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?"

of the fucking meatgrinder," Dorian said with

"Meatgrinder?" Gravis asked.

one level outside the Eternal Fire Sect to become true members. Any Star God that joins

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

fights fair. Apparently, that fairness exists for late-bloomers. According to them, if one Star God

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

"Was

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

his head with an amused smile. "I mean,

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

Eternal Fire Sect and told them that I was obviously powerful enough. But what did they

"Luck?" Gravis asked.

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

put on two additional, dominating performances without even needing to comprehend another Law. I killed eight out of our collective nine opponents, and they didn't even push me into a true

Eternal Fire Sect. They saw that I killed so many of their Star Gods and the best part was

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

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

just like you, Dorian," Gravis said. "Was anyone else

in the same team, and we managed to

awkwardly into his

nodded while looking at Yersi

it," Gravis said as he

that Gravis was happy to see his daughter with

to enter directly?" Gravis

Meadow added from