If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

"I?"

When he heard Durus ask him that question, Zong couldn't help but laugh. He knew that his guess was completely correct. From Durus's expression, he could tell that Durus was really frightened by him.

Although Durus is a very straightforward person, his answer just now shows that he is a man of his word. Since he promised his sworn brother, he will really do it.

Zong Ze could tell from Dulus's eyes that he appreciated his straightforwardness, but Zong Ze believed even more that if he hadn't instantly defeated Qatar, who was a whole realm higher than him, making Dulus suspicious of his backing, no matter how much Dulus appreciated him, he might not have fared well today.

After all, in Durus's eyes, he was just a promising junior at the Martial Venerable realm. If he didn't have a strong backer, Durus would never have bothered to talk to him!

However, Zong Ze was very familiar with how to mislead Durus. He had used this trick countless times, and it was precisely this trick that was the most feared virgin territory in the hearts of the experts from the outer lands of the Holy Word.

"I can't tell you directly who my teacher is!"

Zong Ze said leisurely and self-satisfiedly!

Ignoring Durus's slightly somber expression upon hearing Zongze's words, Zongze continued, "Because revealing my teacher's name might bring unnecessary trouble!"

"What? Does your teacher have many enemies?"

Duluth asked!

"Enemies? Hahaha!"

Zong Ze laughed loudly, "Your level of understanding is insufficient to comprehend my words. My teacher had enemies? Perhaps, but a long, long time ago, my teacher's enemies are all just stories!"

Durus's pupils contracted slightly. He understood what Zongze meant; it simply meant that his teacher was very powerful and had killed all the enemies!

"Then why can't we say it? What do you mean by 'unnecessary trouble'?"

"hehe!"

Upon hearing Dulus's question, a hint of disdain flashed in Zongze's eyes: "The trouble I'm referring to is only for me and my teacher. For you, this kind of trouble should be called a disaster!"

The more mysterious Zong Ze spoke, the more confused Duluth became!

Seeing Durus's blank expression, Zong knew he had succeeded!

"However, although I cannot reveal my teacher's name, I can briefly demonstrate what kind of trouble I'm referring to. Of course, the trouble I can demonstrate with my current abilities is very small, but I'm sure you'll understand everything after you see it!"

After saying that, Zongze made a hand seal, and the Thunderclap Technique appeared in the small wooden house!

In fact, the Thunderclap Technique is the same as the original Lightning Summoning Technique. However, after Zong Ze advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, he was able to use the upgraded version of the Lightning Summoning Technique, the Thunderclap Technique!

The Thunderclap Technique of the Nascent Soul stage can only pose a threat to cultivators of the same level. However, due to the mutation of Zong Ze's Nascent Soul, the Thunderclap Technique he uses is much more powerful than that of ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

With Zong Ze's current strength, the Thunderclap Technique he unleashed would leave even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator severely injured.

However, this time, Zong Ze did not fully unleash the Thunderclap Technique, but only gathered a small patch of thundercloud above Durus's head!

Looking at the calamity cloud overhead, Durus was truly horrified this time. He could feel his back being soaked with cold sweat in an instant.

"Divine punishment, it's actually divine punishment!"

After a long while, only after Zong Ze waved his hand to dispel the calamity clouds did Dulus exclaim in surprise, "How is this possible? How could you invite divine punishment?"

Suddenly, as if he had just realized something, Duluth pointed at Zong Ze and said, "Could it be that you, you are, your teacher is..."

"Shh!"

Zong Ze put a finger to his lips to silence Durus: "There are some things you should know, but you can't say them out loud, or you'll get into trouble!"

This time, Duluth truly understood what Munenori meant by trouble!

The power contained in that cloud of tribulation was not very great. With Durus's strength, he could fully sense that the power contained in that cloud could not pose even the slightest threat to him.

But what Duluth feared was not the dark cloud itself, but the meaning behind it.

In the outer lands of the Holy Word, people cultivate all kinds of magical attributes, and even the most noble and remote spatial and temporal magic is being studied.

However, lightning magic is something that no one can study. Long ago, after the war between gods and demons, the gods issued a decree that no mortal should cultivate any lightning-based techniques. Lightning magic is a technique exclusively practiced by the gods!

Therefore, everyone in the land beyond the Holy Word knows one thing: only one kind of people can use lightning to attack, and that is the high and mighty gods.

Just now, right in front of him, Zong Ze, this little guy at the peak of Martial Venerable, actually attracted a lightning attack, and not just any lightning attack, but a lightning attack with the nature of divine punishment.

As a member of the Supreme Council, and a rising star that the Supreme Council is focusing on cultivating, Durus has indeed seen many experts at the Divine Wrath realm experience divine punishment.

No matter how powerful the divine punishment was, it was exactly the same as the dark cloud that Zong Ze casually summoned before the divine punishment.

It is said that the gods' lightning attacks come in two forms: one is without any warning, where a bolt of lightning strikes down directly.

The other method involves placing a dark cloud containing lightning power above your head, where countless bolts of lightning could shoot out at any moment and strike your forehead.

It is said that the first lightning attack is a common attack method used by the gods, while the second cloud attack is an attack method that only gods of the highest level can use.

The second type of attack usually has a unified name, which is—Divine Punishment!

However, right in front of him, Zong Ze actually summoned a dark cloud containing the power of lightning. Although it did not seem to be very powerful, it did prove one thing: Zong Ze had the ability to unleash divine punishment!

Even if Zongze's strength was low, the ability to unleash divine punishment was enough to break Durus.

In that instant, the first thing that came to Durus's mind was not anyone else, but the legendary Temple of the Water God.

The Water God Temple offended a chief god. After the son of the Water God Temple's master killed the chief god's descendant, the chief god descended upon the outer land of the Holy Word for the first time.

It was a horrific scene.

Rumors circulated on the Holy Word Continent that the main god had summoned a flood that submerged the Water God Temple, but these were just rumors. The real story was that the second high priest, who had witnessed the disaster firsthand, was Durus's teacher.