Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis arrived at Manuel's faction pretty quickly. The Eternal Fire Sect's territory was gigantic, but it also had many Teleportation Formation Arrays inside it, making it easy for Gravis to get there.

When Gravis arrived, he was surprised by how small Manuel's faction looked. There were barely any buildings, and it looked more like a solitary castle than an entire faction.

However, the twelve core members of Manuel's faction were all present.

Manuel was the Leader.

Aris and Broad Walker were the Vice-Leaders.

Meadow and Narcissus simply sat beneath the headquarters.

Dorian, Ferris, Azure, Stella, Exar, Yersi, and Jake were simply the elite force. Apparently, Elders were no longer necessary due to the new way everything was set up.

Everyone welcomed Gravis, including Mortis. After all, Mortis was also here because of Azure.

"Why are only you guys here?" Gravis asked. "I expected you to create a formidable faction with a lot of members."

"Things are different now," Manuel said with a tranquil smile. "We aren't really warring with other Sects but fighting over resources."

"Resource war?" Gravis asked. "Is it like the Sect Alliance in the higher world I have been to?"

The last question was mainly targeted at Stella, who had even been part of the Sect Alliance back then.

"Not entirely," Stella said with a smile, happy that Gravis was here. "We have about 3,000 Star Gods in our faction, which doesn't sound like much, but 3,000 Star Gods is already the average for the factions inside the Eternal Fire Sect."

"That's not as much as I had thought," Gravis answered with surprise. "Why are there not as many members?"

the fucking meatgrinder," Dorian said with an

"Meatgrinder?" Gravis asked.

outside the Eternal Fire Sect to become true members. Any Star God that joins via a faction or absorbed Sect

of team fights with comprehension breaks between the fights. Three people form a team, and they have to kill their three

Fire Sect deems as more powerful will be paired with weaker partners to make the fights fair. Apparently, that fairness exists for late-bloomers. According to them, if one Star God knows a level seven Law and only two level

on, take a guess," Dorian

smiled bitterly. "Was it you?" he

Dorian shouted with anger. "Oh, you don't feel like someone that can jump a level. We have to be fair to

the back of his head with an amused smile. "I mean, I can understand them.

again. "You shoulda seen my two teammates. I always had to fight two powerful Star Gods at the same time while they had to deal with one, and most of the time, I also had to deal with the third one. It was honestly

Sect and told them that I was obviously powerful enough. But

"Luck?" Gravis asked.

from showing their real power. Even more, my Laws weren't powerful enough for them, apparently. According to them, it was

on two additional, dominating performances without even needing to comprehend another Law. I killed eight out of our collective nine opponents, and

truly enter the Eternal Fire Sect. They saw that I killed so many of their Star Gods and the best part was that the fights didn't even increase my

they looked at me like I just took off my pants to shit on the floor in front of them,"

Dorian. Dorian's way of narrating his experiences always managed to

like you, Dorian," Gravis said. "Was

and Jake," Yersi said from the side while hugging Jake. "Luckily, we ended up in the same team, and we managed to become strong

awkwardly into

nodded while looking

could make it," Gravis said as

was happy to see his daughter with all his

to enter directly?" Gravis

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