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?"

meatgrinder," Dorian said with

"Meatgrinder?" Gravis asked.

"Yeah. Star Gods have to be able to jump one level outside the Eternal Fire Sect to become true members. Any Star God that joins via a faction or absorbed Sect has to enter

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

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 six Laws, they are weak. However, if they can suddenly comprehend a second

the meatgrinder. Come on, take a guess," Dorian nearly shouted with

"Was

a level. We have to be fair to everyone. We don't care if you say you can fight a level above yourself," Dorian mimicked with a sarcastic

an amused smile.

again. "You shoulda seen my two teammates. I always had to fight two powerful Star Gods at the same time while they had to

the Eternal Fire Sect and told them that I was obviously powerful enough. But what did they say? Come on, guess!" Dorian said with

"Luck?" Gravis asked.

said that I only won due to luck. My opponent was taken by surprise by my fighting style, which stopped them from showing their real power. Even more, my Laws weren't powerful enough for them, apparently. According to them, it was impossible for someone with my Laws to fight someone

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

they allowed me to 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

my pants to shit on the floor

Dorian's way of narrating his experiences always managed to elicit laughter

Gravis said. "Was anyone else sent

"Luckily, we ended up in the same team, and we managed to become strong enough

awkwardly into his

while

could make it," Gravis said as he also

see his daughter with all his other friends. On top of that,

managed to enter directly?" Gravis

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