Lightning Is the Only Way

With this fight being over, the youngest of the siblings became the big sister of the group. Yersi was not interested in leadership, but Aris wasn't ready yet to take over. Yersi had been right when she said that her Battle-Strength was weaker than Aris. If Aris hadn't taken her lightly and used everything he had, he would have most likely won.

The strongest should take over the group's leadership, but Yersi didn't want to be under someone that let emotions and arrogance dictate their actions. Her fight had given Aris a wake-up call, but she still wanted to be sure that he had changed.

The group continued hunting for prey. Sadly, there were not that many High-Rank Divine Spirit Beasts in the area. Because of that, Yersi took most of the prey since she still needed quite some food to become a High-Rank Spirit Beast herself.

Yet, the area also wasn't completely empty of Divine Beasts. In the coming weeks, both Aris and Cera managed to fight one and consume it. Both of them became High-Rank Spirit Beasts, and only Yersi was left.

Yersi didn't mind hunting weaker prey since she knew that there would be plenty of opportunities to hunt more powerful beasts in the future. She had seen the outside world, and she knew that they were only at the bottom regarding power.

Two months after the group had met up, Yersi also became a High-Rank Spirit Beast. By now, all of them were ready to leave the area and enter the real world.

"We are ready to leave this area," Yersi shouted into her surroundings. She was sure that someone was listening. Some seconds passed where nothing happened, making the group furrow their brows.

Whooosh!

Suddenly, all three of them started flying involuntarily. Cera and Aris were a bit nervous since they had only heard of the outside world from Yersi. The feeling that there were so many more powerful beasts still hadn't settled in for them.

The group flew upwards into the sky. They broke through the cloud layer as they continued ascending. The sheer height made them nervous since they had never been so high up before.

Whoop!

They broke through the cloud layer and saw the clouds sprawling below them. Then, they also noticed something particular. There was a small ball of lightning hovering some distance away from them.

All of them became fearful as they saw this powerful ball of lightning. They all had an incredible affinity for lightning, and because of that, they felt the sheer power of the lightning. It not only had way more Energy inside it, but they also felt its quality. This lightning had an incredible destructive power.

They involuntarily flew closer to the ball of lightning, and their fear increased. Now, even Yersi felt unsure. Were they being brought up just to be harvested by this ball of lightning? Yet, around a hundred meters away from the ball of lightning, they stopped.

Whooom!

Spirit Beasts before in their area. It looked imposing, but they were

Gravis' looks. He looked exactly like

them. "Aris, Cera, Yersi, I am your father, Gravis," Gravis

they came from, but they weren't sure. They had never even thought about meeting their

Yersi asked

over the three of you while you grew up. It was also my doing that allowed you to enter the next area early by convincing the responsible

convinced the King to let you leave the area after

surprises just didn't stop for them. Their father had watched them all this time? Why had he never talked to

showing yourself now?" Aris asked with

your tempering. I'm sure that you're experienced enough by now to realize that this would only hurt you. The feeling of danger forces your mind

It would only take some time for him to become even more powerful than his father. Cera didn't know what she should think right now. Her emotions

them the workings of the areas. They had discerned a couple of the rules by themselves, but not all

powerful is an Emperor?" Cera asked. It seemed like she was interested in

Gravis explained. "As soon as you eat enough food, you will become a Lord. After five levels, you will become a King. The beasts responsible for keeping an eye on the areas are Kings, so you have met a few of them.

shock appeared in their eyes. There were so many levels and Realms above them?

how powerful are

in embarrassment.

in their eyes. They had just been told how powerful an Emperor was, and their father, a mere Lord, managed to

Aris asked with narrowed eyes. "By what you have told us, your levels are too far apart. In front of her, you

times more powerful than them, and Aris shouldn't say such things. Meanwhile, Yersi remained silent as she fell into thought. She knew that, at first glance, this

but it still hurt him when he heard his own child disregard him to this degree, but

the most powerful Battle-Strength out

Additionally, his father had just explained that the powerful beasts they have fought were the offspring of

that. To her,

outside world. She knew that Gravis was probably

your downfall, but I think you still haven't realized how big the world is. What do you think, how many Lords exist

Our area is already quite big, and I assume that every area has around 10,000 beasts. The outside world is probably much bigger, but Lords still require a lot of food. So, a

"There are billions,"