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

the right decision when choosing her as his life

Gravis," Arc said from the side with

had seen Gravis' life, which meant

have," Gravis said

think I should fight

is

he saw Gravis' uncomfortable

his head as he looked at the people that haven't

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

went to the

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

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

Gravis as she looked him up and down.

as he saw her true body with his Spirit

was a humongous,

Sary, the Life

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

with her desires, and she had

"Where's Meadow?" Gravis asked.

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,

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

unkillable in her

Narcissus was nearly unkillable in

difference between these

also had to keep in mind that Narcissus was far

talk later," Gravis said. "Let me first go to the

over to a young man with

at him with a

you were already

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

with age and power, Manuel," Gravis

This was Manuel.

had unveiled Byron's deception. After

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

Obviously, things have changed.

push Manuel

friends as possible to survive to secure

happened to your family?" Gravis

didn't change, but Gravis could see

all died of old age," Manuel

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

killed off Manuel's family,

have died, right?" he

with Aion, but we've kept tabs on him. Apparently, he was not really interested in cultivating and simply stopped. Living like

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

took revenge for Lazar," Dorian said with

nodded with

everyone made it

also heard that Nero stopped cultivating," Gravis