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 as

at Stella during this time, but he

take such a risk for a chance to be with

to put his life

even to think

put my

I already probably offended the

another deep

"I will share everything with you

someone like Gravis probably

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

furrowed his

I

a hand on Liam's

Liam disliked Gravis immensely. However, for her, he was

was also not something easy

also felt a bit guilty, but she knew that there was basically no

impossible to

and Liam

Gravis nodded.

world, which is

was already a shock to Stella

The highest world?

from an even

in

shock after the other hit

was as powerful as it

more Gravis told his

that could fight

Gravis told his story, Liam and Stella

really telling

No matter how unbelievable his

if it was fiction, it was still interesting to hear

thing that made them doubt Gravis' words was when Gravis told them about

hadn't shown that

he truly

tale of the

to Gravis' experiences in the lower world, even

close to anyone while being surrounded

It was depressing.

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

did he intend to kill Stella by

It made no sense.

Gravis told them about Gorn's death, they felt

oneself was one of the most

alone might kill

surprising part was Wendy's

going against his own will and emotions.

then. He might have recovered by

they had lived for

horrible feelings in too short of an amount of time. A teenager

sure enough, they noticed that the Gravis in the story

the biggest surprise came when Gravis told them that his Spirit

something like that even

It made no sense!

Laws, and they knew how

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

Gravis' mind with

Someone couldn't survive that.

do that, and

know how to combine

It just wasn't possible.

the very Laws and principles

the first time Stella interrupted

something like

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

prove it,"

"How?" Liam asked.