Chapter 567: Trying to Survive (2/2)

BANG!

The Emperor's attack hit Gravis' chest, but his eyes widened. Before he had hit Gravis' chest, he had seen a thick layer of scales appearing at the spot. The scales burned, but nothing else had been injured.

'Finally!' Gravis thought crazily. Gravis had just comprehended the Law of Skin Growth, which had allowed him to use his Life Energy to create a temporary barrier.

The Emperor saw this and stopped attacking.

BRRRR!

Some seconds passed in which the Emperor created over ten clones that all had their tails intersected with his body. The Emperor knew that if he continued attacking like this, Gravis could just create several strands of scales. He needed more power with a single attack.

During that time, Gravis' armor managed to cool down a lot. Yes, he was currently inside a vast pit of magma, but that magma wasn't nearly as hot as the Emperor's fire.

Without hesitation, the Emperor charged at Gravis again. The copies also all charged at him.

SHING! BOOM!

Suddenly, a lot of hardened fragments appeared around Gravis and shot at the copies. Gravis had taken the destroyed and molten pieces of armor and shot them at the copies. Three copies managed to evade, but the other seven exploded at a distance.

'There goes that trump card,' Gravis thought as he saw the remaining copies and the Emperor charge at him.

SHING! BOOM!

Three thin tentacles of scales grew out of Gravis' body and destroyed the last three copies. Without muscles, these tentacles wouldn't have been able to move, but Gravis could still use his Spirit to control them.

Yet, the main attack of the Emperor couldn't be blocked like that. The fire-copies would explode if they were hit hard enough, but the Emperor would just ignore such a weak tentacle. Gravis had to deal with this attack another way!

BANG!

Suddenly, a long bone grew out of Gravis' torso and hit the Emperor's claw, which quickly exploded. The new bone in front of Gravis' chest got pushed back violently and shot out of his back, leaving a huge hole. Luckily, Gravis had already relocated his organs previously.

Gravis had just comprehended the Law of Bone Growth.

The Emperor noticed that Gravis had learned multiple defensive Laws in a short amount of time and narrowed his eyes further. He had to end this fight quickly!

'I've got no time left!' Gravis thought urgently. 'He's growing desperate! Come on, the organs of plants work similarly to blood. Quick, think about it!'

BOOOOM!

Gravis managed to comprehend the Law of Blood Growth in this short timeframe. 'Yes!' Gravis thought crazily.

During that time, the Emperor had created another ten copies, which now charged at Gravis.

BOOOOOM!

All ten copies, as well as the Emperor, exploded onto Gravis' chest, turning his whole body into chunks. Yet, the Emperor didn't relax one bit.

Why not?

Because behind Gravis' destroyed body, a new, fully healed Gravis had appeared. Yet, there was a huge difference. This Gravis was literally made out of only skin, bones, organs, and blood. There were no muscles inside this body. When the Emperor's attack had arrived, Gravis had quickly created a new body without muscles, which grew out of his back. By knowing these Laws, Gravis could survive in his new body.

Gravis could also achieve this with his Lightning Fork, but there was a considerable difference between these two methods. As injured and exhausted as he was right now, a new body that had been created with the Lightning Fork would have fallen a level. At that point, Gravis would only be a level three King. Then, there was really no way for him to win anymore.

Yet, by simply using up nearly all his Life Energy, Gravis could create a new body without muscles. Like this, he didn't fall an entire level.

'5% Life Energy left. Seems like I have no other way anymore,' Gravis thought.

BZZZZZ!

Suddenly, some green lightning appeared around Gravis' body and filled up his Life Energy again.

Yes, this was Life Lightning.

When Gravis had learned the Composition Law of Lightning, he had also learned to summon Life Lightning again. Yet, entirely healing himself took a total of 20% of his lightning reserves. Gravis had just recovered to 40% of his lightning when he had been forced to refill his Life Energy. So, right now, Gravis only had 20% lightning left. He was basically back at the beginning but without any armor or muscles.

As long as the expenditure of his Life Energy didn't out-speed his regeneration of lightning, Gravis had a way to survive!