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

at Stella during this time, but he couldn't read

to take such a risk for a chance to be

his life on the

there even to think about?' Gravis thought

put my life on

probably offended the entire

took another

said. "I will share everything

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

was willing to share these secrets also with Liam showed

furrowed his

anyone else of your secrets," Liam said. "Even if we two don't see eye-to-eye, I

put a hand on

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

was also not something

she felt happy. She also felt a bit guilty, but she knew

impossible to

and Liam turned

Gravis nodded.

the highest world, which is the world

first sentence was already a shock to

The highest world?

from an even higher

life in the highest world and about

other hit Stella

as powerful as it

his story, the

person that could fight the

told his story, Liam and

really

him. No matter how unbelievable his story

it was fiction, it was still interesting to

was when Gravis told them about his Elemental

shown

truly have

tale

Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even Liam

get close to anyone while being surrounded by

It was depressing.

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

did he intend to kill Stella by being close

It made no sense.

death, they felt even worse

person close to oneself was one of the most horrible

guilt alone

surprising part was Wendy's death at

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

might have recovered by now, but Stella and Liam knew exactly how something like that could

had lived for over 100,000

would suppress his emotions. He had felt too many horrible feelings in too short

story became colder and colder. He became

surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit had been

something like

It made no sense!

a ton of Laws, and they knew how

to Energy was that Energy was basically

would fill Gravis' mind with a different temperament and

Someone couldn't survive that.

that, and they were Peak Immortal

wouldn't even know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

Laws and principles

was the first time Stella interrupted

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

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

can prove it," Gravis

"How?" Liam asked.