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.

Vice-Sect Masters, which means that they are probably

the Vice-Sect Master that had invited

just like everyone

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

that he wasn't in danger. As

a while, she looked

other one was a young

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,

The participants nodded.

'How am I supposed to know what I should do if she isn't here? I need to lure

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

The Sect Master nodded.

the Sect Master said politely as

High-Rank Sect, while another was from

participants entered the arena as they waited

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 was essential to protect the disciples. After all, this was a gathering of

"Begin!"

a couple of seconds, everyone was already clear

he just couldn't compete with the powerful Weapon Techniques of his

of years to perfect their Weapon Techniques, while the unaffiliated Cultivators could only create their own

still couldn't even imagine creating something as intricate and complex

than anything else, and Gravis just

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

and the upper echelon of the Nine

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

the top of the world without joining one. Therefore, the disciple

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

and you," the Sect

and another one from a

an even bigger massacre than the

fight didn't even take

"You and you."

Cultivator was

up the trash before they start the

closer, but in the end, the one from the Sect barely

Master looked at the young Vice-Sect Master beside her for

that, the Vice-Sect Master personally escorted the Cultivator to

reservation. No one would notice as long as he didn't include the Vice-Sect Master

is inviting this Cultivator as a Core Disciple. Obviously, the guy

the Sect Master. It was rare for an unaffiliated Cultivator to put up such a good fight against a powerful disciple

be. A Peak Sect was a Peak Sect because they had the most powerful and