Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis traveled to the north of the Nine Elements Sect. The tournament would be held in a gigantic arena, 50,000 kilometers wide at the north of the Nine Elements Sect. This arena was reserved explicitly for fights amongst Major Circulation Immortal Kings and Peak Immortal Kings.

Sadly, even though the Nine Elements Sect had shown a lot of splendor with their incredibly expensive chains, the arena was nothing more than a big crater without any life. Not even the Nine Elements Sect could waste so many resources to fill such an arena with powerful materials.

Sure enough, the tournament was popular. Gravis already saw over 10,000 Peak Immortal Kings before the arena. How long would a tournament even take if so many people fought?

Gravis noticed a Mid Minor Circulation Immortal Emperor standing to the side of the crowd, wearing the typical robes of the Nine Elements Sect. The robe had the colors of all the Elements, and for some reason, all the different colors didn't clash with each other.

Gravis arrived in front of the Immortal Emperor under the scrutinizing gazes of the other Immortal Kings. Nearly all of them scoffed in disdain when they felt that Gravis was only a Late Major Circulation Immortal King. What chances could someone so weak have?

The Immortal Emperor looked at Gravis, but he was so bored and annoyed that he didn't even inspect Gravis. He simply pointed to the others.

Gravis took it as a sign that he should go with the others and complied. After walking over to the others, a wide, empty area formed around Gravis. Apparently, none of the Immortal Kings wanted to associate with this Late Major Circulation Immortal King.

This reminded Gravis of the time he joined the entrance exam for the Elemental Guilds in the lower world. Back then, such an empty area had also formed around him.

However, the reasons couldn't be any different.

Usually, these Immortal Kings weren't so arrogant that they wouldn't even acknowledge a Late Major Circulation Immortal King, but this situation was different from usual.

Why was Gravis here?

To gain fame, obviously.

He had to know that he was weaker than anyone else but still decided to come here. He probably wanted to boast to his friends that he had taken part in the tournament for the Holy Maiden's hand.

What a poser!

Gravis inspected the different Immortal Kings with his hidden Spirit Sense and noticed something peculiar.

'There's no one from the High-Rank Sects or Peak Sects,' Gravis thought. 'This means that this is probably some kind of preliminary tournament for Cultivators that are not associated with any powerful Sect. There will probably be a second one with the best from this tournament and the high-ranking Sects.'

It took a couple of days until everything started. During that time, Gravis heard tons of people talking bad about him behind his back. However, Gravis didn't care. He could kill all these Immortal Kings with a thought. The opinions of ants were irrelevant.

"Alright, everyone pay attention," the Immortal Emperor said.

All the Immortal Kings stopped what they were doing and looked at the Immortal Emperor.

"Having so many people fight takes way too long," the Immortal Emperor said with annoyance. "Because of that, I will immediately disqualify everyone that will have zero chance in the actual tournament."

The Immortal Kings listened closely but were confused. How could the Immortal Emperor judge their Battle-Strength?

"Anyone that doesn't have a Will-Aura on the level of an Immortal Emperor, get out," the Immortal Emperor said.

Silence.

A Will-Aura on the level of an Immortal Emperor? That wasn't easy, but it wasn't impossible.

"Sir, this criter- AH!"

but some sort of force threw him into the

leave with some dignity or leave like that person," the Immortal

"But sir- AH!"

thing repeated

seconds," the Immortal

ones that didn't fulfill the requirement shook and left

Peak Immortal Kings, only around 6,000

"AH!"

were thrown into the

that they could stay

Immortal Emperor looked at the gathered people and frowned.

shook. What

doesn't know a level

Nobody moved.

Anyone that doesn't have a level five Law, get out! If you partake in the tournament, and I

"But sir-"

SHING!

the person wasn't thrown

time," the Immortal

Kings left. Many Peak Immortal Kings already knew level five

6,000 Immortal Kings, around 5,000 left. Now,

that knew level five Laws was incredibly rare. These would normally be the most powerful

in this world, a thousand Immortal Kings that weren't even associated with any powerful Sect had already comprehended level five

powerful higher world in the Cosmos. Even some people without any influential background

Immortal Emperor seemed to be fine with that number and finally started to inspect the different candidates. He had to check if someone had snuck past

Immortal King, but

Kings sneered. Finally, this fame-seeking idiot would get what he deserved. With the Immortal Emperor's temperament, Gravis wouldn't be able to

Immortal Emperor saw Gravis, he

Circulation Immortal Emperor? What is

when the Immortal Emperor inspected Gravis' Will-Aura, he

as his! This meant that Gravis had the Will-Aura of a Late Minor Circulation

That was beyond impressive!

of that, the Immortal Emperor decided to let Gravis

Will-Aura of every participant had to be on the level of an Immortal Emperor's was because of the level suppression. There were two levels between Peak Immortal King and Early Minor Circulation Immortal Emperor. This meant that anyone with the Will-Aura of a Peak Immortal King would be suppressed by over 60%.

Gravis' Will-Aura was two levels higher than his opponents', the level suppression would be perfectly nullified. Effectively, Gravis' Will-Aura was just

be much lower, but the Immortal Emperor knew that

everything looks fine," the Immortal Emperor

Kings

guy?" one Immortal King asked as he

him?" the Immortal Emperor asked with

a Late Major Circulation Immortal

didn't care. It was like the guy didn't even

Immortal Emperor

"But- AH!"

the poor guy was thrown into

wasting my time?" the Immortal Emperor