Lightning Is the Only Way

A man appeared.

In front of Gravis flew a middle-aged man with silver hair. His robes were black and white, and on his back, he carried a peculiar sword. It was over a meter long and slightly curved. It was thin, and it only had one edge. The last time Gravis saw a sword like this was in the lower world when he fought someone from the Fire Guild.

The sword radiated an incredible power of cutting, even more powerful than the cutting power of Storm. For a second, Gravis was confused. What could cut even better than the Element of Storm?

However, the more Gravis felt the aura of the sword, the more he felt familiarity.

'Space?' Gravis thought with confusion. 'Space can cut with such ferocity?'

The Spirit Sense of the new arrival extended, and he noticed Gravis and Siral. His eyes immediately fell on Siral, and he ignored Gravis.

"He is not your opponent," Gravis said.

The man looked at Gravis.

WHOOOOOM!

He activated his Will-Aura, which was on the level of a Peak Immortal King. His Will-Aura was just as powerful as Gravis' Will-Aura, but there were five levels between them.

By all intents and purposes, Gravis should be unable to move right now. The difference in Will-Aura was so much that Gravis would be suppressed by 100%.

WHOOOM!

Gravis' Avatar appeared, and it shone as brightly as never before.

Gravis could still move, but his eyes narrowed. 'My Avatar is at its limit,' he thought. 'This has never happened before.'

Gravis' Avatar was shaking, and it looked like it was close to breaking. It was like it was using 100% of its full power to resist the suppression of the enemy's Will-Aura.

'Generally speaking, the power of an Immortal King is associated with level five Laws. My Law of Freedom is a level four Law, but since it is also my Avatar, it has the power of a level five Law. The enemy's Will-Aura is at the peak of the Immortal King Realm, which means that its strength should also be at the peak of a level five Law.'

'This means that if my opponent had a Will-Aura at the level of an Immortal Emperor, I would be suppressed by some degree. Sure enough, if my Avatar of Freedom could protect me against every suppressive power, no matter how powerful, there wouldn't be different levels of Freedom.'

The man looked at Gravis' Avatar with intensity. He had never seen such an Avatar, and he could not tell what kind of Law this was.

Gravis moved closer a little bit to demonstrate that he could still move, but there were still kilometers between them. The eyes of the man slightly widened in surprise. He had expected that Gravis wouldn't be able to move.

I've said, I'm your opponent," Gravis

were the one that killed my granddaughter?" he

"Yes," Gravis directly said.

could see hatred in the man's eyes when

the fall for your master?" the

he

believe something like that?"

did the first thing he

his Life Ring and showed it to the

Why!?

people knew that he had a Life Ring, they would hunt

Sects would

Slave Ring," Gravis said, and the

had been nervous, but that had vanished when he saw the glint of greed in

want to keep Gravis' identity a secret. If the man could get the Life Ring and offer it to the Life Sect,

if he realized that he might die. However, if he did that now, he would need to share the Life Ring with that other person as well. Additionally, the other person could

his Life Ring for precisely this

that no third party would

in Gravis' stomach. When Gravis had realized Arc's plan, he had eaten the third fruit. He couldn't show the fruit to the guy, or he might realize what kind of Law Gravis was

Gravis. "You showed this ring on purpose, hoping that I

these words. This was an open scheme, which meant that it was irrelevant if the opponent knew the goal of the scheme or not. It would

confident," the man said. "Tell me, what

my servant won't involve himself,"

the power

said, and the man's eyes narrowed. "I have killed several beings four levels above me already, and you are the first opponent that's five

my arrival?" the man asked

tribulation," Gravis said. "However, I will be overtaking his tribulation for today since I need to push myself

able to lie to him, which meant that Gravis was either a masterful liar that knew the Law

said. "I respect someone with a powerful Battle-Strength. If you had not killed my granddaughter, we could have been friends. Alas, you

and it started to warp and change. Space was bending around

someone from the Primordial Force Sect," Gravis said. "Are you per-chance from the

the man said. "I

ton of extremely powerful materials and

realized something, and his eyes narrowed. "Your weapon has only been forged with the Hard Pure Law, but it has several attributes that do not conform to the Law. Did this weapon come from an

they did, based on context clues. Ironworkers were probably Forgers that knew several Battle Laws of the Core Element, which increased the power of a weapon. Forgers with a metal affinity were very rare, which made these weapons highly sought

something I made myself," Gravis