Chapter 748: Teacher (1/2)

Gravis had long since made his calculations. If Gravis were to absorb all the Immortal Stones he had left, he would be able to become a Late Minor Circulation Immortal King. That was a jump of an entire Realm!

Wait, an entire Realm?

Wouldn't that be more than an entire Realm?

No, it would be exactly one Realm.

There had been one detail that one might have overlooked.

When Arthur had attacked Liran with his strike, the lightning had vanished. Where did that lightning go?

To Gravis, obviously.

Yet, Gravis had to keep this a secret. Gravis trusted Liran, but he didn't fully trust him. Because of that, Gravis kept his growth a secret.

Right now, in Gravis' Life Ring, there was a second Gravis with the power of a Late Minor Circulation Immortal. Without noticing, Gravis had already broken through twice. With one more breakthrough, Gravis would be an Early Major Circulation Immortal and would, therefore, be powerful enough to fight Siegfried.

Sadly, Gravis' breakthrough came with a disadvantage. Gravis' Battle-Strength that was nearly able to jump five levels, was now firmly placed in being able to jump four levels. Five levels were no longer possible. This was the inevitable disadvantage of growing one's Realm.

Siegfried was taken aback by Gravis' threat, but instead of feeling offended, he felt respect.

This weak Immortal was doing what he wanted, no matter what anyone said. Earlier, Siegfried would have believed Gravis to be arrogant, but not anymore. With his new understanding of freedom, he was able to see Gravis' actions for what they truly were.

Free. Without any outside interference.

Nearly every being would say that Gravis' threat was foolish and arrogant. After all, did he truly think that he was powerful enough to kill a Peak Immortal?

Yet, this assessment took into account that Gravis believed to be more powerful. Instead, Siegfried was sure that Gravis knew exactly how much more powerful Siegfried was. However, even when Gravis knew exactly that he couldn't win, he still did whatever he wanted.

He was unaffected by consequences, and no one could stop him from doing what he wanted.

Siegfried bowed politely to Gravis, shocking the others. ”Thank you for your teachings,” he said with respect.

The other people in the hall were shocked. What happened to the willful Siegfried? Why was he suddenly so respectful?

”I didn't teach you anything,” Gravis said. ”I'm just doing what I want. If you profit from it, good for you.”

Siegfried nodded and let Gravis pass.

Gravis stepped forward but stopped. Then, he turned around to Liran. ”One last thing,” Gravis said. ”I might not be able to teach you freedom, but I can tell you how I obtained it.”

Everyone listened intently at what Gravis was about to say.

”I was in the deepest depths of despair,” Gravis said. ”I had no control over my life and the lives of my loved ones. My greatest enemy had full control over everything I was and owned.”

”At that moment, I gave up the most important thing in my life, control. Control over my life and control over the life of my loved ones. All control left me, and I had no other choice but to follow whatever my greatest enemy wanted from me.”

”And only then have I been able to realize freedom,” Gravis said.

SHING!

And with that said, Gravis was gone as he teleported away.

Silence reigned in the hall.

”I don't understand,” one of the Vice Sect Masters said. ”The circumstances Gravis has described sound like the polar opposite of freedom. They sound like Suppression. How can one comprehend freedom in Suppression? The disciples always only comprehend Suppression by Suppression.”

Liran slowly shook his head. ”I don't know,” he said. ”I only know that whenever I see him, I feel like I can't touch him. It's like whatever I do won't impede his freedom. I feel like, even if I did my absolute best to constrict his freedom, he would still be free. It's bizarre.”

”I could restrain him, lock his Will-Aura, Energy, and Spirit. I could force him to be unable to cultivate and to be unable to move for thousands of years,” Liran said. ”Yet, I feel like he would still be free. I can see the Suppression I could create. I could see the restraints on his freedom until he has no control over himself anymore. However, these restraints just don't seem to be real.”

”The restraints exist. I can see them. I can feel them. Yet, in front of him, they seem illusory, like they don't exist.”

”I can't explain,” Liran said.

Everyone else became silent again as they fell into thought.

To them, Gravis was a walking paradox. Gravis was something that they couldn't judge by normal means, no matter how hard they tried.

Meanwhile, Gravis appeared at Surem's home.

Finally, he could learn more about Weapon Cultivation!

Gravis looked down, but as soon as he did, he became shocked.

Wait, what?

Where was Surem's home?

Where was he?

Gravis was sure that he had teleported to Surem's home, so why…

Was he suddenly in the clearing of a forest!?

Gravis stretched his Spirit Sense to the maximum, but he only saw forest no matter where he looked.

Gravis couldn't even find the Unrestrained Sect!

This was impossible! Gravis could only teleport as far as his Spirit Sense reached, which meant that he had to still be in the range of the Unrestrained Sect.