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 seconds as he

at Stella during this time, but he

willing to take such a risk for a chance

willing to put his life

is there even to

already put my life on

I already probably offended

another deep

will

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

these secrets also with Liam showed

only furrowed his

"Even 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

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

not something easy to

She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there

impossible to

Liam turned to

Gravis nodded.

highest world, which is the world above this

was already a shock to

The highest world?

was from an even higher

told them about his life in the highest world and

shock after the other hit

as powerful as it

told his story,

person that could fight

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella

really telling the

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

was

words was when Gravis told them

hadn't shown

truly have

tale of the lower

lower world, even Liam felt bad for

close to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

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

to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

Gorn's death, they

person close to oneself was one of

guilt alone might kill

was Wendy's

had to choose between power and going against his own will and emotions. He didn't want to kill

intense conflict that obviously left scars in Gravis' mindset back then. He might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly

they had lived for over 100,000

would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't

sure enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He became cold, bitter, cynical, and

them that his Spirit

like that

It made no sense!

ton of Laws, and they knew how a

reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy

mind with a different

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws and principles of the

the first

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

said. By now, he also knew far more about the world than back then, and he also realized that something like this should be

can prove

"How?" Liam asked.