Lightning Is the Only Way

Arthur pulled out his saber.

WHOOOOOM!

His Will-Aura broke the earth as the guards barely managed to flee. Yet, some of them were still caught up in the Will-Aura and couldn't move anymore. This spelled their doom if the other guards didn't act correctly. As soon as Liran and Arthur clashed, they would be reduced to dust.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

All guards that managed to flee immediately cracked an emblem.

SHING! SHING! SHING!

A ton of powerful Immortals appeared. These Immortals were not there to rescue the already fleeing guards but to rescue the suppressed guards. The Sects had an interwoven network of alliances, friendships, trade agreements, rivalries, and enmities. The allied Sects called their powerful Immortals to get their captured allies out of there.

SHING!

These powerful Immortals threw one glance at the sky and quickly retrieved the suppressed guards from their allied Sects. Like this, 90% of all guards escaped unscathed.

The last 10% didn't have allies that were currently free. This meant that they would only be left to die. Even worse, no one would avenge them. The winner of the fight would only need to pay their Sect for their lives.

They were Immortals! They were supposed to be powerful! Yet, their lives could be bought off just like this!? Why had they even cultivated to this Realm if they would simply die like mortals?

WHOOM!

Liran also activated his Will-Aura and directly confronted Arthur's Will-Aura, pushing it just far away enough to allow the captured guards to escape. Liran didn't do this because of some empathy for them, but because he hated it when others were suppressed. He had been suppressed for a long time in his life, and he didn't want others to feel this pain, at least as long as they were not his enemy.

All the guards immediately fled, not even looking at Liran or thanking him. They only wanted to save their own hides.

Yet, Liran didn't mind. He wasn't doing it for them but for himself.

Right now, only Liran and Arthur remained. No one else was there.

Even the son of Liran had seemingly vanished into thin air.

"Do you think that your Sect will be able to escape my wrath, Liran?" Arthur asked coldly. "I will hunt down each and every last one of them. Your so-called Sect won't see another tomorrow. You have killed my child, and I will kill all of your children."

CRRR!

Liran's bow pulled taut with another Suppression Arrow. "Put your saber where your mouth is, Arthur. First, you need to get past me."

"Pff," Arthur spat in arrogance. "Do you honestly believe you can hold on for more than ten exchanges?"

"Maybe," Liran said with a smirk. "Maybe I have a surprise for you."

"Empty boasts!"

BANG!

forward in

TWANG! TWANG!

the correct amount of lightning. Something like this

Arthur had the superiority in speed. Arthur

BANG!

blocked with his bow, but Liran got shot into the distance. They were on the same Realm, but Arthur had a vastly superior

So, how was it possible that Arthur had the edge

level four Laws. This was the High-Tier Law of Muscle Strength. This allowed Arthur to increase his speed

Law of Lightning's Explosiveness. This

was average. The High-Tier Law of Muscle Strength worked wonders against humans but was basically useless against beasts. If a human went into close combat with a beast, they would lose devastatingly. It didn't make

be average. Yet, his High-Tier Law of

Liran was helpless.

average for an Immortal King, but not by much. The speed advantage of the wind element already started to

Will-Aura was only a little bit stronger than Liran's. With Liran's Law of Major Suppression, he managed to slow Arthur by nearly 40%. Sadly, this was still not enough to close the speed

Liran already became injured. In comparison, Arthur hadn't

I might as well take you down with

WHOOOOM!

and Spirit into his arrow, which started to warp the surroundings. This was his

of my power. I

well," Arthur said as he

BZZZZZZZZ!

out in an unreal amount of Punishment Lightning.

CRACK!

saber crackled with far more intensity as he also infused it with the High-Tier Law

two level four Laws, the Major Law of Suppression and the High-Tier Law of

Cultivation was different from normal

power to an attack. Not even Gravis was able to do this with

now two level four Laws against

said coldly. "No matter how much Energy you use, I will match it, and I will always come out

a relieved smile like he just felt a weight leave his shoulders. His

Liran showed the expression

look of someone who had already

forlorn expression. "Yet, if I don't try,

you stare death in

saber and readied himself for a slash. "In your next life, don't be

Silence.

Several seconds passed.

only glared at Liran with his

I will directly attack after your grand shout?" Liran asked with a smirk. "No, I'd rather watch you hold this pose