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.

"to become a level three Emperor,

especially nervous. Right now, the land beasts had the upper hand, and choosing one of

be consumed by me. The choice of which one it is lies in your hands. Make a free-for-all, duel each other, vote, I don't care. I need the corpse of a level four Emperor. If you don't want to

would be cruel and inhumane, but these were beasts. It wasn't that their lives weren't worth anything,

Obviously, a fight would break out, and the weakest beast would die. Like that, at least one beast would receive some excellent tempering while the weakest one would die. This was about as fair as Gravis could make it.

reactions to it. The clam became fearful and nervous. If the two land beast Emperors decided to gang up on her,

of the two land beast Emperors looked at her. Instead,

waited for this opportunity," the northern

the western Emperor

the clam. "Leave. This will

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 to kill her,

stayed near the continent. Yet, she just couldn't leave the continent. She enjoyed

that her mindset was not suitable for cultivation at all, but she somehow still managed

flew into the distance to watch from a safe distance while Gravis simply waited.

attack,

They had been rivals for a very long time, and they had always wanted to prove to each other that they were the more powerful one. Yet, they also respected their rival. If they were truly the weaker one, they wouldn't want to

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

them immediately clashed,

much care for the fight, but his three children were entranced. These were level four Emperors, beings far stronger and more experienced than them. Watching such a violent battle would help them in comprehending more

none of the two followed a very aggressive fighting style. It was more like the two of them tried to find opportunities

and forth. One would be suppressed by the new Law of the other one until he would also understand

the two of them hadn't been able to resolve their enmity for such

good for the land beasts if two level four Emperors fought each other. Yet, thanks to their defensive fighting style, they weren't able to decide a victor until an Ultimate got involved, and when the regions got split, they couldn't come into contact with

watched the fight. Sea beasts and some land beasts watched the fight from a distance with interest. This was valuable

the fight