Lightning Is the Only Way

"I killed some beasts," Mortis answered.

Gravis narrowed his eyes inside Arc's clearing.

"How many?"

"…A couple," Mortis answered after a pause.

"How many!?" Gravis asked again.

"I don't know. I didn't count," Mortis answered with annoyance. "Like maybe 40 or so."

Gravis furrowed his brows. "And they are probably all Immortal Kings?" Gravis asked.

"Most of them, yes," Mortis answered.

"Why?"

"Because they interrupted my Law Comprehension or didn't allow me to trade for their resources," Mortis answered. "You know that we need to go to multiple different places to comprehend the Soft Pure Law, and most of them just stopped me and said that this was their territory."

"So, I killed them," Mortis said.

Gravis scoffed. "What? Are you the Opposer? Is your solution to everything just killing?"

"What's wrong about that?" Mortis asked in annoyance. "Your father managed to become powerful this way. It's a proven method."

"Yes, but back then, the concept of Karmic Luck either didn't exist, or father had a normal amount of Karmic Luck. Instead, in your case, if you manage to anger even one powerful person, the chances are high that this person would want to kill you," Gravis explained.

"So? Then I just wasn't powerful enough," Mortis said coldly. "If I die, I die."

"You gotta give yourself enough time to become powerful!" Gravis shouted angrily. "You can't expect a rabbit to walk into a crocodile's mouth and then saying that it wasn't powerful enough. No, it wasn't that the rabbit wasn't powerful enough, but that the rabbit wasn't smart enough!"

"Are you calling me stupid?" Mortis asked with a freezing and threatening tone.

"No, but you're acting stupid!" Gravis shouted. "You are part of me, and I know that you are definitely not stupid, but your idiotic pride that says that giving even a small inch means being inferior makes you do stupid things!"

Remember Byron? Remember Morus? Remember Narcissus? You are part of me, and I'm very

not

back. "So, learn from my mistakes so that you

agreed with Gravis. He knew that he had fucked up big time, but he didn't want

wanted to show Gravis that his way was better to become powerful, but now, Mortis was stuck

leave this place. He

was just stuck sitting there,

been

No.

just decided to ignore some beasts, he would have already

for Cultivators. After all, they were doomed to be stuck on their current Realm and comprehension while watching their longevity shrink and shrink.

on the defensive side. He knew that he had committed a

was thinking.

can't even admit that

dare call me weak!"

about your personality? Will you forever be stuck in your way without questioning yourself? Do you believe that conviction in your belief is a strength instead

Mortis didn't immediately answer.

now. "You won't be injured by admitting a mistake. Your Battle-Strength won't decrease. The only thing that will happen is that you have admitted a mistake. The pain of jumping over your stupid pride will transform into motivation to never make such a stupid

growth, not regression," Gravis said with

right, but it was so very hard to admit his mistakes. If it were anyone else,

front

was supposed to

admitting that the other Gravis

still didn't answer

and disadvantages, Mortis," Gravis

Then, Mortis' eyes shone.

Gravis? Specifically this weakness allowed him to

was still more powerful than Gravis in Battle-Strength, and wasn't Battle-Strength the

Gravis. It was just that

Mortis said finally. "I made a mistake.

problem. Now, do you need any

finished 3,500 of those. 1,500 years isn't so long, and it might be better to just finish it instead