Lightning Is the Only Way

A mighty thunder echoed throughout the area as a lightning bolt hit the ground between the two enemies. After the lightning bolt vanished, Gravis stepped out of it with a smirk.

The Matriarch looked at Gravis seriously. She had never seen anything even similar to that. It almost seemed like that the beast in front of her had been just lightning a second ago. Yet, that was obviously impossible.

Meanwhile, Orthar looked strangely at Gravis. "Gravis, why are you here?"

Gravis only smiled at Orthar. "I want you to go through genuine life and death tempering, but there is a difference between life and death tempering and suicide. Your chance of winning is zero if you fight her. I can feel her power," Gravis said.

Orthar took a shaky breath. He had been overwhelmed by the pressure of his enemy. Yet, he had believed that this was normal. Orthar had a lot of experience, but he hadn't fought many enemies that were a genuine threat to his life. He had just expected that this kind of pressure was normal for such dangerous fights.

"Well, if both of you come together, this might actually prove to be some sort of fight," the Matriarch said calmly as she looked at Gravis.

Orthar looked seriously at the Matriarch. "Gravis, do you want to fight together?" he asked.

Gravis only laughed a bit. "Even though I still have my Lightning Fork active, she won't be even a slight challenge to me."

Orthar was a bit taken aback. "But your body, Spirit, and lightning are only a third as powerful as your peak state. I do not doubt that you could easily win in your peak state, but I'm not sure that you can fight her with your Lightning Fork still being active."

Gravis only shook his head slightly. "Orthar, as soon as I regained Unity, I have not been the same as before. How can humans fight the beasts if their bodies are three times weaker than the enemy's body? That's because humans have a particular weapon that beasts don't have. Don't forget that I can move my centers of power around however I wish."

A look of realization appeared on Orthar's face. "Right. I apologize. I forgot about that," he said.

"It's okay. After all, I am the only human in this world. You wouldn't find another beast able to do what I can," Gravis answered.

"Are you two done yet?" the Matriarch answered impatiently. She had watched Gravis and Orthar converse and grew annoyed.

Orthar looked at the Matriarch and then distanced himself from them. There was no reason for him to get involved.

The Matriarch noticed Orthar's actions and narrowed her eyes. Then, she looked at the calm Gravis. "Your body is weak," she said. "You have, by far, the weakest body of any Lord I have ever seen. Yet, the octopus stepped aside. Are you really that foolish that you think you can beat me on your own?"

you continue to hunt for only weak Lords, your battle-strength won't improve. As soon as you become a level two Lord, your battle-strength

to you?" she asked with annoyance. She had also had similar thoughts. Yet,

me," Gravis said with a

recruit me?" she asked incredulously. She

different from other Tribes. My Tribe isn't about getting as many beasts as possible or about gaining as much territory as possible. My Tribe is all about increasing the power

listened to Gravis' words and realized that

grand ideas. Even if I were to consider joining your Tribe, you would first need to prove that you are more powerful than me," she said with a sneer. "Yet, I can't imagine that happening with that weak body of

Even though he only had a third of his power right now, his Spirit, lightning, and body could be considered just as

an average cultivator was able to put up a fight and maybe kill a beast at their equal power. Yet, what about Gravis' other strengths? His battle-strength, Will-Aura, Punishment Lightning, mindset, and some other things allowed him to even fight Early Rank Unity Beasts or level two

so that you won't even be able to put up a fight? Would you then consider joining my

even be possible? "Sure. If you can do that, I'll do whatever you

really lucky that you're not a level two Lord yet. If you were, I wouldn't even offer you to join my Tribe. If you were a level two

would just directly eat

WHOOOOM!

on the power of the Spirit. The Spirit was the medium

in the Unity Realm, he could just move his physical power and lightning into his Spirit. Like this, his Spirit was just as

Matriarch felt an unreal pressure press into her. She felt like she was encased in some powerful mud and could barely move her body. Her speed had been reduced by over 99%. Yet, she wasn't

could barely move, and Gravis just walked over to her until only a hundred meters were between them. This was only

Whoop!

the control over her body returning, she quickly looked at Gravis with

BZZZZZZZ!

and summoned about half of it in his hands. Destruction Lightning was already incredibly powerful for cultivators in the Initial Unity Realm. Yet, Gravis had Punishment Lightning, something that

of Lords in her life, and many of them had been way more powerful than her. With her experience, she judged that this lightning was about as intense as the lightning of a level two Lord. This gave

be absolutely devastating to her. She didn't

the second suppression,"

Whoop!

level one Lord. The Matriarch had been too preoccupied with the pressure and lightning to notice that Gravis' body had become many times weaker earlier. Yet, as the power of his body increased, she