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 run into another guy

should get used to teacher's

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

person that had stopped the time around

also remember you," he said. "Your particular personality, Laws, and body

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

kind as to answer two

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 screw

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

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

blonde

when he saw that the

until the effect of the fruit vanishes, and is it damaging to

important 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

looked at the fruit. "You

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

brows. "You're lucky you're still alive," he

asked in

Soul Laws, and he can easily tell humans from beasts," he

like

that the tree knew that Gravis was

how was he

still alive?" Gravis asked the blonde man in

probably felt teacher's emblem on you. He knew that you were part of our clearing and didn't

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

that, the root network

network that surrounds the beast

the Law Comprehension Area you visited while

root network and that

had actually never fooled Narcissus. Narcissus had known from the

This terrified Gravis.

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

meant that Gravis' life hadn't been in his hands but

'I keep underestimating the powers in every fucking world! I always believe that

fucking learn!' Gravis thought

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 already left the

Did Gravis actually blame

he try to take control over forces

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

why Gravis continued cultivating. Sure, freedom was

everything,' Gravis thought. 'However, it

SHING!

The fruit rotated on Arc's