Chapter 648: Immortal (1/2)

The world remained in carnage for an entire week, and then, it returned to silence.

The weak beasts were dead, and only the most powerful beasts on each level survived. These beasts all managed to rise by a level, and the average Battle-Strength of every beast was powerful enough to jump a level in normal circumstances.

The dying world had been refined into a powerful force of elites.

Now, this force remained asleep, but as soon as the new world appeared before it, it would break out in a violent slaughter.

The other world was not their enemy but food!

SHING!

The last Strider died as Gravis killed it.

There was no reason to wait with his breakthrough. His fight against Heaven would happen in less than a year, and until then, he might as well learn more about his power.

The last Strider died, and Gravis absorbed its power.

BOOOOOM!

Gravis felt his body evolving, and he decided to add another two arms to his being. His end goal was eight arms, but six had to do for now.

Yet, surprisingly, nothing much happened.

Gravis didn't even feel the pull of Ascension, but that was to be expected. There was no reason to pull him to a higher world. The fight between him and Heaven would happen.

His evolution ended, and he got his new pair of arms, but that was it.

Gravis narrowed his eyes as he looked at his new arms. 'This can't be everything,' he thought.

Sure enough, Gravis felt a calling.

It was like his body was calling out to his most powerful Laws. It was very similar to when he had reached the peak of Spirit Forming. Back then, his centers of power had called out to each other, except that, this time, his body was calling out to his Laws.

Gravis analyzed this feeling and somehow felt like only one of his Laws would be able to fuse with his body. He also felt that this process was irreversible.

'When I returned to my homeworld, that one clerk said that the cultivation techniques from my lower world didn't have much potential since the Laws have to fuse with the body later. I'm probably at this step right now, and I must choose one Law to become intrinsically connected to me,' Gravis thought.

'My body is ready to fuse with a Law. I'm also pretty sure that this is one of the reasons why the beasts of this world need to learn a level three Law before ascending. The more powerful the Law, the more powerful the base.'

'This world has been created to grow food for the highest world. This means that a level three Law is enough to reach the standards of the highest world. Yet, is that my goal? Do I only want to reach the standards of the highest world?'

Gravis shook his head.

'My goal is not to become powerful in the highest world but to become the most powerful. The level three Law of Elements is my most powerful Law, but is that truly enough?' Gravis thought as he looked at the dark sky.

'No, it's not enough,' Gravis thought with narrowed eyes. 'I refuse to fuse my body with a level three Law. I want to consume Heaven and use its better Law of Lightning! The lower Heaven was able to use Punishment Lightning, so this Heaven can probably use an even more powerful form of lightning. I want this Law!'

'Yet,' Gravis thought, 'Heaven is at a higher Realm than me, and it has surely already attuned its body to a Law. That one Immortal that Meadow had fought in the past surely hadn't fused their body to their Law yet. Just a boost of three levels wouldn't be enough. I'm sure that by fusing a Law with my body, my strength would explode even more.'

Gravis looked at the dark sky again. 'This means that this Heaven will have the biggest advantage of the Immortal Realm over me. My body has not been attuned to a Law while its body has. I don't know what effects this fusion will have, but it surely is what makes an Immortal an Immortal.'

'This means my fight against Heaven won't be as easy as I had believed initially. I'm also sure that this Heaven is not as inexperienced as the lower Heaven. It is probably very experienced in combat and won't make any mistakes. Additionally, it has watched me all this time. It knows every attack and Law of mine, and I won't be able to take it by surprise.'

Gravis looked at the world. 'On top of that, this world had been created and managed by this Heaven. This Heaven has created Law Comprehension Areas for every kind of Law in this world. It's impossible to do something like that if it doesn't understand the corresponding Laws.'

'This means that this Heaven has probably comprehended every single Law in this world.'

'I have always had the advantage against my opponents in regards to my Laws. After all, the sheer number of Laws I know is what allows me to jump levels. Yet, Heaven knows many, many more Laws than me.'

Gravis narrowed his eyes as he also remembered something else. 'Additionally, Heaven is not a beast. The lower Heaven had been able to share its Will-Aura with its Heavenborn. This means that this Heaven probably also has an intensely powerful Will-Aura.'

'Yet, I'm also certain that my Will-Aura is more powerful. My Will-Aura has reached the peak of the Immortal Realm, and I doubt that this Heaven has such a powerful Will-Aura. However, due to the level suppression and Heaven also knowing the Law of Suppression, our Will-Auras will probably cancel each other out. I won't be able to suppress it.'

'This fight will be difficult, really difficult,' Gravis thought.