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

area right now, and no powerful Cultivators passed

Mortis returned and gestured for Gravis to

and Mortis teleported a couple of times until they

However, the Sect had an unreal number

and made himself

to make a trade or something,"

a deep breath and entered

In their minds, Gravis looked like a

as he pointed at a Body Tempering Disciple

as he

wore the robes of someone in the Spirit Forming Realm, and

nodded respectfully, trying his best to hide the pain of the

needs. I'm willing to exchange it for this," Gravis

WHOOOP!

for weapons in the Energy Gathering

eyes of the disciple

less valuable

of Elder!"

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

disciple became exhilarated and quickly chose to trade with

in his hand, he

They didn't react.

deep breath and vanished from the disciple's

that he had a piece of ore. He didn't know why he had it, but it

itself many other times with Cultivators

at some point, things

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

Silence.

Immortal Elder stopped

her being was

equation equal on both sides, her

Mortis immediately teleported away since their tests were

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

gritted 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 of Law

he scratched his chin. "We need to test the

I want to see what

a deep

could severely anger the Sin Monsters, and they

worked, Gravis could heal himself from

BZZ!

into

and only looked at

when one of them was finished with munching, it simply

the three mosquitos went back on his

had changed nothing, but

holes the mosquitos had created

seem as inescapable now,"

Mortis said. "If that also works,

Gravis nodded.

it like you've done it with the disciples," Mortis added. "Go

BZZ!

body and kept

Splash!