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.

never reach the power of a Lord. This meant that only a

and Gravis knew that he needed to let them grow naturally. They needed to become powerful enough

see differences in their personalities. In the beginning, they

an incredible amount about fighting. His combat experience

faster than Aris. As soon as they noticed that Aris wasn't that

to mindset. These beasts weren't interested in tempering. The only desire they had was to survive. Due to this mindset, they never

average Battle-Strength, and their mindsets were also different. Over half of

beasts. Was that because he

No.

Beasts that Gravis had fought in his life had no hesitation about retreating. The reason why they couldn't retreat was that Gravis never gave

dominate the enemy by slowly taking the upper hand in combat. Yet,

Gravis. Of course, Gravis only made 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

and fighting styles. Aris fought directly against his opponent without ever hiding anything. He simply clashed with them

female Cera, had a different

bird, she went for the wings. When she fought a cheetah, she went

this fighting style was more effective than Aris' fighting style, but it was also risky when fighting someone

become weaker and weaker would increase one's confidence. If that enemy then unveiled a

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 for Cera to chase them down when

fan of that fighting style, but right now, it had proven to be the most effective for the

in the beginning, Yersi hid in the darkness and targeted the enemy's weak spot with her strongest attack.

to Yersi's successful fighting style, she had already become a Mid-Rank Demonic Beast. Additionally, she had already killed a High-Rank