Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis teleported once more and arrived at the usual clearing. However, he wasn't alone this time.

Gravis looked at Stella and also noticed her brother, Liam, beside her.

When Stella saw Gravis, she smiled happily. She had missed him.

Gravis smiled back at her. He had also missed her.

However, Gravis' gaze turned to Liam, and it was no longer friendly.

Liam harrumphed and looked away. By now, Liam had become an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King. However, his Will-Aura was on the level of a Late Minor Circulation Immortal King's, quite impressive. It wasn't nearly as powerful as Gravis' Will-Aura, but having a Will-Aura two levels above oneself was really impressive, especially since they had only been apart for about 25 years.

Back then, Liam's Will-Aura had only been on the level of a Peak Immortal's. His Will-Aura had increased by three cultivation levels since then, which meant that he had probably gone through his fair share of battles.

Stella's Realm and Will-Aura were still mostly the same, but not completely. Her Will-Aura had taken a minuscule step forward, but this didn't count for anything.

She had probably tried to increase her Will-Aura but realized that it just wasn't that easy anymore. Her teacher's interference had hit her hard.

"Hey, Gravis," Stella said with a happy smile as she came closer. "As you can see, I'm back."

Gravis looked at her, but his expression turned to a bitter smile. Then, he released a sigh and narrowed his eyes.

Stella was surprised by Gravis' reaction. Why was he suddenly so serious?

However, when she saw Gravis glaring at her brother, she realized why. "Oh, it's fine!" Stella said. "Don't worry, he is not going to attack you."

Liam rolled his eyes. "Yes, yes, sis has convinced me," he said nonchalantly. "You can do whatever you want. I'm only here to keep an eye on her."

Stella smiled at her brother. This meant a lot to her.

After all, her brother was the closest and most important person in her life, and there was a great possibility that Gravis might also become one of the most important people in her life in the future. She didn't want any animosity between them.

Gravis continued looking expressionlessly for several seconds, not saying anything.

As time passed, Stella felt uncomfortable.

Why was Gravis acting this way?

As far as she knew, this didn't fit Gravis at all. They had talked a lot, and in her mind, Gravis was definitely not a person who held needless grudges.

Liam's eyes also narrowed as he looked at Gravis. "What are you looking at?" he asked with some annoyance. Being constantly stared at was not comfortable.

Gravis turned away from Liam after some seconds and looked at Stella with narrowed eyes.

For some reason, Stella felt nervous when Gravis looked at her like that. What was going on? Gravis was utterly different from usual.

"I have told you in the past that I can't tell you how to solve your issue," Gravis said to Stella in an even tone. "Knowing what it is will make it harder to comprehend it. However, this is only one part of the story."

Stella felt uneasy as she heard Gravis while Liam summoned some of his Energy. Stella might not know it, but Liam knew where this was going.

Because of that, Liam slowly took out his weapon, which was a thin rapier.

Stella saw Liam taking out his weapon, and her face whitened.

What was going on!?

"The other reason," Gravis said slowly as he turned to Liam. "Is that it requires you to be at the lowest point in your life. Only when you have lost everything can you realize it."

A dark feeling of foreboding suddenly appeared in the atmosphere, and Stella's face transformed into horror.

Liam gritted his teeth as he teleported away.

"I'm doing this for your own good," Gravis said.

SHING!

Gravis also teleported away.

Silence.

'W-What?' was all that Stella could think after some seconds.

BOOOOM!

Lightning exploded in the distance. The explosion wasn't very loud, but Stella knew how far away it had happened.

screamed as she teleported away

SHING!

location of the explosion

her world

before him was a gigantic

middle of the crater were some scattered and

process what had happened, and her feelings became a confusing mess of

point of your life," Gravis' dark and emotionless voice appeared inside Stella's

can keep

this is only the first step," Gravis said. "You

Gravis' words as she looked at the crater in horror and

SHING!

the crater and looked at the body parts. One

head, with one

her brother's eye,

looked at it. The fluctuations of Liam's aura were

Gravis couldn't fake that!

among the objects surrounding

was no

Her brother was dead.

Gravis had killed him!

quietly, her voice

dark and cruel voice appeared in her mind. "Realize that I took no joy in the act. I had

I've done this. It pains me to do these things to you, but in

all her rage

now, you will never become more powerful," Gravis said slowly

Stella's body shook.

her emotions were in direct conflict. Right now, she hated Gravis so much that

tried to

was telling

had already

had already been

make the death

more than anything, Stella felt like she no longer knew the person in

still the nice boy she

Stella hesitated.

you are no longer in

body shook with

Gravis' eyes narrowed.

SLAP!

on the ground for many meters. Her mind was filled with shock and horror. This had

lay there in horror,

Step!

foot appeared in Stella's vision as Gravis stopped in front

grabbed her throat and

and for that, I must take

barely registered

SLAP!

up. Stella's

her to him and looked directly

you are

"You are mine."

CRK!

In fact, he was an entire level above

at you to kill me, but your mind is unsure. You didn't even unleash a Law with your attack because you are

gritted her teeth as uncertainty

unleashed

power that important to her that she didn't

time, Stella

needed to die! He

he was her only way to power! If she killed him, she would never be

wouldn't bring her brother

was to do whatever Gravis told her to

would

this, she would still

still have a

these things, her rage and disgust

she was

her frenzied mind, she only saw one