Lightning Is the Only Way

Eran's mind was in panic.

'I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!' he kept repeating to himself. He could barely form a coherent thought as fear took hold of him.

This was not a human!

This was not a beast!

This was a monster!

That was when he felt the Lightning Crescent closing in on him. He turned around, and his eyes widened in panic as he saw it.

'I'm going to die! I'm going to die!' he kept thinking as he looked at the Lightning Crescent with a stunned expression.

'I need to leave!'

CRK! BANG!

Suddenly, Space exploded around him, but wherever the shockwave passed, Space would calm down. It was like a singular wave in the lake of Space that calmed down everything.

Then, Eran used as much Energy as possible on his Law of Space and Time. If he had been able to make a rational decision, he would have simply stretched Space between him and the Lightning Crescent and would have attacked it from a distance.

Sadly, his mind was filled with panic, and he only wanted to escape.

Space warped around Eran.

BOOOOOOOM!

The Lightning Crescent exploded as all the Space was thrown into chaos again. Everything for hundreds of kilometers was consumed by the explosion, but that didn't matter. The fight had already destroyed everything for thousands of kilometers.

The explosion of Punishment Lightning dissipated, leaving only a small ball of lightning behind. The small ball of lightning shot at Gravis and got absorbed by him.

When Gravis felt the lightning entering his body, his eyes narrowed. 'That's not nearly enough Energy! I barely recovered 10%!'

'Eran's still alive!'

Gravis' mind was going wild. Eran had managed to barely teleport away near the end. If his Law of Space hadn't been pushed to such insane heights, he would have never had enough time to pull of a teleportation.

If Eran escaped now, the entire world would come after him! He had to find a solution!

Gravis also teleported into the direction Eran had vanished to, but his Spirit Sense just couldn't pick him up.

'I need to find him!' Gravis thought with urgency.

SHING!

However, something happened that Gravis hadn't expected.

Eran had appeared in front of Gravis again with a steely and violent gaze in his eyes.

Eran's Spirit Sense stretched far further than Gravis', which meant that as soon as he had escaped from Gravis' Spirit Sense, the Laws of Perceived Reality no longer affected him.

Clarity had immediately returned to his mind, and he realized that Gravis was on his last legs. Gravis had unleashed so much Energy that he had to be out.

However, Eran was also on his last leg. Nearly his entire back had vanished from the explosion of the Lightning Crescent, and if he hadn't managed to teleport away at the last instant, he would have died to it.

His body started healing, but it wasn't as fast as before. He was running low on Life Energy, but he wasn't at the critical junction yet. He could still heal himself fully.

but

be just as weak

or me!' Eran thought violently as his eyes became bloodshot. 'It's him

He had to finish this fight! If Eran decided to flee again, Gravis' death would be

would be dead

became white again as

unleash that terrifying

SHING!

pointed at Eran, and an insanely powerful

had gathered the Brilliance Element for a long

truly his very last attack, and everything hinged

if Gravis died or

the beam was unfathomably fast, and Eran almost couldn't

SHIIIIING!

Eran looked at Gravis.

Gravis looked at Eran.

punched

last second, Eran had used nearly all of his Energy to compress Space and jump upward. He had not lost his rationality this

the moment of life and death, Eran's mindset had been too powerful

Seconds passed.

stopped as

the healing entirely

Why had it stopped?

healed himself enough

He had survived.

then, his sword started shaking

infusion of Space had pushed the accumulated Destruction Energy inside the sword past its limit. This

"AAAAAHHHH!"

pain

absorbed a large chunk of Destruction

of cuts, but the

in

think, but his Spirit was still powerful enough to

Eran's sword was safe.

Eran's body was safe.

Eran's Spirit was safe.

survived Gravis' last

the world crash around

had truly

absolutely no

had no

He was out.

He was done.

realized that he had won, and his entire being calmed

His Energy started regenerating.

His Spirit started regenerating.

Eran would survive.

and they became white. He couldn't allow Gravis to also regenerate!

his sword as he readied his terrifying Weapon

fell

could save

He was done!

one last time at

his friends