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

other person Gravis recognized was the Vice-Sect Master that had invited him into the Sect. His smile actually

politely, just like

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

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

while, she

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

esteemed Sect Master 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, we will let the three candidates fight in an everyone

The participants nodded.

thought nervously. 'How am I supposed to know what I should do if

back and bowed politely to the

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely as everyone's Spirits were moved

of them was a person from a High-Rank Sect, while another was from the

the arena as they

death in the preliminary tournament wasn't bad, which was why the elder hadn't cared about that. However, here, it was essential

"Begin!"

couple of seconds, everyone was

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

their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their

still couldn't even imagine creating something as intricate and complex as the Weapon

Technique required time more than anything else,

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

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

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

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

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

you," the

one from a High-Rank

even bigger massacre than

even take

"You and you."

third unaffiliated Cultivator was called

the trash before they start the actual

the end, the one from the Sect

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

Master personally escorted the Cultivator

Gravis had no reservation. No one would notice as long as he didn't include the Vice-Sect

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

that Cultivator 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

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