Lightning Is the Only Way

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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!

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

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

to reach the next evolution. I think it should take around two beasts, one rank

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

Gravis looked and charged upward. The ocean was pretty deep, and Gravis had previously already ascended

20 kilometers, Gravis saw more beasts. They were Demonic Beasts, and their ranks were varied. Gravis couldn't see a pattern of strength. Since he didn't need Demonic Beasts anymore,

It was a 50-meter-long orange fish. 'Man, eating that will take

no difference. The only difference would be over how much mass the power would be distributed. An Energy

surface shouldn't be far,' he thought, and sure enough, only a couple of kilometers further, Gravis jumped out of the ocean

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

eye could see. 'No sign of any beasts at the Unity Realm or higher. I am

inside the water

need air!' Gravis thought. 'Or, more like, I need water. My body

Splash!

a deep breath. Then, he jumped out again and continued flying.

CRRRK! Whoop!

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

was very thin. This shouldn't take more than five sittings. After killing that eel and summoning

Splash!

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

'Eh, doesn't matter.'

Whoop!

again. "Don't let anything get close to me, and if you see something that