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."

"My

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

Gravis said. "What's the first

man hesitated but shrugged his shoulders after a bit. Who cared if Gravis would waste an order? Some of the fees that the participants paid

Whoop! BANG!

of brown ore, which hit the ground with a

ore but grew confused due to multiple reasons. "This is only pure ore. Additionally, if I were to harden the tower shield, it would

order, and it is to test if you have the basics down.

thought that this was a huge waste. Would such a shield even be useful? Calling it a paper shield would be more accurate than calling

what the customer wants," he said

BZZZ!

into a fitting form. It hurt him that he had to make a shield without a compressed surface. It was like he was throwing ore out of

took less than a

BANG!

as Gravis

eyes opened wide in shock. It

waited some seconds. "Excuse me? I'm done," Gravis

Where was the hammering? Where was the tempering? Where was the forging? You basically only warmed it, molded it into shape, and that was it! By reason, there should

taught me. As for cooling, I did cool it. I infused my Law of Cold into the

surprise. "You're a lightning cultivator, right? How do you know the Law of Cold already? That thing

furrowed his brows. What was so

from continually getting surprised,

WHOOOOM!

Gravis, a small rock appeared as it floated in the world. This was a tiny world Gravis created out of the basic elements. Obviously, Gravis was demonstrating the Law of the Dead World. "Temperatures

the Minor Law of the Dead World

don't have it yet," Gravis

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

Gravis nodded.

he asked as he ruffled his hair in stress. "You clearly have access to fire, so why didn't you

shrugged. "My control over lightning is better," he

you, but that's not the point!" the man nearly shouted. "Using your lightning this finely

any drain," Gravis said.