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.

scanner slowly turned into two cups that

attacked the cups, but the only results were broken bones

everything else turned humongous. The force of

CRRRRR!

materials appeared as Gravis summoned them with his Spirit Space. Then, he manipulated them so that they also started encasing

Whenever Gravis nearly managed to encase

BZZZZZ!

the Tornado Emperor as it took ahold of the different materials, moving them around with

harder for him to break the armor, so he changed his

"Die!"

BANG!

an impossibly powerful wind blade. This probably had

wind blade was

no way

Gravis would die.

slowed to a crawl as Gravis felt like nothing was moving. It was like this moment

doom

"Interesting," he said.

SHING!

barely leaving him alive. This was not just Energy or lightning that had been destroyed.

himself, but he

no longer

he was

saw that Gravis had survived, but he also felt that Gravis had become much weaker. This was his

Gravis said slowly and

wasn't sure if Gravis was giving up,

BZZZZZZZZ!

Suddenly, something appeared.

your Laws and your movement. You

several gigantic circles of metal appeared, which aligned in a row. Behind them, a majestic and powerful spear floated

this attack prepared since the beginning of the battle but couldn't unleash it unless he was able to restrain

of the spear as the saved up lightning in the

"Goodbye," Gravis said.

BANG!

lightning inside the rings

onlookers and the Tornado Emperor were confused. This spear was moving so slowly. It moved with the speed of a level five King, and even after it left the last ring, it was only moving with the speed of an average level two Emperor. Sure, that

of my attack has been solved," Gravis

he snapped

BANG! CRK!

down at his body, at the spear sticking out of his chest. What? Hadn't this spear been many kilometers away just now?

BOOOOOOOOM!

Tornado Emperor exploded

all

he had developed at the Ultimate's Meet, and it required Gravis to save up 100% of his lightning in different objects. The rings had a collective 10% of lightning inside them. The spearhead had 20% of lightning inside it, and the hidden spike beneath the spearhead had

the rings, using different Lightning Laws to accelerate it to a ridiculous speed. This speed