Lightning Is the Only Way

A week passed, and most of Gravis' advisors had left.

Yet, that didn't matter to Gravis whatsoever.

The ones with shaky loyalty had left, and that was good. Oftentimes, internal dissent was a Kingdom's downfall, not external enemies.

Gravis' approach was similar to back when he had raised the River Tribe, but for different reasons.

Back then, Gravis had not suppressed anyone since beasts wanted to gain power more than anything. Suppressing their power would only make them leave.

This time, Gravis let the humans leave because of loyalty issues.

As long as someone was the most powerful, no beast in one's tribe would betray them.

However, when it came to humans, this wasn't the case.

Humans liked to use a lot of schemes to circumvent power and gain an advantage.

Because of that, unity in one's ranks was more important than with beasts.

When a week passed, the thing that Gravis had expected finally happened.

BOOOOM!

Gravis' castle was blown apart, leaving only Gravis on a throne.

The rest of the castle had turned into rubble.

"Would you have ever expected that this day would come?" a young man with a crown said with authority from above Gravis. Two other Unity Realm Cultivators flanked him.

"Yes, I did," Gravis said with a smirk.

WHOOOOM!

Then, Gravis activated his Will-Aura, making it impossible to move for anyone else.

Immediately, the invaders felt like they had committed a grave mistake.

And then?

There was no then.

The three invaders died quickly under Gravis' royal sword.

This hadn't even been a fight.

'Humility, huh?' Gravis thought with a smirk.

'I've used Humility to destroy my enemies.'

'That's what this is all about, right?' Gravis thought.

Over the next couple of days, Gravis' Kingdom annexed the other Kingdom, becoming more powerful in the process.

Sadly, the entire fortune of the other Kingdom was only enough to create one more Cultivator in the Unity Realm.

Well, at least Gravis' Kingdom had two Unity Realm Cultivators now instead of one.

Unfortunately, the trial still continued since Gravis hadn't comprehended the Law of Humility yet.

For the next couple of years, Gravis did his best to use Humility to get rid of his enemies.

Gravis deliberately made his Kingdom look weak, even fooling his own new advisors.

Eventually, another Kingdom had decided to attack them, and Gravis dealt with them just like he had dealt with the previous Kingdom.

four Cultivators in

His Kingdom prospered.

Gravis had arrived

from a more prosperous area went through

the end, this band arrived in

of five Early Unity Realm Cultivators and ten

Early Unity Realm Cultivators united against Gravis, while the remaining

of them, but the remaining three started

and he didn't have his

an enemy didn't replenish

an enemy, the Energy he

that, these Cultivators had quite refined Battle

but he was eventually exhausted to death in the face of

the first time in

his eyes, which

as I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'Death

some

need to make

looked at his advisor

beginning. It seems like dealing with the Red-White Kingdom is not the true goal. The band of raiders

'I need more power!'

had just asked Gravis what they should do,

BANG!

forward as he flew out of the

no idea what

an hour, Gravis reached

future Unity

resources. Sadly, I can't

'I need more resources!'

come to the Kingdoms on

through every Kingdom, killing the most powerful Cultivators

one week, Gravis had accomplished what

left,' Gravis thought as

of what he needed to become a Mid Unity Realm

'I need more!'

he had

And then, death arrived.

past a mountain, he ran

couldn't even defend

BANG!

his eyes again, back in the

left the hall

Gravis annihilated all the Kingdoms and pocketed

Then, Gravis went north.

even

again, back in the

repeated itself, but this time, he

with

repeated again, and this

there was

was ecstatic when he noticed

became. The Energy density also fell severely,

searching, Gravis found nothing

thought. 'There are not enough

have to find another

Kingdom and killed the "new king" that had been crowned

to the Early Unity Realm. There might not have been enough resources for Gravis to reach the Mid Unity Realm, but there were enough to create

they would have enough power to resist the

two new helpers. They had to become as powerful as possible

years later,