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.

Sect 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 Immortal Emperor Realm. Quite a powerful lineup,'

had invited him into the Sect. His

just

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

while, she looked away

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

esteemed Sect Master will decide who will fight who. Right now, we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until

The participants nodded.

isn't here,' Gravis thought nervously. 'How am I supposed to know what I should do if she isn't here? I need

Vice-Sect Master stepped back and bowed politely to the Sect

The Sect Master nodded.

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

person from a High-Rank Sect, while another

two participants entered the arena as they waited for the

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

"Begin!"

other, but just after a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear on who the victor

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

Sects had millions of years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create

intricate and complex as the Weapon Technique

Weapon Technique required time more than

fight ended. The unaffiliated Cultivator conceded when he realized that he was running

and the upper echelon of the

palace, another elder came up to him and offered him

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

saw all of this with 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, they can pull even these prideful people that

the

one from

even bigger massacre than the previous

fight didn't even take ten

"You and you."

unaffiliated Cultivator

want to clean up the trash before they start

fight was much closer, but in the

Vice-Sect Master beside her for a second,

that, the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the Cultivator

Spirit Sense, but Gravis had no reservation. No one would notice

Master is inviting this Cultivator

had caught the 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

the most powerful and most talented people. A Core Disciple was supposed to be stronger than any genius outside a Peak