Lightning Is the Only Way

Whoop!

Gravis summoned some edible parts of the fish he had killed earlier and shoved them into his mouth. Then, he watched his stomach for a couple of minutes.

'It's being digested, but it takes quite a long time. I think it should be more efficient to hunt weaker Demonic Beasts and eat the fish later,' he judged.

Whoop!

The massive flounder disappeared as Gravis recalled it into his Life Ring. Keeping it outside would only be detrimental. The Demonic Beasts might flee at the sight of this massive flounder. After that, he used his Spirit to shoot himself upward.

With his ridiculous speed, it took only a couple of seconds until he reached a part where the pressure wasn't overwhelming. However, that pressure had stopped being relevant after he had reached the power of a Demonic Beast anyway.

'Speaking of, the ferocious beasts probably have it quite difficult at the bottom of the ocean. The pressure makes it really hard for them, though I only saw crustaceans at the bottom of the ocean. Their hard outer shell probably makes it easier to hunt there.'

'Yet, on the other hand, the ferocious beasts might not even hunt. I think they mostly gain their power by eating the falling leftovers,' Gravis thought as he saw some meat falling down beside him. 'I guess most of them eat these leftovers until they become powerful enough to actually hunt by themselves.'

'Yet, I wonder where the fish and eels become powerful. Fish and eels don't have such a powerful outer layer. So, there should be some area where they gain their strength,' Gravis thought as he looked around him.

'They are probably further away from the world's core where the Energy density is lower. No Spirit Beast or Energy Beast would be interested in staying there.'

Gravis shook his fleshy alligator head. 'Let's focus on getting stronger for now. Analyzing the workings of the world can wait,' he thought as he looked at his surroundings.

Surprisingly, the density of beasts was way lower than on the bottom of the ocean. Gravis only saw two Demonic Beasts inside his Spirit Sense. One of them was a rather big fish, while the other one was a kraken. The big fish looked like it had just eaten something.

'Middle-rank and high-rank,' Gravis estimated. 'I should be able to digest a middle-rank Demonic Beast without any issues.'

CRK! CRK!

Spirit Space and resummoned the fish parts. After separating edible from inedible again, he shoved as much as he could of the fish into his

again,' Gravis thought in frustration. Yet, that didn't deter him. He looked at his stomach for a couple of minutes and saw that the

I think it should take around two beasts, one rank higher than my body, to rank up. So, I need one more middle-rank Demonic Beast and two

a minute. Even though the population looked rather scarce, it wasn't a problem to find food with Gravis' insane speed. Yet, it still took him another five minutes to actually find a

that beast, Gravis looked and charged upward. The ocean was pretty deep, and Gravis had previously already ascended by about 20 kilometers.

ranks were varied. Gravis couldn't see a pattern of

saw his first Energy Beast. It was a 50-meter-long orange fish. 'Man, eating that

would be over how much mass the power would be distributed. An Energy Beast that was only two-meters-long had the same amount of power as one that was 200-meters-long. It was just

surface shouldn't be far,' he thought, and sure enough, only a couple of kilometers

as heavy as his previous one. So, flying wasn't an issue to him right now. Though, that would probably become impossible after he

any beasts at the Unity Realm or higher. I am probably nowhere

resistance, his speed multiplied. He kept checking all the beasts inside the water with his Spirit, but after some

Gravis thought. 'Or, more like, I need water. My body is still

Splash!

Spirit, and took a deep breath. Then, he jumped out again and continued flying. He repeated

CRRRK! Whoop!

shark that was only five meters long, and it was an early-rank Energy Beast, perfect for him. 'Got one,' Gravis thought as he tore it apart and summoned it into

eel, but it should be easy enough to eat since its body was very thin. This shouldn't take more than five sittings. After killing

Splash!

he checked the surroundings with his Spirit. 'No living being around, not even ferocious beasts. This is probably the turf of a powerful Spirit

'Eh, doesn't matter.'

Whoop!

if you see something that can put up a fight against