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.

some

also looked at Stella during this time, but

willing to take such a risk for a

he willing to put his life

is there even to

my life on the

already probably

another

will share everything with

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

that Gravis was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed how important she was

only furrowed his

see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I

put a hand on Liam's

immensely. However, for her, he was willing to work together with

also not something easy to

sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a

impossible to like

Liam

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is the

already a

The highest world?

an

his life in the highest world and

after the other

as

told his

that could fight the

Gravis told his story, Liam and

Gravis really telling

interrupt him. No matter how unbelievable his story was, they wanted to hear

fiction, it was

that made them doubt Gravis' words was when

shown that ability

truly have this

that came Gravis' tale of

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

to anyone while being

It was depressing.

more unbelievable. After all, wasn't he intending to

kill

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they

only person close to oneself was one of the most horrible

guilt alone might

was

his own will and emotions. He didn't want to

mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could

had lived for

He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an

Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical,

Gravis told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning instead of

something like that even

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and

also knew 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 to any situation,

would fill Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and they were

know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws and principles of the

was the first time

we can't believe something like that," she

more about the world than back then, and he also

prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.