Chapter 680: Old Acquaintance (2/2)

Gravis Spirit Sense stretched out of the man's Spirit Space and encompassed the Sky Community. After that, Gravis cross-referenced the different kinds of things this trader had and how much his stuff was worth.

In the end, Gravis came to a pitiful conclusion. His Research Adept Emblem was worth around 700 Immortal Stones, while this poor bastard only had a collective 27 Immortal Stones in his possession. This was not even close.

Suddenly, a new person appeared inside the Spirit Space.

Gravis had already noticed that the young man had called for help as soon as he had arrived. This was probably his backer…

Or beggar, more precisely.

Apparently, this young man's backing was one of the beggars in the actual city, a level two Immortal.

The beggar looked at Gravis with cold eyes.

Then, his eyes transformed into fear when he felt Gravis' power and Will-Aura.

'Fuck that!'

Whoop!

And the beggar was gone, leaving the young man in despair. He left just as quickly as he had appeared.

Gravis turned back to the young man. ”Now, as for my payment,” he said.

”You-You can't kill me!” the young man said in panic. ”Killing is not allowed in the Sky Community!”

Gravis chuckled a bit. ”You should have thought of that before stealing from me,” he said.

After that, Gravis left the young man's Spirit Space. Initially, the young man felt relieved, but that was quickly replaced with despair.

The young man opened his actual eyes. At least, he tried to. The young man couldn't open his eyes. Not only that, he couldn't even move!

In the Sky Community, Gravis hovered in front of a statue. He had summoned some of his Law Comprehension Ore and encased the young man in it. This person was not nearly powerful enough to move.

”Did you know that the longevity for the Nascent Nourishing Realm is about 3,000 years? I'm planning on spending around 5,000 years here. No worries, before I'm leaving for the higher world, I will release you.”

”Now,” Gravis said with a smirk. ”You can still communicate with others with your Spirit. You better find a way to give me 1,000 Immortal Stones, which is about 50% more than the Research Adept Emblem is worth. Go call in some favors, take out a loan, or whatever. Come up with the money, and I will release you immediately.”

”If you can't, you might become an attraction in the Sky Community for a while,” Gravis said with a smirk.

The young man pleaded, but Gravis didn't care. If this guy was able to pay reparations for his actions, he would be able to continue living. If he couldn't, well, then he shouldn't have taken the Emblem in the first place.

The surrounding traders of the Sky Community looked at the statue with discomfort. Sometimes, things like these happened, but it was still considered a rarity.

Gravis used his wind element to keep the statue floating and infused it with enough Energy to keep it running for a couple hundred years. Keeping one statue levitating didn't take much out of his vast pool of Energy.

”Wish you luck,” Gravis said as he turned around.

And then, Gravis teleported away.

The traders and customers looked at the statue and sighed.

At least it wasn't them.

What Gravis didn't know was that this seemingly random and unimportant act grabbed the attention of a powerful being.