Lightning Is the Only Way

Liran knew exactly what would happen. Yet, he had decided to kill the Core Disciple anyway. Liran knew that this was the most beloved son of the Sect Master of the Punishment Cleaver Sect.

Just as Gravis had expected, the Punishment Cleaver Sect had a relatively weak upper echelon. Their number of peak Immortals and Early Minor Circulation Immortal Kings was far smaller than any other Sect. Yet, their Sect Master was the reason why the Sect managed to hold its ground.

The resources in this area were only bountiful enough to barely let someone reach the Mid Minor Circulation Immortal King Realm. Anything above that would be difficult to achieve or would put a gigantic hole into a Sect's funds.

Due to that, the Sects had agreed that the most powerful person in the Sect would only be of the Mid Minor Circulation Immortal King Realm. Otherwise, if one of them decided to jump out of line and boost themselves to another level, every other Sect would have to follow, which wasn't something that the Sects wanted to do.

That was how the agreement had come into effect. If any Sect decided to break this agreement, the other Sects would force that person to leave the Sect. If they didn't, the wrath of the Sects would descend upon this one Sect.

The Sects were allies, but in truth, they were only waiting for one of them to jump out of line so that they could find a reason to plunder the Sect. On the surface, they acted like they were brothers, but in truth, nearly all of them were snakes ready to strike at any moment of weakness.

Yet, because of this agreement, the Punishment Cleaver Sect managed to stay in their ranks, even with their weak upper echelon.

Their Sect Master could fight a level above himself, something that was rare. He alone could deal with the forces of nearly any other Sect.

This was the Sect Master of the Punishment Cleaver Sect, and he was powerful. Liran knew exactly that killing his son would summon the wrath of this powerful person upon the Unrestrained Sect, but this was just how the Unrestrained Sect was.

The Unrestrained Sect loved freedom, and everyone could do whatever they wanted. If someone wanted to kill someone, they would be allowed to kill them. Repressing one's emotions was not following the path of being unrestrained.

Liran knew that he would die today, and with him, the entire Unrestrained Sect might die too. Yet, he didn't mind. He loved each and every member of his Sect, but he had to stay true to the Sect's philosophy. Every other member would have acted the same.

Gravis' eyes shone.

Whoop!

vanished

Punishment Cleaver Sect appearing, no one paid any attention to Gravis. Not even the guard beside Gravis had noticed that Gravis vanished. There was only one person that noticed Gravis had vanished,

Liran about a

A daring plan.

had shown their mindset and ideology, and Gravis wouldn't allow these kindred spirits of his to vanish from this world. Gravis had already gone all-in in his decision, and he

the Sect Master of the Punishment Cleaver Sect wouldn't care about either of them. This had also been the plan

During that time, Gravis and his son would gather the Unrestrained Sect and follow the protocol

had a different

joined the Unrestrained Sect, and he wouldn't flee when his people were being threatened, even if he had only met two of them. However, only meeting two of them was already enough. The lowest guard and the highest Sect Master followed the same philosophy.

knew that you savages from the Unrestrained Sect would turn on our alliance sooner or later," he said. "Yet, I

level, I would not search for reparations, but you, as a Sect Master, have killed a Core Disciple.

as if you would have let anyone kill your son," he snarked. "Stop lying to my

BANG!

Master as he coldly glared at Liran. "I don't care that you killed my son, but I can't allow the disrespect you have given me by not consulting me before doing it to go unpunished. He was useless anyway, but before you kick a

shock. "I knew that you were a lying piece of shit, Arthur, but I didn't think you were

BANG!

Another lightning bolt.

father!" Arthur shouted. "I have taught him perfectly, but he was simply

spot where the Core Disciple had died. Was this the reason why the Core Disciple had acted this way? No wonder the Core Disciple never accepted any disrespect from anyone without flipping out. His father's constant

gain respect and worship from others since, deep down, he didn't have any of that for himself. He had never been able to live up to his father's expectations, making him feel

their

absolve the Core Disciple from

No.

decision on how to play it. He could have left the