Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis couldn't believe it.

Why did that guy explode!?

He didn't want to kill the guy in order to not create a deep enmity, but that guy just killed himself!? Was he so mad about his weapon being stolen that he wanted to pull Gravis down with him!?

SHING! SHING! SHING!

All the guards teleported into the hall, and it became very crowded suddenly. On top of that, their angry eyes bore into Gravis.

"What guts!" a guard in red armor said. "It has been a while since an Ascender dared to kill one of us!"

"I didn't kill shit!" Gravis shouted as he pointed at the smoldering remains of the dead guard. "I only wanted to teach him a lesson, but that guy just exploded! How the fuck is that my fault!?"

"Stop lying!" another guard shouted. "It's common knowledge that one's path is severed when one loses his weapon!"

Gravis blinked a couple of times in surprise. "Really?" he asked.

"You can't talk yourself out of this one, servant," another guard said as he stepped forward with his weapon. "Today, you will die. Servants that don't respect the weapon are worthless."

"I truly didn't know," Gravis said, activating his Law of Honesty.

At once, all the guards became shocked. Their Will-Aura couldn't keep up with Gravis, and they immediately believed him.

One of the guards sighed. "So you truly didn't know," the guard said.

SHING!

The guard pulled his saber and pointed it at Gravis. "Then consider this bad luck," the guard said. "You have killed one of us in the most disrespectful way possible. Not knowing doesn't absolve you of your deeds."

'Of course it wouldn't be this easy,' Gravis thought. 'Even if someone confesses to a crime honestly, they will still get their punishment.'

'I wonder, is this because of my Karmic Luck?' Gravis thought. 'Now that I'm among humans again, I will probably run into more instances of bad luck.'

"So you will kill me, no matter what I say. Is that it?" Gravis asked evenly.

Shing! Shing! Shing!

Nearly all guards took out their weapons. "We would have given you the privilege of serving us, but a servant that does not know how to respect their masters is worthless," one of them said.

eyes. Again with this

slight giggle, "I find it amusing that you value the Cultivator's path over their individual power. I agree that Weapon Cultivators are in general stronger than other Cultivators, but this

the convention," Gravis said as he gestured

"Like me, for example."

WHOOOOOOOOM!

apocalyptic pressure pressed down onto everyone. The bodies of the guards shook as it became incredibly hard for them to move. Their weapons

committed a fatal

lowered

CRRRRRR!

with the lowering of his arm, his Will-Aura

eyes. They had never seen or even heard about such a powerful Ascender! Over 100 Cultivators,

are several paths to power," Gravis said with a smirk. "One of them is Weapon Cultivation, but it isn't the only one. With my Will-Aura alone, I am undefeatable

there's more," Gravis said with

CRRRRRRR!

started to vanish. A crater appeared around the standing Gravis as everything around him got its

as everything around him turned into void. Gravis knew all the High-Rank elements and the Hard Pure Law. Light, darkness, earth, air, stone, everything was turned into nothingness as a swirl of white dust and Energy flowed around

of everything assaulted the guards, heightening their fear and

Step!

traveled along with him. Everything that touched Gravis turned into nothingness. "Composition

WHOOOM!

inner circle was comprised of the pure elements,

absorbed the power of the destroyed material all around

Cultivators, but even Elemental Cultivators can reach an incredible power," Gravis said

BRRR!

guards even felt their armors and weapons heating up. Yet, no matter how hot

CRRR!

it became even

Laws can also

but they weren't sure if it was because of the

of these examples," Gravis said with a smirk.

of them could

BZZZZZ!

it unveiled all the lightning-related Laws that existed up to this point.

the saber crackled violently with power as Gravis' impossibly powerful Will-Aura magnified the power of his

a technique of Weapon Cultivators. Only Weapon Cultivators could infuse their weapons with so much

that wasn't the shocking part. After all, there were