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.

other two should be Vice-Sect Masters, which means that they

Vice-Sect Master that had invited

bowed politely, just

intently at him. It was like she was inspecting him with her Spirit

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

a while, she looked away

the old Vice-Sect Master said. The other one was a young man and remained silent besides the

we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until only three remain.

The participants nodded.

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

back and bowed politely to the Sect

The Sect Master nodded.

you," the Sect Master said politely

a person from a High-Rank Sect, while

arena as they

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 that. However, here, it was essential to protect the disciples.

"Begin!"

couple

fought bravely, but he just couldn't compete with the powerful Weapon Techniques of his opponent. After all, the opponent came from

Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own

creating something as intricate and complex as the

Technique required time more than anything else, and Gravis

conceded when he realized that he was running

leave the hall. Only the participants and the upper echelon of

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

Cultivator saw the gulf between him and the Sects, he realized that he could never reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple that had rejected the invitation previously accepted it

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

the Sect Master

and another one from a High-Rank Sect

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 actual tournament,'

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

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

Master personally escorted the Cultivator

didn't dare 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

'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this Cultivator as a Core Disciple. Obviously, the

had caught the eye of 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, this new disciple would be able to run over all the supreme geniuses of

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