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!

them, creating a massive fountain of steam. The explosion had increased the heat of Gravis' armor and shield to insane levels, which made all the water in the surroundings

the defensive line died due to

ordered to the defensive line, which quickly recovered. Then, all the Kings

as 200 fire-spears shot out from his body. Even such a scattered attack would kill every King in the vicinity.

Whooosh!

instead of chasing the Kings, the fire spears continued shooting

widened in shock. Why couldn't he control his fire remotely!? Meanwhile, the surviving Kings almost couldn't believe that they were still alive. Yet, they only

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

activated his Will-Aura as

SSSSHHHH!

immensely, and when Gravis used his Law of Fire Composition, all the fire-spears

a Lightning Crescent. He hadn't had enough time to pre-load a Lightning Crescent, which forced him to create a new one. Then, Gravis

BRRRRR!

he had to use everything to defend himself. A gigantic pillar of fire appeared in

weakened it as much as the Emperor himself, which was around 20%. Then Gravis'

but it had been weakened quite a bit. The traitorous Emperor saw the Lightning Crescent closing in on him and curled into a ball as fire came out of his body

BOOOOOOOM!

explosion that took out the surrounding ten kilometers. If the defensive line hadn't fled by now,

were cracked, and some small bits of blood came out of his skin. Yet,

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

the Emperor's attacks. This was also a reason why Gravis hadn't stopped the Emperor's initial

of him, blocking the Lightning Crescent and

all his scales were gone, and the muscles that showed were blackened severely. His whole body had been

CRRR! BRK! CRACK!

muscle tissue replaced them. Then, a new layer of skin