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!

nodded and teleported away. Then, he informed Yersi about his prolonged cultivation. 500 years was a lot of time,

could still see him in his room if she wanted. His room

also informed Orpheus, who only wished him success. 500 years was not

inform anyone else since the remaining people he knew would know how long it would

put the Virtualization

CRRRR!

different kinds of metal. On top of that, Gravis could see a particular form of Energy entering and exiting the different metals. This was probably the essence of Core, which demonstrated the elemental component of

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

had introduced Ferris to him to keep watch over him.

Back then, it felt like

up one of the ores and looked at it. "I still remember how I thought how horrible it must feel to not comprehend a single Law in hundreds of years. Yet, now,

most difficult level three Laws to comprehend, and it will also push my understanding of Higher Hard Pure Matter to 50%. 500 years for a level three Law and 50% of a level four Law seems just right,

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

Laws, 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 Laws is gone, and only a normal interest remains.

and becoming more powerful. Now, 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 a long time, they become unhappy since they don't have

different things, after all," Gravis said to

he started concentrating

them to forge weapons but received one surprise after the other. He wasn't able to push them together to create a hardened edge, for example. The matter rejected itself as soon as the pressure increased. When Gravis used even more

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

now and concentrated on the different materials. The more he experimented with them, the more he got reminded of the time he tried to learn the Complex