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.

his domain of Perceived Reality would break

area right

Mortis returned and gestured for Gravis to

a couple of times until they were

a Sect with a Peak Immortal Emperor as the Sect Master. However, the Sect had an unreal number of disciples, and

disguised Gravis and made

to make a trade or something," Mortis

deep breath and entered the

their minds, Gravis looked like a

you," Gravis shouted as he pointed at a Body Tempering Disciple

disciple uttered as he

the Spirit Forming Realm, and the

to hide the pain of the

of my disciple needs. I'm willing to

WHOOOP!

that was used for weapons in the Energy Gathering

eyes of the

mere Moon-Glowing Anis was far less valuable than

can't take advantage of Elder!" the

snort. "I need it, and that makes it worth

became exhilarated and quickly chose to

Gravis held the flower in his hand, he looked at the

They didn't react.

a deep breath and vanished from the

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 had it, but it was only natural

many other times with Cultivators

at some

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

Silence.

Elder

Energy that comprised her being

on both sides, her existence

away since their

beings below the Immortal Realm. Anything above

his teeth. "That makes things way harder. I need Star Gods, but I can't even interact with Immortals. That means that I have to become the master

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

into lightning. I want to see

a

anger the Sin Monsters, and they might kill him

worked, Gravis could heal himself from their

BZZ!

transformed into Heavenly

only looked at the

it simply took a bite out

back, and the three mosquitos went back

had changed nothing, but this

holes the mosquitos

nodded. "The situation doesn't seem as inescapable now," he

Lightning Fork," Mortis said. "If that also works, our best

Gravis nodded.

the disciples," Mortis added. "Go from

BZZ!

summoned a Body Tempering body and kept

Splash!