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.

he realized that he had

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

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

that had stopped the time around Gravis outside the Unrestrained Sect to hand

said. "Your particular personality, Laws, and body

glanced at Arc for a second and scoffed. Then, he turned back to the man

kind as to answer two questions

with furrowed brows. Meanwhile, Gravis only smirked at Arc. 'You want to play a prank on me, huh? Well, seems like we won't be talking this

with a side-eye. He was a bit surprised that Gravis seemed completely calm. One had to know that he was the eldest disciple

beast had run into him and dirtied his robes with fruit juice, they would be apologetic

the blonde man,

when he saw

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

to 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

the fruit.

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

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

Gravis asked in

and he can

heard that, he felt like

tree knew

how was he

am I still alive?" Gravis asked

said. "He is also part of this clearing, and he probably felt teacher's emblem on you. He knew that you were part of our clearing and didn't

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 of someone knowing

about that,

network that surrounds

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

Gravis quite a bit. That gigantic root network

Narcissus. Narcissus had known from

This terrified Gravis.

managed to sneak past the mighty, sleeping lion, but the lion had actually noticed him the whole time. The lion simply didn't attack

that Gravis' life hadn't been in his hands

world! I

never fucking learn!' Gravis thought aggressively to

you have a Will-Aura. No sane person would think that there

Did Gravis actually blame himself for that?

take control over forces that are far beyond his reach? It was

words of the two of them made sense, but he somehow still blamed himself. Anything that wasn't in Gravis' control was a danger to

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

everything,' Gravis thought.

SHING!

vanished again as it reappeared on Arc's finger. The fruit rotated on Arc's finger like a