Chapter 488: Confrontation (2/2)

Another strand came, and Gravis' lightning jumped to 510%.

BZZZ!

Another one, but this time, it was different. It entered his body, but as soon as his lightning reached around 525%, Gravis felt some kind of resistance. Gravis felt a strange feeling. It felt like he carried too much in his hands and couldn't hold all of these things.

Yet, the difference between this analogy and Gravis' situation was that in the analogy, he might simply drop the things, while in reality, Gravis' self might dissipate into nature. If that happened, Gravis' will would vanish, and his self would just become normal will-less lightning.

Gravis' insides shook as he realized all these things. He opened his eyes and looked at his own body with a frown. ”Is this your decision, Heaven?” Gravis spoke silently to the surroundings.

”You do realize that the rules have only been created to create as many powerful humans as possible, right? I'm not some beast, Heaven. You might think that forcing me to adhere to the rule is fair because everyone else also follows them, but my situation is entirely different.”

”You might think it's fair to put me through this, but I don't believe so,” Gravis said with a cold voice. ”I have had no problems with you up to now. Everything was going fine. Yet, you decide to go against me now?”

”I know that the highest Heaven is watching and judging by what I have experienced up to now, the highest Heaven probably left the choice to you. Both outcomes are acceptable to the highest Heaven. One outcome would be following the rules, while the other one would be an acceptable exception. I know that this decision lies on your shoulders,” Gravis said.

Of course, no answer came.

Gravis was honestly a bit confused. It was honestly a better decision for this Heaven to allow Gravis to simply become a King. Such a situation was posing a real danger to his path to power. Additionally, Gravis had already stated very clearly that this would make him this Heaven's enemy.

Gravis was sure that this middle Heaven knew about what Gravis had done. Because of that, Gravis was also sure that this middle Heaven knew precisely what kind of danger Gravis could pose to it. Did it really not fear for its own life? Gravis couldn't believe that.

'The rules are there to create as many powerful humans as possible,' Gravis thought as he trailed off.

'Wait!' Gravis suddenly realized something. 'I think I know what's going on,' Gravis thought as his eyes became colder.

”I see,” Gravis said to his surroundings. ”I think I understand you better now.”

The elders in the surroundings didn't pay attention to Gravis and simply focused on their own comprehension. None of them knew that Gravis was about to unveil the true personality of this middle Heaven right in front of them.

”The rules are there to make as many powerful humans as possible,” Gravis repeated again, ”and I have also said that this pain will increase my power in the future. Therefore, by forcing me to follow this rule, the rule has fulfilled its purpose.”

Gravis laughed bitterly for a bit. ”You're quite selfless, right?” Gravis asked.

No answer came.

”You see an opportunity to increase the power of a human by following the rules. The cost isn't important to you. The fact that you know my potential makes it even better since I have a very high chance of becoming truly powerful in the future. I would become a supreme Energy magnet then.”

Gravis looked with unamused eyes at the sky. ”In your mind, you're sacrificing yourself for the greater good. You think your own life as unimportant in front of the goal of the highest Heaven. In order to make me become even more powerful, you are willing to throw your life away.”

”Do you think yourself to be noble? Do you think this makes you a martyr? Do you think yourself better as all the other, selfish Heavens?” Gravis asked rhetorically.

”While sacrificing oneself for a greater cause is seen as noble, it breaks down when the greater cause is not actually a greater cause. A fanatic cultivator of an evil Sect sacrificing their life for the benefit of the evil Sect is not something that people or beasts would consider noble.”

Gravis' eyes became colder as he looked at the sky.

”The highest Heaven's goal is about as selfless and noble as a marauding rapist,” Gravis said coldly.

And for the first time, the middle Heaven answered.