Lightning Is the Only Way

"It worked," Mortis said. "The 100,000 God Stones have bought you six days the last time. We can delay it."

"Great, how do we continue?" Gravis asked while sweat ran down his back. As time progressed, it only became worse.

"We need to test something else," Mortis said. "Become a level two Star God."

Gravis looked with shock at Mortis. "That would eat up over three million God Stones!" Gravis shouted.

"You're really becoming stupider when under pain," Mortis commented in annoyance.

"You try being in my place! It's not easy to focus with fucking Sin Monsters munching on your fucking will!" Gravis shouted.

Mortis didn't react to Gravis' comment. "If you are a level two Star God, the Sin Monsters might need longer to consume the pieces they eat. They are probably consuming a set amount of Energy, which will increase with time."

"Right now, one Sin Monster needs one minute to take another bite. If you are a level two Star God, they might need four minutes to take another bite," Mortis explained.

Gravis immediately understood and took out more God Stones.

This would make the pain less frequent!

Gravis quickly consumed enough God Stones to become a level two Star God. Gravis felt his power increasing, but he couldn't feel happy right now.

As soon as the Sin Monsters took their first bite, they started chewing.

And…

Success!

They took four times as long to take another bite.

Gravis released a sigh of relief.

It was impossible to imagine how much relief Gravis felt at this moment.

The bites were truly terrifying.

Mortis nodded. "Consume another million God Stones for another test. Then, feed the Sin Monsters your remaining God Stones."

Gravis had already realized that it was hard for him to make correct decisions under such pain. His Emotions were on the apathetic side, but that didn't protect him from the pain.

Because of that, Gravis decided to simply listen to Mortis.

Right now, Mortis was the one that had a clearer head.

The first Sin Monster ate the 16 million God Stones in an instant before going back to consuming Gravis.

"We need to do three more tests," Mortis said. "First of all, we need to check if the Sin Monsters allow absolutely no one to help you or if they will only stop the powerful Cultivators. After all, the best way to repay the debt is to accrue more Karmic Luck, and that's basically impossible to do if you can't interact with anyone."

"How should I test that?" Gravis asked.

"Wait here. I'll scout the surroundings," Mortis said.

SHING!

Mortis left, and Gravis was left alone.

Gravis activated his Law of Perceived Reality and tried to keep himself hidden. Until now, Mortis had kept the two of them hidden since every bite Gravis endured shook his concentration violently.

every time Gravis received a bite, his domain of Perceived Reality would break down for a

in a very isolated area right now, and no

later, Mortis returned and gestured for Gravis

and Mortis teleported a couple of times until they were

Peak Immortal Emperor as the Sect Master. However, the Sect had an unreal number

disguised Gravis and made himself

Try to make

deep breath and entered

react to him. In their minds, Gravis looked like a very

Body Tempering Disciple that just left the exchange hall with a frustrated

uttered as he

the Spirit Forming Realm, and the disciple immediately became respectful. "This disciple greets

respectfully, trying his best to hide the pain

Moon-Glowing Anis is something one of my disciple needs. I'm willing to exchange it for

WHOOOP!

in the Energy Gathering Realm. With all of Gravis' Laws, creating something like this was

eyes of the disciple

Anis was far less valuable than

of Elder!"

it, and that makes it worth the trade for me. I don't care about

became exhilarated and quickly chose to trade

flower in his hand,

They didn't react.

breath and

his meeting with Gravis and continued doing whatever he was doing. He only knew that he had a piece of ore. He didn't know why he

many other times with Cultivators of

at some point,

to hand Gravis a piece of ore she found, one of the mosquitos

Silence.

Immortal Elder stopped

comprised her

a mathematical equation equal on both sides, her existence

immediately teleported away

can interact with beings below the Immortal Realm. Anything above that, and the Sin Monster

things way harder. I need Star Gods, but I can't even interact with Immortals. That means that I have to become the master of Law Comprehension Cultivators and hope that they can become Star Gods.

over quality," Mortis said as he scratched his chin. "We

I want to see what happens," Mortis

a

Monsters, and they might kill him

could heal himself from

BZZ!

transformed into Heavenly

looked at the Heavenly

finished with munching, it simply took a bite out of the lightning and

three mosquitos went back on

but

tiny holes the mosquitos had

nodded. "The situation doesn't seem as inescapable

said. "If that also works, our best plan can

Gravis nodded.

done it with the disciples," Mortis added. "Go from weak

BZZ!

summoned a Body Tempering body and kept it levitating

Splash!