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."

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 you will find out, but you will probably need a long time to understand them. They're very different, and if you don't have a powerful base, you won't be able to understand them at all. I would suggest looking

already understand all five Composition Laws of Plants and all five Composition

that Gravis had comprehended but about the fact that he had "wasted" time to look at plants while still being

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

take quite some time, but if you actually manage to comprehend them, you will

say it would be worth it to invest all my remaining time here to understand

immediately. "If you manage to comprehend them, it

as he walked closer to the egg. "Then I

Gravis," Sary said with

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

minutes, Gravis found something that was quite fascinating. 'Interesting. The microorganisms are alive, move around, and consume food, but they don't have

don't have a soul, which would throw them into the dead-category. Yet, they exhibit a multitude of attributes that

years passed. 23 years until the

the more confused he became. By now, he would have comprehended, at least, another Composition

behind these microorganisms went against a lot of Laws and comprehensions Gravis had achieved in the past. Yet, his past comprehensions had to be correct. Otherwise, they wouldn't have transformed

Sary said that it would be worth it. The fact that my previous knowledge has transformed into Laws shows that my

them as if I haven't comprehended anything else. I shouldn't try to find outside concepts that make sense in relation to these microorganisms but see them as their own thing. No wonder Sary said that it will take a long time. It's like I'm trying to understand a new Law while having no prior experience,' Gravis

said that it would be worth it. Let's see…' Gravis thought as he continued looking

passed. 15 years until the time was

was looking at the microorganisms with intensity. His eyes had become bloodshot, and his mind was going wild. It was like he was trying to understand something that was

did made no sense at all! They were, obviously, comprised of Energy,

they absorbed, while dead things neither absorbed Energy nor dispersed it.