Lightning Is the Only Way

'I'm 50 now, huh? 'Gravis thought with a disconnected and surreal feeling. 50 had always seemed kind of old to Gravis, but now that he was 50, he didn't feel that old. However, Gravis also remembered that if he compared his age to his longevity, it could be compared to him only being five years old. For mortal standards, he was old, but for cultivation standards, he was incredibly young.

Nearly no one reached the Unity Realm by going through the Self Stage before the age of 60. The ones able to reach it way sooner were either from higher worlds or were incredibly rare. Additionally, Gravis was about to reach the Nascent Nourishing Realm.

Reaching the Nascent Nourishing Realm in such a short amount of time was also quite outstanding, though not as outstanding as reaching the Unity Realm in his 20s. For humans, there were no bottlenecks between the Unity Realm and Nascent Nourishing Realm. Therefore, humans could also reach that Realm in a short time.

"I've never cultivated in seclusion for so long," Gravis said to the Grand Elder.

"You didn't? How old are you?" the Grand Elder asked with surprise.

"I should have reached the age of 50 recently," Gravis said.

The Grand Elder blinked a couple of times. "That's really young. Not bad, Gravis," he commented. For beasts, reaching the power of a level five Lord in 50 years was really good, but nothing that hadn't been seen before. After all, beasts didn't have any bottlenecks until they became Kings.

"Thanks," Gravis commented. "I'm ready to return to the Empress now."

The Grand Elder nodded. "Give me a minute to inform the others. We will return shortly."

The Grand Elder stopped moving after he said that while Gravis only waited. The Grand Elder was probably informing the present elders about some things.

A minute later, the Grand Elder appeared directly in front of Gravis. Then, he grew until he was just as big as Gravis. "Grab my hand," he said.

Gravis did so, and in an instant, they were already gone from the Law Comprehension Area. Gravis' body hadn't become more powerful, so he still felt the pain of the rapid acceleration.

As they were traveling, Gravis looked at the lightning leaving the Grand Elder's backside and lost himself in thought. He started remembering the pool, but the pool in his mind transformed into lightning in nearly an instant.

The pool had only been a metaphorical picture that Gravis had seen while tempering his Will-Aura. Obviously, he had actually looked at his lightning during all of this. He remembered his years of interacting with his lightning, and he quickly realized that he knew a lot more than before.

For some reason, Gravis started understanding how lightning could be that fast. He saw the movement of the Energy inside the lightning, and understanding appeared inside his mind as he lost himself in watching the Grand Elder's usage of the lightning's Law of Speed.

stop for a second,"

Whoom!

kept holding Gravis' arm so that he didn't fly off into the distance due to inertia. Some muscles in Gravis' arm tore,

at Gravis with a raised eyebrow

BZZZ!

it. Then, he remembered the Grand Elder's usage

I get it,"

do you get?" the

long while, Gravis smiled a heartfelt smile. The Grand Elder was

"Look!" Gravis shouted.

BZZZZ!

came out of his backside, and he moved just as quickly as when he used his Lightning Transformation. Right now, Gravis' speed with his

as he tried out this new method of moving as the Grand Elder watched him with widened eyes.

"I did! Watching lightning has unconsciously increased my knowledge about it. This

taken aback. "It's great that you understood, but why are you so happy about it? I already realized that you have a frightening talent

disadvantages have advantages. You probably haven't noticed, but I can't just transform into lightning

Elder grew

Elder about his Lightning Transformation. "When I transform into lightning, my foundation becomes fluid…" Gravis explained as he told the Grand

why Gravis was so happy. While being in the middle

only really useful at the beginning of the fight. Yet,

had the edge in the fight. As soon as he lost his advantageous position, the usefulness of the

weapons only showed itself in a crisis since that was the moment

of the Lightning Transformation's biggest strength without having to transform into lightning. Yet, just as Gravis always said, using

doesn't use up any Energy while moving this quickly, but this kind of movement does. I can probably only use

normal. Laws always require the Energy in

it's still quite an upgrade for my fighting style. Additionally, this new Law allows me to use an ability that hasn't been useful for a long

Grand Elder

he

Then, Gravis readied himself.