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.

highest Heaven,"

continued smirking. "No,

said. "To be quite frank, I didn't think

was

with me means that you

only chuckled but didn't say

a while, he

man only

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back

your lightning because of something like this," he said. "You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting

frowned. That was because the young man was correct. This was exactly the reason why Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy the guy since he had also

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

question is rather simple, actually. It might even surprise you due

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

you decide to punish that young trader in the Sky Community like that?" the

enough, Gravis was surprised by the question. This question truly seemed

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

city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide

you related to that trader?" Gravis

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

He really couldn't see

the 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

are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been to make him give me

sold my Emblem, which means he should have enough money in assets to pay me back. He just has to sell his house, company, or whatever. That would ruin him financially, but

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

young man scratched his 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 kill the guy, or is

these words got him thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went against

said. "When you kill an

that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts keep living. Yet, I also don't want to slow down my Cultivation just because

avoid killing someone as long as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with your

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

it truly not interfere with

furrowed his brows again. "What

a compromise, you slightly alienate your lightning. 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 it," the

shook. It wasn't that he hadn't known that, but that he didn't want to think about it. His lightning had become really angry ever since Gravis had spared the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him to stay in charge of his being since it was more powerful, but what if