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.

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

person Gravis recognized was the Vice-Sect Master that had

just like everyone

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

As long as

a while, she looked

the old Vice-Sect Master said. The other one was a young

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

The participants nodded.

what I should do if she isn't here? I need

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

The Sect Master nodded.

said politely as everyone's Spirits were

a High-Rank Sect, while another was

the arena as they waited for

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 the disciples. After all, this was a gathering of

"Begin!"

immediately 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, the opponent came from

years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre

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

Technique required time more than anything else,

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

Only the participants and the upper echelon of the

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

reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple that had rejected the

shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated Cultivator. Like this, they can pull even these prideful people that value freedom into

the

and another one from a High-Rank Sect stepped

was an even

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator was

they start the actual

in the end, the one from the

Vice-Sect Master beside

the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted

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

inviting this Cultivator

fight against a powerful disciple from a High-Rank Sect. If

had the most powerful and most talented people. A Core Disciple was supposed