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

during this time, but he couldn't read her

to take such a risk for a chance to be with

he willing to put his life on the

is there even to think

already put my life on the

I already probably offended

another

will share everything with

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

also with Liam showed how important she was to

furrowed

eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but I won't betray

put a hand

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

also not something easy to

them were making sacrifices for Stella, and she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was

impossible

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

the highest world, which is the world above this

was already a

The highest world?

was from an even higher

about his life in the highest world and about his

other hit Stella and

was as powerful as

the more Gravis told his story, the

fight the most powerful

his story,

Gravis really

how unbelievable his story was, they

fiction, it was still interesting

made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them

hadn't shown that ability

truly

came Gravis' tale of the lower

in the lower world, even Liam

to get close to

It was depressing.

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

intend to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

death, they felt even worse

only person close to oneself was one

guilt alone

surprising part was Wendy's death at

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

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

they had lived for over

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

Gravis in the story became colder and colder. He

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

was something like that

It made no sense!

Laws, and they knew how a

The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was

would fill Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

they could do that,

to

It just wasn't possible.

against the very Laws

was the first time Stella

can't believe something like that," she

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

can prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.