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

also looked at Stella during this time, but he

willing to take such a risk for a chance

willing to put his life on the

is there even to think

put my life

probably offended

took another

will share

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

these secrets also with Liam showed how

furrowed his

not tell anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I want my sister to be happy. I might betray your trust, but

a hand on

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

also not something easy to

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

was impossible to

Liam

Gravis nodded.

in the highest world, which is the world above

already a shock to Stella

The highest world?

was from an even higher

told them about his life in the highest

the other hit

as

more Gravis told his story, the

fight the most

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella became

Gravis really

how unbelievable his story was, they

fiction, it was still interesting to hear

that made them doubt Gravis' words was

hadn't shown

truly have

that came Gravis' tale

listening to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even

to anyone while being

It was depressing.

also made Gravis' story even more unbelievable. After all,

kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death, they

killing the only person close to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

guilt alone might

part was Wendy's death

choose between power and going against his own will and

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

they had lived for over

felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager couldn't

Gravis in the story became colder and

told them that his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction Lightning

like that

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and they knew how

had temperaments. The only reason why Cultivators could adapt their Spirits to Energy was that Energy was basically devoid of any

Gravis' mind with a

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were Peak Immortal

how to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

very Laws

first time Stella

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

about the world than back then,

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.