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.

said as he realized that he had run

guy answered. "You should get used to teacher's weird sense of

Gravis looked at the man some more. "Hey, weren't you the

same person that had stopped the time around Gravis outside the Unrestrained Sect to hand him Arc's

said. "Your particular personality, Laws,

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

be so kind as to answer two questions of mine regarding this fruit?"

a prank on me, huh? Well, seems like we won't be talking

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

his robes with fruit juice, they would be apologetic beyond comparison. Meanwhile, Gravis

blonde

he saw

effect of the fruit vanishes, and is it damaging

know. 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 future. After all, if something showed a Law with too much clarity, it would make it far harder to comprehend Laws with normal Law

looked at the fruit.

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

blonde guy furrowed his brows. "You're lucky you're still alive," he

asked

Soul Laws, and he can easily tell humans

felt like

mean that the tree knew that

was he

alive?" Gravis asked the blonde man in

is my second brother," the man said. "He is also part of this clearing, and he probably felt teacher's emblem on you. He knew that you were part

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

about that, the root network came

that surrounds the beast territory?" Gravis

also Narcissus," the man answered. "His main body resides in the Law Comprehension Area you visited while his roots surround the

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

had actually never fooled Narcissus. Narcissus had known from

This terrified Gravis.

the mighty, sleeping lion, but the lion had actually noticed him

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

thought with gritted teeth. 'I keep underestimating the powers in every fucking world! I always believe

fucking learn!'

you have a Will-Aura. No sane person

also looked at Gravis with a complex expression. Did Gravis actually blame himself

try to take control over forces that are far beyond his

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

his life, which was also the main reason why Gravis continued cultivating. Sure, freedom was also a feeling,

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

SHING!

fruit rotated on Arc's finger like a ball. "Anyway, you wanted