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.

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

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

bowed politely, just like

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

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

a while, she

everyone, to the tournament!" the old Vice-Sect Master said. The other one was a young man and

will decide who 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,

The participants nodded.

what I should do if she

stepped back and bowed politely to the

The Sect Master nodded.

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

of them was a person from a High-Rank Sect,

the 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

"Begin!"

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

Techniques of his opponent. After all, the opponent came from a

Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only

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

time more than anything else, and

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

hall. Only the participants and the upper echelon of the

elder came up to him and offered him

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

of this with his Spirit Sense and was quite impressed. 'The Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated

you," the

Cultivator and another one from a High-Rank Sect

even bigger

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator

clean up the trash before they start the actual tournament,'

closer, but in the

at the young Vice-Sect Master beside her

Master personally escorted the Cultivator to the

other participants didn't dare to follow them with their Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation. No one would

Gravis thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting

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

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