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.

hadn't truly

this

the very God of this

he appeared just like a normal teenager as he laughed with

and Liam also noticed someone else near

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

neither Stella nor Liam could

was either a mortal or a powerful Immortal Emperor, and

noticed Stella and Liam, and

Nine Elements Sect," he commented dryly. "Who would have thought that you would

a glance at the laughing Gravis. "Ever since he appeared, more unrelated beings have arrived

"The world is changing."

better or for

words of this man were deeply

fuck are you talking about?" Gravis asked as

was the oldest brother in

correlate some minor actions with a change in the world," Gravis said. "What, did you want to impress Stella with your words? Is that

looked with neutral

in the deaths

took a

How many!?

happened in

alright?" Gravis answered with furrowed brows. "I'm only responsible for the death of one of them, which is the Ascender from

but your presence has exacerbated the polluted mind of the Sect Master of

groaned and rolled

as she approached the man. "What

and Stella felt like he was

that moment, she felt his

Sky!

was like

he looked down

Stella became shocked.

felt just as powerful as that

didn't know

Ancestors and Ascenders of the other Peak Sects, but

which meant that he probably also

the man said, "the Sect Master killed a

and Liam became shocked

which meant that

He was a spy!?

Elements Sect became enraged and gathered the entire Holy Guard to go to war

Stella gulped deeply.

That was bad!

warned, and eleven Holy Guards died before the Ancestor of the Nine

ended, and with the glib tongue of the Ancestor, a cooperation between

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

looked towards

how she should feel

deserved it!" Liam interjected with some anger. "I would have wished for her death, but I guess this is the next

Stella sighed.

also a certain feeling of loss in Stella's heart. Of course, she didn't mourn the loss of her cruel "aunt", but maybe the loss of the aunt she had

had held some hope that the kind aunt

she never did, and she never would in

looked at Gravis. "I would say

eyebrow. "I didn't