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.

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

that had invited him into

politely, just like everyone

the Sect Master looking intently at

wasn't in danger. As long as she

while, she

The other one was a young man and remained silent besides

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

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

Master stepped back and bowed politely to the Sect Master.

The Sect Master nodded.

you," the Sect Master said politely as everyone's

a person from a High-Rank Sect, while

the arena as they waited

he would be acting as a referee, and he would also make sure that no participants would die. The occasional death in the preliminary tournament wasn't bad, which was why the elder hadn't cared about

"Begin!"

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

just couldn't compete with the powerful Weapon Techniques of his opponent. After all, the opponent came from a powerful Sect with

Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create

as intricate and complex as the

Weapon Technique required time more than anything else, and

Cultivator conceded when he realized

the hall. Only the participants and the upper echelon of

came up to him and offered

never reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple that had

with his 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 pull even these prideful people that value freedom

and you," the

unaffiliated Cultivator and another one from a High-Rank

fight was an even bigger massacre than the

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator was called

before they start the

closer, but in the end, the

Vice-Sect Master beside her for a second, and the Vice-Sect Master

the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the Cultivator to

to follow them with their Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation. No one would notice as long as he didn't include the Vice-Sect Master in

I've thought,' Gravis thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this Cultivator as a

the Sect Master. It was rare for an unaffiliated Cultivator to put up such a good fight against a powerful disciple from a High-Rank Sect. If they taught him correctly,

supposed to be. A Peak Sect was a Peak Sect because they had the most powerful and most talented people. A Core Disciple was supposed to be stronger