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.

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

through the roof, and Gravis felt that everything in his surroundings

BANG!

Gravis' Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of

felt was the result of using Brutality," the Opposer

"Is that what you called

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 siphon a special force out of

force since Energy can't demonstrate true destruction. True destruction can only occur when Energy completely vanishes, and Energy

vying for the combined forces of the two of them.

new being with the same mindset of the previous being. You could also

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

and to create Brutality, you ground your Death on your being. The two forces clash, and Brutality gets

and the two of them were listening to

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

"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

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

allowed the Opposer to become

he would be the most powerful being he had ever seen. The only reason why Orthar could even resist the Opposer was that the Opposer

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

tiger would be 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 met, the tiger would have already been injured to

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

he was literally riding

would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was on its back. Because of that, he was forced to ride the

the reason why the Opposer was such

Brutality.

Brutality stronger than Death?"

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