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.

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

Master that had invited

bowed politely, just

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

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

she

The other one was a young man and

one versus one matches until only three remain. When three

The participants nodded.

know what I should do if

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

The Sect Master nodded.

the Sect Master said politely as everyone's Spirits were moved to

from a High-Rank Sect, while

entered the arena as they waited

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!"

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

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

years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre ones with a ton of

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

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

Cultivator conceded when he realized that he was running

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

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

reach the top

prideful Cultivators the difference between a Sect and an unaffiliated Cultivator. Like

the Sect Master

and another one from a High-Rank Sect stepped

fight was an even

even take ten

"You and you."

Cultivator was

clean up the trash before they start the

in the end,

Master looked at the young Vice-Sect Master beside

Master personally escorted

had no reservation. No one would notice as

Master is inviting this Cultivator as a Core

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 supreme geniuses of the

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