Lightning Is the Only Way

No one noticed that Gravis had gone. Even if there had been an Immortal King watching over him, they wouldn't even have realized that he had left. It was like reality had been changed as if Gravis had never been there, to begin with.

SHING!

Gravis reappeared at a different spot, and he immediately felt some vertigo as his body shook a little bit. 'Shit! The sensation of spatial displacement has never been this intense before. This probably means that I have teleported an insanely long distance.'

"Welcome, Senior Brother!" the excited voice of a kid appeared.

Gravis shook his head a bit to regain his bearings as he looked at the speaker.

It was a ten-year-old boy in the Spirit Forming Realm. He looked excited like a little kid as he looked at Gravis with widely opened eyes.

"Oh, sorry," Gravis said. "I'm not your Senior Brother."

"You're not?" the young boy asked with shock. "But you are here. Everyone is part of my family here!"

Gravis looked around and noticed that the boy was not the only person here.

Around a hundred different people were all looking at Gravis with different expressions. Most of them looked at him with excitement and shock, but the more powerful ones had different expressions.

The young and weak beings looked at Gravis with wonder and excitement, while the older and more powerful ones looked at him with a bit of confusion, hesitation, and skepticism.

Beings?

Yes, there were not only humans here. Gravis could also see that there were a lot of young beasts. Normal humans might not be able to see the subtle differences of age among beasts, but Gravis had lived among beasts for over a thousand years. He could tell that a lot of them were very young.

"Why have you come here?" an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King asked Gravis with furrowed brows. Yes, even Immortal Kings were here. There were even several beings with powers so great that Gravis couldn't even judge their power.

Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors were experienced enough to feel the subtle differences between Gravis and the normal new members of their family.

The new members always radiated a subtle feeling of isolation.

Gravis radiated a feeling of mature harmony with the world, which meant that he was relatively secure in his life without any significant emotional problems.

The new members always had slightly more powerful Will-Auras than normal, but Gravis' Will-Aura was just far too powerful. Someone with such an insanely powerful Will-Aura for their Realm would not join their family. Someone like that could easily take care of themselves and would count as a valuable genius among the outside world.

The new members always had average or slightly above average Battle-Strength.

of the Immortal Kings

it bordered on a parody or a lie.

short, Gravis stuck out like a sore thumb

what

head. "I'm not really sure myself. Some blonde Immortal Emperor gave me an emblem. Apparently, someone he calls teacher wants to speak to me. However, the Immortal Emperor made it very clear that I would not join your… Sect? Family? Power? Organization? I don't know,

eyes widened as she looked at Gravis with surprise. "You have met Eldest Brother?" she

know his name," Gravis said. "He didn't really introduce

bit confused. Someone had come here that wouldn't be part of their

Then, she started smiling and bowed in politeness. "Excuse

problem. Thank you," he

with a smile. Then, she gestured in a certain

"Sure," Gravis said.

but not before he found out several details based

here that wasn't part

all not have any kind of family or friends outside this "family" here? If they had, wouldn't these friends

that these people were either shut off from the outside world or weren't

met before in this world had talked, Gravis was pretty certain that beasts and humans weren't fond of each other. There might even be

This might not be unusual in the highest world, but in this world where humans were not

reaction of everyone

expression of reverence and respect on their faces when they heard

that their teacher

Nothing.

was like their teacher was just the most normal person out there, like they met every single day. The teacher was obviously more powerful than this Eldest Brother, but the Eldest Brother commanded

parents are always present, but the older sibling only returns rarely. The parents might be more

was the area Gravis was currently

in a forest. There were no buildings at all, not even benches or stools. It was like everyone lived in

kids and teenagers seem to take this as normal. I'm certain that they have seen houses and buildings before, but they don't mind living here.

them. The weaker ones probably remain here until they reach a certain power, getting used to the environment. Then, when they go to the outside world and return, they are probably not allowed to build any kind of building in order

the weather and the elements. Having them live like this will probably make

words for a second. It was like they had never been confronted with

fast. He found out all

mortals. Gravis was unused to walking this slowly, and in his boredom, he looked around some

near the clearing, but no

more but grew bored very quickly. After that, he simply continued following the Immortal