Chapter 267: Belief or Life? (2/2)

”Go ahead!” shouted the disciple. He tried to sound imposing, but panic and fear coated his voice.

”Here I go!” Gravis said.

BANG!

Gravis kicked the shield, and the person behind it got shot away. One had to remember that only very few people had a body equally as powerful as their cultivation. All the present Seed Stage cultivators had, at most, bodies equal to the initial stage of Spirit Forming. The kicked person shot over all the people behind him. Luckily, he was an earth cultivator and had a powerful shield. Thus, he didn't receive any injury.

No counterattack came, even though Gravis' attack was very telegraphed. This was the perfect opportunity for a counterattack. When Gravis saw this, he snickered a bit. ”Still no counterattack?” he asked.

The shields rustled again as another person replaced the previous spot. They also didn't answer. Slowly, Gravis lifted his right leg again.

”Another kick is coming. Please be careful, okay?” Gravis said with a mocking tone.

BANG! Whoosh!

Gravis kicked, but surprisingly, the person's spear in front of him also shot at him. Gravis, of course, was ready for that. He was playing with them, but he had never lowered his vigilance. Gravis summoned a bit of lightning in his left, outstretched hand, making the spear move to the side. The spear missed, while Gravis' kick shot the person away.

BANG!

Suddenly, a concentrated lightning spear shot out of Gravis' right hand and shot at the flying disciple. Gravis had been prepared for anyone that valued their beliefs over their lives. The power of his kick made the shield go to the side, creating an easy path for his concentrated lightning spear to hit him. The spear hit, and the disciple got incinerated.

Gravis felt the dead disciple's Energy enter his body, refilling his lightning a little bit more than what he had used for the spear. The people behind the shields shook in nervousness. A brother of theirs just died. By now, they had abandoned the possibility of keeping their beliefs and lives.

”The first idiot that values his beliefs over his life has died,” Gravis said mockingly. ”By the way, I'll be right back. Just wait here.” Gravis said and then ran past the barricade. The barricade didn't attack or stop him.

The first disciple that Gravis had kicked stood a hundred meters away from the barricade, very slowly walking back.

Whoop!

Gravis appeared right in front of him, making the disciple halt his breathing. He froze and wasn't sure how to react. He had been singled out! Why was it him?

”I'll now move my hand very slowly towards your neck. You can counterattack if you want. You can, of course, also flee. Don't worry. I won't chase you,” Gravis said with a smirk.

Gravis' hand slowly inched towards the disciple's neck. ”Life or beliefs. Decide!” Gravis said.

The disciple's mind stopped working with a cacophony of emotions. His beliefs told him to attack, but his instincts told him to run! The two sides inside of him pulled him in two different directions. He felt like his own mind was tearing him apart. What was he supposed to do? He couldn't decide!

Pack!

Gravis reached the neck of the disciple. ”Too late.”

CRACK!

The neck of the disciple broke, and Gravis tore off his head for good measure. ”Indecisiveness is bad,” Gravis commented. The items inside the dead disciple's Spirit Space popped out of his corpse while Gravis absorbed the Energy.

Whoop!

Gravis quickly ran back to his old position before the barricade.

”Alright, I'm back. Let's continue!” With that, he lifted his right leg again.

The disciples behind the shields shivered in fear.