Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and Ferris traveled for around two days to the north. The Empire was relatively close to the core of the continent, but not that close. The fact that they took two entire days proved as much.

The closer they got to the bulwark and the Grand Lake, the bigger the Striders seemed. Their sheer size was incredibly breathtaking. From the top of the Mountain of Pride, they hadn't appeared as gigantic, but when they arrived at the bulwark, the Striders simply appeared massive.

Even though they were still over 200,000 kilometers away from them, the closest Strider already seemed so massive that Gravis couldn't even see its head anymore. Its closest leg looked like a bridge that led to an entirely new world, which was its torso. The closer Gravis got, the more he could feel the sheer power of them.

"We're nearly there, Gravis!" Ferris said with excitement. "I've already announced our arrival to the guards of this place. They know me, so we have no issue with entering. Don't attack anything, and don't release any of your power. The plants are not fans of slaughter and battles."

"No problem," Gravis said with shining eyes. He had some things that he could offer the plants, but he hoped that they would allow him to comprehend them without any payment. The reason for that was that paying a plant or a beast was difficult.

Paying a human was not an issue since Gravis would only need to hand over some treasures or currency, but plants and beasts were not interested in that. They were more interested in tempering and food.

After some more seconds, Gravis noticed that the environment had changed. A towering and wild forest appeared with trees several kilometers tall. That size surely was impressive, but Gravis had seen trees just as big in the lower world. Could plants also control their sizes?

Right now, Gravis was just two-meters tall. After all, every King could freely control their size, and most of them were always in their smallest possible size. It was just easier to travel like this.

Ferris passed the line of trees and entered the massive forest without being stopped as Gravis followed him. "Where are we going, Ferris?" Gravis asked.

"To the Empress of the Bulwark Empire, the Plant Ultimate," Ferris answered. "We first need to discuss everything with her."

the Empress

Ferris answered directly. "The Plant Ultimate is a nice and

was a bit surprised at how easy it was to meet an Ultimate, but he accepted it. This surely would make things easier. After around a minute, the two of them

bed of flowers and, for some reason, felt peaceful. Some kind of harmony radiated from this

the clearing, and Gravis did the same. Ferris knew better how to

body as light as possible, but don't fly," Ferris transmitted to Gravis as he took the lead.

he didn't step on any flowers but pushed them to the side instead. Of course, some of them couldn't avoid the destiny of

doing and moved similarly. With the help of his Spirit, he was able to move more flowers out of

due to their new method of moving, but it still only took a couple

Gravis followed. Showing his respect to someone much older and much more powerful than him was not something to be ashamed about. Strength had to be respected, and even

they bowing

other flowers, but interestingly, all the flowers had their heads turned away

the Plant Ultimate, one's eyes would still be drawn towards this particular flower. It just seemed… special. It didn't

like nature itself was speaking, and Gravis felt like he saw the whole forest speaking to him via this one voice. It almost felt like this was not the

back at the path he had tread through the field of flowers. His footsteps were still there, and even if he hadn't stepped on the flowers with any weight,

at his footprints. Then,

to gain something we desire, we involuntarily leave behind a path of destruction, but as long we try to minimize

in realization. Yes, this field of flowers was a very good analogy for the path of cultivation. Reaching the Plant Ultimate was impossible without stepping over plants, but they could still try to minimize

the flowers without paying any attention to them, the flowers would die, and it would take a long time

Plant Ultimate remained silent, so Gravis