Lightning Is the Only Way

Liam and Stella looked at their teacher's disintegrating hand with shock and horror.

All rage vanished from Stella's mind as she shot to her teacher. "I'm sorry!" she shouted emotionally as she held her teacher. "I didn't mean it! I was angry!"

Stella's teacher smiled at Stella and stroked her hair. "I know," she said. "It's alright."

"Why!?" Stella shouted. "Why did you sacrifice your life for mine!?"

"Because you are more important to me than this old life of mine," she said. "My tribulation would have come in a couple thousand years anyway, and I wouldn't have been able to comprehend a level six Law until then. My life was already over. So, instead of living these last few years without reason, I decided to sacrifice this last bit of life to extend yours."

Liam only looked with shock at his teacher. His teacher would die? She had been like a mother to them!

After a while, Liam also shot to his teacher with tears in his eyes, embracing her tightly. He didn't want to lose her!

Gravis sighed as he saw the three of them embrace. Suddenly, he missed his family too. He had only been here for a couple of days, but he already started to miss his three kids and his parents.

'Sadly, my journey in the higher world has only begun,' Gravis thought.

However, Gravis also looked at Stella. For some reason, he was actually happy that Stella didn't die.

He admired Stella. She knew a ton of Laws, and she even knew the Law of Empathy. Additionally, she had warned Gravis several times instead of simply accepting the challenge and scoring an easy kill.

In her mind, Gravis had been no danger at all to her. She had no reason to warn him several times to not throw his life away. This meant that she honestly didn't want to kill him.

On top of that, she hadn't unleashed her most powerful attacks immediately. Instead, she only demonstrated her powers slowly in front of him, hoping that Gravis would accept that she was more powerful and concede. Gravis was sure that Stella would have accepted Gravis' submission and wouldn't have killed him.

From the very beginning, she didn't want to kill Gravis.

Did Gravis want to kill Stella?

He was fine with killing her for his own power, but he wasn't a big fan of it. She had proven that she was actually a nice person.

Sadly, being a nice person wasn't enough for Gravis. She had been a powerful opponent, and he wanted to temper himself. He had killed so many nice people before, so what would make this one different?

However, Gravis actually preferred this outcome over her death. Gravis had received his tempering. He had upgraded his Law of Danger and managed to learn a ton about the Major Law of the Elements. His Will-Aura had also already increased by a level.

Gravis got what he came here for, and Stella didn't die.

'No reason to remain here,' Gravis thought. 'We met, we fought, and now our paths will split again.'

Gravis turned around and checked the map in his head for the next resource point. This first fight had been a doozy, but he doubted that something like this would happen again.

Stella's teacher said

them again.

you not feel

know what you're referring to," he

teacher smiled as she gently pushed Stella

very long time, and

a connection between

at her teacher in confusion. Then, she also furrowed her

spat. He was still angry that Gravis had nearly killed

said to Gravis. "You have

bored manner. "Do you

a bit. "No," she

talking about your mindset," she

get it,"

seen who you are when you've fought, and I think I understand you pretty well. You have something that Stella needs more than anything right

Gravis still couldn't follow.

teacher?" Stella asked. "What could I possibly

"Let me show you," she said as

subsequent saving of Stella's life has made it more difficult for her to temper herself in the future. The interference of

"I have also saved your life with

"No," Gravis said immediately.

have battled all their opponents directly

this not impact

her life

to lead her out

glanced at Stella for

wasn't this interference an

Commander Rime to keep his pure path to power.

of this changed

a pure path to power was an illusion. It was all only in the mind of the Cultivator. As long as someone didn't think pureness to

likened to losing one's lifelong partner. If the partner of this person died, they would be damaged beyond

Why?

Because of their love.

be eradicated? Would the loss of one's partner

No.

example like this felt cold and sterile, but it demonstrated the effect of distance. If one didn't assign their power and tempering to some pureness, one wouldn't

was the

pushing their will and decision on top of the Cultivator. Freedom was

if someone believed themselves to be free and