Level Up in Martial World

Chapter 320: Qi Pattern

"How is he teleporting?"

Lu Zhen couldn't catch the short guy.

As the small figure appeared near one of the kunai and slashed at him with the gauntlet again, aiming for his back, Lu Zhen stood like a tall mountain, completely tanking the hit.

However, the sharp blade sticking out of the gauntlet was destroyed without leaving a single scratch on Lu Zhen's skin.

"What a weakling," Lu Zhen muttered as he turned around. The invisible intent in his body shone, multiplying his power several times. He then clawed at the person, catching him quite easily.

His speed was really too fast, especially with the intent covering his entire body; the increase in his already monstrous strength was multiplied several times.

So Lu Zhen caught the person's ethereal figure, but right through the tightened fist, the short guy teleported farther away using one of the kunai.

"This...?" Lu Zhen looked at the scene in complete shock and disbelief.

"Interesting. This weakling is nothing to me, but this kunai seems to have strange markings."

He took one of the kunai embedded in the ground and examined it.

There was nothing visible, at least to the naked eye.

It seemed like a normal kunai, but Lu Zhen could definitely sense the unique signature of Qi embedded in it.

As martial artists grow stronger, their affinity for Qi in the surroundings becomes more pronounced, especially for Lu Zhen, who already possessed an ancient martial artist's body and could absorb Qi directly without rejection.

He could basically be called the darling of Qi and was even more sensitive to it, so identifying the markings on this kunai wasn't difficult for him.

But when Lu Zhen sensed the vast pattern on the kunai, he felt a little overwhelmed.

He directly ignored the short figure and sat cross-legged on the ground to recognize the signatures in the kunai.

Whether by coincidence or not, as Lu Zhen observed the kunai, the short figure seemed to have disappeared and never attacked him again even he should be the most vulnerable situation right now.

Lu Zhen didn't care about such a weakling; instead, he was immersed in studying the patterns.

But this being didn't know that Lu Zhen had a system!

At this moment, Lu Zhen was fully immersed in comprehending the Qi pattern, completely free from all distractions.

Suddenly, a familiar ding sound rang in his ears, and a blue panel appeared in front of him.

[Ding! The host Charm attribute has increased from Mortal second level to Mortal third level]

Lu Zhen looked at the panel with shock in his eyes. Before he could think further, a warm energy appeared in his body, slowly travelling to his brain.

It wasn't like the first time his charm was upgraded, where he felt terrifying pain and experienced an overall improvement in his consciousness. This time, Lu Zhen didn't feel much pain, and the upgrade went smoothly.

"Hmm?" Lu Zhen touched his chin in contemplation.

It had been a while since his charm had levelled up.

The only time it did was when he was establishing his mana heart, which directly modified and upgraded his brain. But after that, the system underwent an upgrade and became attuned to the Martial world.

The level-up went smoothly, and then Lu Zhen felt nothing—no change in him, at least physically.

But he already knew that his charm was a little deceiving; it was directly related to his soul.

The soul was the window to his body; it directly increased both his comprehension and consciousness.

Charm didn't always mean a physical alteration.

As martial artists progress, they gain a perfect body made for fighting as their realm grows higher and they naturally grow beautiful although there exception to it depending on the Qi and martial art they practise.

However, these are external things; the real charm comes from spirituality. Lu Zhen's increasingly powerful soul meant that he could charm people with weaker souls.

The concept was vague, but the truest improvement he could feel was in his comprehension, which could quickly increase his strength.

Lu Zhen looked at the Qi imprints again and found that it had become much easier for him to comprehend them.

With some joy in his heart, Lu Zhen wholeheartedly began to study the Qi imprints. It wasn't every day that he got to level up so easily, especially with his charm, which was almost impossible to enhance.

Lu Zhen had learned one thing from his level-up system: as long as he worked hard, he would gain invisible experience, and when it reached the limit, he would automatically level up.