Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis was really surprised about the assassin's willingness to hand over his Avatar. While Gravis held the daggers, the assassin had no connection to his Avatar anymore, making him nearly helpless. If Gravis summoned these daggers into his Spirit Space, the Avatar would be overwhelmed by Gravis' Spirit.

This meant that Gravis could destroy the Avatar with a mere thought.

There was absolutely no way to recover from that.

"Why did you hand over your Avatar?" Gravis asked.

"Because I can't win," the assassin said helplessly. "I'm only good at assassinations, not in a direct conflict. All my Laws and powers revolve around assassination. Any Immortal King on my level can easily kill me in a direct confrontation."

Gravis frowned as he scratched his chin. "Then how did your Will-Aura become so powerful?" Gravis asked.

The assassin's Will-Aura was one level above his Realm. How could an assassin train their Will-Aura without fighting someone directly?

"By targeting risky targets," he said. "For tempering, I am targeting Cultivators that can kill me easily when they survive my first strike. This, in itself, is incredibly dangerous. We didn't directly fight, but my life has been in mortal danger all this time."

'That could actually work,' Gravis thought. 'The feeling of danger is the important thing.'

"So, that's why you targeted me?" Gravis asked.

The assassin nodded. "You have so many secrets and know so many Laws. Assassinating you is almost impossible. However, if I managed to succeed, my Will-Aura would become much stronger."

Gravis sighed. "Tempering and Cultivation, huh?" he uttered.

Gravis had thought that the assassin was contracted by someone. It had also been possible that he had been after his secrets and wealth.

However, it was nothing but tempering.

This made Gravis hate the assassin less, but he had still attempted to kill Gravis, and Gravis wouldn't let something like that go.

Several seconds passed in which Gravis was just thinking.

What was there to think about?

Just kill the assassin!

However, Gravis had some plans.

What about the time Gravis went to the Core Regions? Would he just go there without any plan and look around?

No, this wasn't like Gravis. Gravis was a planning person, and he already had a plan, a plan that would give Gravis a ton of resources and plenty of opponents.

"What's your name?" Gravis asked.

"Siral," the assassin said.

willing to give up your freedom for survival?"

eyes widened. Gravis would not kill

to serve for eternity. What was the difference between serving and

would have lost some respect for him. The fact

"I want to create my own, shall we

heard that it wouldn't be forever, but his expression became ugly again when he heard the second part. Gravis' targets probably wouldn't be dangerous opponents for Siral. This meant that Siral would target weaker Cultivators that wouldn't give

no difference between life and death," Siral said with a sigh. "Bad things happen to people that attack weaker ones. I would simply

that Karmic Luck

won't," Gravis

Whooop!

"Because I have

ring, his breathing halted. "A Slave Ring!"

This was his Life Ring, and Gravis was quite surprised that Siral noticed what it was. However, it

that?" Siral said with a grimace. "If anyone

Life

thought about Liran's and Surem's death. They had seen the Life Ring. However, they obviously hadn't known what it was.

a Slave Seal on someone, but Gravis had only used that function

why were they

Slave Rings illegal?"

why it was bad to own one. "Because you

didn't fully believe it. This reason was probably what the Peak Sects

highest world, a Life Ring that was able to enslave anyone below the Star God Realm might be a somewhat expensive tool, but in this higher world, it was probably an

it need to create such a

and several level

Life Ring had cost Gravis 500,000 Immortal Stones, but in this world, it might even go for hundreds of millions. After all, how

with the

sure that they didn't destroy them but kept them for their own

of paying a fortune to acquire one, they simply declared

Power sure was useful.

will enslave you for 50,000 years. During this time, you will do what I want, but you will not receive any damage to your luck. After all, you won't have your own will, and everything that you will do under my command will fall back on me. So, when you, for example, slaughter a city of mortals, I will be the

works like that?" Siral

does," Gravis said with his Law of

Fortunately, it was already known that Gravis knew the Law of Honesty. Because of that, even the last doubts of Siral

would agree, but there's a problem," he

"What problem?" Gravis asked.

said. "I need to become an Immortal Emperor before that, or I will die. You have

his chin. However, instead

perfect, actually,"

do you mean?"

would summon an Early Major Circulation Immortal King. That would be six levels above myself, far more than I could handle. However, when I become an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King,

King? Then, your tribulation would summon a Mid Major Circulation Immortal King, which would be five levels above myself after I become an Early Minor Circulation

hung open in shock. "You would take over my tribulation for me? But then it would be your tribulation, and you would have basically thrown away nearly