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.

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

had invited him

politely, just like

Gravis saw the Sect Master looking intently at

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

while, she looked

Master said. The other one was a young man

versus one matches until only three

The participants nodded.

to know what I should do

to the Sect Master. "Sect Master, if you

The Sect Master nodded.

Master said politely as everyone's Spirits were

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

two participants entered the arena as they waited for the signal

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

"Begin!"

other, but just after a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear

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

their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre ones with

intricate and complex as the Weapon Technique that Stella had shown

time more than anything else, and Gravis just hadn't

the fight ended. The unaffiliated Cultivator conceded when

Only the participants and the upper echelon of the Nine Elements

when the Cultivator was close to leaving the central palace, another elder came up to him and

saw the gulf between him and the Sects, he realized that he could never reach the top of the world without

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,

the

unaffiliated Cultivator and another one from a High-Rank Sect

fight was an even bigger massacre

even take ten

"You and you."

Cultivator was

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

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

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

Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the

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

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

unaffiliated Cultivator to put up such a good fight against a powerful

supposed 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