Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis and his mother talked a long time about how to set up the shop, and eventually, they came to a consensus.

Gravis would give his mother 20% of all the earnings. In return, she would get the shop, handle all the bureaucracy, and be responsible for the security in his shop. The fact that she was handling the security was the most important thing. People that know that they will be tortured to death might become rowdy and attack Gravis. If his victim were an Ancestral God, Gravis would die.

With the help of his mother, Gravis didn't need to fear anyone inside his own shop. Only Peak Divine Gods could fight his mother, and Peak Divine Gods wouldn't enter the shop of a Star God torturer. They had access to the real torturers, which were basically all Divine Gods themselves.

It took the Economistress only a couple of years to set up the entire shop, and before he knew it, Gravis could already start working.

His shop was in the main plaza of Opposer City, an incredibly expensive location. Back when Gravis had set up the Gravitas, he hadn't been in the main plaza. After all, these shops were just far too expensive, and the Economistress would have never gotten her investment back. The shop itself would have been far more expensive than all the money Gravis had made back then.

In fact, the rent was 10 million God Stones per millennium.

Gravis quickly set up his shop and looked at the sign on top of the entrance.

"Secret Name Torture Chambers."

Gravis decided to call it as such because he couldn't unveil the actual name, which was simply the Gravitas Torture Chambers.

'The Gravitas is branching out,' Gravis thought with pride.

First, the Gravitas was a forge.

Then, it was a trading firm.

Then, it was a Sect spanning millions of worlds.

And now, it was a torture chamber.

Gravis sat down in his shop while wearing a disguise. Wearing disguises in Opposer City was forbidden, but they could be worn inside buildings as long as the owner of the building didn't call the guards.

And then, Gravis simply waited.

The Economistress hadn't only invested in the shop's location and bureaucracy but also in marketing.

The Economistress had paid another 100 million God Stones to send people to the different Sects. These people would inform the Sects about the Secret Name Torture Chambers and their services.

Of course, the Economistress didn't inform Sects with Divine Gods in them. The most powerful Sects she informed were the ones on the level of the Eternal Fire Sect.

With all the marketing, Gravis wouldn't need to wait too long for his first customer, and sure enough, just a couple of months after opening the shop, his first customers arrived.

Five figures holding a body entered Gravis' shop. All of them were cloaked, and their auras couldn't be felt.

But wait, wasn't it forbidden to enter Opposer City while being disguised?

Well, the disguise regulation was only there to protect the public. As long as someone applied for an exemption, they could still wear their disguises. Of course, there were two restrictions regarding that.

the people would need to wear disguises specifically created by the city guards. These disguises would hide the people from everyone

sum for such an exemption. These five people probably paid 100,000 God Stones just to wear their

looked at Gravis,

know the True Law of Suffering, and you offer your services to anyone between the Peak Immortal

also in

you know the True Law of Suffering," one of the customers

spike hanging from the ceiling. These spikes were connected to Gravis via Formation Arrays. There were about 25 long spikes in the room, and when they got activated, they would spear through a Cultivator and keep them in

customers walked over and touched the spike. Then, he looked at Gravis, which was a

the

BANG!

ceiling, penetrated

"AAAAHHH!"

shouting in

CRK!

person cut off their hand immediately,

"Satisfied?" Gravis asked.

a couple of

Law of Suffering, which had made them skeptical of its power. After all, it was difficult to imagine

talked for a long time via

gathered together again

prices?"

which

over,

this was

less than a

they became even more surprised when they saw the

there that

extraction – Ancestral God level – five billion God

Sect didn't even have a

a while, they made

would like the Peak Immortal Emperor information extraction," one of them

the cheapest

God Stones. Keep in mind that I will know the victim's identity and that I will also hear all the information. Of course, the information

will it

the person first. If you want me to make an approximation, unveil their identity

the unconscious person looked at someone in their group. That someone nodded, and the hood of

green-haired, beautiful woman, and she was

her Law fragments and could

loses control over their

it was a normal woman, but on the kinder

sucks to be her,' Gravis

tough one," Gravis said. "There's a 30% chance that she will kill herself. If she doesn't, she will probably give up all the relevant information after

she