Lightning Is the Only Way

Unsurprisingly, Yersi was the first to reach area D.

After killing enough High-Rank Demonic Beasts, she became a High-Rank Demonic Beast herself. She searched for more powerful prey but wasn't able to find any after several days of searching. She became increasingly frustrated as she realized that there were no beasts more powerful than her.

Due to that, she started reaching the edge of area A and was about to leave it.

BANG!

Yersi became incredibly shocked and afraid when a gigantic, white bird landed before her. This bird was so huge that she couldn't even see the entire thing! She had never seen anything even remotely like that.

This bird was the King who was responsible for keeping an eye on this area. Nearly no Divine Beast was fine with fighting beasts of their same level and always searched for more powerful opponents. Due to that, sooner or later, they would leave their area in search of more powerful opponents.

It was this King's job to inform the inhabitant about how to proceed.

"Eat enough beasts of your level to reach the next Realm. Then, you will meet more powerful opponents," the King transmitted to Yersi.

One had to remember that Energy Beasts had strengths equal to two levels higher than High-Rank Demonic Beasts. If Yersi entered area D without being a High-Rank Demonic Beast herself, she would most likely die.

Yersi wasn't able to fully understand what the King meant with his complicated words. She was still a Demonic Beast, and such concepts were foreign to her. Yet, she understood that she needed to eat more of the weak beasts present.

The authority of power that the King commanded compelled her to follow his orders. Due to that, she turned around and began to kill and consume one High-Rank Demonic Beast after the other. In just two weeks, she had consumed enough beasts to become an Energy Beast.

When Yersi had been a High-Rank Demonic Beast, she had been over ten meters tall, but as soon as she became an Energy Beast, her size decreased instead of increasing. This was an evolution, and her instincts guided her to keep her body as small as possible. Due to that, her size reverted to be only 1.5 meters tall.

When she became an Energy Beast, the King returned and took her away to area D. There, she would be able to find more powerful prey.

A couple of months after Yersi left area A, Cera also met the King responsible for her area. This king was a gigantic elephant. Cera also quickly managed to reach area D in two weeks after that.

When all this happened, Aris had just killed his first Mid-Rank Demonic Beast. By now, he had realized that he needed to destroy his opponent's means of retreat if he wanted to kill them. He despised that he had to do something like that, but he did it anyway.

area. This one was a gigantic, emerald wolf. The wolf told Aris that he needed to consume more prey,

that someone more powerful than him told him to do something. Instead of following the King's commands,

BANG!

the King shoved him away. Some of Aris' bones broke, but instead of becoming afraid, he only glared at the King with hatred. Then, he tried to pass the King

BANG!

Aris as the King struck him away. Yet,

couldn't just kill Aris. Yet, Aris wasn't giving up! What was he supposed to do in

D," Gravis said to the

that he will most likely die, right?" the wolf

more powerful opponents, and sooner than later, he will fight someone two levels above himself anyway. This situation will inevitably happen. So, there's

remained silent for a bit as he thought about

Whooom!

all his injuries. The King had called for a healer. Then, the King summoned

run away, but that had

for her to fight someone even one level above her. The enemy quickly overwhelmed her, but her scales protected

all this. Due to that, Yersi was forced to battle the opponent openly. The direct fight took over an hour, but Yersi managed to kill her opponent. Yet, she had endured a mighty beating during the fight. Without her scales, she

ambush still worked most of the time, but as

more direct combat experience than Yersi, but her enemies also had more combat experience than her previous ones. These fights required her to make use of more of her

these fights, Cera managed to realize the hidden advantage of her

advantage was her flexible

opportunity to counterattack. As soon as she realized that advantage, the fights

arrived in area D, he nearly died several

two levels above him, and one attack was already powerful enough to injure him severely. Luckily, due to his direct combat style, he already knew how

Aris was forced to retreat. Luckily, due to him only being a Demonic Beast, the opponent didn't care enough to chase him for a long

already managed to kill their first opponents. Yersi

but not as devastatingly as the first one. Yet, Aris still had to dodge several sure-death strikes. In the

was true. Aris felt as alive as never before. He loved this feeling of his own life hanging by a thread, unknowing of the nervous and sweaty Gravis who kept watching Aris' brushes with death. It took

for a long time, but in the end, the opponent decided to retreat. This was one of the beasts that had also entered via area A,

Aris saw progress and wanted