Chapter 730: Power Is Everything (1/2)

Gravis couldn't believe it.

Why did that guy explode!?

He didn't want to kill the guy in order to not create a deep enmity, but that guy just killed himself!? Was he so mad about his weapon being stolen that he wanted to pull Gravis down with him!?

SHING! SHING! SHING!

All the guards teleported into the hall, and it became very crowded suddenly. On top of that, their angry eyes bore into Gravis.

”What guts!” a guard in red armor said. ”It has been a while since an Ascender dared to kill one of us!”

”I didn't kill shit!” Gravis shouted as he pointed at the smoldering remains of the dead guard. ”I only wanted to teach him a lesson, but that guy just exploded! How the fuck is that my fault!?”

”Stop lying!” another guard shouted. ”It's common knowledge that one's path is severed when one loses his weapon!”

Gravis blinked a couple of times in surprise. ”Really?” he asked.

”You can't talk yourself out of this one, servant,” another guard said as he stepped forward with his weapon. ”Today, you will die. Servants that don't respect the weapon are worthless.”

”I truly didn't know,” Gravis said, activating his Law of Honesty.

At once, all the guards became shocked. Their Will-Aura couldn't keep up with Gravis, and they immediately believed him.

One of the guards sighed. ”So you truly didn't know,” the guard said.

SHING!

The guard pulled his saber and pointed it at Gravis. ”Then consider this bad luck,” the guard said. ”You have killed one of us in the most disrespectful way possible. Not knowing doesn't absolve you of your deeds.”

'Of course it wouldn't be this easy,' Gravis thought. 'Even if someone confesses to a crime honestly, they will still get their punishment.'

'I wonder, is this because of my Karmic Luck?' Gravis thought. 'Now that I'm among humans again, I will probably run into more instances of bad luck.'

”So you will kill me, no matter what I say. Is that it?” Gravis asked evenly.

Shing! Shing! Shing!

Nearly all guards took out their weapons. ”We would have given you the privilege of serving us, but a servant that does not know how to respect their masters is worthless,” one of them said.

Gravis rolled his eyes. Again with this servant shit.

”Actually,” Gravis said with a slight giggle, ”I find it amusing that you value the Cultivator's path over their individual power. I agree that Weapon Cultivators are in general stronger than other Cultivators, but this only refers to the general populace, not everyone.”

”Sometimes, there are people that break the convention,” Gravis said as he gestured to them with his open palm.

”Like me, for example.”

WHOOOOOOOOM!

An apocalyptic pressure pressed down onto everyone. The bodies of the guards shook as it became incredibly hard for them to move. Their weapons lowered as their arms couldn't withstand the pressure.

Immediately, all guards noticed that they had committed a fatal mistake. This was not a normal Ascender!

Gravis slowly lowered his outstretched arm.

CRRRRRR!

And with the lowering of his arm, his Will-Aura intensified.

Some of the guards lost their footing and kneeled on the ground, but others managed to hold. For the first time, fear and respect appeared in their eyes. They had never seen or even heard about such a powerful Ascender! Over 100 Cultivators, an entire level above Gravis, had been made helpless in front of him.

”There are several paths to power,” Gravis said with a smirk. ”One of them is Weapon Cultivation, but it isn't the only one. With my Will-Aura alone, I am undefeatable by every Minor Circulation Immortal.”

”But there's more,” Gravis said with a smirk.

CRRRRRRR!

The hall shook as the ground below Gravis started to vanish. A crater appeared around the standing Gravis as everything around him got its Composition destroyed, transforming everything into dust and Energy.

A black void appeared around Gravis as everything around him turned into void. Gravis knew all the High-Rank elements and the Hard Pure Law. Light, darkness, earth, air, stone, everything was turned into nothingness as a swirl of white dust and Energy flowed around Gravis.

The power and sound of the destruction of everything assaulted the guards, heightening their fear and astonishment to incredible levels.

Step!

Gravis took one step in the void as the black, destructive nothingness traveled along with him. Everything that touched Gravis turned into nothingness. ”Composition is another path to power,” Gravis said.