Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had no more plans that could guarantee his success. This fight felt similar to his battles with Red and the priest in the Heaven's Trial. Back then, he also had no idea how to win. Only through finding an opening or a new path had he been able to prevail.

Yet, Gravis really had no idea what he could do now. His Battle-Strength was just too low. The biggest issue was the opponent's defense since he could shrug off even Gravis' most powerful attack. As soon as he transformed into metal, Gravis' Lightning Crescent would only be able to melt off some parts of his body.

Yet, the Golden Dragon had a length of over five kilometers. Even if Gravis managed to melt off a hundred meters, he would have only given the Golden Dragon a flesh wound. In order to damage the Golden Dragon's organs, Gravis would need to melt off way more than that.

As soon as the Golden Dragon received a flesh wound, Gravis would have committed way too many resources. After that Lightning Crescent, Gravis wouldn't even be able to transform into lightning without falling out of the Unity Realm completely.

Yes, he could maybe evade the Golden Dragon's attacks until he refilled his power storages, but that was only considering the Golden Dragon's current approach to combat. One shouldn't forget that the Golden Dragon hadn't even moved.

If it saw that it was injured and that Gravis was regenerating his power, it would immediately attack with its full force. Then, Gravis would have to deal with the Golden Dragon's overwhelmingly powerful body too.

Some more hours passed in which Gravis only dodged. The Golden Dragon was still playing with him, but this was not what Gravis felt. The spears just never stopped. On top of that, Gravis' Realm had already dropped when he had been injured previously. This meant that he was weaker than when the battle had started, while the Golden Dragon was just as powerful.

The pressure started mounting on Gravis as evading the spears became harder and harder. Sure, the constant avoiding of spears had given him great training in evading enemy attacks, but this was not training. If he failed, he would die.

The fear and frustration grew stronger inside Gravis. He couldn't increase his attack any further. He couldn't increase his defense any further. He wasn't even as fast as in the beginning. His current Battle-Strength just wasn't enough.

Gravis gritted his teeth as he realized that the whole situation completely glided out of his control. He had always felt some kind of control in his fights, even if the opponent was way stronger than him, but now, Gravis could only hope for a miracle. His own power just wasn't enough to win.

transmitted to Gravis as he saw how distressed he became. "If you die, you die. This is what I wanted to see. All control escapes your grasp, and you have no idea how to win. You have given

stood on top of the Golden Dragon's head. He had never needed to move since the Golden Dragon also hadn't moved much

talking, Gravis found it increasingly more difficult to evade. By now, some of the spears even started

yourself against opponents that are about as strong as you, but what does that accomplish? This allows you

keep going like this, it will just stay the same. By fighting against normal beasts two levels

for you? Two levels are

something like this. After all, she has enough Divine Beasts around her. No, I want to give her something truly unique. I want you to

the Red King's craziness. Gravis knew that if he couldn't kill the Golden Dragon, the Red King wouldn't

so easy? He couldn't just make himself

but he hated making this decision so much. He had decided to rely on pure chance. There was no

to bet everything on one

I fail, I die. I need to succeed! There is no other

BOOOM!

blocking the spears with his Spirit. This used up his resources, but he needed to

that and narrowed his eyes. He wasn't so inexperienced that he would take Gravis lightly now. This was probably Gravis' last-ditch effort, and he might explode

BZZZZ!

which made it crackle with powerful lightning. Then, he lifted it and slashed forward. A Lightning Crescent filled with

attack was quite powerful and shot nearly all his