Lightning Is the Only Way

After thinking about his life for a bit longer, Gravis decided to contact Stella again.

Stella quickly told Gravis that she was still comprehending, and Gravis simply nodded.

Gravis didn't know what kind of Law Stella was focusing on, but she obviously didn't have as much experience in comprehending Laws as Gravis. So, logically, it would also take her longer.

Gravis visited his friends and spent some time reacquainting himself with them. A lot of time had passed again, but rekindling friendship was easier than rekindling love due to the different intensities of the emotions.

By now, basically everyone was already a level nine Star God. Weaker Star Gods became very rare.

When Gravis focused on all these people in Manuel's faction, he felt a bit nervous.

'Every single person in this faction is so powerful that they would serve as incredible tempering for me,' Gravis thought.

'If only one of them decides to attack me, I would have an immensely difficult fight ahead of me.'

'Yet, if two attack, I would definitely die.'

The world had outgrown Gravis.

Gravis was still a level four Star God, and everyone in the faction was a level nine Star God.

Gravis felt a mortal threat from every single member, and it made Gravis feel humbled.

'All of my friends are more powerful than me. A lot of them even have Will-Auras on the level of Ancestral Gods.'

Gravis had become an oddity. He was a level four Star God, and level four Star Gods didn't exist in Manuel's faction.

However, Gravis didn't forget why he was so weak right now.

Gravis had accumulated Laws for a long time.

After Mortis comprehended the True Law of Adamantite's Explosiveness, the two of them will have comprehended a grand total of 17 level seven Laws.

Even more, Gravis had even comprehended a level eight Law.

Right now, Manuel's faction didn't have a single member that knew a level eight Law.

All of them only knew several level seven Laws at most.

Meanwhile, Gravis knew two level eight Laws and one level nine Law.

Even more, Gravis would soon comprehend another level eight Law when he combined all his Battle-Laws into a new Form Law.

Of course, Gravis had become the butt of all the jokes in his friend group.

This was the first time Gravis wasn't the most powerful one out of his friend group.

Gravis didn't only receive jokes

he also received a lot

Why?

were finally powerful enough to actually feel

that none of his friends felt it, but now, all of them had become powerful

greet Manuel, Manuel had only looked at Gravis with

a

so

Manuel had only been able to see what Gravis could do, but he hadn't been

could feel it, and it felt absolutely

had only gritted his teeth

only let out a

met Mortis only recently, and

with all the jokes. Everyone else was constantly talking about how they should take care of their weaker members, and then, everyone always looked at Gravis with

Gravis and told him that she

jokes were only that, jokes. All of them knew that

a level four Star God because

Gravis wanted, he could become an

had all the money he would

struck with nostalgia when he saw how

again and how he had feared

had proven to be

Styr, Sary, Skye, Yi Lu, Siral,

Eight friends, eight deaths.

remembered all their faces, their

and reliable

wise and

charismatic and funny

freedom-loving and upbeat hurricane

Lu, the unreliable but well-intentioned

the quiet but

unstable and angry mask suppressing

simple

them

his living friends, a small smile

reliable and mysterious Sect

but

the simple

the curious but taciturn

Stella, Gravis' eternal love.

Aris, Gravis' mature firstborn.

the uncouth

Narcissus, the prideful tree.

the taciturn and intelligent