Level Up in Martial World

"Thank you, young master, for saving me," the girl said, bowing with rosy cheeks.

"It\'s no problem. Target the Xia family, got it…" Lu Zhen said with his eyes glinting.

"Yes, young master." She resumed the fray with her other companion as she helped another party.

Lu Zhen also joined the fray, slaughtering the Xia family. Without that man, the highest cultivation of the Xia family descendants was at most half third-stage martial artist, so it was relatively easy for him to deal with them.

"He is really slaughtering only my Xia family people…" Xia Cao tightened his fist, and the chair where he sat made creaking noises when veins popped from his head.

"Don\'t push me too far, Lu Ming." He became expressionless as his aura seemed to have changed.

Ancestor Lu chuckled seeing this.

"So, you are withdrawing?"

"No," Xia Cao said in a cold tone.

"Still stubborn, eh…"

Huang Shi, who was watching, felt amused; however, she still communicated with Xia Cao.

"Alright, I will also help you in battle."

Although Lu Zhen had only slaughtered the Xia family, it still raised concerns. What guarantee did it provide that they wouldn\'t turn towards the Huang family? The growing power of Lu Ming had increasingly made her afraid of him. If they destroyed the Xia family, her family would be next, or they would become mere subordinates, which was absolutely unacceptable to her.

Xia Cao\'s eyes lit up as he received the message from Huang Shi.

"Alright, we are leaving now." He stood up from his seat and swiped his hand, creating a portal.

"Xia family has given up and withdrawn from the tournament," Ancestor Lu announced loudly to everyone.

"Damn that bastard," Xia Cao grumbled as he entered the portal, reaching out to all his descendants.

Lu Zhen casually crushed the head of another Xia family member, even after hearing the announcement.

"You monster, what are you doing? We already gave up." The person\'s eyes were filled with despair.

"Eh, but I didn\'t hear it." Lu Zhen casually swiped his hand, producing a whirlwind emitting a terrifying aura that would have ground the man to pieces. However, a portal appeared, revealing Xia Cao, who blocked his attack with just a flick of his finger.

"You dare…"

"Umm, what happened, Ancestor Xia? Why are you here?" Lu Zhen said with an innocent expression on his face.

Xia Cao\'s veins popped in his head as he was about to make a move; however, Ancestor Lu quickly cut the void and appeared beside Lu Zhen.

"You still haven\'t left?"

"Hmph." Xia Cao tightened his fist before carrying the guy as he entered the portal he casually created with a swipe of his hand.

"Xia family members withdrew," a voice rang in the heads of all the descendants of the Xia family as they all withdrew from the battle, almost instantly returning to the ground and leaving with disbelieving faces.

They were uncertain about the earlier announcement because it was done by another voice, and they were uncertain about it. However, since the ancestor himself had spoken with unwillingness, they could only leave.

With that said, all the Xia family members left.

The smaller families had mocking glints as they watched the Xia family leave.

"Our chance of getting a position might be more now," they thought to themselves, as the prestige of the Xia family had been fully broken by now.

And they would probably be known as the weakest of the four families now.

"Who knows, they might be destroyed as well. If that is the case, our chance to rise may come," their eyes glinted as the elders and the patriarchs of the smaller families looked at Lu Zhen, ready to bootlick him whenever they get the chance.

"Good job, Lu Zhen," Lu Ming said as he wore a proud expression on his face. "Why didn\'t you use the hidden weapon I gave you?"

"Ancestor, I didn\'t need it right now," Lu Zhen bowed. When they were in the carriage, Ancestor Lu had discreetly given Lu Zhen the hidden weapons made from meteorite ore. Its grade was inevitable in the second-stage martial realm, powerful enough to pierce even Lu Zhen\'s skin, which was stronger than an average second-stage martial artist\'s skin.

"Alright," Lu Ming responded, casually creating a void as he sat back in his seat.

"Why did you go to the tournament platform? It\'s against the rules," Huang Shi said with a frown.

Lu Ming chuckled at this. "You\'re really going to be teaching me about rules?"

Hearing this, Huang Shi "humped" before staying quiet again.

"We should plan for the Huang family as well. She will surely intervene when I fight with Xia Cao, which is troublesome. Although they can\'t defeat me, I can\'t defeat them either," a ruthless glint flashed in Lu Ming\'s eyes as he contemplated his next moves.

"Lu Zhen, you can injure the Huang, but don\'t kill them," Ancestor Lu transmitted his voice towards Lu Zhen.

To this, Lu Zhen simply nodded his head.

…..

"I am bored," Lu Zhen thought disinterestedly as he sat on the platform in a completely vulnerable position. However, everyone ignored him, continuing their fights as if Lu Zhen didn\'t even exist.

Although Lu Zhen could help the other members, they were not babies raised in a white house. If they couldn\'t handle the competition, it was better for them to be defeated rather than killed somewhere in a ditch or something.

Suddenly, his attention was caught by a girl who was sneakily fighting her opponents, using various hidden weapons. Lu Qing, the twin sister of Lu Zhi, was engaged in a vicious battle, employing every trick possible to defeat a muscular man.

"This girl will be quite useful for me in the future," he mused to himself, a little shocked by the progress of the girl, as she had already reached the middle stages of martial training. Although the gap between the smaller realms was minimal to the extreme and was extremely easy to reach, it still took a considerable time to cultivate.

Lu Zhen himself didn\'t need to cultivate like a martial trainee because of his divine physique. The only reason he hadn\'t truly reached the third-stage martial realm was that he didn\'t have enough Qi. Once he filled his body with wood Qi, even if Lu Zhen drained his Qi for other uses, his power would already be enhanced. Replenishing it again after that would be easier by at least a hundred times.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhen diverted his attention from Lu Qing, curiously looking around as he frowned.

"Where is Fe Cai?" he thought, looking around, but found no traces of him.

"He must have left with the Xia family since I have killed his little lover. He must be seething in rage right now…" Lu Zhen chuckled. After all, Fe Cai had left an impression on him, not because of his self-righteous personality, but simply because of his bloodline.

"Since you didn\'t listen to me and mingled with the Xia family, don\'t blame me for being cruel."

However, Lu Zhen quickly snapped back to reality realising that his thought was more and more attuned toward being a villain.

"Young master Lu Zhen, I beat this guy." The sister of Lu Yuan appeared, presenting a beaten-up man wearing the uniform of the Huang family. She had a happy smile, as if asking for praise and a head pat.

Lu Zhen was speechless seeing this.

"What does this girl think of me?" he thought to himself, full of cringe.

"You did a good job." Lu Zhen, however, outwardly smiled as he praised the girl, patting her in the process.

The girl\'s face became entirely red as she hurriedly left.

"I will fight more people, young master," she said as she rushed away.

"Does this girl think I am some naive kid?" Lu Zhen sneered.

"Since the ancestor said that I could beat the sh*t out of the Huang family as long as I don\'t kill them, I will do exactly that…" Lu Zhen sneered as he stretched his body.

Suddenly, all the Huang family members felt a shiver down their backs as they sensed an ominous feeling.

"Hahahahaha." Lu Zhen\'s evil laugh resounded as the members of the Huang family were beaten down one by one as slowly as possible.

"Lu Zhen is attacking the Huang family. What should we do?" the youth from the Huang family, whom Lu Zhen had felt strange about, voice transmitted to Lu Yuan, who was fighting with him.

"Hmm, allow him to fight. He will make more enemies." Lu Yuan sneered secretly as he slashed his sword. "We lost one companion of ours already in the hands of Lu Zhen," the man cursed under his breath.

"Would you have saved him then, which would have easily led to us being discovered?" Lu Yuan communicated.

"You are right."