Level Up in Martial World

"You can do whatever you want, Lu Zhen, but soon you will be dead as well," he sneered in his mind.

The fat-bellied man sat patiently, and nobody came to stop him, which made the crowd\'s eyes widen in disbelief.

"He must be working for the Lu family," some of the smart ones thought of these possibilities; however, most of the people couldn\'t resist the urge of gambling as they stormed the betting stall.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen\'s smile widened internally; however, he still maintained a serious expression outwardly.

Soon, a flock of birds could be seen in the sky, slowly travelling to the coliseum and emitting a terrifying aura.

"The Xia family has arrived," a loud announcement was made. In the VIP spot, another young-looking man arrived; however, his hair seemed to have gone white, and he looked haggard.

He quietly sat in his seat, ignoring the amused gaze of Ancestor Lu.

"I thought you wouldn\'t come," Ancestor Lu said.

However, the man remained silent. Seeing this, Ancestor Lu chuckled as he also ignored the man.

Soon, the group of descendants was led by an unattractive youth; however, the aura he emitted was equal to Lu Yuan\'s and Lu Zhen\'s aura.

They silently remained in their position without talking much as well.

Lu Zhen chuckled seeing this. However, he felt something strange about the youth who was leading the group. Yet, just like Lu Yuan, he couldn\'t pinpoint what these feelings were.

Similarly, the Huang family arrived, led by two youths—one defeated by Lu Zhen and another, a youth Lu Zhen had never heard about. Their ancestor, a woman with fiery hair, also maternalized from a similar portal as she directly entered the VIP section.

The Hei family, a group of assassins, silently arrived without anybody even noticing. Their ancestor was seated in the VIP room as well however they rarely made any noise.

"Ho, how are you doing, Huang Shi?" Ancestor Lu said as he looked at the woman who had entered, a glint in his eyes.

"I am doing fine," was her only response, avoiding eye contact with Ancestor Lu, focusing on the tournament.

"What about you, my friend?" His tone grew warm as he looked at the man fully covered in black.

"I am doing fine," the man spoke as he remained silent.

An awkward silence hung in the VIP room as nobody among the four talked anymore, all eyes fixed on the tournament.

Although ancestor lu was tempted to attack xia ancestor, since he refrained from these notions, after all, he wasn\'t stupid and should have made preparation in case he was attacked with the means that a first-stage martial artist had, escaping from another first-stage martial artist was really an easy task, so ancestor lu refrained from taking action as he knew his effort would be fruitless.

"Alright, the competition shall begin." Ancestor Lu voiced as he saw that the three had no intention to start it.

Jiang Xue came to the stage as she was decided to be the referee of the tournament for some reason.

Ignoring the gazes of the hot-blooded youth who was looking at her body as if she were a rabbit, she spoke in a calming tone.

"There will be two rounds, which will be conducted in a division of four. And the only rule is that you can\'t use first-stage martial realm weapons or higher." She patiently explained the details of the tournament in detail.

Lu Zhen couldn\'t help but marvel when he saw the long speech she gave.

"I guess she does have a talent for this," he thought to himself as he looked at the Xia family, his eyes glinting as he noticed a particular individual that grabbed his attention. Fe Cai was also there with them, and beside him was the girl he met during the journey when Lu Zhen was leaving the city.

"So she is the girl who made trouble for me, huh?" It didn\'t take a genius to guess that she was the one who revealed Lu Zhen\'s location when he left the city. Although he didn\'t believe that she could mobilize three grand elders to assassinate him, it was very likely that, due to his growth and the old enmity with his mother, this happened. However, she did play a part in it.

Suddenly, Xia Yun\'er felt a shiver down her back as she looked around, spotting Lu Zhen who was looking at her with a smile on his face. Her body started to sweat as she avoided eye contact by putting her head down.

"I should get rid of her soon," Lu Zhen mused to himself as Jiang Xue finally finished her rambling.

Although she gave a detailed explanation of the tournament quite neatly and efficiently, Lu Zhen wasn\'t interested in hearing it because, in the end, it would be a fight of the strongest.

Jiang Xue calmly took out wooden sticks imprinted with the names of the people participating and, without looking, separated them into the four divisions.

"What a dumb way to conduct the tournament," Lu Zhen thought to himself.

However, he didn\'t say anything as he patiently waited, but his patience wore thin as Jiang Xue prattled on with no end.

"Enough of this," he muttered, unable to contain his frustration any longer, and leaped onto the stage.

"Fuck this." he thought in his mind.

"How about we conduct the tournament simply? Let\'s make it a free-for-all," Lu Zhen suggested in a deep voice, causing the crowd to widen their eyes in surprise.

He looked at the ancestors who were sitting on the platform. To his surprise, all four of them nodded which prompted Lu Zhen\'s excitement.

"So how about it? My Lu family."

"Yes." they all roared together and even Lu Yuan had to say it.