60: They were all killed by me.

"A few reprimands?"

Xia Ning looked back at Meng Yanxing's expression. "What? Do you know these few rats?"

Meng Yanxing chuckled, "Look at what you're saying. I'm busy dealing with things here every day, busy to death. How could I know anyone?"

Xia Ning looked down at Meng Yanxing's hand clutching his sleeve. "Then why are you stopping me?"

Meng Yanxing knew it was unlikely to stop Xia Ning now, so he said, "I just wanted to go with you. Look, you've been in seclusion for so many years and become so unfeeling. Do you remember how enthusiastic you were when we first entered the Demon Subduing Division? You even dragged me to sleep on the same bed with you that night..."

"Are you done talking?"

Xia Ning frowned, clearly not wanting to hear more.

"Done, done. Let's go, let's go."

Xia Ning turned and walked out.

Seeing Xia Ning leave, Meng Yanxing immediately took out his phone, quickly sent a text message to a number, then put his phone in his pocket and followed Xia Ning towards the Xia family's direction.

At this moment!

In the deep courtyard of the Song family, Old Song was sitting on a stone chair, fiddling with his tea set. Beside him, several Song family disciples attended.

Suddenly, Song Wushuang's phone vibrated slightly. She immediately stepped forward a few paces and respectfully said, "Old Master, someone sent you a message."

Old Song nodded, "Just read it aloud."

Song Wushuang opened the phone as instructed, pulled up the message, scanned it, and her beautiful face flushed slightly, hesitating whether to read it out.

Old Song saw that Song Wushuang still wasn't reading, so he asked, "Who sent it?"

"It's Meng Yanxing, Senior Meng, from the Demon Subduing Division."

"Oh, Meng Ruo's father? It's fine, just read his message."

Song Wushuang calmed herself slightly before reading, "Old Master, when you receive this message, please rush to the Xia family as soon as possible, or your beloved grandson-in-law will die."

"My beloved grandson-in-law?"

Old Song was also startled, then suddenly realized, "He must be talking about that kid Lu Ze."

Song Wushuang stood by, not responding, because among the living members of this generation in the family, she was the only female, so the 'little granddaughter' referred to here was her, Song Wushuang.

"In just one day, that kid has already provoked the Xia family?"

Old Song clicked his tongue, "Why are children nowadays so impetuous? I really am getting old..."

Old Song got up, took his phone, and put it in his pocket. "Wushuang, you come with me."

"Yes!"

Song Wushuang followed Old Song, heading towards the Xia family!

...Xia family.

The moment Lu Ze broke the formation, the tremor of the formation had already spread out of the Martial Skill Hall. All the higher-cultivation members of the Xia family sensed it and immediately rushed towards the Martial Skill Hall!

However, the wall on the third floor already blocked them.

This wall was both an illusion and a formation. With their cultivation, they couldn't break it and could only stand outside, anxiously watching.

"Quickly go to the Demon Subduing Division to report to the family head!"

As one person's voice rang out, everyone found their direction. Several people rushed out at top speed, racing towards the Demon Subduing Division.

"Damn it, who exactly is this person? How dare they enter our Xia family's Forbidden Ground! There's Different Lightning sealed in here!"

"This third floor is a place even those with Major Achievement in the fifth rank cultivation can't enter. How did this person get in? And there's no trace of a break-in! Could this person already be a sixth-rank cultivator?!"

"Let's not panic. Guard this place and wait for the family head to come and capture this person!"

Everyone seemed to find their backbone, staring intently at the wall before them, afraid of missing the person who stole their Different Lightning.

Inside the wall, Fu Liang was also extremely focused, observing his surroundings. The Talisman in his hand was clutched tightly, and knowing that the people outside couldn't get in, his heart felt a little more at ease.

His gaze shifted to Lu Ze, who was still tightly closing his eyes, his face slightly pale, his face even sweatier, and his hands were almost corroded by the lightning, his flesh charred black, deep enough to see bone.

The Dormant Thunder also seemed to have its own power, constantly vibrating, trying to escape from Lu Ze's hands.

Fortunately, Lu Ze's hands were clasped tightly, not giving the Dormant Thunder any chance to escape!

"Young Master Lu, you must subdue it! As long as you can subdue this Different Lightning, then I can tell you the whereabouts of that Different Lightning ranked in the top twenty!"

Fu Liang spoke softly, then continued to look around.

And all of this, Lu Ze did not know!

Because the moment he activated the Divergent Thunder Skill, his entire being fell into a strange state.

He seemed to have entered a dream. In the dream, everything was topsy-turvy, without order.

Lu Ze stood on a piece of stone, constantly falling into a strange Reincarnation with this disordered world.

And the Dormant Thunder, in this disordered world, constantly darted about.

Lu Ze observed this world, then locked his gaze on the Dormant Thunder!

He took a step, and his entire being seemed weightless, slowly flying towards the Dormant Thunder. He stretched out his hand, wanting to grasp the Dormant Thunder.

But the Dormant Thunder moved nimbly, flashing to the side.

Lu Ze tried this several times, but the Dormant Thunder easily dodged him.

It seemed this wouldn't work.

Lu Ze paused on a floating stone, slowly releasing his Spiritual Qi, letting it dissipate in all directions.

The Dormant Thunder seemed to notice the power of this Spiritual Qi. It did not reject this power, or rather, it had sensed such power many times before. Although not exactly the same, they belonged to the same lineage.

The Dormant Thunder was attracted by this power and approached Lu Ze.

Lu Ze extended his right hand, gathering a large amount of Spiritual Qi in his palm.

The Dormant Thunder, originally in the shape of a lightning ball, suddenly materialized a large mouth and swallowed the Spiritual Qi in Lu Ze's hand.

Lu Ze continuously released his Spiritual Qi, and the Dormant Thunder kept eating.

After an unknown amount of time, two eyes materialized above the lightning ball's large mouth.

It observed the man who was giving it Spiritual Qi to eat, then retreated a little, walked around Lu Ze once, and its small eyes seemed to hold some confusion.

"You."

A voice suddenly came from the large mouth, but it was filled with electronic distortion, making it difficult to discern gender or age.

"Do you want to sign a contract with me, to make me submit to you?"

"Yes!"

Lu Ze's voice was firm and resolute, with an undeniable tone!

"Hahahahaha..."

The large mouth opened, and the electronically distorted laughter filled the entire space. The lightning ball swayed back and forth in place, as if it had heard something very funny.

Lu Ze did not speak. When the Dormant Thunder's laughter stopped, it looked at Lu Ze. "Do you know, I once signed contracts with seventeen members of the Human Race, becoming their loyal servants, and in the end, they all died."

Lu Ze scoffed, "People, all die."

The lightning ball's expression suddenly took on a somewhat malicious smile, and its body moved closer to Lu Ze. A cheerful, electronically distorted voice sounded in his ear.

"All seventeen of them, I, killed..."