<h4>Chapter 765 - 765 – Perceived Reality Vs. Physical Reality </h4>


    Blood and body pieces flew through the air as the fire lines passed Gravis’ location. Gravis seemingly vanished as his body was blown across the Formation Array. The fire lines passed Gravis’ spot and hit the Formation Array, exploding violently.


    Ste’s brother released a sigh of relief. His sister had won! For a second there, he had worried that Gravis was even more powerful than he had believed. Gravis had been a freak. That was undeniable.


    BOOOOOOOOOOOM!


    Suddenly, an explosion of lightning and fire appeared that consumed nearly the entire area of the Formation Array, shocking Ste’s brother out of his relief.


    What happened!?


    BANG!


    Suddenly, two bodies shot out of the storm of destruction, one fleeing and one chasing.


    Nearly half of Ste’s face was burned, and she was missing an entire arm. However, instead of nervousness or fear, her face only showed cold determination and severity.


    A half-dead Gravis chased after her with a lightning-filled saber. He had to win now! Ste was too powerful, and he had just barely managed to im the initiative. If he failed now, he might not get a second chance!


    What had happened?


    When Stepletely countered Gravis’ defense against her attack, Gravis had to unleash his Avatar. Gravis had to be careful what he wanted to show of his power since he was now among humans. Seeing such an Avatar might invite unwanted attention.


    However, Gravis would have died if he hadn’t used his Avatar.


    His Avatar of Freedom allowed him to ignore any kind of suppression, which meant that Gravis could elerate his personal time. Sadly, the Avatar of Freedom only worked for him and not for external things. This meant that Ste’s attack couldn’t be slowed.


    Due to that, Gravis could only survive by sacrificing nearly his entire body. If he had been able to also slow the attack from Ste, he would have dodged the attack unscathed, but like this, he had only been able to save his head. He had to regrow his entire body in the blink of an eye by spending a ton of Energy to convert it to Life Energy with his Law of Energy Healing. However, even then, he was still injured.


    Then, Gravis had charged at Ste and unleashed a Lightning Crescent.


    However, Ste had never dropped her guard. As soon as she felt a feeling of danger approaching, she readied her saber again and performed several profound movements. This was definitely another kind of Weapon Technique.


    Instead of creating one overpowered attack with a long wind-up, she created an instantaneous attack with a lot of power. It was like she had unleashed a single sh of fire that split space apart. Of course, none of the two were powerful enough to actually split space apart. However, this attack made it appear so.


    Their attacks had shed, creating a powerful storm of destruction. Gravis had been the one in the initiative, which meant that he had received lighter injuries than Ste. His half-dead appearance was mainly the damage that Ste’s earlier attack had caused him.


    Gravis chased Ste, but he felt her Spirit bing active.


    SHING!


    Gravis immediately swapped out his saber with another one. Ste had just tried to destroy the Punishment Lightning on Gravis’ saber with the Composition Law of Punishment Lightning. If she identally hit Gravis’ body and realized that Gravis was also made out of Punishment Lightning, Gravis would most likely die. Gravis had to attack in such a way that she wouldn’t use the Law of Punishment Lightning.


    ’What is this Avatar?’ Ste thought as her mind was going wild. ’I have never seen anything like it!’


    Gravis closed in on Ste. He had to stay as close to her as possible so that she couldn’t recover her bnce and positioning. Right now, she was under severe stress and was forced to defend herself from a suboptimal position, making her attacks and blocks very rough and hasty.


    In this situation, Gravis’ weaker body could triumph.


    SHING!


    A searing fire sh barely missed Gravis’ body, leaving behind intense sounds of fire. Gravis immediately shed at Ste before her sh had even ended.


    nk.


    A second saber appeared in Ste’s free hand, blocking Gravis’ sh.


    As soon as Gravis noticed the new saber, he weakened his attack until it only lightly tapped Ste’s saber. If he had unleashed his full power, Ste would have been pushed into the distance, allowing her to regain her bnce and positioning.


    Ste changed her ns and tried to kick Gravis.


    PACK!


    A third arm came out of Gravis, which quickly caught the foot. Some bones in Gravis’ arm broke when he received the impact, but he quickly healed it.


    PACK! PACK!


    Two other arms came out of Gravis, which quickly grabbed Ste’s arms. One of his feet sprouted sharp and aggressive ws, and Gravis kicked Ste’s remaining leg, hooking his leg to hers.


    Gravis’ beast body was finally showing its advantages.


    Back when Gravis had been a Nascent Nourishing Cultivator, he had realized that thebat-oriented body he had created wasn’t useful in the least in the middle world since it was filled with beasts. It would only show its true power against humans.


    Now, Gravis was fighting a human, and his body was finally unveiling its incredible power. All of Ste’s limbs were locked down, leaving herpletely open.


    For the first time, Ste felt fear. This was bad! Why had she wanted to test Gravis!? If she had directly followed up her attack with another one, this would have never happened! This was not her style normally! How could shemit such a rookie mistake!?


    This was true. Ste had unleashed a single powerful attack without any follow-up attacks. This was definitely not her style since Ste was incredibly careful and never underestimated her opponent. She would have readied subsequent attacks against even weaker opponents than Gravis.


    So, why hadn’t she?


    The Major Law of Control!


    Gravis hadn’t unleashed his Major Law of Control directly with his Will-Aura but had kept it hidden. With this Law, Gravis had elevated Ste’s feeling of control to a higher level than it should be. Ste’s mind realized that Gravis was dangerous, but her feelings told her that she was the one in control.


    To her, it felt like she couldn’t possibly die today. She consciously took note of Gravis’ power and realized that he was a danger, but today just felt like nothing could go wrong. She felt good! She felt like Gravis had no chance against her.


    The Major Law of Control was by far the biggest weapon Gravis had against Ste. Without this Law, she would have readied several other attacks. As long as Ste remained careful, Gravis would, quite frankly, have no chance against her. Ste outmatched him in every department.


    Ste was definitely more powerful than Gravis right now, thanks to her Realm advantage. If they were at the same level, this wouldn’t even be a fight, but Ste’s Battle-Strength was so powerful that Gravis would have no chance against her normally.


    The physical reality was that Ste was more powerful than Gravis.


    However, perceived reality can influence physical reality.


    After all, had the middle Heaven not also been far more powerful than Gravis?


    ’I’m going to die?’ Ste thought in shock.


    She tried to free herself, but Gravis had her firmly in his grasp.


    Then, he brandished his saber.


    And struck.


    SHING!