Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis spent the next couple of years looking at nothing but his memories of the different Energy streams.

"Master, 50 years are up," Siral suddenly transmitted to him.

Gravis always lost himself in comprehension, and centuries passed in the blink of an eye, which is why he had tasked Siral to keep track of time. Otherwise, Siral's tribulation might arrive in merely a second.

Gravis opened his eyes and nodded.

After that, he took out the second fruit and consumed it. He didn't even think about that one mortal guy. Right now, he had to focus on his Law of Magma.

Gravis felt his body grow more powerful again as he swallowed the fruit, but just as before, it was only an illusion. His body couldn't become more powerful anymore without reaching the next level.

Gravis closed his eyes as he watched the streams again. After thinking about what he had seen the last time he had eaten the fruit, the streams of Energy only appeared even more familiar to him.

The streams of colored Energy danced in his stomach, and Gravis watched them as they seemingly played with each other. Laws were created and destroyed inside his stomach, and the display was just as magical as the first time Gravis had seen it.

And just like before, the display had vanished just as quickly. It felt so incredibly short to Gravis, but ten years had passed yet again.

Gravis sighed when he realized that his second fruit had been used up just like that. It didn't feel like he had learned anything during that time, but that was mainly due to the fact that he was absorbing as much of the display as he could without thinking much about it.

Putting logic and patterns behind what he had seen was something that he would do over the next 50 years.

Just as before, Gravis informed Siral to awaken him after 50 years, and Gravis closed his eyes again.

In Gravis' mind, the streams of Energy appeared again, and Gravis started to find patterns of their creation and decomposition. The display inside his mind became even more realistic after he had eaten the second fruit. The first display seemed blurry and confusing in comparison.

This one was far clearer, and Gravis could now extrapolate even more information out of this display.

"50 years are up, Master," Siral suddenly said, and Gravis opened his eyes.

His face still appeared a bit complex, but it wasn't overly much so. 'I think I'm getting used to huge chunks of time being cut out from my life,' Gravis thought. 'It's still a bit weird, but I guess one can get used to absolutely everything.'

Gravis looked at the horizon with furrowed brows. '120 years have passed ever since I have consumed the first fruit. This means that Siral's tribulation will happen sometime in this century. There is always plus-minus a century when it concerns an Immortal's tribulation. After all, Arc has to set all the gears in motion.'

'I wonder what opponent Arc has chosen for me.'

Currently, dawn was appearing on the horizon, but Gravis could empathize more with a sunset. Right now, Gravis was facing one of the most difficult fights in his life. This would be the first opponent that was five levels above him, and this opponent could only come from the Core Region.

The Core Region only had terrifying Cultivators. Gravis hadn't fought one yet, but he had met many people from the Core Region in Arc's clearing. According to what they said, it was not uncommon for Major Circulation Immortal Kings to know level five Laws.

In any other world, comprehending a level five Law would be the bottleneck to becoming an Immortal Emperor, but in this world, it was strange if someone didn't know a level five Law when they reached the Peak Immortal King Realm.

would be an army of Peak Immortal Kings that couldn't breakthrough due to their lacking Law Comprehension, but in this world, the opposite

Circulation Immortal King Realm. Immortal Kings that knew level five Laws in the Minor Circulation Immortal King Realm were rare geniuses, but it became

in every single world, and this one

this world. The geniuses of this world

of years, Gravis would prepare himself

his life, and he had to

he unleash his beast

he didn't, this decision might

couldn't hold

if he

an immense risk to Gravis, but there was

fight against someone five levels

Probably not.

would

could spend another 50,000 years comprehending Laws, but then what? Without tempering, he wouldn't be able to comprehend any level five Law. His experience with level five Laws wasn't good enough to understand these Laws

a level five Law anyway. Sure, he could comprehend a ton of level four Laws, but that would

an attack to his head, he would die regardless, and if he were hit someplace else, that

Gravis couldn't affect the body of someone so

Laws of Heat and Cold would also only supplement his Laws of Inferno's Heat and Frost's Cold. That also wouldn't increase his Battle-Strength in

level four

Unnecessary.

already designed all his Elements to serve a specific purpose, and understanding more Laws would only help

more Law

Gravis needed to comprehend a level

and find another

it wouldn't help

Why?

an awkward place in regards to

was restricted from

count as tempering, but it wouldn't be much. His Will-Aura wouldn't increase a Realm, and such a fight definitely wouldn't put Gravis under enough

in order to comprehend a level

someone five

opponents grew so much that fighting four

no

he might as well

fight Arc.

more dangerous, fighting Arc or fighting

The answer was obvious.

be even in