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.

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

the roof, and Gravis felt that

BANG!

stopped at the ninth

was the result of using Brutality," the Opposer

asked. "Is that

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

Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur when Energy completely

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

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

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,

clash, and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack your enemy. However, your being will inevitably receive

arrived beside Gravis, and the two of them were listening

asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos, creating Brutality,

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

wasn't easy. He truly had to walk

that pain allowed the Opposer to become unfathomably

the most powerful being he had ever seen.

Opposer 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 was

but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when they eventually met, the tiger

owner wouldn't even

could also say that he was literally

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

Opposer was such a fierce

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than Death?" Gravis

overcome by quantity," the Opposer explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality,