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

a 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

break the convention," Gravis said as he gestured to them with his

"Like me, for example."

WHOOOOOOOOM!

everyone. The bodies of the guards shook as it became incredibly hard for them to move. Their weapons lowered as their arms couldn't withstand the

that they had committed a fatal mistake. This was not a normal

slowly lowered

CRRRRRR!

the lowering of his arm,

on the ground, but others managed to hold. For the first time, fear and respect appeared in their eyes. They had never seen or even heard about such a powerful Ascender! Over 100 Cultivators, an entire level above

"One of them is Weapon Cultivation, but it isn't the only one. With my Will-Aura alone, I am undefeatable

Gravis said

CRRRRRRR!

hall shook as the ground below Gravis started to vanish. A crater appeared around the standing

around Gravis 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

assaulted the guards, heightening

Step!

along with him. Everything that touched Gravis

WHOOOM!

The inner circle was comprised of the pure elements, while

balls around Gravis started circling as they absorbed the power of the destroyed

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

BRRR!

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

CRRR!

froze over as it became even harder

Laws can

weren't sure if it was because of the cold or

any of these examples," Gravis said with a

of them

BZZZZZ!

in front of Gravis as it unveiled all the lightning-related Laws that existed up to this point. "I specialize in

saber through the lightning ball and absorbed it with his saber. Now, the saber crackled violently with power as Gravis' impossibly powerful Will-Aura magnified the power

guards realized that this was a technique of Weapon Cultivators. Only Weapon Cultivators could infuse their weapons with

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