Lightning Is the Only Way

"You are finally able to craft the perfect body," the unfamiliar Lord said from the side.

The Lord could be described as some kind of weird octopus. His head was only a meter tall, but his tentacles had five times the length. Additionally, his whole body was covered in tough scales.

Of course, this unfamiliar looking Lord was Orthar.

His tentacles ended in long and sharp claws. Yet, instead of being round, his claws had the form of a four-pronged hook. Orthar was able to move them around, and if he put them together, they would take the form of a powerful spear. After penetrating a target with that spear, he could move the hooks around inside the target to injure it or keep himself glued to its body.

He could crawl along his enemy's body, piercing them with many small hooks along the way. His tentacles also had several more hooks that he could move around. This would allow him to open holes to dig into his enemy's body and kill them from the inside.

When Gravis had first seen Orthar's new body, he was surprised by his small size. Yet, Orthar had told him that he wasn't able to truly make his body that small. When asked for an answer, Orthar told him that this was only his temporary size.

Gravis didn't exactly know what he meant. So, Orthar explained it to him. Apparently, starting at the Unity Realm, beasts were able to make themselves appear bigger or smaller. Yet, when they changed their size, they could only unleash about half their power.

Changing one's size required concentration and put the body under stress. If they wanted to fight, they needed to return to their original size. With his original size, Orthar's head had the length of about ten meters, not nearly as small as he wanted.

When Gravis asked him why he made himself appear that small, Orthar simply said that it was easier to walk around like this. On top of that, fewer beasts would notice him, and he might be able to find out some interesting information by listening to them.

When Orthar had evolved, he went to Gravis to show his new body and to watch him evolve too. Orthar wanted to see what Gravis' perfect body looked like. That's why he was currently beside Gravis.

Right now, Gravis was inside his own cave inside the Spire. Just as planned, the cave was at ground level and could only be accessed by the hole that connected the Abyss and the peak of the Spire. The cave was vast, taking up nearly half the width of the Spire. After all, Gravis needed the cave to be big enough to fit everyone if he required his officers to gather.

There was no furniture or light in the cave. Beasts didn't know the concept of furniture, and Gravis also didn't care. The only human-like thing in the cave was a door that Gravis created. He didn't like it that everyone could just look into his cave.

Right now, Orthar was watching Gravis with interest while Gravis was planning his evolution. His most critical evolution was coming up, and nothing could go wrong now.

When Gravis felt the tickling sensation, he checked his Spirit Space and summoned Heaven's body. His father told him that he should eat it when he reached the Unity Realm again.

When the black worm, filled with eyes, appeared, Orthar looked at it with a mixture of emotions. Somehow, when he looked at the body, he felt himself like an ant before an emperor. It felt holy, powerful, and awe-inspiring. It felt like something that could never be desecrated or hurt.

Crunch!

swallowed the other half. Orthar somehow felt impressed that Gravis

get transported to a different world. A vision appeared in his awareness, and Gravis felt like he saw

he felt his awareness expand until the whole world appeared before his eyes. He saw everything, including the edge of the

how it looked like. It was a singular continent floating in a mass of chaos, protected by a

the dead people had revived. He saw Byron,

was the world before he had arrived. He mostly concluded that by the fact that Joyce existed in

could control everything that happened. He could bestow Karmic Luck and steal it. He felt like he could

this world. All the elements followed his calling. He could summon lightning, lava, wind, rain, fire, and everything

control

this is how Heaven feels, huh?' he

world not with

elements fusing with his body. When Gravis felt that, he immediately knew what was

also regain the Elemental Synchronicity that he had lost. At that point, he would have the best of both worlds, an unprecedented affinity

Yet, Gravis sneered.

BANG!

felt nothing but lightning. When he destroyed his connections to the other elements, he felt his consciousness expand. It felt like his mind was

He hadn't noticed that pressure until

a fan of that,' Gravis

Whoooom!

concentrated entirely on lightning. He felt his mind becoming more strained, but at the same time, his control over lightning increased. Soon, even the lightning

this world wasn't real, so he had no qualms about destroying it. All the cultivators and beasts with lightning affinity died as their lightning

in front of Gravis

BZZZZ!

lightning ball changed until it was fully converted into

size of an apple. It appeared minuscule in Gravis' humongous hand. Gravis looked at it with a smirk and felt the drain on

only

swallowed

just mindless destruction that his lightning brought. When the lightning "ate" part of his body, it left behind

in the world was made out of Energy, but not these parts. There was no