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.

had Gravis gone through an extremely long Samsara, but he had also won a

Gravis felt that everything

BANG!

Gravis' Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of the Ancestral

just felt was the

that what

Usually, no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned towards

destruction can only occur when Energy completely vanishes, and

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

the same mindset of the

wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which I have decided to call Brutality, wants to destroy everything. Death

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

arrived beside Gravis, and the two

that's the source of your power, right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos, creating Brutality, which will then

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

Gravis and Mortis that managing his Cosmos definitely wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the edge between life and death every single

allowed the Opposer

had ever seen. The only reason why

owner of the tiger was the world's strongest man, but he was only a man, while his enemy was a

tiger would be able to tear the owner apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and

met outside, the owner wouldn't even be

say that he was literally

down, but if he got down, the tiger would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was on

reason why the Opposer was

Brutality.

than Death?"

"I can unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy. On top of