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.

had nothing

Nothing!

fear took hold

Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that

had nothing to do with

all of his Law Comprehension experience became

didn't even know a level four Law was just

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his

he became just as useless

death, one's power, status, mindset, personality,

was the same in front

had ever done

realized another

couldn't use any

based on

tried to use any Law, it simply

process of using a Law had

a ball at the floor, but

The ball simply vanished.

Gravis knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis

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

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

stop the usage of Laws!? This must be the key to understanding it! I must understand

focused on comprehending the force

body now became

Gravis had made no

that he had ever

this force was

them just couldn't connect with each

body was now filled with cracks, and his perception

a while, Gravis simply

thought as he

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

how

sure have

"You already gave up?"

but he could only see

It was Mortis.

Gravis looked at Mortis,

apart, and his

However, Mortis…

surrounded

already completely fallen apart, and

How!?

and if Gravis could hold out

was he already

I have gained my emotional independence, the reality of my choice has

and I fully knew that chasing power

I still ignored

I realized how it felt

"Everything became meaningless."

the positive emotions you sent me

was nothing

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

"I'm unable to love."

to be

I will feel just as empty as

power when

of life when everything is

sounded calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly

someone that truly

already died

serious!?" Gravis shouted with his

just

you can't see a way forward now doesn't mean that there isn't

times when I wasn't able to

out of this,

can't do that

forget that even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

others are able

gritted his teeth as

didn't you tell me!? I would have

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

far away from each other

why Gravis knew

why Gravis had been able to win against

Mortis was calling

thinking," Mortis said. "How can I be a

remember, emotions aren't