Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis went to the Smart Cultivator again and got the last Virtualization Array, which was for Core. This was the level three Law equivalent to metal. It was related to Graphite, Inferno, and had Deep Wood as its antithesis. The Matter Composition Laws would also help somewhat, but not that much. Matter in the higher worlds was completely different from matter in the middle worlds.

"This one might take you a while," the clerk said. "Understanding Core means understanding around 50% of the Higher Hard Pure Matter Law, which is a High Tier Law. Because of these reasons, understanding Core takes several times longer than understanding all the other ones."

Gravis looked at the Virtualization Array. "How much longer?" he asked.

"Take the one that took you the longest to comprehend and triple the time. This is about the general time someone needs when they have already understood all the other Elemental Laws," the clerk said.

"Three times, huh?" Gravis commented. He didn't feel like it would take him that long. After all, he only needed 45 years for Shadow. Three times his longest comprehension would be over 500 years. Was the difference really that great?

"Can I directly rent it for 500 years?" Gravis asked. Of course, this decision was risky. If Gravis were to understand it in just 100 years, he would still have paid 500 years. Yet, being able to completely concentrate on the Law without having to abort in the middle would be far easier.

Gravis was pretty sure that he wouldn't take that long, but he remembered his thoughts when he challenged the middle Heaven. He had thought that he would be able to win against the middle Heaven, but he had been mistaken. Maybe the same thing was happening again, and he was severely underestimating the difficulty.

For once, Gravis decided to trust the opinion of someone else when it concerned his own power. Because of that, Gravis directly rented it for 500 years. The evaluation of the clerk had been over 500 years, but Gravis only rented it for 500. Trusting someone's experienced opinion was one thing, but fully trusting it was something else.

The clerk modified the Virtualization Array again, unloading several God Stones into it to increase its storage. 'No wonder these Virtualization Arrays are so expensive. Just level three Virtualization Arrays already need God Stones.'

"Here you go," the clerk said as he gave Gravis the Virtualization Array. Gravis paid the 50 million Immortal Stones, feeling like a chunk had been taken out of his body. This was so much money!

and teleported away. Then, he informed Yersi about his prolonged cultivation.

it wasn't that bad. She could still see him in his room if she wanted. His room

Orpheus, who only wished him

didn't need to inform anyone else since the remaining people he knew would know how long it would take to

and put the

CRRRR!

with different kinds of metal. On top of that, Gravis could see a particular form of Energy

all the other times, Gravis wasn't attacked by anything. He could just walk around

the time he started his Law Comprehension journey in his Realm Stop. Azure had introduced Ferris to him to keep

a Law. Back then, it felt like forever to him, but now, that would have been an incredibly short

thought how horrible it must feel to not comprehend a single Law in hundreds

as he thought about his past evaluations. "500 years is long, but it seems appropriate. This is one of the most difficult level three Laws to comprehend, and

know what would help me in understanding what. Now, I know exactly what I will learn. The wonder of discovery and surprise is gone. Finding out all the related Laws and which Laws I needed to understand them felt exciting.

taking a lot of magic out of the process. The Black Magnate might have been wrong regarding happiness, but when he spoke about the feeling of having supreme power, he knew exactly what he was talking about. The magic of the

this has simply become my hobby and goal. One could also call it work. Many people despise work, but when they don't work for

happiness are two different things,

concentrating on the

push them together to create a hardened edge, for example.

to fuse the materials with other materials. The Higher Complex Laws would be level five Laws and would be far

different materials. The more he experimented with them, the more he got reminded of the time he tried to learn