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

the right decision when choosing her as his

Gravis," Arc said

life, which meant that he also

have," Gravis

should fight

"Arc, this is not

only grinned as he saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression. "Yes,

lightly shook his head as he looked at the people that haven't said anything

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

went to

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

a bit surprised to see you here. We've only met one time," Gravis said. "However,

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

as he saw her true

a

the

had initiated the conflict between the Ultimates in the middle world and also the one that had taught

was very open with her desires, and she had also

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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 and power

world. However, the total power of Narcissus and Meadow

nearly unkillable in her

nearly unkillable in the most powerful

was a huge difference between

mind that Narcissus was far older

later," Gravis said. "Let me

young man with green hair and a peaceful

looked at him

thought you were

ways of the world are unchanging and unforeseeable. Sometimes, our goals change,"

more mysterious with age and

This was Manuel.

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

had told him that Manuel had stopped cultivating after getting

Obviously, things have changed.

managed to push

many of Gravis' friends as possible to survive to

your

could

all died of

tragic as it is, it is

might have killed off Manuel's family, but that

and Lazar have died, right?"

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

two levels above himself. The fight was even, but his opponent comprehended a Law during their fight

revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with

with a

made it to the

Nero