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.

time Gravis received a bite, his domain of Perceived Reality

a very isolated area right now, and no

Mortis returned and gestured

a couple of times until

Sect Master. However, the Sect had an unreal number of disciples,

Gravis and made himself

with a Body Tempering Cultivator. Try to

a deep breath

In their minds, Gravis looked like a very normal

pointed at a Body Tempering Disciple that

uttered as

in the Spirit Forming Realm, and the

his best to hide the pain of

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

WHOOOP!

in the Energy Gathering Realm. With all of

eyes of the

Moon-Glowing Anis was far less valuable than this piece

take advantage of Elder!" the disciple

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

and quickly

held the flower in his hand, he looked at the

They didn't react.

a deep breath and vanished from

he had a piece of ore. He

many other times with Cultivators

at some

soon as an Immortal Elder started to hand Gravis a piece of ore she found, one of

Silence.

Immortal Elder stopped

Energy that comprised her being was canceled out

mathematical equation equal on both sides, her existence was

Mortis immediately teleported away since

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

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

quality," Mortis said as he scratched his chin. "We need to test the

I want to see

took a deep

could severely anger the Sin Monsters, and they might kill

worked, Gravis could heal

BZZ!

into

and only looked at the Heavenly Lightning

one of them was finished with munching, it simply took a bite out of the lightning

three mosquitos went back on

nothing, but this was

tiny holes the mosquitos had

"The situation doesn't seem as inescapable

said. "If that also works,

Gravis nodded.

with the disciples,"

BZZ!

summoned a Body Tempering body and kept it levitating

Splash!