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!"

spoke up, but some sort of force threw him into the horizon. Obviously, the Immortal Emperor was

or

"But sir- AH!"

same thing

seconds," the Immortal Emperor

didn't fulfill the

Immortal Kings,

"AH!"

150 people were thrown into the

thought that they could

the gathered people and frowned. "Still

Immortal Kings shook. What would it be this

doesn't know a level

Nobody moved.

myself. Anyone that doesn't have a level five Law, get out! If you partake in the tournament, and I don't see you using one, I will kill

"But sir-"

SHING!

person wasn't thrown into the distance

the

Many Peak Immortal Kings already knew level five Laws, but it

Kings, around 5,000 left. Now, there

level five Laws was incredibly rare. These would normally

that weren't even associated with any powerful Sect had already comprehended level five Laws, and these people were only a small part

Even some people without any influential

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

every Immortal King, but it

Kings sneered. Finally, this fame-seeking idiot would get what he deserved. With the Immortal

Emperor saw

Late Major Circulation Immortal

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

was just as powerful as his! This meant that Gravis had the Will-Aura of a

That was beyond impressive!

Immortal Emperor decided to let

why the 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

Major Circulation Immortal King and Peak Immortal King. However, since Gravis' Will-Aura was two levels higher than his opponents', the level suppression would be perfectly nullified. Effectively, Gravis' Will-Aura was just

much lower, but the Immortal Emperor knew that someone

fine," the

Kings

guy?" one Immortal King asked as he pointed

Immortal

a Late Major Circulation Immortal King!" the Immortal

like the guy didn't

the Immortal Emperor

"But- AH!"

was thrown into

my time?" the