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 also won a fight where he had

Gravis felt that everything in his surroundings

BANG!

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

felt was the result of using Brutality," the

Gravis asked. "Is that

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

force since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur when Energy completely vanishes, and

liken it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of

an entirely new being with the same mindset of

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

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

now, Mortis had also arrived beside Gravis, and the two

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

thing I can do is keep a minimum amount of Brutality flowing as insurance for

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

allowed the Opposer

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

basement of a fortified castle with guards. The owner of the tiger was the world's strongest man,

tear the owner apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when

the owner wouldn't even be able to resist

that he was literally riding

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

reason why the Opposer

Brutality.

stronger than Death?" Gravis

overcome by quantity," the Opposer explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy. On top