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.

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.