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.

gone through an extremely long Samsara, but he had

Will-Aura shot through the roof, and Gravis felt that everything in

BANG!

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

felt was the

Gravis asked. "Is that what you called

force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned towards Death, you can siphon

since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only

it to two beings exploding and vying for the combined forces of the two of them. Yet, only one of the two beings knows how to

an entirely new being with the same mindset of the previous

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

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 receive

beside Gravis, and the two of them were listening to their

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

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

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

that pain allowed the Opposer to become

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

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

the other security measures kept it

outside, the owner wouldn't even be able to resist the

could also say that he was

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

the reason why the Opposer was such a fierce

Brutality.

than

one-to-one ratio, yes, but quality can also be overcome by quantity," the Opposer explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy.