Lightning Is the Only Way

As Gravis became more powerful, he noticed that his direction had changed. In the lower world and at the beginning of the middle world, he had chased after a very explosive and fast fighting style. His goal had been to boost his speed and offense to a level where the enemy would die without being able to fight back.

Yet, as he fought more and more opponents, he realized that this fighting style wasn't always the best choice. Metal and earth beasts had been his nemesis since their defenses were so high that it became nearly impossible to kill them immediately. Then, Gravis would run out of Energy, and the fight would become perilous.

Ironically enough, with his new fighting style, earth beasts were now the weakest against him. Now, the most troublesome opponents would be beasts without any elemental affinity. Their superior body would pose a massive issue to him. The other problem was that he wouldn't be able to counter their offense with his Elemental Composition Laws since they had no elemental affinity.

The more complex and varied his opponent's fighting style was, the better for Gravis. One could argue that Gravis' direction was not power-oriented. After all, his weapons became more and more situational. Yet, if he had situational weapons that covered every situation, would his strength still be situational?

'Pure power only carries me so far,' Gravis thought. 'If I only concentrate on the three basic aspects of offense, defense, and speed, I would never be able to fight four levels above myself. I need to find specific counters to my opponents to bridge the gap.'

Gravis glanced at the remaining eggs beside Sary and then at the Lightning Ultimate. 'Should I choose something that I can understand very quickly that would shoot my strength upward, or should I concentrate on something nearly useless that I can't get anywhere else?'

Gravis sighed. 'Honestly, that's not even a choice. I've been putting off understanding more about lightning forever, but I can take a look at lightning whenever I want. My survival is guaranteed, which gives me time to understand everything. This means that I have the luxury to waste time.'

After thinking that, Gravis made his choice. Back then, the sheer number of level one Laws required for the Middle-Tier Material Composition Law had thrown him into despair. Yet, without even noticing, Gravis had nearly completed the entire base.

He knew the relevant Pure Laws and even the Hard Complex Law. He knew all the Elemental Composition Laws. He knew the Body Composition Laws, and he also knew the Plant Composition Laws. There was only one thing remaining.

'Let's take a look at these microorganisms,' Gravis thought. 'I have never truly come into contact with them, but some Laws should be able to cross into their territory.'

Gravis looked at the single egg that demonstrated the creation of microorganisms, which made Gravis frown. According to his logic, there should be at least three different kinds of Composition Laws associated with microorganisms. Yet, there was only one egg.

"Sary, have you not comprehended the entire Composition of Microorganisms, or why is there only one egg?" Gravis asked.

Sary chuckled a bit. "Oh, I understand it. It's all there," she said with a voice that suggested that she knew something that Gravis didn't. "I think your understanding about their usage and purpose is faulty. Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked for more eggs."

scratched his chin in thought. "That might be possible," Gravis said. "I haven't come into contact with them yet, so I don't truly know their purpose and

find out, but you will probably need a long time to understand them. They're very different, and

and all five Composition Laws of Bodies. Is that enough?" Gravis

that he had "wasted" time to look at plants while still being a

idea what to do anymore would consider looking at plants. Gravis could become more powerful without any problems, but he had

said. "Then you can try to comprehend them. However, it will probably still take quite some time, but if you actually manage

be worth it to invest all my

Sary answered immediately. "If you manage to

walked closer to the egg. "Then I

Sary said with an embarrassed voice. "Take your time,"

the first time. He had seen them here and there, but he had never paid any true attention to them. They had never

something that was quite fascinating. 'Interesting. The microorganisms are alive, move around,

difference between dead and living things. These microorganisms don't have a soul, which would throw them into the dead-category. Yet, they exhibit a multitude of

23 years until the time was

confused he became. By now, he would have comprehended, at least, another Composition Law if there actually were another one.

of Laws and comprehensions Gravis had achieved in the past. Yet, his

that my previous knowledge has transformed into Laws shows

of knowledge that I haven't interacted with yet, which means I should look at them as if I haven't comprehended anything else. I shouldn't try to find outside concepts that make sense in relation

it would be worth it.

passed. 15 years

had become bloodshot, and his mind was going

saw more and more facets about the microorganisms that stumped him. A lot of the stuff they did made no sense at all! They were, obviously, comprised of Energy, just like everything else.

more and more Energy and wouldn't give off as much as they absorbed,