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

TWANG! TWANG!

just the correct amount of lightning. Something like this was incredibly difficult and wasn't possible without the

fought from a distance, but Arthur had the superiority in speed. Arthur easily blocked all

BANG!

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

So, how was it possible that Arthur had

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

Lightning's Explosiveness. This Law boosted his Punishment Cleaver to

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

Arthur only knew the High-Tier Law of Lightning's Explosiveness, he would only be average. Yet, his High-Tier

Liran was helpless.

bow, he needed to fight from a distance. Thanks to the wind element, Liran was also a bit faster than average for an Immortal

With Liran's Law of Major Suppression, he managed to slow Arthur by

losing exchanges, Liran already became injured. In comparison,

showed determination. "If I'm going to die, I might

WHOOOOM!

which started to warp the surroundings. This was his most powerful

me? You know exactly of my power. I wouldn't have taken you for such a fool, but once again, you surprise me

well," Arthur said as he readied

BZZZZZZZZ!

an unreal amount of Punishment Lightning. He was also readying his most

CRACK!

more intensity as

Laws, the

Weapon Cultivation was different from

to

it was now two level

matter how much Energy you use, I will match it, and I will always

be," Liran said with a relieved smile like he just felt a weight leave his shoulders. His determined look seemed

expression of someone

was the look of someone who had already accepted that they would

expression. "Yet, if I don't try, I will never know, right?" he said with a smile

You don't realize your own situation even when you stare death in the face," Arthur said coldly. "It seems you need to feel death first to

a slash. "In your next

Silence.

Several seconds passed.

at Liran with his raised saber while Liran

your grand shout?" Liran asked with a smirk. "No, I'd rather watch