Chapter 337: Fight Me! (1/2)
Gravis had shouted for Heaven to fight him, but nothing happened. After some seconds of nothing happening, Gravis narrowed his eyes. ”You don't want to fight?” Gravis asked.
Of course, no answer came.
Gravis scratched his chin. 'I guess that's also a possibility. Heaven doesn't really need to fight me. It's not obligated to fight with a cultivator. Well, then I just need to make it fight me,' Gravis thought with a smirk.
”Heaven! You are allowed to strike me down with anything you have! I hereby allow you to kill me!” Gravis shouted.
The world remained silent.
'That proves it. It's afraid of fighting me. It might be stronger than the High Priest, but not by much. My immunity to lightning and my powerful centers of power are probably powerful enough to take it down. My will is probably also strong enough to resist anything it throws at me. It knows that it's going to lose if it engages me,' Gravis thought.
'Well, if a wanderer can't reach a mountain, the wanderer just has to make the mountain move to him,' Gravis thought.
Gravis strengthened his Spirit with everything he got. His Spirit encompassed everything, including a big chunk of the Outer-Continent. Then, he built a connection with every person inside his Spirit's range.
”I am Gravis,” he spoke, his voice echoing inside every human's mind. Every person, be it mortal or cultivator, heard his voice inside their minds. The mortals, unknowing about cultivation, looked at each other in confusion to confirm if the person beside them also heard that voice.
”I have reached the highest Realm in this world, and I am able to ascend to the next world. Yet, Heaven has used everything in its power to kill me. Unfortunately, it failed every time. Now, after killing its High Priest, I asked it to fight me, but it doesn't react!” Gravis' voice sounded angry.
”It created the Heaven Sect and the Heavenborn to enforce its will and control over this world. It doesn't allow any cultivator at the Body Tempering Realm with a Will-Aura to survive. It restricts the freedom of the cultivators! Yet, as soon as someone appears that can fight it, it hides inside its corner like a scared little rat!”
”Look at how worthless this Heaven is! I am here, proclaiming my power to the world and telling everyone how useless and scared it is, but look at it! It doesn't dare to say anything against me! It's happy and comfortable in suppressing the weak, but as soon as someone strong appears, it acts like nothing in this world concerns it!”
Most of the mortals realized what was happening by now, but what was Heaven? Heaven was the most powerful being in this world and their God. Hearing a voice that insulted their God inside their mind made them panic in fear.
”No, please. Stop!” many mortals shouted. They were afraid of being pulled into this fight. They were only weak people that lived in their villages. If they listened to such a voice, Heaven might think that they are revolting against it. What then? In front of Heaven, they were helpless.
”Stop! I'm sorry! Please stop,” other mortals shouted, falling onto their knees. They were afraid of listening to this blasphemy. They only wanted to live their lives in peace. Why did this powerful cultivator pull them into his suicide? Couldn't he die alone? Why did he pull them into this!?
Gravis saw the overwhelming panic of the mortals, but his will remained strong. Nothing would happen to these mortals. That's why he didn't stop. On top of that, there were also different people.
”Go! Kill it!” One woman in a town in the Outer-Continent shouted with hysteric fury. ”Heaven has killed my husband because he had a Will-Aura! Kill it!” Her emotions, which had been hidden for many years, burst forward.
”That's the demon I told you about!” a hunter in the Hunting Guild near Wilderness Town told a newcomer. ”He has once hunted together with us here, and now, he is going against Heaven!” he proclaimed while taking a swig of his drink.
The new hunters looked with awe at the older hunters. They knew this person?
”See? I told you he would make it far!” Jeros said to William. They were both drinking together in the Martial Hall in Body City.
”I know,” William said with a smile, ”but I didn't expect it to come this quickly.”
The Guild Masters of the Proxy-Elemental Guilds looked with shock and wonder at the sky. The person they had met only six years ago was now powerful enough to blaspheme Heaven. They still remembered the peculiar, quiet boy, who had joined their Entrance Exams.
The Guild Master of the Lightning Guild in the Middle-Continent also had a shine in his eyes as he rolled the metal balls in his hand around. ”He's already this powerful. Not only has he made our Lightning Sect rise, but now, he is taking on Heaven.” Then, he laughed a bit. ”Good thing I let him live back then!”
Every cultivator in the Core-Continent knew Gravis. He had been unknown in the Outer-Continent, well-known in the Middle-Continent, but in the Core-Continent, his name was as conspicuous as the midday sun. Every cultivator had heard about the Lightning Calamity Gravis.
After years of being suppressed by the Heaven Sect, the Elemental Sects burst forth with their fury. Finally, someone was there to kill Heaven! ”Kill it!” Many of them shouted.
Gravis noticed all of this and smiled. ”Do you see this, Heaven?” He transmitted to everyone. ”Mortals are scared and afraid of you while the cultivators want nothing more than your death. No one wants you here!”