Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis flew slowly, so it took him about an hour to arrive. Several other people also appeared in front of him, asking him if he was new. They introduced themselves and told Gravis that he could come over to their place and talk.

Gravis was quite surprised about why so many people came to him, so he asked one of the later arrivals why everyone was so friendly. Apparently, the fact that Gravis slowly flew through the Sect and didn't teleport gave others the impression that he wanted to start a conversation but didn't want to intrude. It was like someone waiting politely near someone's home.

Gravis didn't mind and decided that he might as well get to know more people of the Sect. Everyone was rather forthcoming and polite, except Long Johnson. Apparently, from what Gravis had heard from others, Long Johnson loved being a kind of schoolyard bully. He thought that it would spice things up a bit in the serene and boring surroundings.

Gravis had to agree that Long Johnson's conduct really spiced things up. That guy was hilarious!

After Gravis arrived at the central hub, he quickly entered the largest building he could see. The building wasn't isolated by Formation Arrays, which allowed everyone to look and listen in. Gravis thought that this was quite nice and transparent of the upper echelon of the Sect.

There were no guards or anything similar in front of the building, and Gravis could enter without being stopped. Probably any member of the Unrestrained Ones could enter if they so chose to. The Sect really embraced freedom.

There were no doors in the entire building, and Gravis stepped into a relatively small hall with a couple wooden chairs. Gravis could see a total of twenty chairs, but only seven were in use right now. There were even tables filled with drinks and different kinds of fruit.

Yet, in comparison to the simple surroundings, the people being in there were nothing but simple. Liran sat in one of the chairs, seemingly at random. If one entered this room, they wouldn't know who the leader was based on the position of the chairs.

On two other chairs, Gravis saw two other Immortal Kings, but in comparison to Liran, they were in the Early Minor Circulation Realm. Those were probably Vice Sect Masters.

The remaining four people were Peak Immortals. Those were probably the elders.

"Hey, Gravis," Liran said with a smile. "Glad you could make it. Grab a seat."

Gravis shrugged with a smile and simply took a seat close to the Sect Master.

"It's actually scary how well you fit into the Sect," Liran said with a chuckle.

"Why?" Gravis asked.

Vice Sect Masters?" Liran asked

fruits on the table and ate it. The taste was sweet but also kind of thick. It was like biting

unceremoniously after swallowing. He skipped the small talk and directly went

"Why?" Liran asked.

freedom," Gravis answered

embarrassment. "Yes, that's why I asked you to come,"

seen mine," Gravis said after he ate even more fruit. These things were great! "I want to

confusion at each other. This whole conversation already confused them, to begin with. Gravis could show his Avatar? Did

"I can't," Liran said.

not?" Gravis asked as he stopped eating. He had expected that Liran would agree. This didn't

Cultivation. This is so

got to do with

Avatar," Liran said as he took out his bow and

he looked at the bow. "I don't get

Laws and our Weapon Law. Taking

as a lot of

killed himself when Gravis took away his

one's Avatar in a weapon probably came with a ton of risks, and one of these

in their weapon meant that the Avatar was physical and could easily be broken and stolen. Taking the weapon away from that one guy probably broke the connection between the Avatar and him. He probably even forgot all the Laws inside his

fought without their Avatars even though

wasn't that they hadn't used their Avatars, but that they had fought with them from the very

If a weapon broke, the Avatar would also break. Yet, was that really a disadvantage? A normal Avatar could also be attacked,

Heaven. Gravis would probably still be fighting against the