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.

Emperor, and the other two should be Vice-Sect Masters, which

the Vice-Sect Master that had invited him into the Sect.

bowed politely, just like

Gravis saw the Sect Master looking intently at him. It was like she was inspecting

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

while, she looked

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

Right now, we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until

The participants nodded.

'How am I supposed to know what I should do if she isn't here? I need to lure her out

politely to the Sect Master. "Sect Master,

The Sect Master nodded.

politely as

was a person from a High-Rank Sect, while

as they waited for the signal to

Vice-Sect Master also stepped into the arena. Apparently, 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 that. However, here, it was essential to protect the disciples.

"Begin!"

two participants immediately started battling each other, but just after a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear

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

of years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could

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

required time more than

conceded when he realized

and the upper echelon of the Nine

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

the Cultivator saw the gulf between him and the Sects, he realized that he could never reach the top of the

Spirit Sense and was quite impressed. 'The Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and

and you," the Sect

Cultivator and another one from

even

didn't even take

"You and you."

Cultivator was called

up the trash before they start the actual tournament,'

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

young Vice-Sect Master beside her for a

personally escorted the Cultivator to

dare to follow them with their Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation.

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

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

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 than any genius outside a Peak