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 like

through the roof, and Gravis felt that everything in

BANG!

Gravis' Will-Aura stopped at the ninth level of the Ancestral

pain you've just felt was the result of using Brutality," the Opposer

asked. "Is that what

"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

true destruction. True destruction can only occur when Energy completely vanishes, and Energy obviously

Death can harness this peculiar 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 beings knows how

entirely new being with the same

form of destruction. Death wants to destroy Energy, but this force,

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

had also arrived beside Gravis, and the

right?" Gravis asked. "You grind Energy and Death

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

his Cosmos definitely wasn't easy. He truly had to walk the edge between life

the Opposer to

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 Opposer was

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

the owner apart if it reached him, but all the other security measures

the owner wouldn't even be able

say that he

wanted to get down, but if he got down, the tiger would tear him apart. However, it couldn't injure him while he was on its back.

why the Opposer was such a

Brutality.

than Death?"

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 has a rudimentary control