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

through the roof, and Gravis felt

BANG!

at the ninth level of the Ancestral

pain you've just felt was the result

"Is that what you called

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

True destruction can only

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

the same mindset of the previous being.

resulting force is very similar to Death, but it has a purer form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy,

transformed all of your Energy into Death, and to create Brutality, you ground your Death on 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 some damage," the Opposer

had also arrived beside Gravis, and the two of them

right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death together in your

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

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

the Opposer

if the Opposer 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

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 man, while his enemy

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

owner wouldn't

could also say that he

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

Opposer was such a fierce

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than Death?" Gravis

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. On top of that, he also