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!

Gravis realized this, fear took

experience was built on

nothing to

Law

level four Law was just as experienced in this

of Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions,

matter how outstanding Gravis was in the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and aimless

power, status, mindset,

was the same in front of

they had

realized

couldn't use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this

Gravis tried to use any Law, it simply

was like the process of using a Law had been

ball at

The ball simply vanished.

knew a lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why

doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

because reality allows me to manifest them. Yet, there

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

the usage of Laws!? This must

the force

body now became filled with

Gravis had made

he had ever learned

was like this force was from a

them just

with cracks, and his

a while, Gravis simply

can't,' he thought as he

simply can't,' Gravis

how it

sure have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

left out of reflex, but he could only see with

It was Mortis.

Mortis, his mind nearly

and his entire being was filled with

However, Mortis…

was only an Avatar surrounded by his personality Law

and the force was slowly

How!?

was just as powerful as Gravis, and if Gravis could hold out

why was he already

I have gained my emotional independence, the

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

still ignored

left me, I realized how it felt to reach true

"Everything became meaningless."

positive emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

was nothing

realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even made

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

of freedom when I will feel just

the point of power when freedom

life when

collected, but exactly

was someone that truly lost his

had already died

Gravis

was just like

a way forward

been plenty of times when I wasn't able to find a solution, but I always found

to get out of

do

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

can you give up when others are able to climb out of the same

Gravis gritted his teeth as he shouted with

I would have done my best

Silence.

More silence.

don't want to be a

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

as far away from each other as

the reason why

Gravis had been able to win

Mortis was calling himself a

you are thinking," Mortis said. "How

emotions aren't always