While an underwater battle against a powerful monster would prove difficult for many climbers, I wasn’t just any climber. Battling underwater wouldn’t hinder me, and in fact, it was practically an advantage, akin to being given wings in a sky battle—I could manipulate lightning at will, after all. 1

Moreover, it didn’t matter whether the monster was visible or not. Electrocuted water wasn’t limited by something like vision.0

Now that I felt confident about my own chances, I started thinking about how the average climber would have fared in my situation.0

The water would strongly inhibit mobility, but the inability to breathe would pose a far more significant problem. The unseen monster, likely invisible, would wait for the perfect moment to strike, just like an assassin.0

It wouldn’t attack immediately. Instead, it would wait, biding its time until oxygen deprivation made the climber’s mind sluggish.0

Without a way to obtain oxygen, it would be impossible to even react.0

When I thought it through, this trial was undeniably difficult.0

Unfortunately for it, however, I had both a source of oxygen and the power of lightning.0

Actually, do I even need the oxygen bubble?0

On second thought, with how quickly Lightning Essence would work, the monster would be dead long before I ran out of breat...0