Lightning Is the Only Way

"Let's first get to the Certificate of Middle World Equipment," Johnson said. "That would be 5,000 Immortal Stones, please."

Gravis nodded and handed over the Immortal Stones. "Alright, please wait for the summons," Johnson said. "This might take a bit longer than the last time."

Gravis nodded again and waited.

Whoop!

"Or not," Johnson said as he saw Gravis vanish nearly instantaneously.

Gravis reappeared in a gigantic hall full of smithing equipment. He saw huge barrels of different kinds of water, a ton of forges, and several other pieces of tools he had never seen before. The forge was over a kilometer wide.

"You came at just the right time," a young teenager said with a smile. "We are currently backed up with orders."

Gravis saw the young man, and just like the previous examiner, Gravis couldn't see through his power. "Hi, backed up with orders? What do you mean by that? Do you accept orders?"

"Sure, we do," the young man said. "There are a lot of cultivators that don't have the money to pay the creation fee for weapons. Because of that, we offer a service where they only have to bring us the materials for a piece of equipment they desire without them needing to pay anything."

"The disadvantages are the long waiting time and the possibility that some forgers might deliver a product which is not up to standard. This is where you come into play. You need to craft ten pieces of specified equipment with an, at least, average quality to get your certificate."

The young man gestured to the forge. "We have all the equipment you could possibly need and more. Feel free to use everything you see here."

Gravis nodded. "Thank you, but I don't need any forging tools," Gravis said.

"You don't need forging equipment?" the young man asked in surprise. "Then how do you intend to forge?"

Gravis scratched the back of his neck. "I just don't need them. I only need my lightning," he said.

"Lightning?" the young man asked with furrowed brows. "Does that mean that you can only forge lightning-specific equipment? You do know that you have registered for the general Middle World Equipment Certificate, right?"

"Oh, no," Gravis said to clear the confusion. "I can forge any kind of equipment with lightning. It doesn't need to be lightning specific."

The young man blinked a couple of times like he hadn't heard correctly. "How?" he asked. "You would need to use your lightning to only heat the material without contaminating it with the essence of lightning. You would need to have an absolutely insane amount of control over lightning to do that. That should be impossible for an Immortal."

really so special?" Gravis asked. "My father simply showed me how to do

took a look at Gravis' Residency Ring. "Oh, your father," he repeated with a different tone. "Sure, he can probably do anything, but can

I just show you?" Gravis said. "What's the first thing I need

Gravis would waste an order? Some of the fees that the participants

Whoop! BANG!

young man summoned a considerable piece of brown ore, which hit the ground with a huge

reasons. "This is only pure ore. Additionally, if I were to harden the tower shield, it would become tiny. Even more, isn't this too little ore

is to test if you have the basics down. Simply make it about 150 centimeters tall with the

a shield even be useful? Calling it a

if that is what the

BZZZ!

the ore with practiced ease. The ore was finished heating up in less than a second, and Gravis quickly molded it into a fitting form. It hurt him that he had to make a shield without a compressed surface. It was like he was

took less

BANG!

shield hit the ground loudly as Gravis looked at the young

in shock.

"Excuse me? I'm done,"

he sputtered. "How were you so fast!? Where was the hammering? Where was the tempering? Where was the forging? You basically only warmed it, molded it into

cool it. I infused my Law of Cold

How do you know the Law of Cold already? That thing is about as far away

only furrowed his brows. What was so unusual about

a while, to stop the guy from continually getting surprised, Gravis simply showed him

WHOOOOM!

tiny world Gravis created out of the basic elements. Obviously, Gravis was demonstrating the Law of the Dead

know the Minor Law of the Dead World as a new

don't have

as he suddenly remembered Gravis' Obsidian Ring. "Of course, you came

Gravis nodded.

he ruffled his hair in stress. "You clearly have access to fire, so why didn't you use it? Why are you

control over lightning is

but that's not the point!" the man nearly shouted. "Using your lightning this finely should put a massive drain on your concentration. Yet, you're

Gravis said. "It