Lightning Is the Only Way

The three level four Emperors arrived one after the other.

First, the level four Emperor from the north arrived and waited for Gravis to announce the reason why he had called him here.

For now, Gravis ignored him.

Then, the clam arrived, and she glared at the level four Emperor from the north while he glared back. At least, Gravis thought that she glared. It was hard to discern the facial expressions of a clam.

Lastly, the level four Emperor from the west arrived, and surprisingly, he didn't go to the other land beast Emperor. Instead, he took up a third position. He didn't glare at either of them, but Gravis could feel that he was not a fan of either of the two. The same thing was true for the northern level four Emperor, who looked with venom at the western level four Emperor.

Gravis scratched his chin as he noticed that. 'Interesting,' he thought.

"Alright," Gravis said as he flew closer to them.

All three of them stopped glaring and only respectfully looked at Gravis.

"This meeting will consist of two parts," Gravis said. "Depending on your mindset, you will either enjoy or fear the first part. The second part is only an order I will give you."

The three of them were anticipating Gravis' words in fear. He was the most powerful out of all of them, and if he wanted to kill them, he could do just that without any repercussions. After all, he was not an Ultimate. The ruler wouldn't intervene.

"Now, for the first part," Gravis said. At the side, the three children of Gravis also looked with anticipation at Gravis. What would he do?

"I'll be straightforward. As soon as I become a level three Emperor, I will be powerful enough to eat Striders, which means that I won't need any more food from the beasts," Gravis said.

The three of them released a sigh of relief. This had been their biggest fear. If Gravis decided to eat them, there would be nothing they could do about it.

level three Emperor, I need

Right now, the land beasts had the

hands. Make a free-for-all, duel each other, vote, I don't care. I need the

It wasn't that their lives weren't worth anything, but that their

the weakest beast would die. Like that, at least one beast would receive some excellent tempering while

three of them all had different reactions to it. The clam became fearful and nervous. If the two

none of the two land beast Emperors looked at her. Instead, they

opportunity,"

the western

turned to the clam. "Leave. This will be a fight between him and

almost couldn't believe it. She didn't have to fight? That was great! The clam didn't enjoy fighting at all. The only reason why she had become so powerful was that one beast after the other had tried

as she stayed near the continent. Yet, she just

into success. One could say that her mindset was not

to watch from a safe distance while Gravis

all-out attack, I will kill that beast immediately,"

other that they were the more powerful one. Yet, they also respected their rival. If

definitely different from humans just because of such mindsets. Something like this would be rare

two of them immediately clashed,

were level four Emperors, beings far stronger and more

too close to each other. Additionally, none of the two followed a very aggressive fighting style. It was more like

them also managed to understand new Laws. This made the fight swing back and forth. One would be suppressed by the new Law of the other one until he would

a day, and by now, Gravis was sure why the two of them hadn't been able to resolve

other. Yet, thanks to their defensive fighting style, they weren't able to decide a victor until

and some land beasts watched the fight

day, the fight finally