Lightning Is the Only Way

Right now, since Gravis' body was shrunk to a size of two meters, his power had been halved. With this body, he was only double as powerful as a level two King. With the Plant Ultimate having created a Divine Beast body, her body was four times as powerful as Gravis' body.

Whoom!

Gravis pushed all his power into his body, making it three times as powerful. With this, his opponent's body was only 33% more powerful, a gap that wasn't hard to overcome.

All these thoughts had happened in an instant, and the Plant Ultimate was still charging at him.

BANG!

Gravis shot forward, but he didn't use his Spirit, Will-Aura, or lightning. This would be a purely physical fight.

The Plant Ultimate closed in on Gravis and punched forward. Gravis simply caught the punch with his left hand. Then, he jumped a bit and grabbed her other hand as well.

CRSH!

Gravis rammed his two feet downwards, right at the Plant Ultimate's feet. The claws on his feet easily dug into her feet. With this, Gravis had caught all her appendages. She couldn't move anything anymore.

Gravis smirked and used his long mouth to bite the flower on top of the body.

CRK!

Gravis' teeth broke as he bit the hardest thing he had ever come into contact with. Yet, instead of feeling helpless or angry, Gravis simply jumped back again.

"If you were a level three King, you would be dead right now," Gravis said with a smirk.

"Again!" the Plant Ultimate shouted as she charged forward again with another punch.

Whoop!

Gravis easily evaded the attack with his flexible waist. "I know why you're doing this," Gravis said.

"Enlighten me!" the Plant Ultimate said again as she performed a kick, which Gravis also dodged. He simply had way too much experience with fighting humans.

"You've probably seen that Ascenders can transform into humans," Gravis said as he easily dodged more attacks. "You know that you will also be able to transform into that body when you ascend, so you're using me to gain combat experience with your future body."

The Plant Ultimate stopped attacking. "Fuck! How did you know that!? Only I have seen the last Ascender! No one else should know that they can transform their bodies! Also, what the fuck is a human!?" she asked.

Gravis only smirked. "I know a lot of things. Haven't you heard Ferris say that I'm filled with wisdom?" he asked with mirth.

"You're filled with shit, is what I think!" the Plant Ultimate said. "Now, stop dodging!"

Gravis didn't comply.

"I want something in return," Gravis said between dodges.

can't you just enjoy the fight!? What's with your greedy-ass attitude!?" she asked as she continued

Gravis said. "Every time you would die, I will get one year of wood

Ultimate continued attacking for a full minute as Gravis dodged. Ferris

transmitted to him. "Didn't the Empress say that I'm not

in danger of dying. It's more like

'Well, okay,' Gravis thought.

Ultimate became incredibly frustrated. "Fine!" she shouted with her melodious

Gravis said

BANG!

turn around. Using the power of his turn, his tail smacked right into the Plant Ultimate's abdomen, throwing her away. Her body was stunned for a bit, and Gravis used that moment to bite a huge chunk

BANG!

with his claws. After that, he simply jumped back. "One year!"

CRRRR!

Then, she charged at Gravis again. She

CRACK!

everything inside it. With another kick, he threw her

body healed again as

lot of fighting happened, with Gravis always

confident anymore. The Plant Ultimate was becoming more used to her body with frightening speed. In the beginning, Gravis only needed one or two exchanges to "kill" her, but now, he

Another hour passed.

with an icy but concentrated voice. He couldn't take her lightly anymore. Her growth

Another hour passed.

"30 years," Gravis said.

Another hour.

"32 years."

Another hour.

"34 years."

Another hour.

"36 years."

Another hour.

last four hours had the Plant Ultimate losing at precisely the same frequency. This could only mean one thing. The Plant Ultimate was no longer

was the reason

that was that her fighting style with her body had already reached its absolute peak. She was using 100% of her body's potential. She

to become that good at using his body, but the Plant Ultimate achieved this in just a couple of hours. Gravis guessed that this was thanks to the incredibly long lifespan she had. She had probably seen more beasts fighting than Gravis had seen humans in

longer charged at him. Gravis couldn't read her expression since she was a flower, but

was on her mind. "Consider yourself

are just as good at using your body as me. Yet, your body is not as combat-oriented as mine. My waist is more flexible. My hands and feet have claws. My tail protects my back and is an additional appendage that isn't in my way. My head has teeth as a backup weapon. My legs can accelerate

an hour is that your body is 33% more powerful than mine. If our bodies were just as powerful, your losing-speed

frustration. "So, as long as I remain in this body, I can't win against

nodded. "Exactly! Yet, the body of a human has a power that you

Plant Ultimate wasn't convinced by Gravis' words. "And what, pray

Whoom!