Chapter 414: Shark Fight (1/2)

And like this, the fight immediately began. There was no talking or posturing. It was just a direct battle to the death.

The shark shot directly at Gravis. He wasn't taking Gravis seriously, but he still remained a bit careful. After all, his son had died inside this Tribe, and something had to be powerful enough to kill him. Maybe it was one of those other level two Lords, but it could have also been Gravis. After all, Gravis was the Leader of this Tribe.

Gravis started falling as he pushed all of his power into his body. Now, his body was about three times as powerful as an average level one Lord. The shark was surprised when he felt the difference. Earlier, Gravis had the weakest body of any level one Lord, but now, he had the most powerful body of any level one Lord.

The shark rose from below as Gravis fell from above. Just as the distance was just fifty meters, Gravis immediately transformed into lightning and shot at the shark with over double his speed. The shark was shocked by the sudden speed.

In no time at all, Gravis arrived at his teeth.

BANG!

With an absolutely unreal speed, the shark closed his mouth. Gravis hadn't expected his mouth to be so fast, and the teeth destroyed part of his lightning since he wasn't fast enough to retreat fully. Gravis immediately transformed back, but 10% of all his power had been lost due to that sudden attack.

BANG!

The bite had been stopped, but the shark was still charging. The closed teeth hit Gravis' body, and he was thrown into the distance. The bite was the shark's most powerful attack, but his charge was also impressive. His full weight, fueled by his incredible speed, hit Gravis like a hammer.

Gravis got shot into the distance, and the shark followed up. Three concentrated beams of water appeared and shot at Gravis.

BZZZZ!

Gravis transformed into lightning again and split apart to evade the beams. Then, the lightning congregated again and recreated his body. Gravis had already lost 10% of his total power, but, luckily, his scales were powerful enough to withstand the shark's charge. Like this, it wouldn't be a waste to change into lightning again.

An injury to the body also counted as wasting power. If Gravis transformed into lightning while being injured, he would be able to recreate a fully healed but weaker body. Additionally, Gravis couldn't afford to get injured in a fight.

Why?

Because his whole body was made up of lightning. This meant that he didn't have any inherent Energy inside his body anymore, which meant that he couldn't create Life Lightning anymore.

Now, when Gravis was injured, he had no way to immediately heal himself effectively again. Transforming his body into pure lightning destroyed any possibility of creating Life Lightning again.

This was also the reason why Gravis was so adamant about watching the CMO all the time. If he managed to learn Laws about life, he might find a way to heal himself again. Yet, luckily, his scales had been powerful enough so that he hadn't gotten injured by the shark's charge.

One shouldn't forget that these scales were incredibly powerful. If Gravis used all of his power on his body, the scales would be about as hard as some average scales of a level three Lord. They managed to protect him from the charge, but the water beams would have injured him.

Gravis looked at his opponent with burning eyes. 'Yes! This is what I longed for, the feeling of losing my life at any moment! The fight is already difficult with my full power, but my Realm has now decreased by 10%. I feel anxiety and fear for my life, but that is exactly what I want! I love this feeling!' Gravis thought crazily.

Gravis immediately transformed into lightning again and split himself in two. Then, he started controlling the lightning bolts separately to move around the shark.

WHOOOM!

A mighty tail-swipe nearly hit one of the bolts, but Gravis split that bolt in two again to evade. The shark immediately summoned two additional water beams that shot at the lightning bolts.

BZZ! BZZ!

But they split again. Yet, controlling all these individual lightning bolts was incredibly stressful for Gravis' concentration. He couldn't keep this up for long, but he had no other choice. Then, the individual lightning bolts gathered again until there were two left.

BZZ! SHING!

The other lightning bolt transformed into a Gravis. The shark hadn't paid much attention to the second lightning bolt, which had been a big mistake. Gravis' body appeared directly at one of the shark's eyes. On top of that, this Gravis wasn't barehanded.

He carried a powerful, big, black saber in his claws. It was nearly two meters long and wide like a meat cleaver. Sabers were basically huge knives, and this specimen showed the resemblance even better. This was one of Gravis' newly-forged weapons.

The saber stabbed into the eye but didn't manage to go far due to the power difference. Yet…

BOOOOOM!

”AAARRGGHHH!” the shark shouted in pain as a considerable part of his head exploded. Gravis had preloaded a Lightning Crescent into the saber. The humongous explosion destroyed a huge chunk of the shark's head and then returned to Gravis.

The Lightning Crescent wasn't able to absorb much Energy from the still-living shark, but it also wasn't fully used up. The gathered lightning from the Lightning Crescent and the other lightning bolt all gathered together again. Then, Gravis recreated his body.

Since he had put some of his Lightning into the saber, its Energy didn't count towards his normal Realm. After all, it was backup Energy that remained outside his body. By reabsorbing this Energy, Gravis' Realm increased again until he was at his old peak. Yet, he had used up one of his trump cards.