Lightning Is the Only Way

After a whole month of traveling, Gravis and Orthar arrived in an environment with around quadruple the Energy density. This Energy density was about equal to the Core-Continent of Gravis' previous lower world. Along the way, they had also seen two other high-rank Spirit Beasts.

The first one had been a sizable starfish with a diameter of around 300 meters. Orthar had immediately been interested and had engaged it in combat while Gravis watched.

Their tentacles clashed against each other in a constant wrestling of superiority. Yet, due to Orthar's intelligence, he managed to turn the starfish around so that it was facing him with its back. At that point, Orthar's beak did the rest.

"I haven't felt this alive in eons!" Orthar transmitted to Gravis in excitement. "I feel like my youth is coming back!"

Gravis only smiled and let him have his moment of joy. Orthar hadn't fought a powerful opponent in who knew how many years.

As Orthar was eating, Gravis asked him how much he would need to hunt to reach the next rank. Orthar explained to him that he hadn't hunted an equal beast to him yet but had eaten a lot of weaker Spirit Beasts. They may not be nearly as nutritious as equally ranked beasts, but quantity was also a kind of quality.

Orthar expected that he probably only needed another one of these beasts to reach the Unity Rank. At that point, he would also be able to reforge his body into a more suitable one for combat, something he had been looking forward to quite a bit.

Surprisingly, the second beast they met was also a gigantic octopus. Orthar wasn't the biggest fan of eating another octopus, while this one was just too large for Gravis. Even with his new size, it would take forever to eat all that. That's why they left it be.

The octopus probably thought something similar since it also didn't engage them. Sometimes, there was just no reason for a fight.

So, like this, they arrived at a peculiar location after a month.

"The ocean is quickly growing shallower," Orthar said. "Are we getting closer to the central landmass?"

"I think so," Gravis said with furrowed brows. "I have feared this outcome."

do you mean? Isn't the landmass our goal?"

world I showed you? We are aiming for the ocean territories that stretch into the landmass. Like this, we don't need to leave

it means that

said. "We might need to change

you want to do?" Orthar

destination might take us years. You may not mind the wait, but I do. I want to become more powerful and get my perfect

our bodies so that we can go on land without a combat disadvantage, right?"

and in water, though maybe a bit better on land. Starting at the Unity Rank, beasts are also able to fly. If you make your body smaller, your tentacles longer and thinner, and attach some claws to them, you should also be able to fight

be bound by the ocean. Adaptability to the environment

"Alright. Then, let's get closer to the shoreline,"

seen the shore before. I'm

swimming for a couple of minutes. The ocean grew shallower until it was only around five kilometers deep, no comparison to its usual depth of about 60 kilometers. After reaching that spot,

that they didn't want to continue, but that a new situation required

before them. They were all tightly packed together and seemed to wait for something. Gravis saw no weaker beasts around. Everything was

many Spirit Beasts here?" Gravis asked Orthar with furrowed brows. "On top of that, they don't show any indication of fighting, even though there is a lot of prey for

a horde," Orthar

brows. "Are you just referring to the fact that there are a lot,

to the Sects, villages, cities, Clans, or other similar gatherings of humans that you have told me about. The beasts belong to one faction and are, therefore, not

chin. Just as Gravis had expected, Orthar's knowledge about beasts was useful. Initially, Gravis had only been interested in staying with Orthar until he became powerful enough, but he quickly grew to like the octopus. For some reason, the two really

similar to Gravis. Gravis might get annoyed by Orthar's constant questions, but Orthar never asked a question twice. He was also quite impressed by how

home or because they want to do something," Gravis said as he watched the horde. He

of beasts. Eels, sea snakes, octopuses, aquatic lizards, slugs, crabs, lobsters, and shrimps, nearly everything could be found here. Yet, Gravis noticed a