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.

later, Liran stopped moving. He looked around again to see if anyone was watching before taking a ring off his finger. If Arthur had paid close attention, he would

Clink!

the ring

PACK!

appeared that caught the

Gravis' hand and just beside

What had happened?

if Liran played it right. As long as Liran managed to provoke a clash of powerful attacks, Gravis could consume the lightning from Arthur's attack, weakening it tremendously.

the only thing that would change. Another thing was 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 immediately, but it would injure him heavily.

by spending

Gravis manage to stay

of the fight and could intervene at the perfect time. Second, Gravis would be hidden inside the Life Ring. Immortal Kings could see Gravis'

since he had ignored everyone but Liran. Liran was the one that had killed his son, and the surrounding

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 other hand, you

what? Screw all this complicated nonsense of debt and gratitude. Let's just say that we are friends

think

Liran's eyebrows furrowed.

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

PENG!

arrived and are already teasing your Sect Master," Liran said with a smirk, "but that's exactly how

you want!" Liran

influence Arthur's attacks. If Gravis wanted to tell him, he would be happy to listen,

Gravis 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 told me I should get out more and talk with others, which

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