Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 197: Xia Jia

"What?" Xia Jia abruptly shot up from his seat when he heard this. "No one should be able to cross the Devil River. How could they have been annihilated?"

Although he wanted to believe it was because of a communication error, he quickly dismissed that notion. There are strict rules that if there were communication issues, they would be directly beheaded indiscriminately. Even if there were errors, they could have sent a soldier to inform them.

So, that leaves only one option: they were annihilated!

His body started to shake when he thought of this, and his aura leaked, causing the table to creak and a terrifying pressure to descend on all the people there.

The man who delivered the news shook his head, even under the heavy pressure.

"Remain calm, Xia Jia. It was your young brother defending the fortress, but we can investigate what happened after the war..."

Xia Jia finally retracted his aura as he fell into a strange silence, becoming silent.

"You are right," he said with a sigh. "Let's slaughter the Lu family first."

"Now, let's plan our battle strategy."

Although his expression was calm, his eyes were violently red, and veins appeared in his eyes from pure rage.

"Don't let me find you, whoever you are, or you will be dead..." His fist tightened.

...

"Young master, you have arrived."

An exclamation sounded as the soldier eagerly greeted Lu Zhen, who just nodded his head as he got off the tall, golden-armored horse.

However, the moment he got off the horse happily, it neighed as it started to lick his face.

Since Lu Zhen had tamed the beast, it had become very loyal and docile to him. It followed every command of his without hesitation, and seeing its speed, Lu Zhen was quite satisfied as well.

Lu Zhen gently patted the horse.

Although it was slower than him by a large margin, its speed was still considerable for a third-stage martial artist. It was made for running, and it barely got tired from the exertion. But it's strength could be said to be in the bottom tier, however it could still easily fight an ordinary animal. Its speed was undoubtedly fast, making it an ideal war horse bred for speed.

Following behind him were thousands of people with fighting spirit burning in their eyes.

The guards were a little stunned by the soldiers.

"Did the young master feed them leaves or something?" he thought curiously. However, he had a flattering smile plastered on his face.

"Keep these horses in the stable," Lu Zhen said as he entered the camp and headed directly towards the biggest camp where the control room was.

"Looks like we will be losing this battle if this goes on. We have already lost two grand elders, and if we lose any more..."

"Damn it all because of the Huang family. If they didn't join the war, it wouldn't have been so troublesome."

Lu Zhen knocked on the door as his ears twitched.

"You can enter, young master."

"Yes, grand elders." However, the moment he entered, his expression turned cold. Previously, there were fifteen second-stage martial artists, and now there are only thirteen left.

"What happened? Even if the Huang family joined in, there shouldn't have been such casualties," Lu Zhen said with a hint of anger as his fist tightened.

"It's because of Xia Kai, young master. That bastard took advantage of the time and shamelessly attacked us. Although we fought back, he quickly finished two of our brothers before Ancestor Lu stopped him."

"Xia Kai, you are dead," Lu Zhen declared loudly.

"Young master, don't be rash; he is a first-stage martial artist."

"You are right, grand elders. I was too reckless," Lu Zhen admitted with a hesitating expression.

"Young master, maybe we should call Madam Lu Ying for help otherwise..."

"No, she and the patriarch are busy destroying the forces of the Xia family inside the city." Lu Zhen had a sneer on his face as he spoke, observing the reactions of the thirteen people with a keen eye.

However, to his disappointment, everyone's reaction was the same.

"There shouldn't be a spy among them, will there?" Lu Zhen thought silently, placing a small bag that he was carrying onto the table.

Thud!

"Young master, what is this?"

"Open it," Lu Zhen said with a mysterious smile on his face.

As they were all curious, one of them casually opened the bag, and their eyes widened.

"I know this man; he is one of the grand elders of the Xia," the man who opened the bag said with a shocked tone.

"Is he the brother of Xia Jia?" A sudden silence fell when they heard this.

"Who is Xia Jia?" Lu Zhen said with a frown on his face.

"Young master Xia Jia was the fiercest among the Xia family and fought the two of us without losing his momentum."

"Hmm," Lu Zhen nodded when he heard this.

"I will fight Xia Jia; then, you guys will take care of the others. Remember to only defend when you fight them and be on the defensive. I have a plan to take care of all of them," he said as a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, young master," all of them bowed, already considering him their leader. They would follow his instructions. After all, strength is supreme.

Although they are second-stage martial artists, they have never dared to kill others of the same rank, considering it impossible. And indeed, it was impossible for them although injuring martial artists of the same rank might be easy but you have to know that the higher the stage of martial artist the more cockroach-like vitality they have.

However, for Lu Zhen with cheats and skill it was still a doable thing to do.

Lu Zhen's eyes flashed with a strange light as he took one last glance at them before saying, "We will attack them tomorrow. You all should get ready for the fight."

"Young master... this... this," all the grand elders had a hesitating expression when they heard this.