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.

he had also won

Will-Aura shot through the roof, and Gravis

BANG!

the ninth level of the Ancestral

just felt was the result of using Brutality," the Opposer

asked. "Is that what you

no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if

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

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

an entirely new being with the same mindset of the previous being.

wants to destroy Energy, but this force,

two forces clash, and Brutality gets

and the two of them

"You grind Energy and Death together in your Cosmos,

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

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

that pain allowed the Opposer to become unfathomably

had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could even resist the Opposer was that the Opposer

like a mighty tiger in a cage, in the basement of a fortified castle with guards. The owner

if it reached him, but all the other security measures

outside, the owner wouldn't even be

also say that he was literally riding a

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

Opposer was such

Brutality.

stronger than

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 has a rudimentary