Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' Spirit Sense encompassed the Life Ring, showing to Stella and Liam that he was currently in there.

Stella and Liam were currently just sitting in front of each other, probably talking with voice transmissions.

"We should be safe," Gravis said. "I'm just in front of the northeastern river. Whatever happens outside shouldn't include this region."

"We'll come out in a second," Stella said. Then, she looked at Liam with a knowing look and nodded.

Liam nodded back.

After that, both of them left the Life Ring and appeared in the small underground room.

This far down, the temperature and gravity were still far more powerful than on the surface, but Gravis wasn't so deep down that they couldn't resist.

It was just a bit uncomfortable for them.

Gravis sat at one side while Liam and Stella sat on the other side, side-by-side.

For some seconds, everyone only looked at each other.

Then, Stella sighed.

Gravis' heart began racing.

"Gravis," she said slowly. "I need to know everything about you."

Liam nodded on the side.

"I know that you have saved both of us, and we are immensely grateful, but there are too many unknowns about you," Stella said. "For example, you know this powerful plant, which brings up several questions about your affiliation with the beasts."

"You also have a beast body, and we don't know where you got it from."

"I know that you trust me, but I want you to also trust Liam," Stella said as she gestured to Liam. "Liam is my closest person, and I don't want to keep secrets from him."

"If you want us to stay in contact, you need to trust my brother too," Stella finished.

Gravis closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Trusting Stella was easy, but trusting Liam?

Difficult.

Liam and Gravis weren't close, and if he told the humans Gravis' secrets, it would become very dangerous.

Maybe even people from Arc's clearing would want to target him.

After all, Gravis knew a lot about the highest world, which was the next world that every Ascender would go to.

They would want to know everything about the highest world, and they would also want to know the secrets of the highest world.

Some people might even believe that Gravis had things from the highest world with him, and that was actually the case.

Even more, they would know that Gravis could make World Weapons, which would put an even bigger target on Gravis' back.

Maybe a powerful Ascender or Ancestor of the All-Matter Sect would want to kill him.

Maybe some other Sect coveted Gravis' World Weapon to sell it.

Maybe even the beasts would become interested.

In that case, Gravis could go nowhere in this world.

Telling Liam everything would put Gravis in a lot of danger.

Sure, maybe Liam would keep everything a secret, but what if Stella accidentally died?

What then?

Would Liam still keep Gravis' secrets?

Maybe he would fault Gravis for Stella's death, and unveiling all his secrets would be the best way to take revenge.

It was risky.

waited for some

during this time, but

willing to take such a risk for a chance to

willing to put his life on the line for

is there even to think about?' Gravis

my life on

probably offended the

took another

"I will share everything

expression relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably

these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was to him, and she appreciated

only furrowed

eye-to-eye, I want

a hand

However, for her, he was willing to

not something easy

happy. She also

impossible

Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

world, which is the world

a shock to Stella

The highest world?

an even

them about his life in the highest world and about his

after the other hit

background was as powerful

more Gravis told his story, the less

person that could fight the

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella

Gravis really telling the

they didn't interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear the entire

was still interesting

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis

hadn't shown that

truly

that came Gravis' tale of the

in the lower world,

close to

It was depressing.

Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he

intend to kill Stella by being

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death, they felt even

close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

guilt alone

was Wendy's

will and emotions. He didn't

in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered

lived for over 100,000

horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time.

story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical, and

surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

was something like that

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew how a

why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any temperament.

Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that,

even know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws

the first time

should know that we can't believe something like that," she said with furrowed

Gravis said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and

can prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.