Chapter 617: Visitors (1/2)

After thinking about the future Battle Styles Gravis would encounter for a while longer, he decided to get back to understanding more about the Law. He had found the Law of Heat, and he wanted to comprehend it now. The fact that it was a level two Law only meant that it would take more time to learn, and, right now, Gravis had nothing but time.

15 more years passed. By now, a total of 95 years had passed since Gravis had entered seclusion.

Gravis had spent a total of 30 years on the level two Law of Heat but still didn't manage to comprehend it. The Law of Heat didn't have any level one Laws as prerequisites to understand it, making it much harder to learn. After all, he had to understand everything at once without any kind of checkpoints along the way.

Yet, on this day, something happened.

No, Gravis didn't manage to comprehend the Laws, but someone came to visit him.

Gravis was taken out of his experiments as he felt two beasts nearing him. Both of these beasts, surprisingly, were level five Emperors. On top of that, the two of them were not sea beasts but land beasts.

”Styr, Azure,” Gravis transmitted to them as he saw them getting closer.

Styr and Azure quickly arrived in front of Gravis as they looked at him. Gravis seemingly had not changed a single bit. However, his Battle-Strength seemed to have elevated a little bit. It wasn't much, but there was a difference that they could feel.

Yet, just this small bit of Battle-Strength increase already surprised them. Gravis already had the most powerful Battle-Strength the two of them had ever seen, but he still managed to push himself even further.

Increasing such a ridiculously high Battle-Strength even more was beyond difficult. Gravis had already known several level two Laws and one level three Law. Any level one Law wouldn't be able to increase his Battle-Strength at all. After all, when one understood so many level two and three Laws, a level one Law wouldn't really be a help.

Yet, Gravis' Battle-Strength had increased even in this circumstance. This meant that he probably learned, at least, one more level two Law, which was crazy. Gravis was only around 300 years old by now. Even understanding a single level two Law in 300 years was absolutely crazy.

”Sure enough, you didn't disappoint,” Azure said neutrally.

Gravis knew that they could feel his Battle-Strength. ”I should be the one that said that,” Gravis said with a smile. ”You already managed to comprehend a level three Law?” he asked.

The fact that both of them were level five Emperors meant that they were ready to ascend. This could only mean that Azure also managed to learn a level three Law.

Azure nodded. ”I managed to upgrade my level two Law of Pride to the level three Law of Higher Pride,” Azure said.

Gravis was a bit taken aback. ”That's possible?” he asked.

”Of course it is,” Azure answered like it was apparent.

”You also didn't know,” Styr commented from the side with a smirk, making Azure furrow her brows. Additionally, Styr winked at Gravis.

Gravis had to chuckle a bit but immediately went back to the topic. ”So, it's possible to upgrade some Laws without having to understand new Laws?” Gravis asked.

”Not all of them, but there are some,” Azure answered like she hadn't just been found out. ”I've thought that my Law of Pride already encompassed all facets of Pride, but that was not the case. There are more facets to the Law of Pride, which I hadn't been able to see until I felt my Pride being shattered.”

Gravis narrowed his eyes. ”What happened?”

Azure was a bit confused by Gravis' reaction. ”Nothing really.”

Now, it was Gravis' time to be confused. ”But you just said that your Pride has been shattered. So, how did that happen?” he asked.

Surprisingly, Azure got a bit angry when Gravis asked that. ”Isn't it obvious?” she asked with a cold voice, not wanting to say the reason.

”No,” Gravis said. ”It's not.”

Azure furrowed her brows, but Styr only chuckled a bit. Apparently, since he no longer had to play the role of the Grand Elder or the Emperor of the Icy Pride Empire, he seemed much more relaxed and open.

”She means you, Gravis,” Styr said.

Gravis blinked a bit in confusion. ”What? Why?” he asked.

Azure only looked to the side with a pout.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Styr took it upon himself to answer Gravis' question. ”Your arrival has changed the world, and your influence has made Emperors rise to become Ascenders. Ferris, someone much older than both Azure and I, managed to become an Ascender.”