Lightning Is the Only Way

"Dorian even managed to hit you, Gravis. I guess my loss to him is not unjustified," a beautiful woman with azure-colored hair said as she stepped forward.

"Hey, Azure," Gravis said. "Glad you're still alive. How have you been?"

Azure smiled slightly as she gestured to the old man with white hair to her said. "Styr and I have been quite well. We also became quite powerful, but we both couldn't beat Dorian, which was surprising. We had both been sure that we were more powerful than him, but, somehow, he still won."

Styr also nodded. "His techniques are varied, bizarre, and incomprehensible," Styr said with praise. "He is impressive."

"Did you guys all fight each other before I came here?" Gravis asked with a lifted eyebrow.

Azure and Styr nodded. "We met each other when we waited for you, and we all got talking since we know you. In the end, after seeing that we are all on the same level, we decided to fight each other to compare our power."

"Oh? How many joined the fight?" Gravis asked.

"Twelve."

"So many?" Gravis asked in shock.

Azure nodded. "You built up quite a circle of connections in your life, Gravis," Azure said.

"Who won?" Gravis asked, looking at the group.

Silence.

"You know who won," Azure said with a frown.

Gravis thought about this for a bit.

"Was Stella part of the fight?" he asked.

Azure nodded.

"Okay, that explains it," Gravis said with an uncomfortable smile. "Where is she?" he asked, not seeing her in the gathered group.

"She wants to give you some time to meet your old friends first. She is currently spending most of her time with your three children," Azure said.

Gravis rubbed the back with discomfort. "You mean our children," he said.

"I don't really care. You should know that, Gravis," Azure said evenly.

Gravis had to sigh again as he got to know Azure again.

It still felt weird to Gravis that Azure didn't care about her children.

However, Gravis' three kids also must have had quite a lot of children since they managed to become Nascent Nourishing Beasts in the middle world. Yet, they had never even talked about them.

The familial ties of beasts still felt alien to Gravis.

"I guess they are all somewhere else right now," Gravis said.

Azure nodded. "They all know that you would want to spend the most time with them, which is why they're waiting somewhere else."

Gravis nodded with a weak smile.

probably

had made the right decision when choosing her as

powerful, Gravis," Arc said from

which meant that he also knew

have," Gravis

should

"Arc, this is not funny," he

only grinned as he saw

his head as he looked at the people

had already spoken to him, leaving three people that haven't talked to

went to the

a beautiful woman with green hair and a terrifyingly stunning body. She looked like a seductress

one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you didn't

she looked him up and down. "Don't talk

as he saw her true

a

was Sary, the

that had initiated the conflict between the Ultimates in the middle world and also the one that had taught Azure about having children to learn more about

and she

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

world," Sary said. "Meadow takes her time in cultivating, and she plans to use up nearly her entire longevity. She will probably remain in the higher world for another 1.8 million years, their time. I can't live that long, and I don't want to wait that long, but you don't need to worry about her. From what I've heard, her status

higher world. However, the

unkillable in her

nearly unkillable in the

was a huge difference between these

one also had to keep in mind that Narcissus was

later," Gravis said. "Let

went over to a young man

at him with a complex

were

of the world

age and power, Manuel,"

This was Manuel.

Byron's deception. After that, they had become friends and had even entered the

for the higher world, his father had told him that Manuel had stopped cultivating

Obviously, things have changed.

to push Manuel back into

of Gravis' friends as possible to survive to secure his cooperation in

to your

change, but Gravis could see some

all died of

tragic as it is, it

feared that Orthar might have killed off Manuel's family, but that

and Lazar have died, right?"

Aion, but we've kept tabs on him. Apparently, he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like a

while tempering," Dorian said from behind Gravis. "He tried to jump two levels above himself. The fight was even, but his opponent comprehended a Law during their fight

took revenge for Lazar," Dorian

with

it to the

heard that Nero stopped