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.

was probably Stella's

decision when choosing her

friends have become really powerful, Gravis," Arc said from the side

which meant that he also

have," Gravis said

think I should

"Arc, this is not funny,"

as he saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression. "Yes,

looked at the

Ferris, Azure, and Styr had already spoken to him, leaving three people that haven't talked

to the

green hair and a terrifyingly stunning body. She looked like a seductress that could wrap any

only met one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you didn't forget me after such

bedroom eyes at Gravis as she looked him up and down. "Don't talk too much to me, or your

he saw

a

the Life Ultimate,

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 the Laws of

desires, and she had also hit

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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

Narcissus was basically unkillable in the higher world. However, the total power

nearly unkillable

was nearly unkillable in

huge difference between

to keep in mind that Narcissus

"Let me first go

to a young man with green

looked at him with a

you were already

chuckled a bit. "The ways of the world are unchanging and unforeseeable. Sometimes, our goals

mysterious with age and

This was Manuel.

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

had told him that Manuel had stopped cultivating after getting a

Obviously, things have changed.

probably managed to push Manuel back

of Gravis' friends as possible to survive to secure

to your family?" Gravis

but Gravis could see

died of old age,"

and nodded. "As tragic as it

Orthar might have killed off Manuel's family, but that wasn't the

Lazar have

he was not really interested in cultivating

levels above himself. The fight was even, but

revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with

nodded with

it

that Nero stopped cultivating,"