Lightning Is the Only Way

Blood and body pieces flew through the air as the fire lines passed Gravis' location. Gravis seemingly vanished as his body was blown across the Formation Array. The fire lines passed Gravis' spot and hit the Formation Array, exploding violently.

Stella's brother released a sigh of relief. His sister had won! For a second there, he had worried that Gravis was even more powerful than he had believed. Gravis had been a freak. That was undeniable.

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Suddenly, an explosion of lightning and fire appeared that consumed nearly the entire area of the Formation Array, shocking Stella's brother out of his relief.

What happened!?

BANG!

Suddenly, two bodies shot out of the storm of destruction, one fleeing and one chasing.

Nearly half of Stella's face was burned, and she was missing an entire arm. However, instead of nervousness or fear, her face only showed cold determination and severity.

A half-dead Gravis chased after her with a lightning-filled saber. He had to win now! Stella was too powerful, and he had just barely managed to claim the initiative. If he failed now, he might not get a second chance!

What had happened?

When Stella completely countered Gravis' defense against her attack, Gravis had to unleash his Avatar. Gravis had to be careful what he wanted to show of his power since he was now among humans. Seeing such an Avatar might invite unwanted attention.

However, Gravis would have died if he hadn't used his Avatar.

His Avatar of Freedom allowed him to ignore any kind of suppression, which meant that Gravis could accelerate his personal time. Sadly, the Avatar of Freedom only worked for him and not for external things. This meant that Stella's attack couldn't be slowed.

Due to that, Gravis could only survive by sacrificing nearly his entire body. If he had been able to also slow the attack from Stella, he would have dodged the attack unscathed, but like this, he had only been able to save his head. He had to regrow his entire body in the blink of an eye by spending a ton of Energy to convert it to Life Energy with his Law of Energy Healing. However, even then, he was still injured.

Stella and unleashed a

danger approaching, she readied her saber again and

was like she had unleashed a single slash of fire that split space apart. Of course, none

clashed, creating a powerful storm of destruction. Gravis had been the one in the initiative, which meant that he

but he

SHING!

If she accidentally hit Gravis' body

Stella thought as her mind was going wild.

on Stella. He had to stay as close to her as possible so that she couldn't recover her balance and positioning. Right now, she was under severe stress and was forced to defend herself from a suboptimal position, making her attacks and blocks

situation, Gravis' weaker body

SHING!

Gravis' body, leaving behind intense sounds of fire. Gravis immediately slashed at Stella before

Clank.

saber appeared in Stella's free

soon as Gravis noticed the new saber, he weakened his attack until it only lightly tapped Stella's saber. If he had unleashed his full power,

plans and tried

PACK!

foot. Some bones in Gravis' arm broke when he received the impact, but he

PACK! PACK!

Gravis, which quickly grabbed Stella's arms. One of his feet sprouted sharp and aggressive claws, and Gravis kicked Stella's remaining leg, hooking

was finally

created wasn't useful in the

a human, and his body was finally unveiling its incredible power. All of Stella's limbs were locked down, leaving her

had she wanted to test Gravis!? If she had directly followed up her attack with

follow-up attacks. This was definitely not her style since Stella was incredibly careful and never underestimated her opponent. She would have