Lightning Is the Only Way

Contrary to what one might believe, Ferris didn't immediately understand another Law as soon as he arrived here. He probably also didn't have much experience with plants, which was why he was also taking a long time to understand any Laws related to them.

Gravis looked at all the plants surrounding him and observed them based on their position, not their kind. Gravis wanted to understand a lot of Laws anyway. Concentrating on only a single kind might actually be harder than looking at all of them. By now, Gravis knew very well that a lot of knowledge about one topic might cross into another. Trying to understand the whole thing would be better than understanding only a part of it.

Due to that, Gravis started the long track of understanding Laws.

Two years passed.

"Hey, Gravis! I managed to understand a Law!" Ferris said as he arrived besides Gravis.

Instead of lamenting his own progress, Gravis only smirked. He knew that he wouldn't understand any new Laws for quite a few years since he wasn't concentrating on anything in particular, but that would change in the future. This situation could best be described with the proverb: Sharpening one's axe didn't take away time from cutting wood. Gravis was preparing himself.

"That's great, Ferris," Gravis said with a smile. "What did you understand?"

Ferris looked incredibly excited with his tail wagging crazily. "I think I managed to comprehend one of the Laws that you want to understand," Ferris said.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. "Oh? What is it?"

"It's the Composition of Wood," Ferris said. "I haven't nearly seen as much wood as I have seen other elements in my life, but I have seen the bulwark fight a couple of times. Additionally, with my fire, I have seen how wood breaks down."

Gravis scratched his chin in thought. Ferris had just managed to comprehend the Composition Law of another element. Had any beast ever even tried to do this in this world?

"That's indeed one of the Laws I'm interested in," Gravis commented. "Hey, Ferris. Could you show me what you can do with that Law?"

Gravis wasn't entirely sure if these Composition Laws had any kind of benefit towards one's Battle-Strength when they came from a different element. By understanding the Composition Law of one's own Element, one would be able to summon their element with less Energy cost. Yet, if one wasn't able to use the element, that advantage would become useless.

"Sure thing, Gravis!" Ferris shouted with excitement. Then, he touched a tree with one of his claws.

SSSHHHH!

blown away by the wind. Only

BANG!

remainder of the tree hit the ground as it collapsed without the support of the wood. Gravis watched

more powerful than Ferris so he can try the same thing on that one?" Gravis asked. The tree had been far weaker than Ferris, and Gravis doubted that the

gardener. Sadly, he doesn't know that he's supposed to nurture plants and not

a great gain to the beast community," Gravis said with

CRR!

tree appeared at the spot of the old

your love for all things living gone?" Meadow

when they were done, Gravis told Ferris that he should

piece. Gravis looked at it while scratching his chin in thought. "What were you able

far beyond my power, but I managed to weaken the wood. Right now, the tree should only be as hard as

a weapon or

his ear. "I guess

same likelihood, 10% of your opponents

"weakening one's opponent is an entirely different power scaling than strengthening yourself. Your own strengthening always takes your base power

if I use everything I have and put it into speed, I would be able to move around 50 times faster for an instant while using up a ton of Energy. Pushing that to 51 times is

times more powerful than mine. If their speed is a bit above average for their level, they would

they wouldn't be 64 times as powerful, but only 16 times. In that sense, I would be many times faster

things half to Ferris but also half to himself. Gravis often talked to himself when he was thinking. "This is a very specialized counter Law," Gravis said. "If I don't fight someone with a wood element, it is totally useless,

you have to touch the enemy first," Ferris said. "Chances are that if you touch your enemy to weaken them,

Ferris' words, Gravis' smirk only

"That's fucking unfair! Did you suck a God's

she knew his powers. Gravis only had to laugh when he heard Meadow. "That's right!" he shouted. "I have a Spirit! This means that I don't have to touch the enemy to use it! Any enemy that

didn't have to touch the enemy since he had a Spirit. For the first time, Ferris felt envious of Gravis

been

lightning, and if I fight another human that knows the Lightning Composition