Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis watched as all his children experienced the world for the first time. Due to his size, he constantly was in the form of lightning so that no one noticed him.

When Aris fought the centipede, Gravis felt incredibly nervous. He knew that the centipede wouldn't be able to get through the scales that easily, but he was still nervous. Luckily, Aris managed to survive.

"Is this how you have felt when I participated in the practical exams, father?" Gravis asked as he looked to the sky. "Have you also wrestled with the thought of interfering if I were close to dying?"

Gravis sighed. "It's so difficult to just watch my children risk their lives. I know that I can save them from nearly everything, but I can't interfere without endangering their path forward."

Having the ability to resolve a conflict but not being able to use it was a harrowing feeling. It was one thing when his friends got into such a situation, but it was an entirely different one when it involved his children.

Gravis had this urge to just protect and pamper them. He didn't want them to go through these hardships. Yet, his children just didn't know any better. They followed their instincts, and their instincts told them that they needed to become powerful.

Gravis started understanding his father's conduct more. Back then, his father hadn't allowed Gravis to cultivate. Back then, Gravis had believed this to be unfair. Yet, the Gravis from back then just didn't know what he wanted. The Gravis from back then had no idea about the hardships and dangers that cultivation brought with it.

It was no wonder that his father didn't allow him to cultivate until the time when his goal and motivation had been set. Only when someone was ready to go through hardships that might kill any other mortal would they be able to walk the path of cultivation without regret.

Yet, Gravis had had a choice back then. His children, in comparison, had never received this choice. Beasts were too stupid without reaching, at least, the Spirit Beast Realm. They were forced to start on the path of cultivation until they became Spirit Beasts. Then, they would be able to choose their path.

Additionally, this was not the highest world. There were areas in the highest world with an Energy density even lower than a lower world. The further out one went in the highest world, the lower the Energy density. People living in these areas could live their lives in peace without having any kind of cultivation.

But this middle world was different. The continent was surrounded by ocean, and all the areas with low Energy density were in the ocean. This meant that a land beast that had been born in this world could only choose peace after they became Lords.

As soon as they became Lords, they could go to the continent's edges and create a small Tribe that didn't want to expand. As soon as the power of the Tribe Leader was stronger than the surrounding beasts, everyone in the Tribe could live in peace.

take to create a Lord? Over 99% of beasts would never reach the power of a Lord. This meant that only a privileged few even had the

children were in this situation, and Gravis knew that he needed to

could already see differences in their personalities. In the beginning, they had all acted identical, but their fighting styles and personalities had changed to suit the

had learned an incredible amount about fighting. His combat experience had

the fact that Mid-Rank Demonic Beasts were faster than Aris. As soon as they noticed that

These beasts weren't interested in tempering. The only desire they had was to survive. Due to this mindset, they never took risks, and therefore, never got any

had an average Battle-Strength, and their mindsets

beasts. Was that because he had fought

No.

fought in his life had no hesitation about retreating.

dominate the enemy by slowly taking the upper hand in combat. Yet, as soon as a beast

it appear like this so that he could kill the enemy in a single attack. He kept his weapons hidden until the moment when he could kill the enemy in one strike. Naturally, it was different when the enemy actually was

different personalities and fighting styles. Aris fought directly against his opponent without ever hiding anything. He simply clashed with them openly to see who was

Cera, had a different fighting

peculiar. When she fought, she always targeted the parts that gave her enemy their strongest weapon. When she fought a bird, she went for the wings. When she fought a cheetah, she went for the legs. When she fought a scorpion, she went for the tail. She attacked the very thing that proved

fighting style, but it was also risky when fighting

and weaker would increase one's confidence. If

Cera's fighting style had proven to be powerful. That was because she managed to kill several Mid-Rank Demonic Beasts already. Breaking the wings or the legs of an enemy slowed them down immensely, making it possible

the female Yersi, had also developed a different fighting style. Gravis wasn't the biggest fan of that fighting style, but right now, it had proven to be the most effective

to the panther that had attacked Aris in the beginning, Yersi hid in the darkness and targeted the enemy's weak spot with her strongest attack. As long as her enemy wasn't specialized in defense,

had already become a Mid-Rank Demonic Beast. Additionally, she had already