Lightning Is the Only Way

The lion and Gravis stood in the middle of the mountain, merely looking at each other. The lion was absolutely gigantic compared to Gravis, and if Gravis wanted to look at the lion's face with his eyes, he would need to crane his neck quite a bit to look upwards. Yet, since he had his Spirit Sense, this was unnecessary.

"Hey," Gravis suddenly said, "want to see a trick?" he asked.

The lion simply looked at Gravis with disdain. "No," he said.

"Too bad, you're going to see it anyway," Gravis answered.

BZZZZZZ!

Suddenly, a powerful ball of lightning appeared in front of Gravis. Yet, just as quickly as it appeared, it vanished again. Right now, Gravis was not wearing his armor. He also didn't have his saber in his hands. Because of that, he appeared just like any other beast.

The lion was first shocked about the appearance of this powerful ball of lightning but grew even more shocked when it simply vanished. Where did the powerful lightning ball go? It looked around, but it couldn't see the ball anywhere.

The other level four Lords also hadn't noticed what had happened. Yet, the level five Lords and everyone more powerful than them had seen what had happened. Gravis had summoned some kind of long and sharp stick, which absorbed the lightning ball. Then, the sharp stick simply vanished again.

This sharp stick was Gravis' saber, obviously. He had created a Lightning Bomb with around 50% of his power. The lion's body was only around ten times as powerful as his, and a Lightning Crescent with 50% of his power was enough to kill it.

All the powerful beasts were surprised by this display, but one beast, in particular, was shocked beyond comparison. It almost couldn't believe what it had just seen.

Why was this beast so surprised?

It was because of Gravis' lightning. None of the other beasts were able to feel the peculiarity of Gravis' lightning, but it knew this lightning very well.

The shocked beast was the white ape. He almost couldn't believe it, but Gravis had just summoned Punishment Lightning! Their Empire had an area where Punishment Lightning gathered, and only Emperors were able to withstand this lightning.

The white ape had tried for many years to understand the Law of Punishment Lightning, but it hadn't managed to understand it. Yet, this mere level three Lord managed to summon the powerful lightning that the ape wasn't able to understand.

The white ape took a deep breath in shock, surprising the Empress. Usually, her Grand Elder never lost his calm. Yet, now, she noticed that he was incredibly distressed. She didn't have a lightning affinity, so she couldn't feel the peculiarity of the lightning.

so distressed?" the Empress asked the

the white ape transmitted back with

hadn't had so many years of experience, her eyes would have widened. Yet, her shock was just as strong as the shock of the white ape. This level three Lord was able to summon Punishment Lightning? If

the Empress looked at Gravis with burning eyes. 'No wonder he's so confident in his power,' she

middle world until today. He had comprehended the Punishment Lightning by fighting the lower Heaven, and for the lower world, Punishment

to come into contact with this lightning in the lower world, but that wasn't true for the middle world. In this world, Punishment Lightning was a natural phenomenon and could,

comprehend it. Yet, there were some Emperors in this world that understood Punishment Lightning. Gravis was no longer the

can start," the

as he simply stood casually on his spot. When the lion saw that,

CRRRRRRR!

legs of the lion changed shape, surprising Gravis. He hadn't seen a beast change their body like this

'Incredible,' he thought as he scratched his chin with a claw, 'the lion can

It was a Law.

understanding such a Law, the lion was able to increase the power of his legs many times, which

BANG!

even faster than an average level five Lord,

SHING!

front-right claws of the lion grew to several times their size. On top of that, they became

seven level four Lords were the strongest in their level. Every single one of them had comprehended two Laws. Even though the Golden Dragon had been at the same level as this lion,

that the lion had comprehended had something to do with its claws. It was able

Law increased its power. This was an

dropped his guard. He knew that these Lords were outstanding. Yet, even with this terrifying combination of

Why was that?

lion's speed was faster than

lion's attacking power would even

advantage over beasts with higher Battle-Strength but a lower Realm. If there were a Realm like a Half-Step King, Gravis would find it much, much more difficult to fight

with bated breath at the charging lion. Surely enough, the contestants were incredibly powerful. They believed fully that this lion was

many times slower. Its speed had

Will-Aura. Since he concentrated his Will-Aura onto the lion, the