Lightning Is the Only Way

Silence came over the area as everyone tried to process the fact that Orthar had died. His body was simply not powerful enough to survive such a shocking attack from the crab. Yet, Silva and Morn only had burning eyes as they looked at the crab. Then, they directly charged at it again. Such a wound was devastating to it, and it would surely weaken its Battle-Strength.

Orthar had given his life for this opportunity, and they wouldn't waste it!

Meanwhile, the crab started laughing loudly as it went into a defensive position. Its shears blocked all the attacks as it slowly retreated. It intended to gain some time to get some Energy back.

"Hahaha!" the crab laughed as it transmitted its laugh to everyone. "The annoying octopus is dead! I don't feel any attacks hitting my head anymore!" it transmitted to everyone.

Silva and Morn grew frustrated as they realized that it would become even more difficult to kill the crab. Now, it only needed to pay attention to them. They attacked with fervor, but as soon as the crab went into a defensive position, it was incomparably hard to hit it.

"AAAARRGGHHH!" the crab suddenly shouted in pain and panic.

"Do you feel it now, crab?" A transmission rang from inside the crab. To everyone's disbelief, that was Orthar's voice. But how?

"Impossible! You couldn't… have… sur…" the crab tried to say, but it seemed to grow more confused and abject as it continued. That was because Orthar had started attacking the crab's brain. Its mind stopped working, and after some more seconds, it fell over to the side.

The crab was dead.

Silva and Morn were still shocked. They had survived? Orthar had also survived? Were they dreaming?

Puchi!

A tiny hole appeared between some parts of the broken carapace. After that, a long and thin worm came out of the hole. After the worm left the hole, it transformed into Orthar. Yet, Orthar looked horrible. His whole body was deformed, and all his tentacles only hung loosely off of his body.

BOOOM!

and after the pressure had vanished, he collapsed to the ground. He was breathing heavily, but

was nearly as heavily injured as Morn. Silva was the only one that could still move, and he quickly checked on Morn. After seeing that

happened?" Silva asked in disbelief. "How did

that my death was about to come. In order to reduce the impact, I used

saw my death come, my life flashed before my eyes. I thought about everything in my life and also thought about my disguise ability. It was

you realize?" Silva

but becoming something else. As soon as I realized that, I used this new knowledge to flatten my entire body. I moved all essential parts to the side, where the strike wouldn't be that powerful. And, who would have thought, I managed to survive, somehow,"

as he appeared in front of them. "I have seen a cultivator that

looked with shock at Gravis and then sighed in relief. The fact that Gravis was here meant that the shark was dead. On top of that, Gravis looked

shark is

"Yes. I've been watching your fight for a while now. You

three beasts

more about what happened

had a brief run-in with some Darkness

had a heartfelt smile on

its absolute limits. When that isn't enough, there might come an opportunity for you to realize a new truth." Then, Gravis shrugged. "Sadly, I never had had

understand?" Orthar asked in

Orthar managed to take a step that even Gravis himself hadn't been able to take yet. "You managed to comprehend

Law?" Orthar asked in confusion. "We haven't talked

a bit. "Laws are what define how the world works. For example, you know that water always flows down, but you don't know enough about water to manipulate it in very complex ways. In order to do that, you need to comprehend the workings of the world. When you understood something, and when you can use

understanding regarding disguise. "I think I get it," Orthar said. "I think I know more about changing my body's shape and its makeup. Somehow, I feel like I can manipulate

Like this, you could evade attacks by changing the shape of your body. Maybe you could also appear many times weaker or as more than one creature. A Law can increase your Battle-Strength

new comprehension. Gravis didn't bother Orthar anymore and turned to Silva. "This is the difference between fighting something

your opponents. By fighting against a more powerful opponent, you feel life-threatening danger until

remained silent for a while as he