Lightning Is the Only Way

Twenty years passed.

Gravis spent all of his time in incredible pain as he pushed his Will-Aura as far as it could go. Styr sat on his throne while Gravis stood beside him with Styr's hand on his shoulder.

As the days passed by, more and more reports from the defensive lines reached Styr. Just as expected, the sea beasts were going wild. After all, it was far easier for them to take more territories than for the land beasts.

But weren't there more land beasts? Why was it easier for the sea beasts to claim more territory?

The reason for that was their smaller territory. The most powerful beasts in the sea beast camp lived much closer to each other than the land beasts. If a level four Emperor of the land beasts arrived to claim a territory, another level four Emperor from the sea beasts would also quickly arrive, and with them, probably several others as well.

Emperors were wise and experienced, and the land beast Emperors knew that such a situation would occur, which was why they followed a different tactic. Instead of taking the initiative to attack the sea beasts, they kept a lot of their powerful forces hidden behind the defensive lines to catch a valuable opponent off-guard.

Sadly, there was a problem.

The sea beasts had Orthar.

Under Orthar's command, the sea beasts seemingly only attacked the defensive lines that had no powerful backing, and if they attacked such a defensive line, the sea beast would have an even more powerful backing following them.

More than one level four Emperor had already died from the land beasts' camp while only a single one died for the sea beasts. The sea beasts were definitely winning the war.

Gravis was mostly busy trying not to die, but he could still pay some attention to the reports of others. When Gravis heard the devastating news of the war, he asked Styr where his children currently were.

Styr told him that his children were currently inside some Law Comprehension Areas since they had earned enough contribution points. For the next 70 years, they wouldn't join the frontlines.

After Gravis heard that, he released a sigh of relief. His cultivation was important, but his children were just as important to him. As Kings, fighting in such a chaotic war would be incredibly dangerous.

Tempering was one thing, but the biggest battles were between powerful Emperors. Any of his three kids could die without having a chance to even fight back. This would not be a good death for a Cultivator or beast.

because there

was

sea beast that if they saw any of Gravis' three children, they were not allowed to attack them as long as the sea beast was three or more levels above them. If one of Gravis' children died in tempering, there would be no problem, but if they died

but he cared for Gravis, and he also knew Gravis' personality. Just because Orthar didn't care about his offspring didn't mean

died in tempering, but if he judged a death to be unfair, the sea beasts would have a massive problem on their

of fighting a beast four levels above himself. Right

hunt down a random level two Emperor and become an Emperor himself. At that point, Gravis could annihilate

allowed to participate in the war. Gravis would probably kill the killer of his children and even the Commander above them that

even an idiot would accept such a trade. So, even if Orthar weren't Gravis' friend, he would still give the same order. Angering Gravis

Gravis would also be stupid. The sea beasts would need to send, at least, a level four Emperor to ensure success, and if they succeeded, what then? Their level four Emperor would have gone

the end, the sea beasts would have sacrificed the life of a level four Emperor for the life of someone that didn't even involve himself in the war.

Right now, Gravis counted as a level two Emperor Ascender. "Give him some food and wait for him to

was also good friends with Meadow. Meadow likely wouldn't involve herself if Gravis died, but one never knew. Even a 1% chance was already far too high. Angering Meadow

about his

course, they could still die to tempering, but that

started his will-tempering, he heard the news from some spies that one of their medium-tier defensive lines would be attacked soon. Such defensive lines were generally protected by level four and

when Gravis heard that, he got an idea. He knew Orthar, and he was sure that the land beasts had been fed this piece of intelligence on purpose. Either absolutely no one would

Morus to help the defensive

but because of Morus. Morus was Gravis' servant, and the

his

defensive

been in the middle of the Ultimate's Meet, but since he had been Gravis' servant, he had been allowed to watch from

that time, he had accumulated a lot of knowledge, which broke through after an intense fight

not one but two Emperors. If Morus hadn't managed

itself a couple more times in the years, and sooner than later, Morus had become a level two Emperor. Right now, with Morus having comprehended two level two Laws, he was above-average for a level two Emperor. He was still not as powerful as Gravis, but

went to the Icy Pride Empire. After all, it was the Icy Pride Empire that had sent an Emperor and managed to win the battles. This gave

said, giving Gravis another