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.

Major Circulation Immortal Emperor, and the other two should be Vice-Sect Masters, which

other person Gravis recognized was the Vice-Sect Master that had invited him into

bowed politely, just like everyone

saw the Sect Master looking intently at him. It

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

she looked away

old Vice-Sect Master said. The other one was

Right now, we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until only three remain. When three candidates

The participants nodded.

what I should

and bowed politely to the Sect

The Sect Master nodded.

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

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

two participants entered the arena as they waited

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 was why the elder hadn't cared about that. However, here, it

"Begin!"

just after a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear on who

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

the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre

couldn't even imagine creating something as intricate and complex as the Weapon Technique that Stella had

required time more than anything else,

fight ended. The unaffiliated Cultivator conceded when he realized that

then had to leave the hall. Only the participants and the

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

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

and was quite impressed. 'The Nine Elements Sect shows these prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated

the Sect

Cultivator and another one from a High-Rank Sect stepped

fight was an even bigger massacre than the previous

fight didn't even

"You and you."

Cultivator was

before they start the actual tournament,' Gravis thought.

in the end, the

looked at the young Vice-Sect Master beside her

that, the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the Cultivator

participants didn't 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

Gravis thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this Cultivator as a Core Disciple. Obviously, the guy

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

A Peak Sect was a Peak Sect because they had the most powerful and most talented people. A Core Disciple was supposed