Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis spent the next hundred years trying to understand Inferno. As soon as he started, he noticed the difference. Inferno was fire, but it also wasn't fire. Even more surprising was that Gravis' understanding of mid-tier fire gave him nearly no help in understanding high-tier fire. It was like they were made of entirely different things.

From the outside, they looked nearly identical, but there were completely different Laws and concepts inside. In actuality, Gravis' understanding of Punishment Lightning helped him more in understanding Inferno than the normal fire element, which was nearly unbelievable to him.

This was probably also one of the reasons why so few beasts had managed to comprehend the level three equivalents of their elements. The only thing helping them was their affinity, but every other Fire Law was basically useless when looking at this Law.

Sure enough, this was an entirely cut-off Law from the others. Understanding other Laws only helped a tiny bit, as long as they were not Elemental Laws of the same tier.

Because of all these reasons, Gravis tried to comprehend the Inferno Law but failed, sadly. With only the help of Punishment Lightning, understanding this Law was just far too difficult.

'Are the other upgraded versions of the Laws also so difficult to comprehend?' Gravis thought. 'Does understanding the Composition of the body not help in understanding the higher tier Laws of Body Composition? That can't be right. After all, the base Laws of the middle worlds are necessary to comprehend the higher tier variants. There has to be some use.'

After the century was up, the Virtualization Array stopped working, and Gravis retrieved it. After sighing in bitterness for a bit, Gravis entered the "living room" of their apartment.

Yersi and Orthar also quickly joined him, and they began to talk.

Yersi had had no issues in understanding her level one Law. After all, she had already comprehended a ton of level one Laws before that. She had even already rented the second one and had also understood that one. After that, she simply waited for everyone else.

Orthar failed in comprehending his target Law, just like Gravis.

"This is inefficient," Orthar said to the other two.

"What do you mean?" Gravis asked.

"I already have the perfect Law for my Avatar," Orthar answered. "The next better variant would be a level four Law based on this level three Law, but I'm certain that I won't have the funds. Gravis, you will probably not work again since you have enough Immortal Stones to accomplish what you want. With that, my source of income will be severely compromised."

"Then, what's your plan?" Gravis asked.

"I will become an Immortal first. As an Immortal, my state of mind should elevate to a new level, making it easier for me to comprehend Laws. I need to take full advantage of my limited funds by using them as efficiently as possible," Orthar said.

Gravis scratched his chin. "Makes sense," he said. "Sure, then go ahead."

"Orthar is becoming an Immortal? I have to see this!" Yersi said with an excited smile.

Orthar and Yersi were not really close. Their mindsets clashed with each other, but they tolerated each other's existence due to Gravis. As soon as Gravis left for the higher world, Orthar and Yersi would probably never contact each other again.

Sometimes, people simply didn't like each other. It happened.

CRRRR!

and

did beasts want to live

two reasons

stimulated their minds, making it easier for them to comprehend Laws.

absorbed Energy. Their absorption was not nearly as fast as a human's absorption, but it was there. This would very slowly push the beasts

Orthar had long been ready to become an Immortal but decided

to the next level. Yet, in comparison to Orthar, Gravis had only made around 5% progress. If he didn't eat another beast or consume some Immortal Stones, he would need nearly 4,000 years to

transformation took several seconds, but when he was done, he revealed his

Gravis saw Orthar, his eyes

hair. Gravis would have thought that Orthar preferred black, but that

eyes arranged in

Except for the male features on Orthar,

beast's human form! Every beast's human form looked like a human. They didn't have tails, claws, scales, or anything else that humans usually

Orthar had

normal. As far as Gravis knew, Orthar was the only

"Orthar?" Gravis asked.

his hands with a neutral expression. Even his expressions looked very similar to the middle Heaven's. When Gravis

and Gravis got a flashback of the first time the middle Heaven

It felt identical!

"Yes?" Orthar asked.

actual voice. Beasts always talked with their minds, not with their mouths. Yet, when

voice felt different. The middle Heaven had sounded like someone that had seen everything and was done with life. It had

a human voice that had been created by a

Heaven had been shattered. Their appearance might

the middle Heaven," Gravis

said. "My beast form already appeared far too similar to

Gravis grimaced. "Is it a human form, though?" he asked. "I've never seen any human with seven eyes. I'm not even sure if that

by these words. "Everything has its reasons," he said. "I don't have enough data to come to a conclusion, which makes

couldn't fully accept these words, but Orthar continued speaking. "My plan has changed, Gravis,"

it have something to do

"Things that I have not noticed before

you mean,

the artificial sky of their apartment. "Things are slowly starting to make sense. I finally understand the questions I had always had previously. I am I, but I am not the

on, Orthar!? What are you talking about!?"

Gravis, and his eyes appeared different. Gravis didn't know why, but it felt like some hidden confusion or conflict inside Orthar had disappeared. It

Gravis," Orthar said. "You can keep my share of the money.