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 they are probably at the Mid Major Circulation

Vice-Sect Master that had invited him into the Sect.

politely, just like

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

nervous, but he knew that he wasn't in danger. As long as she didn't suspect that Gravis was a beast, she

a while, she looked away

tournament!" the old Vice-Sect Master said. The other one was a young man and remained

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

The participants nodded.

to know what I should do

to the Sect Master. "Sect Master, if you may," he

The Sect Master nodded.

and you," the Sect Master said politely as everyone's Spirits were moved

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

entered the arena as

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

"Begin!"

started battling each other, but just after a couple of

of

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

something as intricate and complex as the

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

unaffiliated Cultivator conceded when he realized that he was running

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

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

the gulf between him and the Sects, he realized that he could never reach the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the

Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated Cultivator. Like this, they

and you," the

and another one from

an even bigger

even take ten

"You and you."

Cultivator was

think they want to clean up the trash before they start

the end, the one from

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

the Vice-Sect Master personally

follow them with their Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation.

thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this

eye 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.

was what a Core Disciple was 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 stronger than any genius