Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis used one trump card after another. Yet, the fight was still going on. On top of that, his body had also already been injured with several broken bones, destroyed scales, and damaged organs. In comparison, both of his opponents were still quite healthy. The lizard had some broken bones, but it could still fight. Meanwhile, the ape remained nearly uninjured.

Gravis had to find a solution to this, or he would die. His Lightning Form was too slow to flee from these beasts. On top of that, with his injured body, he would probably fall back into the Initial Unity Realm if he transformed into lightning now. Then, his death would be inevitable.

Right now, the lizard was still far away, but it would reach them in no time. Gravis needed to gain as big of an advantage as possible during that timeframe. He had been on the defensive the whole fight, and he needed to change the flow of the battle into his favor.

Gravis charged forward directly and slammed his saber forward at the ape's incoming fist.

CRRK!

The saber broke, but it managed to cut off an already injured finger. Gravis had been prepared for the punch and had slashed at the fist while it was above him. Like this, he didn't need to retreat. Yet, the ape was also ready. The trunk quickly slammed down on Gravis.

Whoosh!

Since about half of the trunk was missing, Gravis was able to evade the attack. Right now, the ape was completely open, and Gravis summoned another saber. Then, he summoned a powerful Lightning Bomb and infused it into the saber. Without waiting another second, he slashed forward.

BANG!

The lizard returned at just the right time and slapped the ape away with its tail. The lizard had seen the power of Gravis' last attack, and he couldn't risk losing his companion to that attack. The ape flew away while its arm broke from the tail-slam.

Yet, no explosion came. Instead, Gravis only grinned. He had only fainted using an attack since he knew that the lizard would save his companion. Instead, Gravis summoned some kind of sphere. Then, Gravis infused some of his remaining lightning into it.

BANG!

The sphere exploded. Yet, this wasn't an explosion that dealt damage, but an explosion that converted nearly all power into light and shockwaves. Gravis had been ready for the explosion, but the lizard hadn't been. Because of that, the incredibly bright ball of light completely blinded it.

Luckily, the beasts still had their awareness. Yet, for some reason, the surroundings felt distorted to the lizard. This was the second use of the device. Gravis had created it so that it shook the surrounding space and distorted it while blinding the receiver. Gravis wouldn't forget something as fundamental as a beast's awareness.

Like this, the lizard had been completely blinded. Gravis had waited for the lizard to return precisely for this reason. They would surely drop their guard when they thought that they blocked Gravis' most powerful attack. If they were prepared, the beasts would have been able to deal with this explosion.

Gravis used the perfect moment, which was why this explosion was so effective. Right now, Gravis couldn't use his Spirit to see the surroundings, but he could use his eyes. Eyes were generally seen as an inferior version of a beast's awareness, but if the awareness failed, the eyes would become their primary sense again.

Sadly, the explosion had also blinded the lizard. Because of that, it lost the use of both of its primary senses.

lizard knew that something was about to happen, so it released some of its acid-breath in front of it while retreating. It had to get away from Gravis until the

BOOOOOM!

explosion made of lightning tore half of its back off. Gravis had decided to

lot of singed bones were exposed on the lizard's back. Gravis hadn't been able

to retreat further in panic, but

wasn't enough, so he immediately charged at the lizard while it was still recovering from the Lightning

SSSSHHHH!

he spun wildly with his sabers inside the lizard's body. Its scales had been its most powerful defense, but the Lightning Crescent had completely decimated that defense. Now,

it felt Gravis dig through its entire body. Meanwhile, Gravis' eyes were bloodshot, and he also screamed in fury. He only had 10% of all of his power remaining. He needed to

came back and saw what was going on. With determined eyes, he looked

BOOOOM!

down onto the lizard's back. Its back broke, and a lot

pain, but the ape only stared

the lizard. On top of that, no more blood and meat

became increasingly weaker. By now, it had calmed down a little and only waited for its death. "I don't want to die," it said

was my fault. I shouldn't have taken him lightly in the beginning." Then, the ape gnashed his teeth. "The Commander was right.

died, the ape released a bitter sigh. "This is my fault," he said to

BZZZ!

for a second, but in nearly no time at all, the lightning violently expanded until it engulfed the entire lizard. The ape saw how the body of his companion

he lifted the tree

BZZZZZZZZZ!

a small metal sphere flew out of the corpse. As soon as the ape saw that, it closed its eyes and

BANG!

the bright explosion vanished, the ape opened its eyes again. The surrounding space was distorted, and it couldn't use its awareness anymore. Without waiting, the ape jumped

BZZZZZZZZ!

Yet, the lightning was also visibly

had the privilege of feeling their entire arms burn away. After some seconds, the ape took a deep breath and exhaled. The

FWHOOMP!

felt something horrifying. Something had just parted its ass-cheeks to enter, and then, an incredible pain

had Gravis done during

Gravis noticed that the ape had returned, he quickly fled to the lizard's behind. The attack completely missed him, but Gravis knew that the lizard would

he used his last remaining power to absorb the lizard's body. The next attack with the trunk ate up nearly 20% of his new absorbed power. If the ape attacked again after that, Gravis would vanish before the ape