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 seconds as he

also looked at Stella during this

to take such a risk for a chance to be

willing to put his life on the line for

even to think about?' Gravis thought

already put my

probably

took another

Gravis said. "I will share everything with

relaxed. She knew that someone like Gravis probably had world-shaking secrets. Otherwise, his Battle-Strength wouldn't be

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

furrowed his

if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't betray my

put a hand

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

not something

She also felt a

impossible

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

born in the highest world, which is the

sentence was already a shock to Stella and

The highest world?

an

in the highest world

shock after the other hit

background was as powerful as

his story, the

could fight the most

story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really telling the

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

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to hear

them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis

hadn't shown that ability

truly

came Gravis' tale of

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

get close to anyone while being

It was depressing.

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

to kill

It made no sense.

them about Gorn's death, they felt even worse

to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

guilt alone

next surprising part was Wendy's death at

power and going against his own will and emotions.

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

had lived for over

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

that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold,

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

like

It made no sense!

knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how a Spirit

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

Gravis' mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that, and they

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

first time Stella interrupted

know that we can't believe something

far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should be

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.