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

only thing that she had noticed was the look that she had thrown Gravis. She hadn't noticed that Stella had also looked at the beast crystals. After all, why would she look at the beast crystals? There was

Master thought. 'She's the Nine Elements Sect's Holy Maiden, even if that

the Sect Master remembered something, and everything clicked for

has once battled her to a draw while

stealthily looked at

the

join the Nine

frowned, but no one

real, he might actually win this

expression quickly

not elicit any suspicion. However, he had already contacted Stella. The moment of

but she can't feel mine

Stella didn't react.

will

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

"Stella, I love you."

Stella didn't react.

my past actions have been horrible, and I can understand if you don't want to be with

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

Liam also needs to escape, or you

escape this place with Liam, do something with the hair on

to the Sect Master and stopped beside her. Then, she coldly

some seconds of silence, she snorted in

she threw her hair back with her hand in a gesture of disdain. Obviously, all these gathered Cultivators were not up to her standards. She was

hair on her

conviction than he wanted. He couldn't control his excitement. However, it still wasn't clear if Stella only wanted to escape or if she genuinely accepted

will transfer something to your

Sense came into

others to access one's Spirit meant handing them a

someone else, the other person could destroy