Lightning Is the Only Way

"I would have never thought that you would be here," Zern transmitted to Gravis.

"Why not?" Gravis answered with a laugh.

"Well, first of all, you have a beast-"

Suddenly, Zern's eyes widened, and he looked at the corner of the hall. Every corner had a beast crystal.

Zern saw the beast crystals shining red, and panic appeared in his eyes.

Then, he looked around at everyone else with shock and confusion.

Why was no one noticing that the beast crystals were shining red!?

The bright, red light wasn't subtle. It nearly illuminated the entire hall. It was impossible to not notice something like that!

"Surprised?" Gravis asked with a voice transmission.

Zern looked with surprise at Gravis, while the other disciples from the Sects looked confused at Zern. What was up with that guy? Had he become nervous because of the tournament?

"How has no one noticed the beast crystals?" he asked.

"Secret," Gravis transmitted to Zern. "However, it has something to do with a Law I know."

Zern took a deep breath. "That's really impressive, Gravis. If anyone knew that someone with a beast body was able to enter the central palace of the Nine Elements Sect, they would start fearing that all the beasts could infiltrate them. However, no one would even believe such a thing!"

Gravis had to chuckle.

Zern and Gravis continued talking for a while. It was nice to see a familiar face among all these strangers.

Some minutes later, one of the doors opened, and several people entered.

All of them wore the uniform of the Nine Elements Sect. There were three in total, and Gravis couldn't feel the power of any one of them.

This meant that all of them were at least in the Major Circulation Immortal Emperor Realm.

Even more, Gravis knew two of those people.

In the middle of the three people was a woman with blue hair. Gravis had never met her, but he had seen her picture in the hallway.

This was the current Sect Master of the Nine Elements Sect.

The woman smiled politely at the candidates, but her smile seemed frosty. There was no happiness or kindness behind that smile. It was like a being without emotion was trying to be polite.

Major Circulation Immortal Emperor, and the other two should be Vice-Sect Masters, which means that they are probably at the Mid Major Circulation Immortal

Vice-Sect Master that had invited

just like everyone

the greetings were over, Gravis saw the Sect Master looking intently at him. It was like she was inspecting him with

he knew that he wasn't in danger. As long as she didn't suspect that Gravis was a beast, she wouldn't

a while, she looked

other one was a young man and remained silent besides the

will fight who. Right now, we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until only three remain. When three candidates remain, we will let the three candidates fight in

The participants nodded.

here,' Gravis thought nervously. 'How am I supposed to know what I should do if she isn't here? I need to lure

stepped back and bowed politely to the

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely as everyone's

a High-Rank Sect, while another

arena as

die. The occasional death in the preliminary tournament wasn't bad, which was why the

"Begin!"

other, but just after a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear on who

the powerful Weapon Techniques of his opponent. After all, the opponent came from

Cultivators could

imagine creating something as intricate and complex as the Weapon Technique that Stella had shown

more than anything

seconds, the fight ended. The unaffiliated Cultivator conceded when he

Cultivator then had to leave the hall. Only the participants and the upper echelon

close to leaving the central palace, another elder came up to him and offered him a spot as

reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple that had rejected the invitation previously accepted it this

Spirit Sense and was quite impressed. 'The Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated Cultivator. Like this, they can

and you," the

Cultivator and another one from

was an even bigger massacre than the

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

third unaffiliated Cultivator

think they want to clean up the trash before they start the actual tournament,' Gravis thought.

was much closer, but in the end, the one from the

Vice-Sect Master beside her for a

Master personally escorted the

Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation. No one

thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting

good fight against a powerful disciple from a High-Rank

had the most powerful and most talented people. A Core Disciple was supposed to be stronger than