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 said

Did Ferris lie?

No.

believed that he was

Why?

had the worst placing out

Why?

in the group

his Law of Pride since

of Rage since

of Calm since he

them since he was afraid of

a horrible placing in the tournament of

she heard Ferris'

found these

if Ferris went all out, he

was why he continued talking to Ferris. "Ferris, you're basing your power on the tournament you guys had, right? Tell me, how did the

group had mixed reactions to

them smiled with pride, while

Ferris shouted with excitement.

also interested

had

as a reference since he knew how

what rank Liam

were the weakest?" Arc

Surprisingly, Ferris frowned.

She couldn't even resist me for a second, even though everyone

rose with interest, but he also found it a bit

he could

his opponent would lose

forget that this beast had also

Gravis asked with

grin as

Gravis cringed.

very well, and he knew that Cera was

last probably hurt her pride

with her

was still surprising that Cera came in last, but when Gravis looked at the

one of them was

a single weakling among

next?" Arc

"Me!" Ferris said.

Arc said with a

said as he seemingly remembered something. "It

Manuel, who only smiled

go all out?'

closer, and

Humility,' Gravis thought. 'No one else can tell his true

hadn't inspected everyone closely, which was why he had not noticed Manuel's

definitely didn't go

none of

so certain of

the five Laws of Perceived

was only missing the Law of

also had two Emotional

had noticed Gravis' eyes light up when he had looked at him. "Let them have their fun. It's

Gravis nodded slightly.

power, and he smirked a

a nice guy,'