Lightning Is the Only Way

The two of them entered the Gate of Death.

And the effect was immediate.

BANG!

Before Gravis and Mortis could even look at their surroundings, a violent impact hit both of their Spirits.

It was like a sledgehammer had hit their Spirits, severely cracking them.

Then, they felt like they had been thrown into the coldest thing in existence.

However, their bodies weren't freezing.

This feeling of coldness came from a mysterious force that was consuming their Life Energy.

It wasn't the Darkness Element, but something very different.

It was like they had reached the end of their natural life.

Their organs were no longer producing Life Energy, and the remaining Life Energy they had was leaving their body.

There was no Energy in the surroundings.

There was no air.

There was no earth.

There was nothing.

Everything was black.

The cracks in their Spirits slowly grew, and their Life Energy couldn't heal the cracks.

It was like their Life Energy had become useless.

Gravis immediately fell over, his body covered in sweat.

Creating coherent thoughts became more difficult as his Spirit broke down more and more.

Slight cuts slowly appeared all over his body, making Gravis leak even more Life Energy.

This was not a world of the living.

Life Energy didn't belong here.

Everything that used Life Energy didn't belong here.

Life Energy became completely useless, and it was consumed.

Everything that had anything to do with life wasn't allowed to stay here.

Gravis' mind immediately fell into a panic.

'This is way worse than I had anticipated.'

Gravis tried to look at his hand, but he couldn't see them.

There was no light.

Luckily, Gravis' Spirit Sense still worked, but it shrunk rapidly as his Spirit was being destroyed.

'I must comprehend this process of dying!' Gravis thought. 'I need to comprehend the Major Law of Death, or I won't escape!'

Gravis closed his eyes and focused on the process, and the more he watched the process, the more shocked he became.

'I have never felt this force before! It's different than everything I have ever seen!' Gravis thought with shock.

'All the Laws I know have one thing in common.'

'They all work with Energy or by using things created with Energy, like my Will-Aura.'

'Yet…'

'There is no Energy in this force!'

'The very fundamentals are different!'

This was the greatest difference between this force and all the others.

The highest Heaven's Cosmos was built with Energy.

Everything was built with Energy.

Matter was built with Energy.

Souls were built with Energy.

Gravity was built with Energy.

Time was built with Energy.

Space was built with Energy.

Even the very Laws themselves were built with Energy.

Even Gravis' Void Lightning was just a different form of Energy.

nothing to

Nothing!

fear took hold

was built on comprehending Laws

had nothing to do

Law Comprehension experience became

was just as experienced in this form of force as

comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything

was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just

mindset,

was the same in

had ever done

Gravis realized another terrifying

use

based on Energy, and this world had

soon as Gravis tried to use any Law,

of using a Law had been

at the floor, but there

The ball simply vanished.

a lot about the Laws of Perceived

Reality doesn't exist!'

use Laws because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

stop the usage of Laws!? This must be the key to

on comprehending the force around him as he slowly

his entire body now

Gravis had made

he had ever learned became

like this force was from

just couldn't connect with each

was now filled with cracks, and his perception

a while, Gravis

can't,' he thought as he

can't,' Gravis thought. 'It's

is how it

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

reflex, but he

It was Mortis.

at Mortis,

and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded

fallen apart, and the force was

How!?

and if Gravis could hold out until now,

already so close

said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional independence, the reality

power, and I fully knew that chasing power would end in

I still

left me, I realized how it felt

"Everything became meaningless."

you sent me vanished, leaving

was nothing

pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even made my

"I'm unable to love."

to be

of freedom when I will

point of power

of life when

and collected, but exactly that tone filled Gravis

was someone that truly

died inside

Gravis shouted

just like

forward now doesn't mean that there

when I wasn't able

to get out of this, you need

do

Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

can you give up when others are able to climb out

gritted his teeth as he shouted with

tell me!? I would have done

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

were about as far away from

the reason why Gravis

was the reason why Gravis had been able to win against the Black

calling

can imagine what you are thinking," Mortis said. "How can I be

emotions aren't always