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.

only had Gravis gone through an extremely long Samsara, but he had also won a fight where he had nearly

shot through the roof, and Gravis felt

BANG!

at the ninth level of the Ancestral God

felt was the result of using Brutality,"

that

out Death. Usually, no additional force would be generated by this cancelation, but if your mind is attuned towards Death,

cannot create this force since Energy can't 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, only one of the two

end, that being will create an entirely new being with the same mindset of the previous being.

force is very similar to Death, but it has a purer form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force, which I have decided to call Brutality, wants to destroy

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

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

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

"Sadly, Brutality is as volatile as it gets, which means 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 bastard tries to pull a fast one on me. The remaining Energy and Death can only be stored separately for

managing his Cosmos definitely wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the

that pain allowed the Opposer

his Cosmos, he would be the most powerful being he had ever

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

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

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

also say that he was

it couldn't injure him while he was on its back. Because of that, he was forced

the Opposer was

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than

explained. "I can unleash quite some Brutality, but the old bastard has just far too much Energy. On top of