Female Novel
Chapter 506
Cera and Yersi believed their father to be very powerful, but was he so powerful that he could truly win against Aris with a two-level disadvantage? This seemed impossible to them.
BANG!
Aris exploded forward with impressive speed as lightning exploded out of his feet. He immediately unleashed a punch. A beastwith such a weak body wouldn't be able to dodge something like that!
Whoop!Yet, even though Gravis moved very slowly in Aris’ perception, he somehow managed to barely dodge the attack.Shing!
Asaber appeared in Gravis' hands, and Aris couldn't stop himself. His forward momentum made the saber stab into one of hiseyes. Gravis didn't enjoy this, but he needed to show Aris his fatal weakness.
Yet, Gravis quickly jumped away again."If | had put any amount of strength into my saber, it would have entered your brain," Gravis said with a smirk from a distance.
Cera and Yersi's eyes widened. Where did this sharp stick come from? Additionally, what was this sharp stick? They had neverseen anything like it.
Aris felt pain, and his mind went wild. This was just like the time when he had fought Yersi!
"You were so confident in your attack that you didn't anticipate that your opponent might be able to evade," Gravis said. "This leftyou open to a fatal strike."
Aris was still stunned as he stood there. Then, he shook his head in rage. "Where did that sharp stick come from!? Is your pridein your own body so weak that you must use external things to help you win!?" Aris shouted.
Gravis shook his head. "| am the creator of mine and your bodies. There was no beast looking like us before | have arrived. Thebody you have has been designed with my combat style in mind," Gravis explained.
The three of them were surprised when they heard that. It was one thing to be granted such a body, but it was a different thing tocreate it.
"This is a saber," Gravis said as he held his saber forward. "It is made of the hard stone in the earth, which we call metal. Ournatural weapons have a limit in terms of what they can do. "
Gravis walked around a bit. "You are right to question the possibility that something with such a weak body would be able to winagainst you. After all, my claws wouldn't have been able to reach your brain. Then, why would | use them against you?"
"Think of your past fights. You should have realized that the weapons you have are not enough to penetrate the enemy'sdefense. So, why not create a weapon that can do this? Don't think about what you have, but what you don't have," Gravis saidwith a smirk.
Aris still wasn't convinced. This defeat felt unfair! It was one thing to lose to Yersi, who was at the same level as him, but to loseto someone two levels below him? He couldn't accept something like that.
Yet, before Aris could say anything, Gravis smirked at him. "I know that you are still not convinced. Even though you would havejust died if this were a real fight, you still don't accept it. Your pride makes you blind to- "
"Shut up!" Aris shouted as he charged at Gravis again with an explosion. He couldn't accept his loss. This time, he wouldn't usesuch an easily avoidable attack.
Whoooom!
Suddenly, the air turned cold as it became difficult for everyone to breathe. Gravis had just activated his Will-Aura. Yet, true to hispromise, Gravis tweaked it to have the same power as when he had been at the Tree-Stage. After all, he had said that he wouldonly use the Battle-Strength that he had when he had been at their level.
Yet, how powerful was Gravis’ Will-Aura? Back in the Tree-Stage, he had already killed the priest and strengthened his Will-Aurawith the Tree-Stage training.
A beast at his same level would lose its consciousness. A beast one level above him would barely be able to move, and a beasttwo levels above him would be slowed by nearly 50%.
All three of them felt like a massive pressure was pressing into them. In their eyes, this weak Gravis had transformed into abeast that appeared just as powerful as a King! Of course, this was only an illusion brought on by Gravis’ Will-Aura.
Aris had wanted to attack, but the sudden pressure had made him hesitate. Gravis wasn't someone that let such an opportunityslip by him. With Aris being slowed, Gravis jumped forward and buried his saber in Aris' other eye. Now, Aris was blind.
BANG!
Then, Aris heard an explosion of lightning and felt a powerful hit to his stomach, which threw him into the distance. Sadly, hewasn't able to discern much without eyes.
Cera and Yersi had seen what had happened. Gravis had used some lightning and kicked Aris in the stomach with anotherlightning explosion. The resulting power reduced Gravis’ legs to chunks but threw Aris into the distance.
"You have just died a second time, Aris," Gravis transmitted from a distance.novelbin
Aris' mind was in a panic as his survival instincts kicked in. He jumped around in an effort to dodge other attacks, but no attackscame.
Meanwhile, Cera and Yersi saw Aris jumping around while Gravis just stood there, not doing anything."I'm not attacking you right now. Stop it with this stupid dance," Gravis said.When Aris heard that, he stopped. Sadly, he was still unable to see.
"Have you all felt it?" Gravis asked. "This was an aura unique to myself in this world. It transforms my will into physical pressure.My aura had already been at this level when | was at your level.”
Aris could only hear right now, but for the first time, he truly listened to what his father was saying.“Our legs are fast and allow for instantaneous acceleration, but as you all know, it drains a lot of our Energy," Gravis explained.BZZZZ!
Some thin tendrils of lightning appeared around Gravis as he shot forward with incredible speed. It wasn't as fast as the lightningexplosion, but it was definitely much faster than normal. After all, Gravis was using the power of lightning together with hisphysical power to move that quickly.
This was the Lightning Movement. Gravis hadn't used that technique in forever.Cera and Yersi felt like this method of movement was ingenious! Would they have ever thought about something like this?
Of course, they couldn't be faulted. Humans had a long history, and what allowed such a technique to be so widely spread wasan essential advantage humans had over beasts.
Writing.
One smart beast might develop a mighty technique, but this technique would be lost if that beast died. Yet, if a human wrotedown this technique and sold it, it would spread. Beasts had no idea what some beasts millions of years ago managed to create,but, due to writing, humans could know the distant past.
"You have accepted your current speed, and you haven't thought about how to improve it. You have accepted your speed asyour total, unchangeable truth. This is the same thing that has happened to your perception of your weapons. You haven'tthought about creating a more powerful weapon than the ones you already have," Gravis explained.
Aris was confused by Gravis' words since he hadn't been able to see the lightning movement.
Meanwhile, Cera and Yersi were listening with bated breaths. It was like their father was showing them the essential truths ofcombat. A whole new world of combat had opened before their eyes.
"Is there more, father?" Cera asked curiously.
Gravis smiled warmly as he heard Cera call him father. "Yersi has managed to step outside this boundary with something shehas developed. Do you know what it is, Yersi?" Gravis asked.
By now, Gravis felt completelydifferent to Cera and Yersi. In thebeginning, they had doubted hisontpower, but noweit\Wastlike Graviswasiat Stnpletely different level.He had shown them a path to elevatetheir attack and speed. Was therealso something in regards todefense, utility, flexibility, andevasion? The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!Yersi was a bit confused when Gravis called her out, but then, she realized the answer. "Do you mean the early dodging?" sheasked.
Gravis nodded with a smile. "This was also a technique | had developed in the past, but you managed to invent it yourself. Whenyou managed to perform it for the first time, | felt very proud of you.”
For some reason, Yersi felt warm when she heard Gravis' words. She didn't know why, but his approval just made her happy.
"This was the same technique | haveused against Aris in our first fight,"Gravis said. These words also
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“Of course, using this technique comes with a risk. If you judge incorrectly only once, you will be hit by a devastating attack. Yet,
when fighting against someone that is so fast that you can't react, it is your only way to win. Having a 50% chance of dying isbetter than having a 100% chance of dying.”
Now, Aris realized how Yersi had been able to evade his attack. She had anticipated how Aris would attack and dodged beforehe even attacked himself. This transformed something instinctual, like dodging, into something deliberately planned. To Aris andCera, this concept felt bizarre and wrong.
"Aris," Gravis said, making Aris’ insides shake. By being blind, he felt helpless. Additionally, Gravis had given him a beatingwithout him even being able to defend. Was Aris truly so weak?
"Y-Yes?" Aris tried to answer with confidence, which was ruined by his nervous stutter.
"Your pride in your power blinds youto the possibility of failure," Gravisexplained. "Your attack havealiyaysworked, the pest. So ou think thatyou Will always triumph. You havedeveloped a domineering andpowerful combat style. One couldsay, your combat style is as offensiveand domineering as it gets." Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
Aris was a bit confused. Why was Gravis praising him?
"The problem with that style is that it relies on your opponent having a similar combat style to yours," Gravis explained. "If theyfight you openly and directly, you have a very high chance of winning. Yet, if they fight indirectly, your combat style falls flat."
“You can continue with this combat style, but as soon as you find someone that specializes in evasion and devastatingcounterattacks, you will have huge issues. A combat style that requires a specific opponent is only useful when fighting thatopponent."
"Yersi is exactly such an opponent,” Gravis said as he smirked at Yersi. "The difference between you and her are your goals.Your goal in a fight is to win. Her goal is to kill. She is willing to use everything in her power to kill her opponent. You're not."
Gravis looked at Aris. "Forget your senseless pride. Accept that there are a lot of opponents out there that are more powerfulthan you. Talent only brings you so far. Don't aim to win. Aim to kill."
Everyone looked at Aris.
How would he react?