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.

the other two should be Vice-Sect Masters, which means that they are probably at the Mid Major Circulation Immortal Emperor Realm. Quite a powerful lineup,'

had invited him into the Sect. His smile actually felt

bowed politely, just like

over, Gravis saw the Sect Master looking intently at him. It

he wasn't in danger. As long as she didn't suspect

a while, she

other one was a young man

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.

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

back and bowed politely to the Sect Master.

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely as everyone's Spirits were

was a person from a High-Rank Sect,

arena as they

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

"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,

while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre ones with a ton of

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

such a powerful Weapon Technique required time more than anything else, and Gravis just hadn't

conceded when

Only the participants and the upper echelon of the Nine

elder came

realized that he could never reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple that had rejected

these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated

and you," the

and another one from

an even bigger massacre than

didn't even

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator was called

clean up the trash before they start the actual tournament,' Gravis thought. 'These unaffiliated

in the end,

Vice-Sect Master beside

personally escorted the

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

as I've thought,' Gravis 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

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