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!

he just lay on the ground. He had been stressing his body immensely, and after the pressure had vanished, he collapsed to

fell to the ground. He 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 Morn wasn't in life-threatening

Silva asked in disbelief. "How did you

come. In order

was only an empty dream. I knew that my death would arrive. Yet, as I saw my death come, my life flashed before my eyes. I thought about everything in

did you realize?" Silva

than just acting as something else, 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

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

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 completely uninjured. At least they didn't have to deal with another powerful opponent

shark is

fight for a while now. You

beasts sighed

more about what happened to me, Gravis?"

the lower world, I was tempering my Will-Aura. I had a brief run-in with some Darkness Cultivators from the Darkness Guild. Yet, they weren't my opponents at all. I simply suppressed them with my Will-Aura and

Gravis said as he had a heartfelt smile on his face. "You can't achieve a breakthrough in your Realm while inside a battle, but your will, experience, and Law

to its absolute limits. When that isn't enough, there might come an opportunity for you to realize a new truth." Then, Gravis shrugged. "Sadly,

did I understand?"

only smiled happily at Orthar. He was happy that Orthar had survived and also happy that Orthar managed to take a step that even Gravis himself hadn't been able

asked in confusion. "We haven't talked about

very complex ways. In order to do that, you need to comprehend the workings

think I get it," Orthar said. "I think I know more about

you could evade attacks by changing the shape of your body. Maybe you could also appear many times weaker or as more

he continued thinking about his new comprehension. Gravis didn't bother Orthar anymore and turned to Silva. "This is the difference between fighting something more powerful than you and fighting many equally powerful

easier the more you manage to weaken your opponents. By fighting against a more powerful opponent, you feel life-threatening

while as he also