Lightning Is the Only Way

"That's not necessary," Arc answered.

SHING!

A token appeared in front of Gravis. "As soon as you reach an isolated place in the eastern continent, crush this token. Exar will quickly arrive and talk about the specifics."

Gravis nodded. "Thanks, Arc."

Arc smiled. "Wish you luck."

"Is that a joke?" Gravis asked.

"Yes," Arc said with a slight chuckle.

Gravis rolled his eyes.

Then, Gravis and Stella waited for Liam's return. They wanted to give him enough time to think about his current situation.

In the meantime, Gravis and Stella talked to some beings in the clearing.

Gravis and Stella had to deal with a lot of insinuating comments and jokes made at their expense. After all, making someone embarrassed was always fun.

A couple hours later, Liam returned.

This time, he didn't have a cold expression but a relatively neutral one. However, he still shot Gravis a couple of complex looks.

To Liam, the situation between him and Gravis still felt a bit awkward.

Luckily, Gravis was good in conversations and could reduce the awkwardness to a minimum.

After talking for a bit more, the three of them set off.

SHING!

All three of them broke their emblems as they returned to the hot and uncomfortable underground room that Gravis had dug out.

Gravis quickly put the two of them into his Life Ring and transformed into his beast form.

After that, he passed through Narcissus' barrier and entered the beast territory. Traveling across the river in the human territory would be risky. After all, the Purist Sect controlled that river, and Gravis didn't know how their defenses were set up. It was far easier and safer to go through the beast territory.

After a couple of hours, Gravis reached the barrier to the eastern continent. Gravis dug into the ground again and officially entered the eastern continent.

day, Gravis came out of the ground. He had no map of this part of the world, which meant that he had no idea where

CRACK!

ground, and he saw a mortal woman that had just dropped a vase in shock when she saw the head coming

looked around and noticed that he had

mortal woman quickly lost the focus in her eyes

of a mortal was not

he made himself basically invisible and left the ground. He was already back in his human form and manipulated perceived reality in such a way that he appeared like a proud

for some isolated forest and broke

SHING!

arrived around half

"You're ready?" Exar asked.

did you want to talk

show you the location of your shop

shot up in surprise. "Oh,

have dug out an underground cave for you with two long tunnels. One of them leads into a big city while the other one goes directly into the beast territory. However, you should build something that makes it impossible to see the other tunnel. After all, not many people

a couple of times. "Sure, sounds great!"

his head and teleported away. Gravis

and Gravis arrived at

near the

there was something surprising about this location. It was very different from the

the fact

humans and no beasts in this location, even though it was

wall of

inspected the wall of roots for a bit and noticed

showing yourself above

acting like a neutral Immortal Emperor plant," Narcissus answered. "I won't let beasts pass through, and I won't let humans survive

complex expression on his face. "But wouldn't the humans

Exar asked. "I said I investigated this random but powerful plant myself and noticed that its intentions of neutrality were pure. I came into an agreement with it. It would not let any beasts pass through this territory, but

far better than anything he could have

that he had two of the most powerful beings in the world supporting his

again, and

It was around a hundred meters wide and a kilometer long. At the long ends of the cave,

tunnel leading to the beast territory was millions of kilometers long, while the tunnel leading to the human territory was

the tunnel to the human territory

will send one of my Underworld Elders to you later," Exar explained. "We don't want the location of the

so that people can't just look through your trading firm to see the other side or look

hasn't been here yet, he also

said. "However, he wants to ask you several questions personally before he creates the Formation Arrays. I don't like to force my Elders to do anything they don't agree with. Just answer his questions honestly, and there shouldn't