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.

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

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

BANG!

Gravis' Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of

pain you've just felt was the result of using

"Is 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

demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur

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.

of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but

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

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

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

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

definitely wasn't easy. He truly

allowed the Opposer to become unfathomably

he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar

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 only

apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures kept it from the owner, and when they eventually met, the tiger would have

wouldn't even be able to

he was

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

the reason why the Opposer

Brutality.

stronger than

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