Level Up in Martial World

"Wait, what?"

"I killed him already," Lu Zhen coughed up more blood.

"How?" she said as she walked up to Lu Zhen and shoved a pill right down his throat.

Gulp!

Lu Zhen directly swallowed the pill without much resistance.

"Well…" he said, recounting the entire story without hiding anything.

Hearing the story of Lu Zhen, Lu Ying's eyes widened with disbelief.

"You mean an old monster lives down here?" she pointed at the ground.

Lu Zhen simply nodded his head as the pill was slowly digested in his body, and a mysterious energy started to wash away all the intent slowly. His organs began to heal as the terrifying beastly intent seemed to become more tame and washed away.

The instant the intent started to fade away, his body naturally recovered, even better and stronger than before.

Although adaptation couldn't adapt to the intent due to its low level, as Lu Zhen could guess, at least it helped his body become stronger.

As Lu Zhen slowly recovered, he opened his eyes, seeing the frowning face of Lu Ying.

"What's wrong, mother?" he asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Looks like this will be troublesome…"

"Oh, why do you say so?"

"The Jiang family has all been exterminated."

"What?" The whole point of the tournament was to divide the resources. However, since the Lu family waged war and the Xia family is pretty much dead at this point, while the Huang family is slowly losing, the Lu family will eventually win the war. That meant the entire inheritance cave would be there, and the tournament could be considered a joke already.

But if the Jiang family, who was the one who knew the cave, disappeared, then what was the point of the tournament?

"What happened, mother?" Lu Zhen said with narrowed eyes.

"Everyone seemed to be murdered as brutally as possible, with even the chickens and dogs being slaughtered."

"Didn't we have surveillance there?"

"There was, but they were completely useless as the spy found anybody who was slaughtered. Their statement was that they all felt sleepy, and the next moment, they knew there was a smell of death as the entire residents of the Jiang family were painted in red. When they opened the door, a pool of blood rushed towards them, and they almost drowned from it."

"This… this…" Lu Zhen's eyes widened when he heard this, however soon he regained his calm.

"What is it?" Lu Ying looked confused.

"Nothing," a sly smile appeared on Lu Zhen's face. He had planted a little of his aura on Jiang Xue just in case, and Lu Zhen didn't expect it would be so useful now.

Lu Zhen could sense her in the distance, as his aura was actively moving around. That meant either she was alive, or her dead body was being dragged around. Either way, he had a lead.

"Taking precautions is always better…" he thought with a satisfied expression on his face.

And whether she was dead or not, it would depend. If she was alive, he would still marry her. After all, why would he ignore a beauty that was inviting him? But if she was dead, too bad; he didn't have a weird kink to marry a dead body. You can call Lu Zhen deprived, but he is just speaking facts that wouldn't change.

"What about that envoy?"

Lu Ying had a reluctant expression when she heard this.

"He should be from one of the bloodline clans."

Lu Zhen's eyes widened when he heard this, "what?"

"Yes, he should be." She nodded her head. "That means the bloodline clan also has a hand in this."

"Did you see the ancestor of the Huang family, Huang Shi?"

"Yes," Lu Zhen nodded his head.

"She was also a bloodline martial artist and a strong one at that, who could perfectly hide her bloodline from me even when I am very close to her."

Lu Zhen thought for a moment before he stood up from the ground, dusting away any dirt present.

"Well, we will find out eventually. Are we going back to the war?" he said with an uncaring expression as he shrugged.

"Alright, we will go back," Lu Ying nodded her head.

With that said, both of them walked back while remaining entirely silent the whole time, each lost in their thoughts.

"This war is going to be troublesome. I need to prepare myself," Lu Zhen thought with a frown on his face as he opened his system.

Instantly, a blue panel materialised in front of him, displaying a bold-lettered text: [LOG].

"Let's see my gains this time," Lu Zhen rubbed his hands with excitement as he maintained the same pace with Lu Ying. He imagined pressing the panel, and instantly a row of notifications prompted his vision.

[Your "BATTLE INSTINCT" skill has levelled up from level 2 to level 3]

[Your "DEVOUR" skill has levelled up from level 2 to level 3]

[Your "Adaptability" skill has levelled up from level 6 to level 8]

[Your "Saber Mastery" skill has levelled up from level 6 to level 8]

[Your "Bow Mastery" skill has levelled up from level 1 to level 2]

[Your "Sword Mastery" skill has levelled up from level 3 to level 4]

[Your "Qian Mastery" skill has levelled up from level 3 to level 4]

[Your "Chain Mastery" skill has levelled up from level 3 to level 4]

….

Lu Zhen's vision was filled with the level-up screen, and he paused for a moment.

"Not bad. Fighting really increases my level at an exponential rate."

Now, Lu Zhen examined his status with a thought, and the panel blinked before changing. However, nothing had changed in his status; everything remained almost the same. With a frown, he looked at the progress of his advancement, and Lu Zhen's eyes lit up.

It was at 99%, just a step away from finally advancing. After that, he could use Qi again and even better and stronger than wood Qi.