Lightning Is the Only Way

The room fell into silence for a while.

"You can just call me Arc," Arc said with a smile. "No reason to be so nervous. I'm a Cultivator, just like anyone else now. You're acting familiar and friendly with Gravis, even though his Battle-Strength is immeasurable. I'm just a bit more powerful than Gravis. So, there shouldn't be much of a difference."

Arc was very good with placating feelings of nervousness, but it was still hard to placate feelings of disconnection due to such a massive gap in power.

"Hi, Arc! I'm Ferris!" Ferris shouted as he arrived in front of Arc with an excited smile. "You smell like a good guy! I like you!"

Of course it would be Ferris that took the first step.

"You can smell that I'm a good guy?" Arc asked with a slight chuckle.

"Yeah," Ferris said.

"That's quite an interesting power. It has probably served you well on your journey," Arc said with a smile.

Ferris nodded several times. "Friends are nice!"

Styr, Azure, and Sary looked at Ferris with complex expressions.

Ferris was genuine and excited whenever he was with someone he liked.

However, his image horrifyingly shifted whenever he talked with someone he didn't like.

As soon as Ferris met someone he didn't like the smell of, his eyes were constantly narrowed, and he spoke with a terrifyingly cold disposition.

It was even worse when he actually fought. Whenever Ferris fought, he basically transformed into a terrifying, blood-thirsty monstrosity. He appeared like a hegemon of fire that burned everything and everyone that dared to go against him.

He even knew the Laws of Rage, Pride, and Calm.

As soon as he unleashed his powers, the sky would turn red with the power of blind rage and unsurpassed pride. Everyone would be suppressed by him, and his attacks had an insane intensity to them.

Yet, right now, Ferris only smiled widely in excitement and happiness as he met a new friend.

Ferris was outstanding, even amongst this group of outstanding beings.

One had to remember one simple fact when thinking about Gravis' friends.

Were they powerful because they were Gravis' friends, or were they Gravis' friends because they were powerful?

No friend of Gravis was simple.

Manuel had had an astonishing maturity for his age back then, and he had been a terrifyingly powerful Cultivator.

Joyce had had a Unity Will before she had even entered the Heaven's Trial.

Skye had managed to comprehend the Law of Freedom on her own.

Azure had comprehended one of the Emotional Laws in the middle world.

Styr was very smart, and he managed to comprehend a level three Law in the Early Law Comprehension Realm.

Sary had been ancient in the middle world, and she had managed to fight three Ultimates at the same time.

All of Gravis' friends were monsters in their own right, and as long as they didn't meet with terrifyingly bad luck, it would only be natural for them to become this powerful.

Yet, even among this group of monsters, Ferris stood out.

"You're quite powerful, Ferris," Arc said with a smile. It was not difficult for him to see through all of Ferris' Laws. After all, Arc knew the Law of the True World. This meant that he could know everything about everyone under the Star God Realm.

Arc could even see what Ferris would do several years in advance, assuming Arc had access to all the information of Ferris' surroundings all the time. Something like this would have been possible if they were still in Arc's world, but that was obviously no longer possible.

"No, everyone else is way stronger than me," Ferris said with an excited smile, pointing at the group.

Arc chuckled a bit when he heard that.

why Ferris

Did Ferris lie?

No.

was

Why?

placing out of everyone present

Why?

in the group

activate his Law of Pride since he wasn't

activate the Law of

Calm since he was excited to spend time

truly attack them since he was

horrible placing in

she heard

found these

exactly that, if Ferris went all out, he could have achieved third place in

"Ferris, you're basing your power on the tournament you guys had, right? Tell me,

had mixed

them smiled with pride,

Ferris shouted with excitement. "Everyone else is

was also interested in the

had

a reference since he knew

what rank

were the weakest?" Arc asked.

Surprisingly, Ferris frowned.

don't like," he said. "She was surprisingly weak. She couldn't even resist me for a second, even

with interest, but he also found it

he

understandable that his opponent

one shouldn't forget that this beast had also lost against

it?" Gravis

Cera," Ferris said with an excited grin as he looked at Gravis. "I

Gravis cringed.

and he

last probably

had to talk with her later and

last, but when Gravis looked at the group, he could accept that Cera

single one of them

even a single weakling among

came next?" Arc

"Me!" Ferris said.

a laugh.

he seemingly remembered something. "It

looked at Manuel,

truly go all out?'

closer, and his

of Humility,' Gravis thought. 'No one else

why

definitely didn't

out, none of their group can

was Gravis so

knew four of the

was only missing the Law of

also had

noticed Gravis' eyes light up when he had looked at

Gravis nodded slightly.

noticed Manuel's hidden power, and he

nice guy,'