L patiently waited outside the door, even though he was immensely curious and expectant about the strange fluctuations emanating from within.


    In no time, the previously reported disciple came out, apanied by a middle-aged couple.


    This couple was none other than Samantha’s parents, Gerard Duncan and Bonnie Shaw.


    “L, is that you?”


    Gerard Duncan’s face lit up with warmth as he saw L, and he affectionately took L’s hand.


    Bonnie Shaw also looked at L with a smile in her eyes!


    Thest time L came with Samantha, both of them had formed a very good impression of him.


    They even noticed the admiration in their daughter’s eyes when she asionally nced at L, making them feel as if he were already their son-inw.


    Upon hearing that L had arrived, they hurried out to greet him.


    “Gerard, Bonnie!”


    L greeted them with a smile.


    However, seeing the joyful and courteous couple in front of him, his heart filled with a mix of conflict and guilt.


    He felt even more unsure of how to face them.


    It seemed they were still unaware of Samantha’s death, making it even harder for L to speak.


    With a heavy heart, L steeled himself and entered the Duncan family residence, eventually arriving at a reception hall.


    As soon as he reached the entrance, he saw many members of the Duncan family waiting there to wee him.


    Leading them was an elderly man with amanding presence.


    This was Elmer Duncan, the current head of the Duncan family and a master at thete stage of the Golden Core realm.


    “L, wee! I heard you’re a friend of Samantha’s?


    I assume you are also a disciple of the Broken Pulse Sect?”


    Elmer Duncan asked politely.


    However, L shook his head: “No, I’m not! Or rather, I was, but I have now defected from the Broken Pulse Sect!”


    “What?”


    Elmer Duncan was visibly shocked by this revtion.


    “Actually, not just me, Samantha could also be considered a defector from the Broken Pulse Sect now.


    Didn’t they inform you?”


    L said with a touch of irony in his tone.


    “What?”


    The Duncan couple eximed in shock upon hearing this.


    The entire Duncan family was equally stunned.


    Their family member had defected from the Broken Pulse Sect?


    What on earth had happened?


    L’s face grew solemn as he took a deep breath and said, “I’m sorry! Gerard, Bonnie, and all of Samantha’s elders and siblings here, I came today to deliver some bad news.


    Samantha… is no longer with us!”


    Even though L wouldn’t flinch in the face of a Powerful Fragmented Void opponent, saying these words felt like lifting a thousand-pound weight off his chest.


    What must be faced, must be faced!


    Even if the entire Duncan family resented and med him, L had to let them know.


    “What? What did you say? Samantha… is no longer with us?


    What do you mean by that?”


    Bonnie Shaw grabbed L’s shoulders and shook him as she asked.


    “My condolences!”


    “I’m sorry…”


    L took a deep breath and spoke with difficulty.


    Upon hearing this, Bonnie Shaw felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and Gerard Duncan also staggered.


    “What exactly happened? Why did Samantha die?”


    Gerard Duncan asked sternly, staring at L.


    “Because she was helping me!”


    L said painfully.


    “Helping you? So you caused Samantha’s death?”


    Bonnie Shaw asked with reddened eyes.


    “You could say that! I’m sorry…”


    “But rest assured, one day I will bring Samantha back to life! I came to the Duncan family today to ask for your…”


    Before L could finish his sentence, Bonnie Shaw pped him across the face.


    With reddened eyes, she red at L and said in extreme agitation and sorrow: “You bastard! Why did you cause my daughter’s death? Is ‘sorry’ all you have to say?


    Bring her back to life? Do you think you’re a deity or the king of the underworld? My daughter is dead, how can you bring her back to life?


    Are you here to fool us?”


    “Samantha! My daughter…”


    “Where is my daughter’s body? You say she died helping you, then why are you still alive?


    Why don’t you go die?”


    Bonnie Shaw cried and hit L as she screamed.


    The other members of the Duncan family also looked at L with chilling coldness in their eyes.


    They all wore expressions of anger and hatred, as if they might tear L apart at any moment.


    L just stood there, letting Bonnie Shaw hit and scold him.


    In a way, it made him feel a bit better inside.


    “L, what exactly happened? How did my daughter die?


    Tell us!”


    At this moment, Gerard Duncan pulled his wife aside and asked L in a cold voice, suppressing his inner grief.


    “Maybe… let Samantha tell you herself.”


    L swallowed hard and sighed.


    “Let my daughter tell us herself? She’s dead, how can she speak?”


    Gerard Duncan asked in a mix of shock and anger.


    L took out a Soul Capturing Talisman, intending to summon Samantha’s spirit.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    With his mastery of the Dragon Gaze Heavenward Technique and various yin-yang mystical arts, this wasn’t difficult for him.


    He really didn’t know how else to exin it.


    But just then, a figure suddenly appeared in the Duncan family estate and lightlynded near the entrance of the reception hall.


    The person wore a white veil and seemed to exude an ethereal aura.


    At the same time, they emitted a powerful aura belonging to an Early-stage Fragmented Void cultivator!


    Seeing this person, L raised an eyebrow in surprise.


    And when this person saw L, their ethereal aura immediately vanished.


    It was reced by an expression of resentment and hostility.


    “It’s you? What are you doing here?”


    This person was none other than Adele, one of the Seeds of the Star Path.


    Her beautiful eyes stared coldly at L as she spoke.


    The encounter in the Mirror of Trials had left asting impression on Adele.