Lightning Is the Only Way

The three of them arrived in a tranquil clearing.

Stella and Liam immediately noticed the powerful concentration of Energy in the atmosphere. It was far denser than the density of Energy in the human territory. Only the headquarters of the Peak Sects could compare thanks to all their Formation Arrays that gathered Energy.

Stella and Liam also noticed several beasts and humans talking to each other just a couple of kilometers away.

In this clearing, there was no difference between humans and beasts.

Everyone was just getting along as friends.

After fighting beasts for their entire lives, Stella and Liam found this surreal and strange.

The perception of having a mortal enemy didn't exist in this clearing.

However, their Spirit Senses immediately locked onto a single person.

He was bigger than average, and he had five eyes. His hair was blonde, and the world seemed to revolve around him.

Yet, one thing was different.

Gravis had told them that Arc was very friendly and kind.

So, how come they couldn't see anything of that on him?

Right now, Arc looked with narrowed eyes at Gravis.

Gravis looked back with a raised eyebrow.

"Mortal, doth thou have any idea about the number of lives that had been ended by the hands of thine actions!?" Arc's powerful voice reverberated in the small part of the clearing.

Liam and Stella felt the sheer power of the world gathering around Arc, and they felt that the world was angry.

Gravis had to chuckle a bit. "Why do you talk so weird?"

Arc only glared at Gravis as the atmosphere intensified.

Then, he lifted a hand and pointed at Gravis.

"Mortal, thine actions have gone against the holy decree of Heaven, and thou must pay the just price!"

Stella and Liam became confused and fearful.

Heaven was angry!

Gravis chuckled a bit.

"Daddy! Arc's breaking his promise!" Gravis shouted like an aggrieved child.

The world immediately calmed down as the apocalyptic forces vanished into thin air.

"Dude, chill out!" Arc suddenly shouted in his normal voice as he took a step back. "It was just a prank! No need to involve your father!"

Gravis immediately broke out into loud laughter.

"Oh man, you should have seen your face," he shouted in hysterics.

Arc released a sigh but then also started to laugh loudly.

They were just messing around.

were still taken aback. They hadn't truly met

all, this was

the very

like a normal teenager as he laughed with

that time, Stella and Liam also noticed someone

blonde hair, and he was rather tall. However, he only had two

was surprising was that neither Stella nor Liam could feel

mortal or a powerful Immortal Emperor, and based on the aura of immortality around him, he was

Stella and Liam, and his eyes focused

dryly. "Who would have

at the laughing Gravis. "Ever since he appeared, more

"The world is changing."

or for worse remains

felt that the words of

talking about?" Gravis asked as he turned

oldest brother

"What, did you want to impress Stella with

looked with neutral

about the fact that your actions have resulted in the

Liam took a deep breath through

How many!?

happened in the

only responsible for the death of one of them, which is the Ascender from the Nine Elements

true, but your presence has exacerbated the polluted mind of the Sect Master of the Nine Elements

and rolled his

as she approached the man. "What has

looked at Stella, and Stella felt like he was able

moment, she felt his

Sky!

like

encompassed everything as he looked down on

Stella became shocked.

person felt just as powerful as that root

she didn't know this

met nearly all of the Ancestors and Ascenders of

distinctly human, which meant that he probably also was

Master killed a Vice-Sect Master

and Liam became

been Herius, which meant that it was

He was a spy!?

Master of the Nine Elements Sect became enraged and gathered the entire Holy Guard to go to

Stella gulped deeply.

That was bad!

eleven Holy Guards died before the Ancestor of the Nine Elements

and with the glib tongue of the Ancestor, a cooperation

"By the way, that person that made your life so difficult in the Nine Elements Sect, the Sect Master, has been put under the effects of a Slave Ring. She will stay at the frontlines of the war against the beasts for the

looked towards the

how she should feel right

with some anger. "I would have wished for her death, but I guess this

Stella sighed.

mourn the loss of her cruel "aunt", but maybe

her heart, Stella still had held some hope that the kind aunt of her memories

did, and she never

at Gravis. "I

"I didn't hear