Lightning Is the Only Way

Everything was silent after Meadow said her piece. No one dared to talk in front of Meadow, as she was simply too overpowering.

"I'm sorry," the Lightning Ultimate whimpered. "I was arrogant and wasn't able to see the power before me. Please forgive me," he said quietly and quickly.

Saying sorry as a beast was very humiliating, which was why Azure and Styr, the Grand Elder, always looked at Gravis weirdly. To them, it was like Gravis was flopping over and showing his belly, even though he obviously didn't mean it like that.

"When I only had the appearance of a flower, your arrogance knew no bounds," Meadow said, her voice echoing throughout the horizons. "Yet, now, in front of someone that is an actual threat to you, you keel over and pronounce your weakness."

Meadow retrieved the spear she had pointed at the Lightning Ultimate. "That is the reason why you are an Ultimate and not an Ascender."

The Lightning Ultimate didn't feel humiliated at all. To beasts, it was normal that more powerful beasts established their dominance in front of them. It was only natural. The Lightning Ultimate even went as far as falling on his knees in front of her. He didn't want to die.

"Hmph," Meadow said as her body shrunk. "I haven't shown my power in the last millennia because now, nobody will attack my Empire anymore. Us plants also need tempering. Yet, now that you all know, it's impossible to return to the past."

"So," Meadow said as she was already smaller than a Strider. While her body was shrinking, she also sunk into the earth. "We will now only have four land beast Ultimates. I will take the mantle of the ruler, but most of the time, I will keep myself out of any affairs."

Her head glanced at the other Ultimates, who were watching from a distance. "If anyone has a problem with that, you can tell me honestly."

"But," her voice grew colder. "The next time I reveal my true self, an Ultimate will die," she announced.

Everyone remained silent as Meadow shrunk. Her gigantic feet had flattened an entire Empire. If the fleeing Emperors hadn't informed the beasts in the Empire, they would have all died.

Yet, surprisingly, not a single plant was injured. Even though the earth had been sundered, no plant died. This showed Meadow's incredible control regarding plants.

Her shrinking got faster as the seconds ticked by, and in less than ten seconds, she was a single flower again, but instead of growing on land, she grew inside a crater.

CRRRRR!

someone was flattening a sand-garden with their hand. After a

work was more rudimentary. She couldn't restore things by infusing them with

earth element, but with enough power, one could manually move the earth. It was just way harder to do

The earth had flattened. Meadow even tried to repair the mountains, but she couldn't remember how everything looked exactly. So, she simply eyeballed it. The terrain had somewhat returned to normal, but it had still

no longer grew in a crater, but in the middle of a grass

weak in his life.

usual, harmonious voice echoed

as they flew back to the meeting place

only saw powerful beasts. I thought that this was only natural since this was, well, a

flower, their heads lowered. They didn't dare to make any mistakes. After all, they were in front of their

Meadow said, making

beast dared to say

command, Meadow," an unknown voice said, shocking the beasts. Someone dared to call

shone with a calm green light, and nearly all Emperors recognized this beast.

said. "I ain't interested in this administrative stuff. See? That's why I

for boasting so much," she said

"What was I supposed to do? That dickhead was basically pissing on my head

"Yes,

the balls to actually fight

didn't

had felt distant to Meadow. It was like she

those weapons?" Gravis asked as he flew closer. "We practiced some

It was one thing when

"You think I can only train with other beings? Ya think when you're not around, I just put my head in the earth and wait for dust

your head currently is

I can just make two bodies and make them fight. I'm already perfect with a shield and spear, so I simply

couple of times. "You