Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis opened his eyes as his actual body woke up. He quickly checked his body and noticed that it had changed in the same way as the one in his vision. Now, Gravis had a body size that was similar to a human's.

Slowly, Gravis stood up with his new legs and felt their power. He had missed the feeling of walking around. His upper body leaned forward instead of standing completely straight, but he had planned it like that. With an upper body that was more front-heavy, it would be harder to hit his waist and legs, and if his enemy tried to attack his torso or head, they needed to get through his weapon, arms, and teeth first.

His huge tail easily offset the gravity imbalance that his upper body brought. Cutting it off seemed like a good choice for any opponent, but Gravis had already considered that possibility. Even if his tail completely vanished, Gravis just had to use more of his back muscles to stay "straight". His massive tail could be called a decoy.

After checking the outside, Gravis checked the inside. He felt a deep connection with his body, even deeper than what he had felt when he had still been in his previous body. His Spirit and Energy had transformed into lightning, but his body hadn't in the past.

Yet, now, his body was also lightning. Gravis felt that his body was part of his Spirit and not something entirely different anymore. After achieving Unity again, Gravis also felt the connection between his centers of power return.

Whoop!

Gravis moved everything into his Spirit and noticed that it tripled in power. When he felt that, he smirked. Sure enough, all his centers of power had an equal strength now. After moving all the power into his body, he felt like he could destroy everything.

Additionally, his lightning was finally part of his body again. Currently, his lightning rested in his dantian, but he could move it around however he liked. Finally, his most powerful weapon had returned.

Lastly, his new body had several new abilities that Gravis could use. The transformation into a lightning bolt was one of them, but Gravis first needed to thoroughly test this new ability. Gravis never forgot his motto: The good comes with the bad, and the bad comes with the good.

There was a high chance that an ability like this came with a drawback. After all, there was a reason why everything was made out of Energy and not lightning. It could be possible that if he transformed into a lightning bolt and hit something, his whole being would scatter. This could be considered dying.

There was only one thing missing before Gravis would achieve his peak power again, a proper weapon. The Void-Stone Saber was hard but too small for his liking. His hands and body had become bigger, making the saber feel awkward in his hands. He would need to forge one appropriate for his body.

"You look menacing," Orthar said from the side.

Gravis forgot that Orthar was here and looked at him with a smile. "I can finally use my lightning again," Gravis said.

BZZZZ!

A small lightning ball appeared in his hand. Then, it got reabsorbed and appeared somewhere else. After that, some small snakes of lightning left his body in different places. His body showed no resistance towards the lightning.

me anymore when I slap you?"

answered. "What happened while I was evolving? I couldn't keep

looked kind of mysterious, and I was even quite a bit worried. This didn't look like

This was about what he had expected. "How long have I been in this state?"

two hours,"

in thought. "It didn't feel that long, but it

Since when did

one,

BZZZZZ!

a small lightning bolt, which quickly shot through the cave at impressive speeds. He circled the cave a couple of times and

did he just see? Did a beast just transform into a lightning bolt? He had so

his questions condensed into this single

laughed. This was the first time he managed to

do. First, Orthar was shocked, but then he started thinking

before that, Orthar noticed something else. "Wait, did you become weaker?" Orthar asked as

widened, and he checked himself. What he saw made him incredibly nervous. "My Realm has slightly decreased,"

of power had been weakened by around 0.3%. This was devastating. The good mood quickly vanished,

need to test it again. There's no other way,"

BZZZ!

the cave some more. This time, he decided to fly for three times as long. If his transformation used up

BANG!

into his

same and

possible that his Realm decreased one time but didn't decrease the other time? He quickly

think I know what happened, but I need

BZZ!

and threw it away. It was about 1% of his total storage. Then,