Lightning Is the Only Way

"Hello, I would like to request a weapon for my son," a well-groomed middle-aged man said to Yersi.

"Welcome to the Gravitas! What weapon are you looking for?" Yersi asked with a friendly tone.

"Do you have a request token?" the man asked.

"Sure," Yersi said as she fished a jade token out of a drawer of the counter. Then, she placed it on the table.

A request token was a form for customers to submit their specifics. This form asked all of the relevant things, like Cultivation Technique, choice of weapon, Battle-Style, Laws, and many other things. This was generally the most effective way to create a specific weapon.

The man quickly filled out the form and handed it back to Yersi. Yersi glanced at it and nodded. "That would come down to 5,000 Immortal Stones," she said.

This was a weapon for a Peak Law Comprehension Cultivator, someone at the same level as Orthar. The person in front of them was an Immortal at the early Major Circulation.

Major Circulation? What was that?

Gravis had heard these two words from the Black Magnate before but hadn't gotten the answer from him because they got sidetracked rather quickly. When Gravis remembered, he asked the Black Magnate again, who promptly explained it.

The Immortal, Immortal King, and Immortal Emperor Realm were divided into seven levels. The first three were the early, middle, and late Minor Circulation Realms, while the latter three were the early, middle, and late Major Circulation Realms. The seventh Realm was the Peak Immortal Realm.

One circulation represented the strengthening of the entire being. While there was a power difference of one level between all the levels, the difference between the Late Minor Circulation Realm and the Early Major Circulation Realm counted as two levels. So, in short, this person could be counted as being four power levels above Gravis.

"I have the materials. What's the price if I provide the materials?" he asked.

"Then, the price would go down to 1,500 Immortal Stones," Yersi said.

The customer nodded. "Sounds good, but I would like to pay when I see the weapon," the customer said.

"No problem," Yersi answered with a smile. "Please submit the required materials, and your weapon will be finished in just a couple of minutes."

"Just a couple of minutes?" the customer asked with surprise. "That fast?"

Yersi laughed a bit and nodded. "Yes, our owner is one of the fastest and most accurate forgers in the Immortal Realms. You can judge the quality of the weapon personally in a couple of minutes."

The customer furrowed his brows, but he remembered that the shop had the Certificate of Honesty. So, even if the claim of being so fast was outlandish, it was most likely true.

The customer handed over the materials, which quickly vanished as they got summoned to Gravis.

of Yersi, who quickly caught it. This was a weapon for someone three levels above her, but the weapon was forged to be

gave him the weapon. "Please inspect the weapon and tell us

it, and nodded. While still standing in front of the machine, the customer

teleported away

saw the person bail with the weapon. Even though Orthar could see through a ton of people,

Clink! Clink!

flicked his Obsidian Ring twice

SHING!

directly appeared beside

Pack!

the new person, who caught it. "Early Major Circulation

SHING!

the person

something and quickly teleported away without paying. As Immortals, they could teleport insane distances in a blink of an eye, even leaving the Spirit Sense range of Immortal

The Immortal Emperor guard wouldn't be able to see where that person had gone since everyone in the city was chaotically teleporting around, making it hard

change their aura and looks, and return. Such a disguise would be noticed on a closer inspection, but the

reasons, being a Runner could be very profitable. Of course,

Two minutes later.

SHING!

earlier appeared in front of Gravis

with the fearful

big-time. When he saw the guard throwing the

know how to protect themselves against Runners!? Additionally, how had the Runner-fail-safes been put on the weapon in such a short amount of time!? This was

guard

to the ground floor, in front of the mechanism. The guard and the

customers were surprised. This new shop had been able to deal with a Runner? Typically, shops only learned about the existence of Runners after being the

the Runner said thanks and vanished. Then, the guard

a contract this time?" the

the Runner, only sighed. "No," he said,

got caught again," the guard said with a smirk. "You know

again. "Sure," he

Whoop!

Stones. 4,000 flew to Gravis while the remainder flew to

consequence of being

their time. Because of that, as reparations, the Runner had to pay