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

looked at Stella during this time,

take such a risk

his life

is there even to think about?'

put my life on

already probably

another deep

will share everything with you

like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength

with Liam showed how important she was to him, and she

furrowed his

else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I

a hand

Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was willing

also not something

she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty,

was impossible

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

the highest world,

already a

The highest world?

an

life in the highest world

other hit Stella and

was as powerful

Gravis told his story, the

that could fight the most

story, Liam

Gravis really telling

matter how unbelievable his story was, they

was fiction, it was still interesting to

was when Gravis told them

shown that ability

truly

came Gravis' tale of the

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even Liam felt

able to get close to

It was depressing.

After all, wasn't he intending to come close

kill Stella by

It made no sense.

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

person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things

the guilt alone might

part was Wendy's death at Gravis'

power and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't

back then. He might have recovered

all, they had lived

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

noticed that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He

when Gravis told them that his Spirit had

something like

It made no sense!

Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

that the 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

fill Gravis' mind

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

wouldn't even know how to combine lightning with a

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and principles of the

was the first time Stella

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

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

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.