Chapter 565: Life Energy (1/2)

A 250-meter-tall version of Gravis escaped out of the fallen Life Ring. This had been a gamble because if the Emperor's attack had been a wide-range attack, the Life Ring might have gotten destroyed along with Gravis' weaker body. Fortunately, Gravis had judged the personality of the Emperor correctly.

What exactly had happened? How was Gravis a level four King suddenly?

When the Emperor appeared, Gravis told the Commander that he would confiscate all the corpses and consume them to become a level four King. If the Emperor were a traitor, Gravis would fight him and buy time for the defensive line to retreat. If the Emperor weren't a traitor, Gravis would pay the corpses back in the future.

As soon as that happened, Gravis put half of his being into the Life Ring and consumed the corpses, becoming a level four King. Gravis was sure that the Emperor was a traitor, which was why he didn't even hesitate to consume the corpses. The long talk he had with the Emperor previously was enough time for him to finish his evolution.

Additionally, the new Gravis was not naked. He was currently wearing a red-black suit of armor. Since he had already seen the element of his future opponent, he created a suit of armor suitable for the fight. Of course, Gravis wasn't powerful enough to manipulate materials at the Law Comprehension Rank, which had been an issue.

Well, it would have been an issue if Gravis didn't already know a lot about Hard Complex Materials.

By mixing some materials together, Gravis managed to create a material that was stronger than Peak Nascent Nourishing Rank but weaker than Initial Law Comprehension Rank. These materials didn't exist naturally, so Gravis had to create them.

Of course, since Gravis didn't know the full Hard Complex Material Law, he couldn't fully take advantage of the material. He was only able to manipulate it with his Hard Pure and Medium Pure Material Laws, which meant that the armor and weapons weren't any stronger than a Half-Step Law Comprehension Rank Material that had been forged with a level one Law. Yet, this still allowed him to create the suitable material he needed.

Gravis also infused the armor and weapons with Pure-Fire Ash, which increased its resistance to fire. Usually, such armor would melt very quickly when it came into contact with a fire Emperor. Yet, with the Pure-Fire Ash, Gravis' armor was powerful enough to resist the usage of a level one Fire Law. Only the level two Law that the Emperor knew would be able to destroy his armor.

Gravis was fully prepared for his fight with the traitorous Emperor. ”Everyone flee and inform the surrounding Empires!” Gravis shouted as the Emperor still looked with shock at Gravis. Gravis should be dead! Why was he still alive!?

After around a second, the Emperor narrowed his eyes. He had made his choice, and now he needed to commit to it!

BRRRRR! BANG!

Fierce fire came out of the Emperor's right front claw, and he attacked Gravis with it. Gravis immediately blocked with his shield, and the fire exploded violently.

BANG!

Gravis shot into the water below them, creating a massive fountain of steam. The explosion had increased the heat of Gravis' armor and shield to insane levels, which made all the water in the surroundings boil.

About 20 level four Kings from the defensive line died due to the explosion.

”Run!” the Commander ordered to the defensive line, which quickly recovered. Then, all the Kings scattered in all directions.

”No one will escape today!” the Emperor shouted with cold eyes as 200 fire-spears shot out from his body. Even such a scattered attack would kill every King in the vicinity. All the fleeing Kings felt their lives flash before their eyes. A lot of them managed to comprehend Laws in this time of crisis, but that wouldn't help them.

Whooosh!

Yet, instead of chasing the Kings, the fire spears continued shooting in a straight line, only killing another 25 of the Kings.

The Emperor's eyes widened in shock. Why couldn't he control his fire remotely!? Meanwhile, the surviving Kings almost couldn't believe that they were still alive. Yet, they only fled even faster. They couldn't think about what was happening right now. Only their survival was important now!

Seeing the fleeing Kings, the Emperor tried to shoot more spears after them, but before he could release the spears, he had to redirect his attack.

All the summoned fire-spears angled towards Gravis, who was charging at him. As soon as the fire-spears shot at Gravis, he destroyed the will upon them and activated his Will-Aura as well as his Law of Suppression.  The attacks were scattered attacks, and each one of them only had enough power to kill a level four King.

SSSSHHHH!

The Law of Suppression weakened the attacks immensely, and when Gravis used his Law of Fire Composition, all the fire-spears vanished into nothingness. These fire-spears were simply too weak.

Gravis closed in on the Emperor with his full speed and loaded his saber with a Lightning Crescent. He hadn't had enough time to pre-load a Lightning Crescent, which forced him to create a new one. Then, Gravis shot the Lightning Crescent directly at the Emperor.

BRRRRR!