Lightning Is the Only Way

Shock.

The onlookers were shocked.

Ryan was shocked.

Everyone had believed that Gravis was only putting on an empty show to get some more advantages from Ryan. After all, if Gravis could paint a picture of being entirely in the right, Ryan would have to pay so much more to save his daughter. This was how leaders often dealt with these situations. The more righteous their cause appeared, the more the enemy would have to give them.

Instead, Gravis had just killed Samantha.

Was he tired of living!?

SHING!

Ryan was so shocked and distracted that he didn't stop Gravis from teleporting. In an instant, Gravis had already arrived at the Formation Array and touched it.

'This has been created with a level four Law, which means I only need my normal Law of Freedom. I don't even need to use the power of my Avatar,' Gravis thought with a smirk.

FWOOOMP!

With that, Gravis simply stepped through the Formation Array like it didn't even exist.

The eyes of the onlookers nearly fell out of their heads as they saw Gravis leaving. This was possible? How was this possible!?

Even more, the onlookers' minds started to race with the new dynamic that now existed. Nothing stood between them and Gravis now, which meant that they couldn't find a reason to not intervene anymore. They could bend the rules, but they couldn't directly break them.

The rules stated that every battle in the Formation Arrays was final, but when someone offered others enough resources, they could look away for a bit.

This was also what had happened when Ryan had heard about Gravis' new opponent. The two other Sect Masters beside him stopped him.

Why?

So that Ryan was required to bribe them. If he didn't pay them enough resources, they would have stopped him. The same was true for the ten other Sect Masters looking on. Ryan promised them some resources so that they might look away this time.

changed now. Gravis was outside the Formation Array, and Liran immediately appeared beside Gravis. Now, a Sect Master was protecting Gravis, and if Ryan

you could do it! Don't worry about anything else. I'm here now, and no one will touch

directly protecting his disciple, the same one he had sent on this mission, he relied on the power of this soldier to escape from someone much more powerful than them. It was like Liran's actions were dictated by

Sect Master, he should be the one that

person, but his indecisiveness and mental weakness were unfit for his position. If he were only

Gravis and

teammate was more

even a second.

absolute rage as he shot out of the Formation Array, directly at Gravis, who only looked at

looked at each

SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING!

Sect Masters arrived between Ryan and Gravis. The façade had broken down, forcing them to either directly break the rules or keep them up, and they couldn't

create a plan that would result in Gravis' death without anyone knowing that

still had to keep up the façade of the rules being unbreakable! Ryan had to

ten Sect Masters stood between him and his target. Ryan was powerful, but he

Gravis' allies and that they would protect Gravis with their lives, but in reality, they were Ryan's

this and scoffed silently. 'All this hypocrisy is

killed my daughter!" Ryan

Rapier Sect!" Liran shouted as he stepped forward. "Right now, you have not committed an

words

can understand your emotional turmoil, but the rules must be upheld! Pay a fine for intervening in a fight, and the matter will be resolved. However, if you continue attacking, the wrath

echoed this sentiment, and by the end of it, all of them stood in front of

to admit that they are pretty good actors,' Gravis thought. 'Without all the context clues from the earlier situation, I might've even believed

been like this. Those two have never relied on my power to

not the disciple's job to protect the Sect Master's face. The Sect Master is supposed to protect the disciple from unjust actions. Otherwise, if

and gritted his teeth and fists. He wanted to kill Gravis so badly, but he couldn't! If he attacked now, all of his hidden allies would turn on him. The Sect Alliance might be morally flexible in secret but only

Ryan wanted to kill Gravis so very bad! The murderer of his daughter

Masters threw one righteous sermon after the other at Ryan, dissuading him from

seemed to calm down a

and his mind quickly started planning. 'All of these Sect Masters have been bought by him. Several assassination squads will probably come for me soon, while every other Sect Master will just happen to

thought. 'Is there a way for me to deal with

idea if this would work. However, even if it