down before they could reach him.

"You look really disgusting, Heaven," Gravis said evenly. "Who would have expected that the thing that has haunted me for six whole years was such a disgusting worm? Would you have ever expected that this day would come?"

"You meddling ant!" it shouted in its screechy voice. "Why won't you just die!? If your father weren't there to protect you, you would have died long ago!"

"And if you weren't born from Heaven, you would have also died many times over. Background is also a part of strength," Gravis said.

"CREEEEEE!"

It shouted as Gravis used more of his strength. This was a shout of pain, and Gravis enjoyed it. Finally, Heaven felt a sliver of what he had felt for the past six years.

"Is it infuriating to be suppressed? Isn't it horrible when someone stronger than you can control your life?" Gravis asked.

"You won't dare to kill me! If I die, this whole world will be destroyed!" it screeched.

Gravis looked at the world as the black holes were devouring it. Then, he turned back to the black worm.

"Sorry, but this world is more important than your life," he said.

The worm became happy, but then, the Void-Stone Saber stabbed through its mouth. It released another high-pitched screech, and Gravis started turning the saber slowly inside Heaven's body. After around a minute, the worm fell silent.

BOOOOOOOM!

A shower of Energy exploded out of the worm as all its saved-up Energy was released into the world. Luckily, the corpse remained in one piece. Without someone guiding the Energy, it merely entered the holes without repairing them. Gravis remained calm as the world was ending around him.

"Don't play jokes on me. You won't let this world go to waste," Gravis said.

Whooosh!

All the holes vanished instantaneously. The destroyed continents were also restored to their status before the fight had begun. Yet, the dead remained dead. Everything recovered, except life.

Whoooosh!

Energy reappeared in the atmosphere, and in no time, it regained its old density. If there weren't so many dead people and beasts, one would believe that everything had been a dream.

would have hesitated. Yet, what was a lower world to the highest Heaven? Even if there were only one lifeless grain of sand remaining,

ended, and they could scarcely believe that they were still alive. Yet, the sadness of their dead loved

Middle and Outer-Continent had been spared from the massacre. They only felt the Energy reducing and felt the

most people in the Core-Continent had died. The Sects managed to keep themselves alive since they were fast enough to escape the destruction. Initially, they had believed that their homes would be destroyed, but with the highest Heaven's help, their homes had been

Gathering Realm died. The people that had it the worst were the Body Tempering disciples and the mortals. Body Tempering cultivators had now become even

Whoop!

sent his saber and Heaven's body into his Spirit Space. He might have a use for Heaven's body,

released a sigh. Heaven had died, and his enmity had been avenged. Looking across the restored world,

much. Yet, what could

I am a monster?" Gravis asked

then sighed. "I can't fault you for what you did. I know lightning, and

noticed that Lasar had dodged the

hadn't expected that the world would suffer that much.

can tell me honestly what you think of me,' Gravis

shot into the distance. There was one

of minutes, he arrived at the edge of the Middle-Continent. Gravis stopped as he looked at something,

a green, 90-meter-long hurricane hawk. It was a

It didn't know this human, but the human's aura seemed incredibly familiar.

Snort!

as a lump of guilt formed in

Gravis didn't follow it, the bird

PACK!

body at the Seed Stage was light enough to fly with.

Plop!

on

a Spirit Beast, Skye had the capability to transmit

been angry because of what he had done, but

said, hugging

was too dependent

Gravis its story, and Gravis told Skye his story. Skye hadn't known that it was Gravis who had nearly ended the world. After all, Gravis' voice had only been transmitted to

realized that Skye didn't know, he grew nervous again. He

it shouted in excitement as Gravis finished his tale. "I'm honored to call you

I have killed

about that?" it sent back, legitimately confused. "We become stronger, and that automatically makes weaker beings suffer. It's how the world works. Why should you be guilty

thing after he had realized the change he had brought

Skye," Gravis

"Why?" Skye asked.

sentence has helped me immensely," Gravis said back. Then, he realized something.

you not?" Skye asked