Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis' world broke down.

'It's over!' he thought. 'Stella feels genuine fear towards me. My past actions are still fresh in her mind. She hates me!'

The fear in Stella's eyes hurt Gravis deep inside. The one person he loved feared him.

Suddenly, Gravis saw Stella's eyes darting to the corner of the hall, and her eyes widened in shock. Then, she looked around the room at the others. By now, her expression had changed to an aloof one.

However, in the end, her eyes returned to Gravis.

The fear was gone.

Instead, only confusion was left.

Gravis was also confused by Stella's actions, but then he realized.

'So, she knows,' Gravis thought. 'She has always known. I should have realized.'

However, Gravis' nervousness vanished as relief washed over him.

'She knows that I have a beast body. That was why she was afraid. She wasn't afraid of me but for me.'

'Of course her teacher would have informed her. I never told her of my beast body, but her teacher would have definitely noticed. She probably informed Stella of my beast body.'

Gravis almost couldn't stop himself from smiling.

Another big worry of his had been that Stella would deny him as soon as she heard that he had a beast body. After all, humans were not normally attracted to beasts.

Yet, since Stella had known from the very beginning, it meant that everything between them had been genuine.

The Sect Master was the only one that noticed Stella's imperceptible actions. Stella had camouflaged her actions very well, but the Sect Master knew her very closely.

After all, the Sect Master had acted as Stella's aunt for thousands of years.

one noticed,

hadn't noticed that Stella had also

fears this Cultivator?' the Sect Master thought. 'She's the Nine Elements Sect's Holy Maiden, even if that won't

something, and everything

told me that this person has once battled her to

Sect Master stealthily

this the person

the Nine Elements

frowned, but

if his Battle-Strength is real, he might actually

the Sect Master's expression quickly changed to a hidden

Stella to not elicit any suspicion. However, he had already contacted Stella.

Sect Master can feel when you send a voice transmission to me, but she can't feel mine thanks to a new Law I know," Gravis transmitted.

Stella didn't react.

will come and find you when the problem is solved, and that time is now!"

over 40,000 years, I have missed you. I wanted to see your smile every day. I wanted to hear

"Stella, I love you."

Stella didn't react.

and I can understand if you don't want to be with me. I know that there is a high chance

to be with me, I will repay you for what I have done

have a surefire way to get out of here with you and Liam. I know that Liam also needs to escape, or you will never be truly free. Even if the Sect Master does her best to stop us, she won't succeed. I'm

answer. If you want to escape this place with Liam, do something with the hair on your left side. If you want to stay, do something with the

the Sect Master and stopped beside

some seconds of silence, she snorted

her hand in a gesture of disdain. Obviously, all these gathered Cultivators were not up to her standards. She was the

the hair on

transmitted with more conviction than he wanted. He couldn't control his excitement. However, it still wasn't clear if

something to

Gravis' Spirit Sense came into

meant handing them a blade while one

to someone else,