Level Up in Martial World

"Huh, this man, have you ever heard of this man here?"

"No, I haven\'t heard of him before."

"Weird, with that level of strength, he should be famous already..."

The onlookers frowned when a random person voiced this, causing everyone to think.

"That is definitely the strength of a second-stage martial artist. There is no way that man came out of nowhere and has that level of strength. I would believe my wife would cheat on me rather than this-"

The onlookers looked at the man who voiced this with a strange expression on their faces.

"Cough! Look, the dust seems to have gone away," the man embarrassingly pointed forward with an awkward expression on his face.

As the dust settled down, the rotating whirlwind was still there in all its glory, while the boulder was nowhere to be found.

Their eyes widened with shock. Although they were all powerhouses and could see through the dust, when the boulder and the storm clashed together, it wasn\'t an instantaneous thing, so they still needed to wait for the result.

...

With horrified eyes, Zhang Shi saw the storm advance even bigger than before at him.

"How could this be possible?" he gritted his teeth and touched the ground.

Instantly, a wall of rock was created that protected him from the storm; however, that didn\'t last long as the storm cut through the rock wall with just the sheer wind pressure it emitted.

"You can\'t escape from me." Lu Zhen suddenly released his aura, causing a heavy pressure to emit that instantly froze Zhang Shi in place.

"You... you..." Zhang Shi pointed at him with disbelief as his expression suddenly turned cold from panic.

"If you want to beat me and use me as your stepping stone, you should be ready to bear the consequences of it as well," he gritted his teeth and took out a bell from his robes just as he was engulfed in a storm.

He threw the bells, and instantly it enlarged and landed on himself, protecting him from all sides.

The raging wind of the storm raged at the bell; however, no matter what it did, it couldn\'t cut through the defences of the bell, no matter what.

Seeing this, Zhang Shi heaved a sigh of relief.

However, Lu Zhen had an amused smile after seeing this. "What are you so relieved for?" his cold tone sent shivers down Zhang Shi\'s spine.

The wooden pole in the centre suddenly started to rotate with the storm, and instantly the storm began to increase its rotating speed as well.

A green light flashed in the entire hall, blinding almost everyone\'s eyes.

Crack!

"This..." Zhang Shi\'s eyes widened in horror as the bell started to crack like spiderwebs.

"In front of absolute strength, all things are meaningless," Lu Zhen said with a sneer, while his crimson eyes glinted with a green light as well, perfectly protecting him from the green light emitting from the storm.

"What type of technique is this?" Zhang Shi questioned with a frown on his face. He could still see because the bell protected him; however, from the rate it was going, in five minutes, it would absolutely break.

"A dead man tells no tales."

"Wait, you are going to kill me..."

"I won\'t if you tell me what you, an outsider, are doing here? How did a weakling like you even reach here?" Lu Zhen scoffed.

"You know," Zhang Shi looked at Lu Zhen with disbelief on his face.

"Yeah, I know. So you have two choices now: either become my subordinate or die. Which would you prefer?"

"I... I..." Zhang Shi looked at the cold stare of Lu Zhen and took back his words. "I will become your subordinate."

"Good," Lu Zhen nodded his head with a satisfied expression. He casually swiped, and instantly the storm dissipated.

Zhang Shi fell to the ground as he hurriedly withdrew the bell, returning it to its original size. However, even after it returned to its original size, the bell still had faint cracks on it, clearing away the eye-blinding light with it.

"Now, does anyone have a problem with me being the leader?" Lu Zhen expressionlessly stated.

The people, whose eyes were blinded by the green light, had just recovered when they heard Lu Zhen\'s commanding voice.

"This..." a strange silence enveloped everyone.

"We bow to our leader."

Almost instantly, they all bowed in unison with a resigned look on their faces. They weren\'t stupid individuals. If one move from Lu Zhen had caused everyone to be blind, they could imagine the consequences if he were serious.

In this world where the strongest fist was always right, they had to bow to Lu Zhen, no matter how unwilling they were.

Lu Zhen suddenly looked at Lu Huang, who was just staring at all of this as if he were denying reality itself. The green light had almost caused everyone to go blind, and even Lu Ying was a little uncomfortable with it and had to close her eyes as well.

"Is this the strength of the little brat?" Lu Huang thought after seeing Lu Zhen\'s crimson gaze.

Seeing his red eyes, he trembled and instinctively nodded his head, as if his life depended on it.

"So, does anyone have a problem with me?"

"No, young master. How could we ever doubt the young master?" a man said from the crowd in a flattering tone.

Everyone started to shower Lu Zhen with flattery and offered their daughters\' hands in marriage like a wave of rivers.

"Good son, you have proved to everyone that you are capable of being the leader. Now, let\'s officially declare to the public that it\'s time to change the name of the city," Lu Ying declared on her throne with her lilith voice.

"Yes, mother," Lu Zhen nodded his head.

"We will set an official coronation for it as well for the public as..." Lu Ying swiftly stated what everyone should do and all these things simultaneously.

All the people listened patiently with a resigned expression.

"We are officially becoming subordinate forces of the Lu family."

Although this hadn\'t been mentioned until now, they were already a subordinate force with an unspoken arrangement.

After all, they could be so free and unfettered and build their own powers only because there were four families which balanced themselves out.

But now that there was only one family, only a fool would believe they would allow external parties to build up their own powers individually and cause a hidden danger in the future.

It was simply impossible to live in the city now without being subsidiaries of the Lu family. Since they couldn\'t travel outside as they weren\'t first-stage martial artists, they couldn\'t traverse the forest, which was filled with dangerous beings and was vast.

Neither did they want to go. After all, what guarantee is that there is no greater danger out there? At least they can retain their life here.

That was the simple truth, and they all had already accepted it.

While Lu Zhen was celebrating his victory, a storm was about to rise right inside the mansion of the Lu family.