Lightning Is the Only Way

This special task from the Empress truly was special. Normally, Gravis wouldn't be interested in fighting such weak beasts at all. Every fight was a precious tempering opportunity, and if he increased his Realm by eating weaker beasts, he was basically throwing away the advantages he had built for years.

Yet, Gravis didn't have to consume the beasts. Everything was up to him. Usually, Gravis wasn't the biggest fan of wasting food, but if there were no other way, he could do it either way. When it concerned his path to power, he was morally flexible.

Gravis also remembered something else. What had been his goal in making his incredible foundation and Battle-Strength? What was the driving factor for creating such a powerful Battle-Strength in the first place?

It was to make it easier for him to find resources relevant to his current cultivation level.

This was very basic and the whole reason why Gravis was so hellbent on having a powerful Battle-Strength. For example, Emperors generally wouldn't care about resources that Kings needed, like the corpses of other Kings. The corpse of a King did nothing for an Emperor, after all.

Wasn't this exactly such a situation?

Every King desired to win this incredible opportunity of staying in the world's best Law Comprehension Area. Yet, Emperors couldn't directly participate in this opportunity. Because of that, the Battle-Strength of the King was what would decide if they managed to take hold of this opportunity or not.

Gravis also desired this opportunity, just like every other King. Yet, if he had decided to waste some of these tempering opportunities, he wouldn't have understood nearly as many Laws. On top of that, he might have never met the Empress if the Red King hadn't taken note of him. Maybe he also wouldn't have comprehended the Law of Suppression.

The most powerful Kings in the world surely all understood a ton of Laws and maybe even several level two Laws. Undoubtedly, some of them could easily become level two or level three Emperors with their Battle-Strength but decided to wait for precisely this opportunity.

If Gravis hadn't been so hellbent on tempering, his Will-Aura alone would maybe only weaken them by 30% or so. Then, they could still attack him with level two Laws. These Kings were so powerful that there wouldn't be any certainty of Gravis receiving this opportunity.

Yet, all of Gravis' preparations had paid off in a major way. As he was currently, no King in this world could even defend against him, no matter how many Laws they had comprehended. His Law of Suppression and Will-Aura suppressed every level five King by over 90%.

If Gravis used this combination, he wouldn't even need to use his lightning. He could just walk up to them and behead them with his saber. Due to Gravis' insane tempering, grabbing ahold of this opportunity wasn't much more difficult than walking to him.

This was the fourth time that his insane tempering allowed Gravis to grab ahold of an opportunity that everyone in his Realm desired. Yet, even though it was the fourth one, it was definitely the most notable one.

The first one had been Gravis' fighting against the Fire Guild in the lower world's middle continent. Without outstanding Battle-Strength, he wouldn't have been able to temper his body that quickly.

the core continent. Only Seed Stage cultivators had had the opportunity to take part in it, and if Gravis hadn't had such an insane Battle-Strength, he would have died.

Empress. If Gravis hadn't won that, he would have needed to father over a thousand children. He was already overwhelmed with

fourth one, and taking ahold of this opportunity would allow him to comprehend a ton of Laws. Maybe there were even unique Laws he could comprehend at the Ultimate's Meet. This was probably worth even more

in thought for quite a while, Gravis," the Empress said suddenly, interrupting

as he smiled at the Empress. "I was just thinking about how my tempering has paid

"You act like you've already

smirked. "Haven't I?"

99% chance

"Like what?" Gravis asked.

Ultimate could throw in a veto since your Battle-Strength is already in its own

"Haven't you said that one of

a bit. The Ultimates were at an entirely different level for her, and inside her mind, there was no way to resist them. Yet, with Gravis' words, she remembered that any beast with a lightning affinity would die

decided to kill the Lightning Ultimate and then use his

able to

nothing in front of you," the Grand Elder said with a sigh as he took part

lightning affinity," Gravis said helplessly. "Also, I'm pretty sure that I am the only one in the entire Cosmos that can do that. I've told you how I've managed to gain my powers. If it weren't for the highest Heaven and my father intervening, I wouldn't even be alive

absolutely no interest in creating a second one of me.

least, to this degree," he

"What do you

the different elemental Composition Laws and how it

in their bodies instead of transforming Energy into elements. This meant that a human

fight, while Gravis would die. In the worst-case scenario, the

to try?" the

confusion at the Grand Elder. "What do you mean?"

have understood Punishment Lightning, which means that I have also comprehended its composition. I can use this knowledge and try it out on you. Of course, I won't kill or injure you," the Grand

eyes sparkled. He didn't want to acknowledge that any cultivator could potentially turn him into dust. Additionally, this had been

to confront