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

Master that had

politely, just like everyone

the Sect Master looking intently at him. It was

that he wasn't in danger. As long as

while, she

other one was a young man and remained silent

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.

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

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

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely

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

participants entered the arena as they waited for the

acting as a referee, and he would also make sure that no participants would die. The occasional death in the preliminary tournament

"Begin!"

started battling each other, but just after a couple

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

unaffiliated Cultivators could only create

creating something as intricate and complex as the Weapon Technique that Stella had shown him

a powerful Weapon Technique required time more than anything else, and Gravis

conceded

participants and the upper echelon of the Nine Elements Sect were

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

could never reach the top of the world without joining

his Spirit Sense and was quite impressed. 'The Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated Cultivator. Like this, they can pull

the

Cultivator and another one from a

was an even bigger massacre than the

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator

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

in the end,

young Vice-Sect Master beside her for a second,

that, the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the

but Gravis had no reservation. No one would notice as long as he didn't

Vice-Sect Master is inviting this

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 correctly, this new disciple would be able to run over all the

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