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," Gravis

continued smirking. "No, I'm

"To be quite frank, I didn't think that you were the highest

why was that

that you are afraid of the highest

man only chuckled

and after a while,

young man

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

asked as he teleported back to the

might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting

was correct. This was exactly the reason why Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy the

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

might even surprise you due to its irrelevance

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

punish that young trader in the Sky Community like

was surprised by the question. This question

"Yet, there are ways. For example,

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

you related to that trader?" Gravis

with him," the young man

sighed. He really couldn't see through this strange

actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty

truly fair thing would have been to make him give me everything he owned at the moment so that the relative punishment would be

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. He

his most valuable possession without dying. That should be a bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes it a bit unfair, but it feels better for me this way," Gravis

chin. "Isn't that interesting?" he said. "It sounds like you are very torn between two things. Tell me, is it your lightning that is telling you to

to kill him. He went against me, and it says he should die. I don't think that

man said. "When you kill an entire

do, but I'm not entirely sure," Gravis said. "I don't actually want to kill so many beings, which is why I made that trade with the

long as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

not interfere with your cultivation?" the young

brows again. "What do you

Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a huge impact on your being, even if you don't notice

Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was more powerful, but what if Gravis transformed his being from Punishment Lightning into Divine Lightning? Then, the Divine Lightning