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 to do with

Nothing!

Gravis realized this, fear took hold

of his Law Comprehension experience was built on

had nothing to

Law Comprehension experience

even know a level four Law was just

Gravis' preparations, all his comprehensions, his mindset, his personality, everything became

the highest Heaven's Cosmos, he became just as useless and

death, one's power, status, mindset, personality, and everything they were,

same

they had

realized another terrifying

use

on Energy, and this world had no

soon as Gravis tried to use any

process of using a Law had

was like throwing a ball at the floor, but there

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's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

focused on comprehending the force around

entire body now

had made no

he had ever

was like this force was

them just couldn't connect

was now filled with cracks,

while,

thought as he

Gravis thought. 'It's

this is how it

have

"You already gave up?"

his left out of reflex, but he could only see with

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind nearly

was breaking apart, and his entire being

However, Mortis…

Avatar surrounded by his

completely fallen apart, and

How!?

as Gravis, and if Gravis

he already so close to

I have gained my emotional independence,

I fully knew that chasing power would

still ignored

me, I realized

"Everything became meaningless."

sent me vanished, leaving

was nothing inside

already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal

"I'm unable to love."

unable to be

freedom when I will

power when freedom

of life when

sounded calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly that

that truly lost

already died

serious!?" Gravis

just like you

can't see a way forward now doesn't mean

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

to get out of this, you

do

even the Black Magnate feels better now, and he has

when others are

gritted his teeth as

tell me!? I would have done my

Silence.

More silence.

to

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 had been able to win

Mortis was calling himself a

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

remember, emotions aren't