Lightning Is the Only Way

The time was up!

Gravis' Realm-Stop was over!

Gravis threw one last glance at the Law Comprehension Area and then left towards the Icy Pride Empire with Ferris. It was time to meet the Empress again!

Yet, Gravis felt nervous. One hundred years had passed since he had last seen his children. There was a genuine chance that one or all of them could have died during that time. Tempering was dangerous, and a lot of his friends had passed while tempering themselves, even though they all had an incredible amount of Karmic Luck.

They were on their way to the Mountain of Pride, but before they could reach the mountain, they were interrupted.

"Aris! You disrespected and killed my comrade! Today, no one will be able to save you!" a violent shout suddenly came from the side.

Gravis grew excited when he heard that. Aris was here? Gravis looked around but couldn't find him anywhere. He found the source of the voice, which was a long, green snake. Surprisingly, that green snake was a level five King.

Even more surprising was the fact that the green snake was looking at Gravis with hatred.

Gravis blinked a couple of times in confusion as the snake charged towards him. Then, he pointed at himself. "Me?" he asked.

"Don't play dumb, Aris! Today, I will put you in your place! Your arrogant strutting around has come to an end!" the green snake shouted violently. "It doesn't matter that you have already become a level three King! You might be able to fight a level above yourself, but two levels are between us!"

'Apparently, Aris has caused some trouble,' Gravis thought. He wasn't sure if he was annoyed or proud of Aris at the moment.

"Hey, you got the wrong guy," Gravis said. "Aris is my son."

in shock for a second. But then, it only sneered in disdain. "How weak! You see that you can't deal with me and try to fool me! Your father wouldn't have remained a level three King for such a

scratched his cheek in confusion. Yet, he could understand the green snake. Staying 100 years as a level five King or level five Lord was normal, but generally, beasts shot rather quickly through

you resolve this misunderstanding?"

"Oh, yeah, right!" Then, Ferris turned to the green snake. "This is

shocked. Wait, this wasn't Aris? Was this truly the elusive Gravis that nearly no one

the green snake said, now

BZZZZ!

Lightning on his hand. "This should

snake looked with shock at the lightning. It had never felt any element even remotely as deadly as this one! Even it felt a great danger coming from

before it. Aris? That shouldn't be a problem for the snake, but Gravis was something entirely different. Gravis had killed

it had decided to attack immediately, it wouldn't have known how it died! Yes, geniuses like Aris were terrifying, but Gravis' Battle-Strength was unreal. Gravis was probably the most powerful King in existence! There was a gigantic gulf between the first place

said politely. "I shouldn't have jumped to

snake off. "So, you have news about my son? What

for a while now. "Your son, Aris, has been going around challenging every genius he could find. He never

and death duel and then killed him. If this had been a normal duel, I wouldn't care. Yet, Aris has used the mindset of my companion to

scratched his chin. "Hm, but if a mindset is exploitable, isn't it a weakness? If Aris was able to convince someone into fighting him when they obviously had no chance of victory, wouldn't that fit the style of the world? A

my companion. I have lost one of my companions, and, in my opinion, I'm entitled to

a shrug, surprising the green snake a bit. "Enmities are enmities. There is no right and wrong in this world. If you want to do something, do it. Yet, keep in mind that just because

green snake nodded. "I know the danger," it

Gravis said with a smile as he waved.

green snake was confused about Gravis thanking it. Why was

thing," the green snake said

uttered as he looked at the