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

made the right decision when choosing her as

Arc said

which meant that

Gravis said

I should

this is not

saw Gravis' uncomfortable expression. "Yes,

looked

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

went to the

terrifyingly stunning body. She looked like a

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

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

he saw

a humongous,

was Sary, the Life Ultimate, Meadow's

the Ultimates in the middle world and also the one that had taught Azure about having children

with her desires, and she had also hit on

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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.

the higher world. However, the total power of Narcissus

unkillable in

was nearly unkillable in the most

was a huge difference between

had to keep in mind that Narcissus was far older

said. "Let

to a young man with green

at him

were already

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

you have gotten more mysterious with age and power, Manuel,"

This was Manuel.

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

had left for the higher world, his father had told him that

Obviously, things have changed.

probably managed to push Manuel

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

to your family?"

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

of

nodded. "As tragic as it is, it is the best

killed

Lazar have

was not really interested in

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

took revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with narrowed

with a

it to the

Nero stopped cultivating,"