Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis appeared in Arc's clearing.

THUNK! SPLAT!

However, Gravis immediately walked against a hard wall.

Gravis' eyes involuntarily closed as he rubbed his nose with teary eyes. Yes, even Immortal Kings weren't immune from tearing up when their nose was punched. It just happened.

'Wait, why is my hand wet?' Gravis thought as he looked at his hand.

Red and brown juice and mush.

Gravis' eyes widened in horror.

He had carried one of his fruits in his hands to ask Arc about them, but he had just been teleported in front of a wall.

His fruit had been smashed!

Gravis' mind was going wild as his Will-Aura involuntarily activated due to stress. Then, he quickly looked around the clearing.

He saw Arc with a smirk on his face and a red-brown fruit in his hands.

Gravis became confused again and looked at the remains of his fruit in his hand.

There was no Life Energy inside them.

Gravis gritted his teeth. "Fuck you, Arc! That's not funny!" he shouted as he pointed at Arc aggressively.

And then, Arc broke down in laughter.

Gravis had just thought that he had lost one of his fruits! He had paid a lot for them, and they had been his gateway to his first level five Law. They were really important to him!

And then, this asshole played a prank on him and switched the fruit, making Gravis think that he had lost one of them!

Gravis only glared at Arc for several seconds, but Arc continued laughing.

"Stop laughing!" Gravis shouted.

That only made Arc laugh harder.

Splash!

Suddenly, Gravis felt a wet hand wiping something onto his clothes. Gravis immediately turned to his left and realized that the wall he had run into wasn't a wall.

A tall, blonde man had wiped off the fruit juice from his robes and had cleaned his dirty hand on Gravis' robes. The man had no expression. It was just like he was mindlessly cleaning his hand.

as he realized that he had run into another

should get

the man some more. "Hey, weren't you the guy that invited me to this place?" Gravis

that had stopped the time around Gravis outside the Unrestrained

nodded. "I also remember you," he said. "Your particular personality, Laws, and body left quite

for a second and scoffed. Then, he turned back to the man as

to answer two questions of mine regarding this

smirked at Arc. 'You want to play a prank on me, huh? Well, seems like we won't be talking this time. Shoulda thought about that before deciding to

that Gravis seemed completely calm. One

juice, they would be apologetic beyond comparison. Meanwhile, Gravis just waved it off

the blonde man,

saw

take until the effect of the fruit vanishes, and is it damaging to my future if I

The second question was important

looked at the fruit.

center of the Law Comprehension Areas appeared in his mind. "That

brows. "You're lucky you're

asked

several Soul Laws, and he can easily tell

that, he felt like his heart was gripped by

that mean that the tree knew that Gravis was

was he

I still alive?" Gravis

clearing, and he probably felt teacher's emblem on you.

Soul Laws could be used to check one's Spirit. However, he couldn't be blamed for that. These level five and level six Soul

thought about that, the root network came back into

root network that surrounds the beast territory?"

Narcissus," the man answered. "His main body resides in the

bit. That gigantic root network and that tiny tree were the

had actually never fooled Narcissus. Narcissus had known from the very beginning that Gravis

This terrified Gravis.

managed to sneak past the mighty, sleeping lion, but the lion had actually noticed him the whole

hadn't been in his hands but in the

every fucking world! I always believe that I am in control, but I'm not! How often have I made this mistake

just never fucking learn!'

the level six Law of the Soul to see that you have a Will-Aura. No sane person would think that there would be anyone in this world that knows this Law. After all, if someone knew a level six Law, they would have

complex expression. Did Gravis actually blame himself for that? No one could

forces that are far

that wasn't in Gravis' control was a danger to him. Freedom meant having control over oneself, and

needed control over his life, which was also the main reason why Gravis continued cultivating. Sure, freedom was

early to control everything,' Gravis thought. 'However, it still frustrates

SHING!

reappeared on Arc's finger. The fruit rotated on Arc's finger like a ball. "Anyway,