Lightning Is the Only Way

The cold tornado of Frost surrounding Samantha raged in the surroundings as her cold eyes shone inside the storm.

She was enraged!

How dare this mere ant strike her face!?

'Finally, she's getting serious,' Gravis thought.

Gravis' new Law of Danger told him that the enemy was extremely dangerous and that one mistake could end his life. Had Gravis gambled with his life when he decided not to kill Samantha when he had the chance?

Of course!

If Gravis didn't gamble with his life, he wouldn't be able to receive tempering. When one's goal was to kill an enemy, doing something like this would be stupid beyond reason. However, when it came to tempering, it was necessary to be that stupid.

Many Cultivators only tempered themselves against enemies that wanted to kill them. They traveled the world, comprehended Laws, and searched for resources, simply waiting for greedy or malicious people to appear.

However, this put the choice of opponent into the enemy's hands. Cultivators often chose an opponent that they felt would pose a bit of danger, but not too much. Therefore, the enemies of the passive Cultivators were always incredibly formidable since those enemies judged the passive Cultivator to not pose a significant danger.

In Gravis' mind, the people who didn't search for powerful opponents were actually the ones playing with their lives. They put themselves out there, being forced to accept nearly every opponent that came their way. Not having control over which opponent one fought was relying on luck.

This was also one of the essential reasons why it was necessary to have a powerful Battle-Strength. Someone one level above someone else might decide to kill the other person for their wealth. However, these were not the main opponents one encountered. After all, it was possible that the Cultivator could fight a level above them. Cultivators one level more powerful than oneself were the rarest enemies that initiated the fight.

More common were Cultivators at the same level since they wanted to temper themselves too, and just as common were Cultivators one level above oneself that could also jump a level since they wouldn't even see the other Cultivator as a danger.

So, in short, Cultivators mainly initiated combat against opponents that were either definitely weaker than them or just as powerful as them. Opponents that were one level more powerful rarely initiated combat. After all, the opponent was neither weak nor powerful. It was not easy to kill them, but it also wouldn't count as tempering. It was neither one nor the other.

In Gravis' case, if he were to be the passive one, one piece of cannon fodder after the other would come. No Late Major Circulation Immortal would initiate a fight since Gravis appeared so much weaker than them. Such a weak Cultivator wouldn't even have any kind of significant wealth. It wasn't worth the risk to offend any kind of power because of this little wealth.

Gravis' Battle-Strength meant that he was allowed to choose his dangerous opponents every time.

This was why his Battle-Strength was so important.

And this was also why Gravis had such a huge variety of enemies to choose from.

'Let's get this show on the road,' Gravis thought with a smirk. However, after he thought that, his smirk transformed into narrowed eyes. It was time to take this situation seriously now.

"DIE!" Samantha shouted as the storm was absorbed into her rapier.

SSSSSHHHH!

She struck once, and a white slash shot at Gravis with incredible speed. At the same time, Gravis felt the space crack, making it impossible for him to teleport.

BANG!

as he shot to the side, barely

saw this,

What a humiliation!

her attack not once, not twice,

before he could make any significant headway,

CRRRRR!

The ice and snow began to crackle violently like it was rubbing against itself and

surroundings shook like there was a volcano that was

color of Samantha's white rapier also changed to

Then, she slashed again.

"RAH!" she shouted aggressively.

BANG!

of ice and snow shot at Gravis, but this one was even faster and more powerful than the

attacking power even more. She had already slashed with all her power previously. How could the same

BANG!

Gravis' feet again, but the speed wasn't enough to evade. Gravis also activated the Law of Time to accelerate

SSSSHHHH!

The attack was destroying itself as icy dust was left behind by the slash. After some hundred kilometers or so, the slash ground itself into nothingness and

higher amount of control was necessary to boost the power of an attack, but her control had decreased instead.

that before,' Gravis thought. 'The lacking finesse and control make it basically impossible for the attack to be a technique. It's more like an attack

kind of Body Law that increased

is unworthy in her eyes, but she can't comprehend pride. This creates frustration, and

she has no affinity with the

to exchange control for pure power. It's like

shot through Gravis' mind in the blink of an eye. Samantha had shown one of her more powerful Laws, and now

with absolute fury. This

BANG!

She unleashed another attack.

WHOOOOOM!

never been so humiliated! She even needed to use her Will-Aura against

Samantha as the attack shot

level four Law? Where are her level three Laws? If I weren't here for tempering, I would use my Avatar to break free of her Will-Aura, come close to

have to play this game of slowly allowing her to increase her own attack if I want to have an actual fight. Her mindset regarding battle makes her even weaker than an average Cultivator at her level. Has she never been under a chaotic threat to her life? Has she always

Gravis thought. 'You

WHOOOOOM!

Death. All of these Laws hit Samantha's Will-Aura, breaking it for a second. For a second, her mind stopped working. She had simply unleashed her Will-Aura but hadn't braced herself against a significant

small child instead of an actual