Lightning Is the Only Way

The five figures cloaked in black seemed to smirk when Gravis asked them what they wanted. This made Gravis even surer that they didn't come to have a nice and decent talk. Their appearance didn't particularly radiate trustworthiness and kindness.

"500,000 Immortal Stones for each of you," the person at the front said with mirth. "After you pay, we will leave and not trouble you again."

Gravis lifted an eyebrow. "So, you're just bandits?" Gravis asked.

"We call ourselves freelancers, but yes, you would call us bandits," another one said.

Gravis looked at the strung-up torsos at the back. "And if I don't pay, I will probably join them, right?"

"You're a smart boy," the leader said. "Yes, those who don't pay will join us on our altruistic quest. We like to take money from the rich and give it to the poor, which is us, of course."

Gravis blinked once in boredom. "Why go through all of this? Why not just kill the ones that don't pay? You would get all their wealth that way."

"We're not stupid, boy," the leader said with an arrogant tone. "Bad things happen to Cultivators that kill the weaker ones. As long as we don't kill them, everything's fine."

"What if I don't have the money?" Gravis asked.

"You have the money," the leader said with a smirk. "500,000 Immortal Stones isn't much for an Immortal King such as yourself. However, on the chance that you are truly so poor, you will just have to accompany us until we are finished with our altruistic quest. However, that might take a while."

This made a lot of sense now. These five people didn't torture these other Cultivators out of cruelty but to convince them to finally pay. It was impossible to look into someone's Spirit Space without risking a soul battle on the enemy's home turf. Additionally, they would need to have a powerful Cultivator that knew several Laws regarding the Deep Wood Element.

If the Immortal Kings had the money but acted like they didn't, they simply had to live like this for thousands of years or until they decided to pay. If they didn't have the money, they couldn't prove that they didn't have it. After all, the bandits didn't know what was inside the Cultivator's Spirit Space without risking a counterattack inside the Cultivator's Spirit Space.

"If you want, you can also buy the freedom of these poor sods behind me," the leader said as he gestured to the ten hanging torsos. "We don't care who pays, as long as someone pays."

"Stop wasting time," another one interjected. "Maybe he already called for help and is only waiting for someone to arrive."

"Sorry," the leader said with a smirk. "Sometimes, I get lost when I talk to a customer."

Then, the leader looked at Gravis again. "So, what's your choice? You have five seconds to decide. Otherwise, we will take it as a no."

Gravis wasn't worried at all since it wasn't hard to feel their Cultivation. Their cloaks hid their appearance, but they purposefully showed their aura. After all, if the enemy didn't know the bandits' power, they were more likely to attack. The bandits wanted to make some easy money, not fight.

The hanging torsos were either Early Minor Circulation Immortal Kings or Mid Minor Circulation Immortal Kings. Meanwhile, all five of these bandits were Late Minor Circulation Immortal Kings. No wonder that they said that they wouldn't kill their "customers". Their customers were exclusively weaker than them with a numerical disadvantage.

This was obviously not a fight for tempering. This was only a one-sided robbery.

"Let me deal with this," Gravis said to Siral.

Siral bowed respectfully.

They hadn't met one but two Cultivators that could kill them easily. Gravis was only an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King but had an insane Battle Strength. Meanwhile, Siral was using his Law of Humility to also appear like an

his level. Fighting someone one level below him was not an issue as long as the enemy wasn't some incredible genius. Additionally, the Minor Circulation and Major Circulation were separated by two battle levels. Siral would have no issue in dealing with them in less than

shouted as everyone took out their weapons.

some kind of battle formation. Several different Elements appeared on their

WHOOOOOM!

his Will-Aura, and all five of them

and Gravis had the Will-Aura of a Late Major Circulation

WHOOOOOM!

Gravis used his

were surrounded by incredibly hard metal. It was so very hard to

been

WHOOOOOM!

Pressure. The surroundings were compressed, making it far more difficult for them to move. They were now suppressed by

CRRRRR!

quickly entered their bodies. Their joints and muscles became rigid as they

far too slow to break the growing ice. Breaking such a kind of suppression required one to continually move their body to break the ice before too much of it

they were still alive since

transmitted with

offered all their belongings to Gravis. They were

bit interested in that

Energy of their being was worth more than their wealth. Additionally, he would get their

fist and

BANG! BANG! BANG!

lightning destroyed all

to hide his ability to absorb others from Siral. A second Gravis was quickly created inside Gravis' Life Ring out of

Minor Circulation Immortal King. Only a little bit was left, but

as the belongings of the bandits were ejected into the world, and

a big haul. However, just as expected, their Energy was worth

Gravis need to go from an Early Minor Circulation Immortal King to a Mid Minor Circulation

Around 20 million.

equivalent of around 18 million Immortal Stones while also handing him eight million normal

earned around 26 million Immortal

wouldn't even be injured. The poison would probably vanish slowly, and even if

no interest in getting acquainted with

all of