Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis had practically been startled out of his Cultivation. After all, even while comprehending Laws, all his powers were active. His Laws of Danger and Safety were active, and his Spirit would also pick up if anyone came close to him.

Because of that, Gravis had been startled. This person in front of him had practically appeared out of nowhere.

Gravis couldn't feel the power of the person in front of him, so he decided to investigate the young man closely with his Spirit.

Mortal.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow when he noticed that this was a mortal. He had nearly no Energy, nearly no Life Energy, no Will-Aura, and his body was weak. Gravis could also feel the Spirit of this man, but it was so weak that it couldn't even interact with anything. This meant that his Spirit hadn't been formed yet.

This was a true mortal. Not even a single part of his body had been tempered.

Now that Gravis calmed down, he also noticed the disheveled appearance of the man. His skin was an unhealthy red, and he breathed quickly. Several parts of his body were injured, and he even had a broken rib. Additionally, parts of his body had started to freeze.

Where was Gravis right now?

Gravis was on top of a mountain that was nearly ten kilometers tall. For Cultivators, climbing such a mountain wasn't hard, but for a mortal, it was nearly impossible. The air up here was extremely thin, and the temperatures were far below freezing.

Judging by the mortal's appearance, he wouldn't survive the climb down. He would soon enter the last stages before hypothermia.

Seeing that Gravis didn't respond to his greeting, the young man became more nervous. He had come here with a goal in mind, and he had planned thousands of times on how he should plead his case.

However, as soon as the God in front of him opened his eyes, all the young man's plans vanished. The cold seemingly stopped existing, and his body stopped aching. It was like he was no longer in the real world and was pulled inside the world of this God.

This was a God!

A being of legend!

He was standing in front of something that shouldn't exist in this world!

The mortal's body started to shake, but not because of the cold. His body shook because of his emotions.

Fear, reverence, happiness, nervousness, hope.

Plomp!

The mortal fell onto his knees and nearly rammed his head into the cold mountain-stone. His knees and arms started bleeding heavily due to the impact.

"Please!" the mortal shouted with all his power, his voice sounding incredibly hoarse. "Take revenge for my family!"

Silence.

'Revenge, huh?' Gravis thought.

More silence.

"Why should I?" Gravis asked evenly.

Gravis'

was so very normal. He didn't sound any different

shouted without looking at Gravis.

Silence.

important to you?"

the young man shouted as

is complete,

"I'll return ho-"

man suddenly

no more

family had killed everyone the young

"What then?" Gravis repeated.

it hard to answer. He hadn't thought about an

killed six months ago, his entire

dominated his

His enemies must die!

when face to face with a God, he had to confront this question

to your previous

smithing apprenticeship under a different master?" Gravis asked. It

remain in your

"What will you do?"

man suddenly shouted with tears in his

your family for you?" Gravis asked. "Did they wish for you to avenge

his newfound conviction

supposed to be happy when their butchers are still living under the same sky as me!?" he shouted as

Silence.

nearly all problems," Gravis said slowly. "It can help you attain freedom. It can help you to protect your close ones. It can help you take revenge. It can kill

said slowly, his

More silence.

said, throwing the mortal

said. "Your willingness to climb to your death because of the ones you love,

eyes, "I will help your family to

Bing!

and the man lost

ones. He probably saw my

more, I could have also just been a guy. Lastly, I could have already moved away before he

that he threw everything that he owned away just to

impressive amount of willpower, conviction,

Let

the mortal's head, and it

sheer amount of information that was

young man, but he gave

the young man how to

there anything better at teaching Cultivation

young man's mind. Stuff like how the highest world worked or something like