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 guy and not

should get used to teacher's

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

person that had stopped the time around Gravis outside

also remember you," he said. "Your particular personality, Laws, and body left quite an impression in

he turned back to the man as he grabbed his fruit

so kind as to answer two questions

Meanwhile, Gravis only 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

that Gravis seemed completely calm. One had to know that he was the eldest disciple of Arc and one of the world's most

his robes with fruit juice, they would be apologetic

interested the blonde

smirk intensified when he saw

long does it take until the effect of the fruit vanishes, and is it damaging to my future if I take them?"

ate the fruits before or after his tempering. The second question was important for his future. After all, if something showed a Law with too much clarity, it would make it far harder to comprehend Laws with

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

in the center of the Law Comprehension Areas

guy furrowed his brows. "You're

asked

he can easily tell

like his heart was

tree knew that Gravis was a

was

alive?" Gravis asked the blonde man in

part of this clearing, and he probably felt teacher's

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

about that, the root network came

root network that surrounds the beast territory?" Gravis

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

root network and that tiny tree were the same

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

This terrified Gravis.

but the lion had actually

been in his hands but in

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

never fucking learn!' Gravis thought aggressively to

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

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

Does he try to take control over forces that are far beyond his reach? It was impossible to foresee something

Gravis' control

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

thought.

SHING!

as it reappeared on Arc's finger. The fruit rotated on Arc's finger like a ball. "Anyway, you wanted to know more