Lightning Is the Only Way

The Tornado Emperor became panicked as he realized that a ton of powerful metal had appeared around him. He quickly transformed into a thin string again as he violently moved around.

Gravis did his best as he tried to use the force of his Spirit to keep the metal pieces moving so that the Tornado Emperor couldn't move. Yet, this task burned his Spirit crazily.

The Tornado Emperor saw that just trying to get out didn't work.

CRK!

So, he used his bone claws to tear at the armor pieces with great effect. The armor was not nearly powerful enough to resist the physical attacks from a level three Emperor.

Gravis realized that this was not enough, so he threw something else into the mix.

BANG!

Suddenly, when the Tornado Emperor wanted to transform into a bigger form, he felt incredible pain. It was like something unbreakable was constricting his body. He quickly turned back into a string and looked at the offending object.

It was an obsidian ring, which had appeared around his body.

Yes, this was the obsidian ring that Gravis' father had given to him. Its size was nearly perfect for constricting the string-form of the Tornado Emperor. The Tornado Emperor could wiggle out of it, but Gravis held it in place around the Tornado Emperor's body with his Spirit. As long as the Tornado Emperor couldn't shoot out in a straight line, the ring would stay on.

Yet, this didn't stop the Tornado Emperor from attacking the armor around him. With every passing moment, more of the armor was torn to shreds.

'I need something harder!' Gravis thought with gnashed teeth. With panic, he searched around in his Spirit Space until he found something that could help him.

CRACK!

The Tornado Emperor unleashed another attack, but instead of destroying more armor, his bone claw broke into pieces. He had just hit something incredibly hard!

What had he hit?

A small, weird device had appeared. This was something that Gravis had totally forgotten he even had. Initially, he had bought this device to discern the types of materials he came across in a Natural World. Yet, it had become obsolete after his father had taught him forging.

This was the small scanner, which Gravis had bought from the scammer along with the Life Ring. It might not have any actual uses thanks to Gravis' knowledge, but it was still something that had been created in the highest world. This meant it was very hard.

Gravis saw how effective the small scanner was and looked at it. Surprisingly, it didn't have a single scratch.

By now, Gravis knew a lot more about materials. This meant that he also recognized most of the materials inside the scanner and could see its properties. If the scanner was only hard, it would have been broken. Yet, the scanner was also flexible like a Medium-Complex Material.

This scanner exhibited all properties of all the materials Gravis knew, and his eyes shone when he saw it. This was what he was aiming for!

'Move!' Gravis ordered with his will as he tore at the scanner. Slowly, a ton of knowledge appeared inside Gravis' mind as he realized how he could make the scanner's form change.

BOOOOM!

And with this, Gravis had comprehended his first level three Law by himself.

Gravis' eyes shone with light as all matter in the world suddenly made sense.

"I know matter!" Gravis proclaimed as the armor pieces and scanner started to warp. The materials of the scanner were too powerful to be manipulated by Gravis normally, but that was no longer the case. He couldn't forge the scanner's materials, but he could warp and change them.

slowly turned into two cups that tried to

but the only results were broken

let the part of his body encased by the ring remain small as everything else turned humongous. The force of the expanding body pushing against the armor put a huge

CRRRRR!

his Spirit Space. Then, he

the Tornado Emperor was still too powerful and fast. Whenever Gravis nearly managed to

BZZZZZ!

the Tornado Emperor as it took ahold of the different materials, moving them around with magnetism. This cost Gravis a lot of lightning,

for him to

"Die!"

BANG!

Tornado Emperor suddenly unleashed an impossibly powerful wind blade. This probably had over half his remaining Energy inside it as it shot

blade was

had no

Gravis would die.

crawl as Gravis felt like nothing was moving. It was like this moment would

Gravis saw his doom approaching, he

"Interesting," he said.

SHING!

was destroyed by the wind blade, barely leaving him alive. This was not just Energy or lightning that had been destroyed. This was Gravis' foundation

turned back into himself,

Gravis was no longer a level

was a

that Gravis had survived, but he also felt that Gravis

over," Gravis said slowly

wasn't sure if Gravis was giving up, but

BZZZZZZZZ!

Suddenly, something appeared.

Laws and your movement. You can't survive," Gravis said

him, several gigantic circles of metal appeared, which aligned in a row. Behind them, a

since the beginning of the battle but couldn't unleash it unless he was able to restrain his enemy. After all, this attack

took ahold of the spear as the saved

"Goodbye," Gravis said.

BANG!

into the rings. The lightning inside the rings hit the spear as they all shot it forward with increasing

was only moving with the speed of an average level two Emperor. Sure, that was pretty fast for an attack from a level five King, but nothing that the Tornado Emperor couldn't evade, even in his

my attack has been solved," Gravis said with a

he snapped his

BANG! CRK!

the spear sticking out of his chest.

BOOOOOOOOM!

Emperor exploded

all

had developed at the Ultimate's Meet, and it required Gravis to save up 100% of his lightning in different objects.

accelerate it to a ridiculous speed. This speed was equivalent to