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.

that he had run into another guy

get used to teacher's weird sense

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

had stopped the time around Gravis outside

said. "Your particular personality,

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

as to answer two questions of mine regarding this fruit?" Gravis

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

the fruit and also at Gravis with a side-eye. He was a bit surprised that Gravis seemed completely calm. One had to know

run into him and dirtied his robes with fruit juice, they would be apologetic beyond comparison. Meanwhile, Gravis

blonde man, and

when he saw

long does it take until the effect of the fruit vanishes, and is it damaging

The first part was important since it decided if Gravis ate the fruits before or after his tempering. The second question was important for his

guy looked at the fruit. "You met Narcissus?" he

was a bit confused, but the small tree in the center of the Law Comprehension Areas

guy furrowed his brows. "You're lucky you're still

asked in

he can easily tell

Gravis heard that, he felt like his heart

that the tree knew

was

I still alive?" Gravis asked

probably felt teacher's emblem on you. He

forgotten that sufficiently advanced 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 Laws were supremely rare. The chances were tiny

soon as Gravis thought about that, the root network came back

that root network that surrounds the

"His main body resides in the Law Comprehension Area

Gravis quite a bit. That gigantic root network and that tiny tree were the same

never fooled Narcissus. Narcissus had known

This terrified Gravis.

the lion had actually noticed him

Gravis' life hadn't been in his hands but in the hands of

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

never fucking learn!' Gravis

have a Will-Aura. No sane person would think that there would be anyone in this world

also looked at Gravis with a complex expression. Did Gravis actually blame himself for that? No one could have seen something like

have control issues? Does he try to take control over forces that are far beyond his reach? It was

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

main reason why Gravis continued cultivating. Sure, freedom was also a feeling, but that was only perceived reality. Gravis also wanted freedom

Gravis thought. 'However, it still frustrates

SHING!

as it reappeared on Arc's finger. The fruit rotated on Arc's finger