Lightning Is the Only Way

For a second, Gravis' mind remained in a battle-ready state, but eventually, his father's words truly entered his mind.

The current Opposer and the past Opposer looked identical.

The only difference was their eyes.

One pair of eyes had been filled with brutality and a disdain for existence, but nothing had been behind that.

It was like that pair of eyes had only acted on instinct. It was like there had been no actual will or personality behind it.

In comparison, Gravis could see the complex thoughts and emotions in his father's eyes.

Gravis finally realized that the fight was over, and he relaxed.

"Argh!" Gravis suddenly groaned as he grabbed the side of his head with his right hand.

After he had relaxed, he noticed that there were holes inside his Will-Aura, his Spirit, and his Realm.

These things wouldn't endanger him, but he would have to equalize the broken parts with the healthy parts.

Gravis' being stretched over the holes and repaired them by becoming thinner. As a result, Gravis felt his Will-Aura, Realm, and Spirit weaken slightly.

BANG!

Gravis and Mortis fell to the eighth level of the Star God Realm.

Luckily, their Will-Aura had not fallen a level.

And that's when Gravis' Will-Aura increased.

gone through an extremely long Samsara, but he had also won a fight where he had nearly died, just like

roof, and Gravis felt

BANG!

at the ninth level of

felt was the result

asked. "Is that what you called

Usually, no additional force would be generated by this cancelation,

cannot create this force since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur

force. You can liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the two of them. Yet, only one of the two

entirely new being with the same mindset of the previous being. You

a purer form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which

ground your Death on your being. The two forces clash, and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack

beside Gravis, and the two of them were listening to

your power, right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death

is as volatile as it gets, which means that it can't be saved. The only thing I can do is keep a minimum amount of Brutality flowing as insurance for the case that the old bastard tries to pull a fast one on me. The

Opposer's words reminded Gravis and Mortis that managing his Cosmos definitely wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the edge between life and

pain allowed the Opposer

he would be the most powerful being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could even resist

was like a mighty tiger in a cage, in the basement of a fortified castle with guards. The owner of the tiger was the world's strongest man, but he

reached him, but all the other security measures kept

they met outside, the owner wouldn't even be

that he was literally riding

him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was on its back.

why the Opposer was such

Brutality.

stronger than Death?"

quality can also be overcome by quantity," the Opposer explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality, but