Chapter 878: The Truth Behind the Lei Family’s Decline

Zhuge Family!

Zhuge Qingfeng, Gongsun Tai, and Sha Lidong are having lunch, enjoying gourmet food and aged wine from the cellar.

Clearly, Zhuge Qingfeng’s granddaughter Zhuge Xiaoxiao just died;

Clearly, Sha Lidong’s son Sha Junji just died;

Yet they are eating meat and drinking wine heartily, with drunken smiles on their faces.

"Lei Xiaoming is doomed. The Lei Family, which has been pressing down on our three families, finally has no more days to rise again," Sha Lidong said with delight.

"We have to thank the little Princess. If she hadn’t allowed our three families to take revenge on Lei Xiaoming, we wouldn’t have dared to kill him," Gongsun Tai laughed.

"Indeed!" Zhuge Qingfeng sighed and said, "In the Eternal Kingdom, only the Lei Family possesses the Thunder System Totem, and the Lei Family only has Lei Xiaoming left as a descendant. The King’s intention is to keep Lei Xiaoming, the remaining heir to the Thunder System Totem. In such a case, who dares to kill Lei Xiaoming? We owe it all to the little Princess!"

Gongsun Tai raised his glass and proposed, "Come, let’s toast to the little Princess."

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The three clinked their glasses.

Just as they were about to drink, Gongsun Shu came running in as if chased by a dog.

Zhuge Qingfeng and the other two immediately paused their drinking, and Gongsun Tai laughed and said:

"Little Shu, you silly young man, even if Lei Xiaoming is dead, you shouldn’t rush back in such a manner to deliver the news. It’s so unseemly."

Sha Lidong waved his hand: "Hey, he’s just a kid. His spirit hasn’t been tempered yet, and it’s normal for him not to be calm in situations like this. When we were his age, we were just as impetuous!"

Zhuge Qingfeng asked with a smile, "Little Shu, now that Lei Xiaoming is dead, send someone to the Lei Family to kill that old thing Lei Busi, to eliminate any future threats."

Lei Xiaoming, with his hands on his knees, panted as he listened to Zhuge Qingfeng and the others speak dreamily, then suddenly straightened up and said:

"Lei Xiaoming isn’t dead!"

What?

The smiles on the faces of Zhuge Qingfeng, Gongsun Tai, and Sha Lidong froze.

"What, what did you say?"

Zhuge Qingfeng couldn’t believe it:

"You, you thirty Third Realm War Gods, couldn’t kill one Lei Xiaoming?"

Gongsun Shu quickly said, "Lei Xiaoming, Lei Xiaoming has awakened again, and he awakened twice consecutively in an instant. He now possesses the strength of a Fifth Realm War God."

Crack!

The expressions of Zhuge Qingfeng, Gongsun Tai, and Sha Lidong instantly looked as if they were struck by lightning.

They jumped up from their seats as if springs were installed on their chairs.

"Awakened again? And twice? Little Shu, you, you tell us in detail, what exactly is going on?"

Zhuge Qingfeng was a bit flustered, his voice trembling.

"It went like this..." Gongsun Shu explained the whole story without hiding anything.

After listening, Zhuge Qingfeng and the others looked at Gongsun Shu as if he were a monster.

"Little Shu, did you awaken some auxiliary skill, like one that helps others to awaken?" Zhuge Qingfeng asked.

He knew asking such a question sounded stupid.

But he had to think along those lines.

Gongsun Shu slapped Lei Xiaoming awake with his slap after Lei Xiaoming had been a useless trash for 20 years;

Another slap made Lei Xiaoming awaken to the Second Stage Thunder System Totem;

Today’s provocation actually made Lei Xiaoming awaken twice consecutively, reaching the Fourth Stage Thunder System Totem.

Such uncanny occurrences can’t be described as mere coincidence!

"Huh?"

Gongsun Shu was taken aback:

"I haven’t awakened any auxiliary skills!"

Gongsun Tai said: "In the Gongsun Family, no ancestors have ever had such a strange ability. It must be Lei Xiaoming’s terribly awakening-prone constitution!"

Zhuge Qingfeng and Sha Lidong nodded, having to accept this unwanted reality.

Zhuge Qingfeng said solemnly, "Lei Xiaoming’s talent is terrifying. In just two days, he has awakened to a Fourth Stage Thunder System Totem, possessing the power of a Fifth Realm War God. If given a month, would his power not reach or even surpass that of Lei Busi in his prime?"

Thinking of Lei Busi back in the day, Gongsun Tai and Sha Lidong shivered involuntarily.

Gongsun Tai gritted his teeth and said coldly, "We must eliminate Lei Xiaoming soon, or the day he rises will be the day our three families are exterminated."

Sha Lidong said, "But the little Princess only allows us to dispatch those of the same level as Lei Xiaoming. If we send more Fifth Realm War Gods, and it stimulates Lei Xiaoming to awaken again, what then?"

Zhuge Qingfeng, Sha Lidong, and Gongsun Shu fell silent.

After a long while, Zhuge Qingfeng said, "Invite ’Shen Yin’ to take action. Only if he kills Lei Xiaoming, the little Princess, and anyone else, would not suspect he is helping us; they would only think Shen Yin dislikes Lei Xiaoming and purely wants to kill him!"

"Don’t joke around!"

Gongsun Tai directly refuted, saying:

"Shen Yin is the only Eighth Realm Martial Artist among the civilians. When the King ordered all civilian Martial Artists on King Island to follow the Fourth Prince Lin Mu to attack the four major ports of King Island, Shen Yin directly refused, and even the King couldn’t do anything about it."

Sha Lidong added: "Shen Yin walks alone, has no relatives, not greedy for wealth or lust, does not seek fame or profit. He is a rock with no weaknesses, unaffected by water, fire, oil, or salt, acting solely on personal preference. He won’t help us."

Zhuge Qingfeng smiled confidently: "I have a way to persuade him!"

"Oh? What way?"

Sha Lidong and Gongsun Tai’s eyes brightened, and they asked in unison.

Zhuge Qingfeng smiled and said no more!

...

"Can you tell me who you are?"

After sending Lei Busi home, Ye Xiu couldn’t resist asking:

"As far as I know, besides the Lei Family and the three Judicator Families, there are no other Thunder System Totem inheritors in the world. You clearly aren’t from the three Judicator Families, who exactly are you?"

Ye Xiu got a chair, sat across from Lei Busi, and said:

"Before I answer your question, I hope you can answer two of mine first."

Lei Busi nodded: "Ask away!"

"What exactly happened to the Lei Family 20 years ago that led to the top family in the Eternal Kingdom being destroyed, and turned you, the top expert in the Royal City, into what you are today?" Ye Xiu asked.

At this question, Lei Busi’s expression twisted, yet he hesitated as if unsure whether to tell Ye Xiu.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke:

"In the entire Royal City, the entire Eternal Kingdom, who do you think could have destroyed the Lei Family to this extent?"

"The Royal Family!"

Ye Xiu answered without hesitation.

"Correct!"

Lei Busi nodded and said:

"The Lei Family was too powerful, too high-profile, and too eye-catching. They made too many enemies. Lin Lei felt threatened by me and the Lei Family, and combined with the three Judicator Families being especially kind to me and the Lei Family, Lin Lei feared I would replace him, feared the Lei Family would replace the Royal Family."

"So, 20 years ago, on the day Lei Xiaoming was born, Lin Lei claimed there was an order from the Golden Family, instructing the Lei Family to go to Demon Island to eradicate the Demon Clan."

"Because I insisted on waiting until Xiaoming was born before leaving, Lin Lei reluctantly allowed other members of the Lei Family to set out first."

"By the time Xiaoming was born and I was ready to head to Demon Island, I discovered I had been poisoned."

"That night, Lin Lei sent people disguised as members of Hell’s Gate to massacre the old and weak of the Lei Family. I managed to escape by hiding with Xiaoming in the cellar."

"Afterward, Lin Lei saw that I had been completely reduced to a useless person, and Xiaoming naturally born without any cultivation talent and not inheriting the Thunder System Totem, he spared me and Xiaoming."

"As for those who went to Demon Island, they never returned. I believe they met with Lin Lei’s schemes and perished."