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

the right decision when choosing her

have become really powerful, Gravis," Arc said from

which meant

Gravis

I should

groaned. "Arc, this is not funny,"

as he saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression.

looked at the people that

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

went to

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

see you here. We've only met one time," Gravis said. "However, I'm happy that you

and down. "Don't talk too much to me, or your woman might get jealous," she

shook again as he saw her true body with his Spirit

was a humongous, green

was Sary, the

initiated the conflict between the Ultimates in the middle world and also the one

very open with her desires, and she had also hit on Gravis back

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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

However, the total power of Narcissus and Meadow still

unkillable in

was nearly unkillable in the

a huge difference between

mind that Narcissus was far

Gravis said. "Let me first

to a young man with green hair and

him with a complex

thought you were already dead," Gravis

bit. "The ways of the world are unchanging and

age and power, Manuel," Gravis said

This was Manuel.

world, but Manuel's master had unveiled Byron's deception. After that, they had become

higher world, his father had told him that Manuel had stopped cultivating after getting a

Obviously, things have changed.

managed to push Manuel

of Gravis' friends as possible to survive

your

but Gravis could see some

all died of old age,"

tragic as it is, it

killed off Manuel's

and Lazar have died,

tabs on him. Apparently, he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like

from behind Gravis. "He tried to jump two levels above himself. The

revenge for Lazar," Dorian said

with a

made it to

heard that Nero