Chapter 305: Waiting Gravis (1/2)

After a couple of minutes, Gravis stood up again. Then, he looked up at the ceiling with a smirk.

”This has been your best opportunity to kill me, Heaven,” Gravis said with a chuckle. ”I was at my weakest at the start of this Heaven's Trial. From here on out, I will only become stronger. On top of that, you have already sent the perfect counter. You might be able to send another priest, but that one won't counter me as well as the previous one. On top of that, my Will-Aura has also become more powerful.”

This was precisely the reason why Heaven had been so frustrated. The most powerful thing that it could send at him was a priest, and the last one had already been the one that had had the best chances of killing Gravis. Any other priest would have even less of a chance of winning. It had missed its best opportunity.

Of course, Heaven didn't answer Gravis, but Gravis didn't need an answer to guess what Heaven was thinking. Gravis was also sure that Heaven had another scheme cooked up to kill him. A priest might've been the most powerful thing it could send, but there were more things that it could do. A straight-up battle was not the only way to stop or kill Gravis.

He was sure that something special was waiting for him later on. Yet, Gravis wasn't afraid or nervous. He was confident enough in his smarts and will to get through everything that Heaven could throw at him. In his mind, the only dangerous thing to him was a powerful enemy.

As for his Will-Aura…

”4% compression. Not bad,” Gravis said. ”Though, still not a level three Unity Will.”

Gravis also checked the spear and saw that it was a peak-grade Spirit Weapon. Materials capable of forging something at the Unity level just weren't present in this lower world. Therefore, peak-grade Spirit Weapons were the best weapons that anyone could have.

Gravis' saber was also a peak-grade Spirit Weapon. The only thing that made it special was the fact that the Formation Arrays on it were different. Old Man Lightning had specifically created those for Gravis. Of course, the area on a saber was limited, so to make space for these new Formation Arrays, some old ones had to be cut. This made it impossible to preload the conventional loaded attacks.

But that didn't matter. Why would Gravis want to load a conventional loaded attack when he could load it with a Lightning Crescent? After all, a Lightning Crescent was many times more powerful.

”Speaking of Spirit Weapons,” Gravis said to himself as he got that thought. ”I should learn to forge when I get back to my homeworld. If I didn't have this specially crafted saber, I would be wasting a peak-grade Spirit Weapon every single time I used my Lightning Crescent. I should find a way around that.”

Gravis sighed. ”Well, right now, I can't change anything about it.” Then, he looked at the still-closed door to the next trial. ”I just have to wait for the next trial to begin. Though, that might take a while. Joyce said that the second trial opens simultaneously for everyone. This means I have to wait for every other group to either die or succeed.”

Gravis rubbed his chin. ”Together with the fact that this whole Heaven's Trial is supposed to go on for multiple years probably means that there are some trials that take longer. Maybe something like being thrown into a huge-ass forest and having to kill 100 beast or something. Maybe a survival trial, where the groups have to survive for a couple of months in changing environments.”

Gravis sighed again. ”I might as well make myself comfortable. I probably have to wait for a couple of months.”

Even though Gravis had expected that he still waited near the nearly-destroyed door to the second trial for a couple of hours. There was a big crater in the door, but the door was thicker than a meter. As the time ticked by, Gravis realized that he had been right. This would probably take a while.

'Though, my new combined Lightning Crescent is probably able to destroy that door. But what then?' Gravis thought. 'Heaven has probably already planned around that. After all, it can change this Heaven's Trial however it wants. Another priest could be waiting for me directly behind that door, and when I used all my lightning and Spirit, I would be basically defenseless. It could also have made this door hundreds of meters thick.'

Gravis rubbed his chin in thought. 'Bursting through might be troublesome. I think waiting is the best option. Maybe this is also part of Heaven's plan? It knows that I am very impatient when it comes to tempering and my cultivation. Maybe the first trials will take longer than usual just to bore me to death?'

Gravis shrugged. 'Well, who cares. I don't like to just wait, but I can adapt. I should find something to occupy myself.'

Whoop!

Gravis appeared inside his Spirit Space and looked at the Growth. ”So, what can you do?” he asked it, and therefore himself, out loud. ”The Spirit Seed allowed me to play Dodgeball. Maybe you can do something similar?”