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

this time, but he

such a risk for

willing to put his life on the line for

there even to

I already put my life on

already probably

another deep

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't

with Liam showed how important

only furrowed

said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my

hand on Liam's

knew that Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was

not something easy to

happy. She also

impossible to like

Liam

Gravis nodded.

the highest world, which is the world above

a

The highest world?

from an

in

after the other hit Stella and

background was as powerful

more Gravis told his story,

could fight the most powerful

Gravis told his story, Liam and

Gravis really

him. No matter how unbelievable his story was,

fiction, it was still interesting

words was when

shown

truly

Gravis' tale of the lower

experiences in the lower world, even

being able to get close to anyone

It was depressing.

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

kill Stella by

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even

one of the most horrible

the guilt alone might

part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill Wendy, but he

Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and

all, they had lived

He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't get through these experienced without being changed

the story became colder and colder. He became

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

like that even

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew

Elements had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any temperament. It adapted

mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were

even know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws and principles

the first time Stella interrupted

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

now, he also knew far more about the world than

can prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.