Around Gravis, eight balls appeared.
To his top right was a ball of fire.
To his top left was a ball of water.
To his high-middle right was a ball of earth.
To his high-middle left was a ball of air.
To his lower-middle right was a ball of tal.
To his lower-middle left was a warping ball of wood.
To his lower right was a ball of darkness.
To his lower left was a ball of light.
Eight elents appeared around Gravis, but all nine elents were present.
Gravis was the lightning.
Yet, that wasn’t the end.
Even further outside was a gigantic ring with the ten mixed elents.
Eighteen elental balls could be seen hovering around Gravis as he smiled.
CRRRRK!
At the sa ti, his evolution finished, and with it ca two new arms.
Back then, Gravis saw no point in having more than two arms. After all, he could only put his entire muscles behind two of them. Yet, that had only been a fitting body for his old fighting style, which had pursued powerful and explosive strikes.
Now, Gravis’ fighting style had changed to one filled with variety and complexity, and with this fighting style, a new body was required to perfectly utilize it.
If Gravis could only control one elent, he wouldn’t need more than one arm for a shield and one arm for his saber, but that was no longer the case.
Now, Gravis could control all the elents.
’An Elental Seed is just that, an Elental Seed,’ Gravis thought. ’An Elental Seed is sothing that humans use to convert Energy into the elents, and creating such an Elental Seed is not difficult at all.’
"I know the elents," Gravis said to himself. "Only beasts need an affinity to control an elent. We humans can control any elent we want. We only have to understand it first."
Gravis’ humongous, 20-kiloter-tall body shrunk until it was only two ters tall.
’Sure enough, even with this size, I can feel the full power of my body,’ he thought.
His evolution had finished, and he had changed. The Laws were clearer, his lightning had fused with his Spirit, and he had grown two additional arms.
But more than that, Gravis felt calr.
Yet, that didn’t co from his evolution. That change ca from his understanding of ti.
Ti itself was unchanging, but it changed everything it ca into contact with. At this mont, Gravis rembered sothing he had said casually once, which had been thrown back at him by his father.
"I am , and that won’t change, no matter how much I’ll change," Gravis said with a smile. "It sounds cheesy, but it has so truth to it. Enemies co and go. Friends co and go. Family cos and goes. Even my ho changes constantly."
"Yet, my current relationships, ho, and being are just temporary. As I change, everything else changes, and that’s how the world works. Who cares about losing your ho when you will automatically find a new one with ti?" Gravis asked himself.
"How dare you destroy my southern region!?" a violent transmission suddenly ca from a distance.
Shortly after that, a mighty rhinoceros appeared near Gravis.
This was the leader of the southern region, the only level four Emperor.
Gravis didn’t look at the rhinoceros. Instead, he dispersed his elents and looked at the ground.
"Do you feel it?" Gravis asked.
For so reason, Gravis’ words intrigued the rhinoceros. "What?"
"Gravity," Gravis said. "It perates everything, no matter if it is living, dead, an elent, or a force. It doesn’t matter. Everything is affected by gravity, no matter what it is."
"I feel it," Gravis said with a smile. "Gravity is a force acting upon ti and space itself, and since everything lives inside space and ti, gravity also affects everything."
BOOOOM!
BOOOOM!
Gravis understood the Law of Gravity, and with him, the rhinoceros also understood the Law of Gravity. The rhinoceros was a beast with an earth affinity, and it had quite so connection with the concept of gravity. Gravis’ words had enlightened the rhinoceros, making it understand a level three Law.
The rhinoceros beca shocked as it suddenly comprehended a level three Law. He had beco an Ascender? He had managed to reach this step?
The rhinoceros closed his eyes as he reveled in the feeling of understanding.
Then, Gravis appeared directly in front of the rhinoceros.
"Sorry, but I need food, and your mismanagent of the southern region is the best reason I can find," Gravis said sheepishly.
The rhinoceros beca confused. "Wha-"
SHING!
And the rhinoceros was dead.
Gravis knew that he wouldn’t be able to find any enemy in this world anymore. Everyone knew him, and no one would attack him. Yet, Gravis needed food to beco a level three Emperor. At that ti, he could take on the Striders.
This ant that he had to be morally flexible and consu beasts that hadn’t attacked him previously. He didn’t enjoy it, but when it ca to his path to power, he could also do cruel things, if necessary. He wasn’t about to waste thousands of years just to wait for soone to attack him.
With this strike, Gravis had dood the southern region to fall to the sea beasts. Of course, Gravis had already accepted that every action of his would have devastating consequences to the weaker beings.
Yet, that didn’t an that Gravis wouldn’t try to minimalize his negative impact upon the world.
His Spirit encompassed a huge part of the southern region as he spoke to every Emperor.
"I am Gravis, and I have killed the Tornado Emperor and your level four Emperor. If you want to survive, you will gather at the north-western border with your entire following in three days," Gravis announced.
The Emperors couldn’t believe what they were hearing, but if their level four Emperor didn’t speak up, it had to be true. Beasts were not as skeptical as humans. The powerful were right, and Gravis had shown to be the most powerful. Because of that, nearly all Emperors imdiately followed Gravis’ orders.
Then, Gravis looked at Aris, who had left his cave by now.
Aris was looking at Gravis with awe. Today, he had seen what supre power was. Additionally, he had never seen his father truly fight soone. Back when Gravis had fought Morus for the first ti, the three of them had retreated and couldn’t watch the fight.
Gravis’ fighting style and usage of the Laws had awed and inspired Aris. Especially the last display of the many elents had shocked him beyond belief.
Aris looked bitterly at his hand.
BZZZZZ!
A small lightning bolt appeared inside his hand, and he looked at it with a lost expression.
"What’s the use of this Punishnt Lightning when soone can just comprehend all elents?" Aris asked himself.
"Oh, you know Punishnt Lightning," Gravis said with a smile as he appeared in front of Aris with a smile. "That’s great! But I’m not a fan of your words. Don’t you know that if you push sothing to the limit, no amount of variety can protect your enemy? You should know that as an Emperor."
Aris sighed as he closed his hand. "I know," he said. "I only felt lancholy about my current lack of power. Yet, it is only that, current."
Gravis was a bit taken aback, but his smile quickly returned.
Then, he put his hand on Aris’ head and stroked his scales.
"You’ve truly grown, Aris," Gravis said with a loving tone.
Aris felt sothing stir inside him as he heard his father’s voice. For so reason, these words made him happy.
Then, Gravis lightly slapped Aris’ shoulder. Gravis had to control his power to not injure his son since he had just beco a level two Emperor after absorbing the rhinoceros.
"Co on, let’s get your sisters. Then, we’ll have a proper reunion," Gravis said with a laugh.
Aris sighed with a bitter smile.
"Yes, father."
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