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

decision when choosing her as

Gravis," Arc said

which meant

have," Gravis said

I should fight them?"

is not

saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression.

head as he looked

already spoken to

to

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

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

him up and down. "Don't talk too much to me,

body shook again as he saw her true body with his

a humongous,

Sary, the

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

desires, and she had also hit on Gravis

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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

basically unkillable in the higher world. However, the total power of

unkillable

was nearly unkillable in the most

was a huge difference between

mind that Narcissus was far older

Gravis said. "Let me

went over to a young man with

looked at him

were

bit. "The ways of the world

mysterious with age and power, Manuel," Gravis said with a

This was Manuel.

had fought him in the lower world, but Manuel's master had unveiled Byron's deception. After that, they had become friends and had even

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

Obviously, things have changed.

managed to push Manuel back

friends as possible to survive

to your family?" Gravis

didn't change, but Gravis could see some sadness in

of old age,"

and nodded. "As tragic as it is, it is

that Orthar might have killed off

Lazar have

was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like a rich merchant

died 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

for Lazar," Dorian said with

with

it to the

heard that Nero stopped cultivating," Gravis