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.

he had

the roof, and Gravis

BANG!

at the ninth level of

you've just felt was the result of using Brutality," the Opposer

Gravis asked. "Is that what

"Death cancels out Energy, and Energy cancels out Death. Usually, no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned towards Death, you can siphon a special

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

can harness this peculiar force. You can liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the

an entirely new being with the same mindset of the previous being. You could also

resulting force is very similar to Death, but it has a purer form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which I have decided to call Brutality, wants

your Energy into Death, and to create Brutality, you ground your Death on your being. The two forces clash, and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack your enemy. However, your being will inevitably

also arrived beside Gravis, and the

your power, right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos, creating Brutality, which will then be used

Opposer nodded again. "Sadly, Brutality 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 remaining Energy and Death can only be stored separately

wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the edge between life and

that pain allowed the Opposer to become

most powerful being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could

guards. The owner of the tiger was the world's strongest man, but he

owner apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when they eventually met, the tiger would have

owner wouldn't even be

also say that he

tiger would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was on its

why the Opposer was

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than

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