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.

extremely long Samsara, but he had also won a fight where he had

Will-Aura shot through the roof, and Gravis felt

BANG!

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

pain you've just felt was the result of

that what

nodded. "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

True destruction can only occur

vying for the combined forces of the two of them. Yet, only

with the same mindset of the

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

and Brutality gets born. Then, you use that form of Brutality to attack your enemy. However, your

now, Mortis had also arrived beside Gravis, and the two of them were listening to

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

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

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

pain allowed the Opposer to become

were to escape his Cosmos, he would be the most powerful being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could even resist the Opposer was that the Opposer was literally inside his

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 only a

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

wouldn't even

could also say that he was literally

tiger would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while

Opposer

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than Death?" Gravis

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