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.

for some seconds

this time, but

take such a risk for a

to put his life on

is there even to think

put my life

already probably

another deep

"I will share everything with you

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

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

only furrowed

if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I

put a hand

for her, he was willing to

not something easy to

felt happy. She also felt a bit

impossible to

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

was born in the highest world, which is

sentence was already a

The highest world?

from an

about his life in the highest world and about

shock after the other hit Stella

background was as powerful

Gravis told his story, the less

that could fight the most powerful

story, Liam

Gravis really telling the

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

was fiction, it was still interesting to hear

thing that made them doubt Gravis' words was

shown

truly have

that came Gravis' tale of the

lower world, even Liam felt bad for

to anyone while being surrounded by

It was depressing.

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

kill

It made no sense.

about Gorn's death, they

to oneself was one of the most horrible things one could

alone might kill

part was Wendy's

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

might have recovered by

they had lived for over 100,000

a high chance that Gravis would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A

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

his Spirit had been adapted to Destruction

something like

It made no sense!

both knew a ton of Laws, and

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

fill Gravis' mind

Someone couldn't survive that.

even they could do that, and they

to combine lightning

It just wasn't possible.

was against the very Laws

was the first time Stella

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

than back then, and he also realized that something like

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.