Lightning Is the Only Way

BANG!

The arrow hit Arthur's chest and exploded. A fountain of blood and organ pieces exploded into the surroundings, and it was hard to tell if he was still alive or not.

SHING!

Liran charged out of the storm of destruction of their previous attacks as he pulled out a new arrow. In an instant, Liran pointed his bow at Arthur's remains again.

Everything below Arthur's chest was destroyed, but his upper chest, arms, and head were still in one piece.

Arthur was still alive, and Liran wanted to end it.

CRACK! BANG!

Arthur immediately summoned an emblem and broke it into pieces. As soon as he did that, a translucent barrier appeared around him, which blocked the new arrow from Liran.

Liran grimaced as Arthur summoned another emblem and broke it.

SHING!

A seemingly translucent sword cut through the frozen space around Arthur and left behind a deep cut.

"Tch," Liran spat, knowing that he wouldn't be able to kill Arthur today. This madman just spent more money than he was worth. Where did he even get all this money from to buy these two emblems?

Arthur threw one last, cold glance at Liran before he flew into the space cut. In an instant, the cut closed, and Arthur was gone.

"Great," Liran spat. "This will get ugly now."

Liran scanned the surroundings one last time to see if anyone was looking.

SHING!

And then, he vanished.

his finger. If Arthur had paid close attention, he would have known that Liran hadn't always worn this ring. This was something that

Clink!

the ring

PACK!

hand appeared that caught the ring in

hand and just beside him stood

What had happened?

as Liran managed to provoke a clash of powerful attacks, Gravis could consume the lightning from Arthur's attack, weakening it tremendously. At that

that taking away the element from an attack would severely weaken it. Like this, Liran's attack would be more powerful than Arthur's. Due to the clash of the attacks, Liran's attack wouldn't be powerful enough to kill Arthur

by spending a ridiculous

did Gravis manage to stay hidden in front of

middle of the fight and could intervene at the perfect time.

hadn't done this since he had ignored everyone but Liran. Liran was the one that had killed his

if I stand in your debt or not, young friend," Liran said with a smile. "On the one hand, you are the reason why all of this happened in the first place, but on the

gratitude. Let's just say that we are friends from now on. Does

slightly. "I don't think so," Gravis said with

Liran's eyebrows furrowed.

respect. "You're my Sect Master, not my friend,"

PENG!

are already teasing your

you want! Say what you want!" Liran shouted. "This is our philosophy for the Unrestrained

attacks. If Gravis wanted to tell him, he would be happy to listen,

said with a

welcome you to our Sect, senior brother," he said. "I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Surem, and I'm responsible for getting new recruits," Surem said. "At least, for now. Dad

the new Ascender. I'm not used to being inside Sects, so don't mind it when I don't