Lightning Is the Only Way

A 250-meter-tall version of Gravis escaped out of the fallen Life Ring. This had been a gamble because if the Emperor's attack had been a wide-range attack, the Life Ring might have gotten destroyed along with Gravis' weaker body. Fortunately, Gravis had judged the personality of the Emperor correctly.

What exactly had happened? How was Gravis a level four King suddenly?

When the Emperor appeared, Gravis told the Commander that he would confiscate all the corpses and consume them to become a level four King. If the Emperor were a traitor, Gravis would fight him and buy time for the defensive line to retreat. If the Emperor weren't a traitor, Gravis would pay the corpses back in the future.

As soon as that happened, Gravis put half of his being into the Life Ring and consumed the corpses, becoming a level four King. Gravis was sure that the Emperor was a traitor, which was why he didn't even hesitate to consume the corpses. The long talk he had with the Emperor previously was enough time for him to finish his evolution.

Additionally, the new Gravis was not naked. He was currently wearing a red-black suit of armor. Since he had already seen the element of his future opponent, he created a suit of armor suitable for the fight. Of course, Gravis wasn't powerful enough to manipulate materials at the Law Comprehension Rank, which had been an issue.

Well, it would have been an issue if Gravis didn't already know a lot about Hard Complex Materials.

By mixing some materials together, Gravis managed to create a material that was stronger than Peak Nascent Nourishing Rank but weaker than Initial Law Comprehension Rank. These materials didn't exist naturally, so Gravis had to create them.

Of course, since Gravis didn't know the full Hard Complex Material Law, he couldn't fully take advantage of the material. He was only able to manipulate it with his Hard Pure and Medium Pure Material Laws, which meant that the armor and weapons weren't any stronger than a Half-Step Law Comprehension Rank Material that had been forged with a level one Law. Yet, this still allowed him to create the suitable material he needed.

Gravis also infused the armor and weapons with Pure-Fire Ash, which increased its resistance to fire. Usually, such armor would melt very quickly when it came into contact with a fire Emperor. Yet, with the Pure-Fire Ash, Gravis' armor was powerful enough to resist the usage of a level one Fire Law. Only the level two Law that the Emperor knew would be able to destroy his armor.

Gravis was fully prepared for his fight with the traitorous Emperor. "Everyone flee and inform the surrounding Empires!" Gravis shouted as the Emperor still looked with shock at Gravis. Gravis should be dead! Why was he still alive!?

After around a second, the Emperor narrowed his eyes. He had made his choice, and now he needed to commit to it!

BRRRRR! BANG!

Fierce fire came out of the Emperor's right front claw, and he attacked Gravis with it. Gravis immediately blocked with his shield, and the fire exploded violently.

BANG!

explosion had increased the heat of

level four Kings from the defensive line died due

defensive line, which quickly recovered.

in the vicinity. All the fleeing Kings felt their

Whooosh!

fire spears continued shooting in a straight line,

surviving Kings almost couldn't believe that they were still alive. Yet, they only fled even faster. They couldn't think about what was happening right now. Only

Kings, the Emperor tried to shoot more spears after them, but before he could release the spears,

destroyed the will upon them and activated his Will-Aura as well as his Law of Suppression. The attacks were scattered attacks, and each one of them only

SSSSHHHH!

Law of Suppression weakened the attacks immensely, and when Gravis used his Law of Fire Composition, all the fire-spears vanished into nothingness. These fire-spears were

hadn't had enough time to pre-load

BRRRRR!

that he had to use everything to defend himself. A gigantic pillar of fire appeared in front of him, destroying

himself, which was around 20%. Then Gravis' Law of Fire Composition weakened it by another 50%, making the fire pillar only a bit more

a bit. The traitorous Emperor saw the Lightning Crescent closing in on him

BOOOOOOOM!

took out the surrounding ten kilometers. If the defensive line hadn't fled by now, every beast in the surroundings

appeared before Gravis again. A lot of his scales were cracked, and some small

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Crescent, Gravis had gathered the scattered parts of corpses that had survived the

Gravis only narrowed his eyes further. Before the second Lightning Crescent had hit the Emperor, something had appeared in front of him, blocking the Lightning Crescent and making it explode prematurely. Something powerful enough to

again. This time, nearly all his scales were gone, and the muscles that showed were blackened severely. His whole

CRRR! BRK! CRACK!

muscles were pushed away as new muscle tissue replaced them. Then, a new layer of skin and scales quickly appeared. This whole regeneration had only taken