Chapter 942: Helping Hand (1/2)

It was apparent who these two were.

Gravis' father and the highest Heaven.

However, when Gravis heard that his father managed to come out of such a gate alive, Gravis felt some excitement.

It was inevitable that Gravis compared himself to his father. After all, Gravis had no one else he could compare himself with.

The normal Cultivators were not even close to his level anymore. So, he couldn't compare himself to them.

This only leaves the Heaven's Magnates, his father, and the Heavens.

Gravis had only met one Heaven's Magnate before, which was the Black Magnate, but he hadn't heard anything of his past. The lives of the Heaven's Magnates were still a mystery to Gravis, which basically made it impossible for him to compare himself to them. One can't compare oneself to something that one knew nothing about.

That left his father and the Heavens.

However, the Heavens had received their incredible powers via a special inheritance area for new Heavens. Additionally, the Heavens didn't have a finite lifespan. With an infinite amount of time, even a pig would eventually become a God.

This only left Gravis' father.

His father was the only being Gravis knew that had managed to achieve his level without any of these advantages. The Heaven's Magnates probably also achieved something like that without such advantages, but Gravis simply didn't know them.

Because of that, Gravis always felt a slight feeling of rivalry with his father. They weren't enemies or opponents, but Gravis wanted to at least keep up with his father. Achieving something like that was already more than difficult.

Gravis wanted to enter the gate.

Stella and Arc looked at Gravis, and they both knew what he was thinking.

”Gravis,” Stella said as she pulled his arm. ”Don't do it. We've just reunited, and I don't want to lose you again.”

Gravis closed his eyes and sighed. ”Sorry,” he said as he looked at Stella.

Right now, Gravis felt a horrible feeling of guilt.

Tempering was one thing, but entering this gate would be suicide.

For a second there, Gravis had completely forgotten Stella while evaluating if he should enter the gate or not.

”I forgot that I'm not living only for myself anymore,” Gravis said as he embraced Stella. ”Don't worry, I won't enter the gate blindly. I will only enter when I am certain that I will survive, and right now, I can't be certain of that.”

Some tears appeared in Stella's eyes, but at the same time, she also felt guilty.

Without her, Gravis would have entered this gate, and he might have comprehended something supremely powerful.

Yet, Gravis had been willing to throw this chance away so that he wouldn't need to leave her.

”Power is not my goal,” Gravis said to Stella and also to himself. ”As far as I know, this Law is not necessary to reach the power of my father. Right, Arc?” Gravis asked as he looked at Arc.

Arc nodded. ”The Major Law of Death is very powerful, but it's not necessary to reach the level of your father. Additionally, it's only a level seven Law. Such a Law might be powerful in this world, but there are a lot more powerful Laws in the highest world.”

”How useful could a level seven Law be for someone on your father's level?”

Gravis nodded. That sounded about right.

”Actually,” Arc said as a smile returned to his lips. ”I'm glad that you didn't enter. Otherwise, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to anymore. I still want to fight you, you know?”

Gravis chuckled a bit.

”Anyway,” Arc continued. ”Since you're not entering, I'm going to cut off the gate from my world. Its effect on my world will already be tremendous in 2,000 years, and I doubt that you would grow so much in 2,000 years that you would be confident in comprehending the Major Law of Death before dying to its effect.”

Gravis sighed and nodded.

200,000 years? Probably.

20,000 years? No.

2,000 years? Impossible.

Gravis would need to push his experience in Law Comprehension to an insane degree. Gravis would only feel somewhat confident if he already knew two or more level seven Laws.

Additionally, this gate probably wouldn't be the only one.

Gravis knew that he had summoned that gate himself. Why else would it have appeared in this world?

So, couldn't he just summon another one in the future?

”Come, let's exit the cave,” Arc said. ”I'm going to cut off the entire cave, and if you're still in it, you will be cut off too. Luckily, we managed to find the gate in less than an hour after it appeared. Seems like this time I don't have to cut off a huge chunk of my world.”

Gravis and Stella nodded. After that, they began exiting the cave.

Arc followed them, but he suddenly stopped as his brows furrowed.

Gravis and Stella noticed that Arc stopped and looked at him.

”What's wrong?” Gravis asked.

Arc only continued frowning.

Gravis lifted an eyebrow.

Two seconds later, Arc looked at Gravis with a skeptical expression.