Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis charged through the earth towards the southeast. Down here, no human would be able to find him, but that wasn't true for the beasts.

However, having to go through a ton of hardened stone took a lot longer than simply flying. Because of that, Gravis' speed was slower than before.

After around three weeks, Gravis was sure that he was close to the beast territory. He was probably close to the edge. This area would be the most dangerous since the forces of beasts and humans met each other here.

Inside the earth, Gravis saw no difference. Everything felt the same, no matter where he was.

A couple of days later, Gravis thought that he should already be inside the beast territory, but he wouldn't come out unless he saw proof. If he came out too early, an Immortal Emperor would probably directly jump on him and kill him.

An additional day later, Gravis finally saw the thing he was waiting for.

Gravis stopped and narrowed his eyes. Just a kilometer in front of him was something that blocked his way.

"Let me through," Gravis transmitted.

What was blocking Gravis' path?

A gigantic root!

Gravis' Spirit Sense couldn't reach very far so deep in the earth, which made it impossible to see how big that root was, but Gravis was sure that it was humongous.

Gravis felt a powerful sense sweeping over him.

"Password?" it asked.

Gravis scoffed. "Really? We have passwords now? I'm a beast, and I want to go to the Great Forest. Why would I need some password?" Gravis transmitted with annoyance.

The powerful sense swept over Gravis some more. "No human, even if they are of mixed descent, can have such a powerful body. You may pass."

CRRRRR!

And like that, the root shrunk until Gravis could see a path forward.

asked for a password. What is even going on anymore?" Gravis said

deep inside, panic and terror had taken

had nearly said

value in such meaningless words. However, in this world, beasts knew what humans were. If Gravis had said thanks, this powerful plant would have probably realized that Gravis had been living so long among humans that their way of speaking and philosophy had influenced him. Such a being was basically

had turned it around

The plant didn't answer.

its job to protect the borders from any human that wanted to sneak in here. It only said as much as necessary

what Gravis had

were beasts able to block something that humans

Size!

bury deep into the ground.

had felt the plant's senses for a split second, but that was

the power

power was so big that Gravis couldn't even take a good guess at its Cultivation Realm. The only thing Gravis could be sure about was that this plant

the opening, and the root behind him grew again

through four different checks. No human would have been able to get

been the question

What was the password?

There was no password.

some kind of password. After all, who would leave such an important frontline

with a request for a

they haven't

that they forgot

they were

of them would directly say that there was no

having a password was only logical in such an important

was the first test that Gravis had gone through. Any beast would just scoff at the idea of having passwords. Why would they need something

anyone faked a beast body, hiding from such a powerful plant would be very difficult. This plant probably also knew several Laws that

that reacted to the Laws inside a beast's blood, then why wouldn't it also be possible for beasts to sense these

checked if the being had