Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked more closely at the young man. This was a very specific piece of information that basically no one but his family knew. Yet, there was still a possibility that he overheard Yersi or Orthar talking.

"Yes, I had fun," Gravis said slowly. "But, again, what's it to you?"

"Not much," the young man said, still smirking. "I'm just very interested in you."

"I'm not into guys," Gravis said flatly.

The eyelids of the young man twitched slightly. That comment obviously had an effect on him.

But then, the young man started laughing. "You're really good at this!" he said.

"At what?" Gravis asked.

"At finding just the right buttons to push," the young man said. "You did the same thing when you called the highest Heaven a marauding… you know, to infuriate that middle Heaven."

This guy knew far too much. He even remembered the specific words Gravis had said to infuriate the middle Heaven. Only the present Elders at the time, his father, the middle Heaven, and the highest Heaven, knew that. Gravis never repeated his actual words to anyone since it wasn't really relevant to his story.

"Is this some kind of Law?" Gravis asked. "Some kind of Mind Reading Law?"

The young man chuckled a bit. "That Law does exist, yes, but for you, specifically, it can't be used," he said.

"Why not?" Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.

"Because your mind is full of Punishment Lightning," the young man said. "Not even I can read your mind, at least, not directly like that. I only have way of speaking, facial expressions, and gestures to make my guess," the young man said.

"But that is obviously not enough to guess something so specific," Gravis said.

"That's right," the young man said.

"Anyway, let's stop this little play, Gravis," the young man said. "How about a bet?"

"What bet?" Gravis asked.

"You guess my identity, and I will answer one of your questions. Yet, if you guess incorrectly, you will answer one of mine. Sound good?" he asked.

Gravis furrowed his brows. "Sounds good."

"Then, go make your guess," the young man said.

the highest Heaven,"

only continued smirking.

sparkled. "Interesting," he said. "To be quite frank, I didn't think that you

why was that your

you would react. The fact that you didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven," Gravis said. "And that was your question. My debt is paid," Gravis said as he

man only chuckled but didn't

walked away, and after a while, he was already in a

man

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

didn't you stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back to the

this," he said. "You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you

Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy the guy since he had

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance to

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

decide to punish that young trader in the Sky Community

Gravis was surprised by the question. This question truly

the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit Space, forcing him

teleported him to the outside of the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did

related to that trader?" Gravis

with him," the young man said. "So, your

He really couldn't see through this strange

trader. "Several reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty angry about that, but the guy also doesn't deserve to die because of that.

to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been to make him give me everything he owned at the moment so that the relative punishment would be fitting

also feels like he would have gotten off far too lightly. So, I went with a middle way. He has obviously already sold my Emblem, which means he should have enough money in assets to pay me back.

should be a bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes it

two things. Tell me, is it your lightning

but these words got him thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die. I don't think that he should die

said. "When you kill an entire world just by existing, you

many beings, which is why I made that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts keep

not a hassle and doesn't interfere

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

interfere with your cultivation?" the young man

furrowed his brows again. "What

lightning. Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being, even

ever since Gravis had spared the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in