Lightning Is the Only Way

Liran's world broke down.

His Sect was destroyed, and now his son was dead too?

Why?

Why had all of this happened?

Why was the world against him?

What had he done to deserve this?

"Ahahaha!"

Arthur laughed loudly as he saw Liran's shocked expression.

Pack!

Arthur threw the head over, and Liran caught it out of reflex. In shock, Liran looked down at the head, and the last expression of Surem was still very visible on his face.

Rage, hatred, anger, tragedy, sadness.

There were still wet spots on Surem's face from the tears he had cried. His expression showed pure pain, denial, and anger. It was the expression of someone so angry with the world that they had given up, trying to find solace in death.

Gravis took a deep breath as he saw the head. He wanted to say that this had nothing to do with him, but his emotions disagreed.

Gravis wanted to say that he didn't care, but deep down, he did care. In his mind, Surem's death was a tragedy. Surem was far better than his father, and he had had a great mindset.

However, sometimes, when one lost control over their emotions, all the good things of a person couldn't make up for the emotional mistakes one committed.

Gravis didn't really see Surem as a friend, but he also wasn't a stranger.

Gravis had wanted to stop him, but he also didn't want to force his protection on him.

If they had been closer, Gravis might have forced Surem to stay, but they hadn't been that close.

no matter if it was right or wrong. Surem wasn't a little kid. He had been an Immortal that had lived for over a thousand years. If someone like

Surem's head and also

Arthur said from a distance. "I have already

voice as over a

the other Sect Masters. All his

Wasn't there

explanation. 'The meeting,' he thought. 'Liran was supposed to be away for several days but came back after only a

Masters looked around

was the Unrestrained

corpses, but nothing but dust remained. Not even a single sign of a Sect could be seen. There were no ruins, no corpses, no flames,

There was only dust.

could have so

and feelings were genuine. After all, not every Sect Master had been involved in this plot. Probably not even

of people who genuinely wanted to create a home for themselves. However, the small portion of filth had tainted the entire

long as the minority of selfish Cultivators remained unpunished, the entire Sect Alliance would be

good and trusting people one had in the

Arthur said. "As you see, the Unrestrained Sect has been utterly annihilated, and only two people remain, the Sect Master and

a decision. Is such a Sect worthy of staying in the Sect Alliance?"

shouted in anger. "One of our allies has been killed,

with righteousness. "I grieve for our lost comrades as much as you, but we have to look to the future. As the highest power, it is our obligation to be

ranks, we will have to grant the same status to any other visitor. What of Cultivators in the Core Regions? One Immortal King

one said a

a lone Immortal King to represent a Sect, we will be in

to protect the Sect Alliance and everyone in it. Therefore, I will initiate a vote now. I hereby call a vote for removing the Unrestrained Sect of

you mad!?" another Sect Master shouted. "Your feud with Liran has been

much as it pains me to admit it, Arthur is right. For now,

a third one said. "We can talk about this tragedy later. For now, we need

Did no one see what was happening right now!? This was

met the gazes of

them looked to the side,

looked at him with

discomfort and

looked with compassion