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Chapter 571
This special task from the Empress truly was special. Normally, Gravis wouldn't be interested in fighting such weak beasts at all.Every fight was a precious tempering opportunity, and if he increased his Realm by eating weaker beasts, he was basicallythrowing away the advantages he had built for years.
Yet, Gravis didn't have to consume the beasts. Everything was up to him. Usually, Gravis wasn't the biggest fan of wasting food,but if there were no other way, he could do it either way. When it concerned his path to power, he was morally flexible.
Gravis also remembered something else. What had been his goal in making his incredible foundation and Battle-Strength? Whatwas the driving factor for creating such a powerful Battle-Strength in the first place?
It was to make it easier for him to find resources relevant to his current cultivation level.novelbin
This was very basic and the whole reason why Gravis was so hellbent on having a powerful Battle-Strength. For example,Emperors generally wouldn't care about resources that Kings needed, like the corpses of other Kings. The corpse of a King didnothing for an Emperor, after all.
Wasn't this exactly such a situation?
Every King desired to win this incredible opportunity of staying in the world's best Law Comprehension Area. Yet, Emperorscouldn't directly participate in this opportunity. Because of that, the Battle-Strength of the King was what would decide if theymanaged to take hold of this opportunity or not.
Gravis also desired this opportunity, just like every other King. Yet, if he had decided to waste some of these temperingopportunities, he wouldn't have understood nearly as many Laws. On top of that, he might have never met the Empress if theRed King hadn't taken note of him. Maybe he also wouldn't have comprehended the Law of Suppression.
The most powerful Kings in the world surely all understood a ton of Laws and maybe even several level two Laws. Undoubtedly,some of them could easily become level two or level three Emperors with their Battle-Strength but decided to wait for preciselythis opportunity.
If Gravis hadn't been so hellbent on tempering, his Will-Aura alone would maybe only weaken them by 30% or so. Then, theycould still attack him with level two Laws. These Kings were so powerful that there wouldn't be any certainty of Gravis receivingthis opportunity.
Yet, all of Gravis’ preparations had paid off in a major way. As he was currently, no King in this world could even defend againsthim, no matter how many Laws they had comprehended. His Law of Suppression and Will-Aura suppressed every level five Kingby over 90%.
If Gravis used this combination, he wouldn't even need to use his lightning. He could just walk up to them and behead them withhis saber. Due to Gravis’ insane tempering, grabbing ahold of this opportunity wasn't much more difficult than walking to him.
This was the fourth time that his insane tempering allowed Gravis to grab ahold of an opportunity that everyone in his Realmdesired. Yet, even though it was the fourth one, it was definitely the most notable one.
The first one had been Gravis’ fighting against the Fire Guild in the lower world's middle continent. Without outstanding Battle-Strength, he wouldn't have been able to temper his body that quickly.
The second one had been the Heaven's Trial in the core continent. Only Seed Stage cultivators had had the opportunity to takepart in it, and if Gravis hadn't had such an insane Battle-Strength, he would have died. This allowed him to temper himself in asignificant way.
The third one had been the competition to be a mate to the Empress. If Gravis hadn't won that, he would have needed to fatherover a thousand children. He was already overwhelmed with three of them. Making a thousand would have probably torn himapart.
This was the fourth one, and taking ahold of this opportunity would allow him to comprehend a ton of Laws. Maybe there wereeven unique Laws he could comprehend at the Ultimate's Meet. This was probably worth even more than 200 years in any otherLaw Comprehension Area.
"You've been lost in thought for quite a while, Gravis," the Empress said suddenly, interrupting Gravis' train of thought.
"Oh, sorry,” Gravis said as he smiled at the Empress. "I was just thinking about how my tempering has paid off. If | hadn'ttempered myself so much, | probably wouldn't be able to grab this opportunity.”
The Empress looked at Gravis neutrally. "You act like you've already won the competition,” she said.Gravis only smirked. "Haven't I?" he asked.
The Empress remained silent for some seconds. "There is a 99% chance of you winning, but unforeseen situations can stilloccur."
"Like what?" Gravis asked.
“A powerful Emperor might attack you, or an Ultimate could throw in a veto since your Battle-Strength is already in its ownleague," the Empress said.
Gravis only continued smirking. "Haven't you said that one of the Ultimates has a lightning affinity?”
The Empress remained silent as her insides shook a bit. The Ultimates were at an entirely different level for her, and inside hermind, there was no way to resist them. Yet, with Gravis' words, she remembered that any beast with a lightning affinity would diein front of him.
If Gravis decided to kill the Lightning Ultimate and then use his Energy to attack someone...Who would be able to resist him?
"| feel like all my tempering and comprehension has been for nothing in front of you," the Grand Elder said with a sigh as he tookpart in the conversation for the first time.
"Well, it's because you have a lightning affinity," Gravis said helplessly. "Also, I'm pretty sure that | am the only one in the entireCosmos that can do that. I've told you how I've managed to gain my powers. If it weren't for the highest Heaven and my fatherintervening, | wouldn't even be alive anymore."
"The highest Heaven only allowed my existence due to my father, and my father has absolutely no interest in creating a secondone of me. So, I'm certain that I'm the only one that has this ability."
Suddenly, Gravis' eyes narrowed. "At least, to this degree," he said.Now, the Grand Elder became interested. "What do you mean with that?" he asked.
Gravis explained to the Grand Elder the usage of the different elemental Composition Laws and how it might even be possible tomake Gravis disappear.
The Grand Elder frowned as he realized that he would also fall in that category. In comparison to humans, beasts stored theelements directly in their bodies instead of transforming Energy into elements. This meant that a human that understood theComposition Law of Punishment Lightning could make all his lightning vanish.
In comparison to Gravis, this wasn't as bad. After all, the Grand Elder would only lose his lightning for the current fight, whileGravis would die. In the worst-case scenario, the Grand Elder could still fall back on the power of his body.
"Do you want to try?" the Grand Elder asked.Gravis looked with confusion at the Grand Elder. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"| have understood Punishment Lightning, which means that | have also comprehended its composition. | can use thisknowledge and try it out on you. Of course, | won't kill or injure you," the Grand Elder said.
Gravis' eyes sparkled. He didn't want to acknowledge that any cultivator could potentially turn him into dust. Additionally, this hadbeen a possibility for the future, not for the current him. Yet, this future possibility had quickly become a present possibility.
Gravis had to confront it.
"Yes, please try it," Gravis said. "| need to know how it feels and if | have a way to defend myself."
The Grand Elder nodded solemnly as he walked over to Gravis. He didn't have a Spirit, so he needed to have physical contactwith Gravis. The Grand Elder put his hand on Gravis' chest. "Ready?" he asked.
"Do it," Gravis said.
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Gravis’ body swelled as he felt like his being tried to fill an endless vacuum. Yet, thanks to his Will-Aura, Gravis still managed toremain clear-headed. The pain was unreal, but Gravis still managed to fight against the sensation.
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Several minutes passed in silence inwhich Gravis only gritted his teeth.His Will-Aura had | gaartivated ahd§ ok the euNcGrd ngs. Of course,the Mountain of Pride was too hardto be shaken, and the Empress andGrand Elder were too powerful to besuppressed by it. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
The Empress watched with interest at what was happening to Gravis.
"Gravis, are you ok?" the Grand Elder asked.
"Yes," Gravis said through gritted teeth.
"Do you want me to increase the intensity?" the Grand Elder asked.
"What?" Gravis asked in shock and confusion.
"I've only been using 10% of my power. | can increase the intensity if you want," the Grand Elder said.
Gravis only looked like the world was crashing down.