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.

Now, a Sect Master was

Liran transmitted to Gravis with an excited smile. "I knew you could do it! Don't worry about anything else. I'm here now, and no

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

one that dictated all the actions.

weakness were unfit for his position. If he were only a normal Cultivator or a disciple of the Sect,

weakness was endangering Gravis and the remainder of the

teammate was more fearsome than

been afraid of Ryan for even a second. The entire situation was

shouted in absolute rage as he shot out of the Formation Array, directly at Gravis, who

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

over, the Sect Masters would sit together with Ryan and create a plan that would result in Gravis' death without anyone knowing that all of this originated from Ryan. The Sect Masters had

the time! They still had to keep up the façade

stopped as he realized that over ten Sect Masters stood between him and his target. Ryan was powerful, but he couldn't fight so many

Gravis' allies and that they would protect Gravis with their lives, but in

and scoffed silently. 'All this

He killed my daughter!"

the Frost Rapier Sect!" Liran shouted as he stepped forward. "Right now, you have not committed an unforgivable mistake since my disciple is still alive, so, step back! If you release another attack, you will be going openly against

knew how humans acted and what to say in the right situation. His words pitted the entire Sect Alliance against Ryan, and his words and cause were righteous in

Another Sect Master shouted. "We 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 of the entire Sect

and by the end of it, all of them

to admit that they are pretty good actors,' Gravis thought. 'Without all the context clues from

to the side. 'Are all Immortal human Sects like this?' Gravis thought. 'Durian and Lazar hadn't been like this. Those two have never relied on my power to save the Sect's face. Lazar had been incredibly powerful and dealt with everything himself, which was also

Liran, as the Sect Master, relies on the power of his disciples while he is the most powerful. It's 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 my superiors don't even protect me from something more powerful

opposition in his way and gritted his teeth and fists. He wanted to kill Gravis so badly, but he couldn't! If he attacked

wanted to kill Gravis so very bad! The murderer of his daughter stood right in

one righteous sermon after the

while, Ryan seemed to calm down a

have been bought by him. Several assassination squads will probably come for me soon, while every other Sect

'Is there a way for

an idea, but he had no idea if this would work. However, even if it didn't work,