Lightning Is the Only Way

The new Sect Master of the Eternal Fire Sect looked at Orpheus with a serious expression.

"Who are you?" she asked with a careful but domineering voice.

"I'm the Minstrel, the current Ancestor of the Myriad Sect," Orpheus said with a calm and warm smile.

The people of the Eternal Fire Sect narrowed their eyes.

The Minstrel.

They had all heard of him in the past. He hadn't been covert on his journey through the ranks. He had won one tournament after the other, pocketing all the prizes.

These tournaments had been held by Sects on the level of the Eternal Fire Sect to find powerful and talented disciples in the Star God Realm. Valuable prizes would be offered, but since the winner would just join the Sects directly, the treasures would remain in the Sects.

That was how it was normally, but Orpheus had always taken the prizes without accepting the invitation of any Sect, which was quite shocking. Why wouldn't a powerful Star God want to join a powerful Sect? They would gain access to so many different resources, and they wouldn't even really need to work until they became Ancestral Gods.

Yet, Orpheus had always rejected them.

It was almost like Orpheus didn't want to interact with anyone else.

Due to this strange behavior, a rumor that everyone had dismissed had suddenly gained more credibility.

Rumor had it that the Minstrel was the Opposer's son.

That was why the Minstrel wasn't allowed to get close to anyone. Heaven saw the Minstrel as an enemy, and it bestowed bad luck to him. Rumor had it that everyone who came close to the Minstrel would be killed in a tragic accident.

And then, the Minstrel had suddenly vanished.

Everyone had believed that the Minstrel had died.

But now, the Minstrel stood in front of the three people of the Eternal Fire Sect, and he had finally joined a Sect.

And he had killed an Ancestral God in the Eternal Fire Sect's territory just now.

If Orpheus were just another Ancestral God, they would have directly killed him.

However, Orpheus was a level five Ancestral God that could fight level seven Ancestral Gods.

That was a jump of three levels due to the two-level jump between the sixth and seventh levels.

This put Orpheus on the same level as the most powerful Ancestral Gods of the Peak Sects.

Orpheus was essentially a Chosen of a Peak Sect without the backing of a Peak Sect.

"Are you aware of what you have done?" the Sect Master asked with narrowed eyes.

I killed an Ancestor of a different Sect," Orpheus answered with a

the Sect

wanted to," Orpheus said

Silence.

Eternal Fire Sect had thought that Orpheus would say more, but he didn't. Apparently, that was

it?" the Sect Master

"That's it," Orpheus answered.

that it's against the rules of

"Yes," Orpheus answered.

Silence.

frustrated and angry deep inside,

she so

trying to bury the issue, but

would have found a way to

said that he didn't know about that rule, the Sect Master would have given him only a formal punishment without

trying to

Two reasons.

was part of the Myriad Sect, and the Myriad Sect would soon join the Eternal Fire Sect. That meant that Orpheus would also join the Eternal Fire

was just too powerful. Even if the Sect Master and Vice-Sect Masters

they supposed to call

was also far too powerful

Ancestor would lose Karmic Luck if he killed

ridiculous amount of Karmic Luck,

Fire Sect was far too

no idea how he could

a Sect Master for such a long time while being inside an organized competition with rules,

were you willing to offend the Eternal Fire Sect, a Sect that can kill you, just

Orpheus only smiled.

powerful enough to

"You won't kill me."

Silence.

of silence passed as Orpheus' words entered

was so simple and

widened

smile appeared on Manuel's face. 'How

looked at Orpheus, and his resentment

that all of this is only a competition. The Eternal Fire Sect has intimidated me to the point that

could have simply ordered

me several times if that's what I wanted. He knows that there wouldn't have been any repercussions. And yet, I explained to him

much more to learn,' Manuel thought with

looked over to Gravis, who only winked