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 means that they are probably

Master that had

politely, just like

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

that he wasn't in danger. As long as

she looked

said. The other one was a young man and remained silent

who. Right now, we have 22 contestants, and we will continue with one versus one matches until

The participants nodded.

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

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

The Sect Master nodded.

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

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

the arena as

sure that no participants would die. The occasional death in the preliminary tournament wasn't bad, which was

"Begin!"

couple

Weapon Techniques of his opponent. After all,

Cultivators could only create their own or buy mediocre ones

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

more than anything else, and Gravis just

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

participants and the upper echelon of the Nine Elements Sect were

elder came up to him and offered him a spot as

gulf between him and the Sects, he realized that he could never reach the top of the world

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 value freedom

and you," the Sect Master

Cultivator and another one from a High-Rank Sect stepped

this fight was an even bigger

even take

"You and you."

Cultivator was called

clean up the trash before they start the actual tournament,' Gravis thought. 'These

the end, the one from the Sect barely

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

personally escorted the Cultivator to

Gravis had no reservation. No one would

thought. 'The Vice-Sect Master is inviting this Cultivator as

powerful disciple from a High-Rank Sect. If they taught him correctly, this

had the most