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.

force had nothing to do

Nothing!

realized this, fear

Law Comprehension experience was built on comprehending Laws that were

nothing to do

all of his Law Comprehension experience

didn't even know a level four Law was just as experienced in this form

comprehensions, his mindset,

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

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

was the same in

they had ever

realized

couldn't use

Gravis' Laws were based on Energy, and this world

tried to use

the process of using a Law

like throwing a ball at

The ball simply vanished.

lot about the Laws of Perceived Reality, he was able to guess why his Laws didn't

Reality doesn't exist!' Gravis thought

allows me to manifest them. Yet, there is no reality

'There's just nothing!'

'There's only death!'

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

force around him

body now

had

had ever learned became

was like this force

of them just couldn't connect with

filled with

a while,

thought

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

how it

have overestimated

"You already gave up?"

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

It was Mortis.

looked at Mortis, his mind

apart, and his entire being was

However, Mortis…

surrounded by his personality

and

How!?

and if Gravis could

was he already

said calmly, "When I have gained my emotional

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

I still

left me, I realized how it felt to

"Everything became meaningless."

emotions you sent me vanished, leaving me

nothing inside

current situation was already filling me with pointlessness, and the realization that my goal wouldn't change anything even made my future

"I'm unable to love."

to be

when I will

power when freedom

point of life when everything

calm, neutral, and collected, but exactly

was someone that

died

Gravis shouted with

was just like

way forward now doesn't mean that

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

out

can't do

feels better now, and he has actually achieved supreme

can you give up when others are

teeth as he

tell me!? I would have

Silence.

More silence.

want to be

This sentence destroyed Gravis.

Was this truly Mortis?

Gravis couldn't answer.

Mortis?

A burden?

far away from each other as

the reason why Gravis knew so many

been able to win against

was calling himself a

are thinking," Mortis said. "How can

emotions aren't always