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

only continued

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

was that

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

man only chuckled but didn't

after a while, he was already

young man only continued

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

stop me?" Gravis asked as he teleported back

he said. "You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you wouldn't do that just to spite some random

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

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

might even surprise you due to

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

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

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

there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit

you could have simply teleported him to the outside of the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to punish the

to

do with him," the young

sighed. He really couldn't see through this strange

of the trader. "Several reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from

Fairness is important 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

my Emblem, which means he should have enough money in assets to pay me

short, the guy will feel the sting of losing 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

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

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

the young man said. "When you kill an entire world just by

kill so many beings, which is why I made 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 it saves some

as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with your cultivation?"

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

truly not interfere with your cultivation?" the

brows again. "What do

you try to find a compromise, you slightly alienate your lightning. Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny

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 Gravis transformed his being from Punishment Lightning into Divine Lightning? Then, the Divine