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.

Vice-Sect Masters, which means that they are probably at the Mid

the Vice-Sect Master that had invited him

politely, just like everyone

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

nervous, but he knew that he wasn't in danger. As long as she

she looked

said. The other one was a young man and remained silent besides the Sect

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 versus everyone match!" the

The participants nodded.

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

back and bowed politely to the Sect Master. "Sect Master, if you

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely as everyone's Spirits

was a person from a High-Rank Sect, while another was from

two participants entered the arena as they

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. After all, this was a gathering

"Begin!"

couple of seconds, everyone was already clear

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

Sects had millions of years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own

something as intricate and complex

Technique required time more than anything

Cultivator conceded

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

elder came up to him and

top of the world without joining

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

the

unaffiliated Cultivator and another one from

an even bigger

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

third unaffiliated Cultivator

before they start the actual tournament,' Gravis thought. 'These unaffiliated Cultivators really aren't that

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

Vice-Sect Master beside her for a

Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the Cultivator to the

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 his

Gravis thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this Cultivator as

It was rare for an unaffiliated Cultivator to put up such a good fight against a powerful

was supposed to be. A Peak Sect was a Peak Sect because they had the