BXBX NOVEL Chapter 165: Level Up
"What is he doing?" Lu Ming thought curiously. He paused, remaining still, patiently observing. If he saw any sign of Lu Zhen losing his breath, he would immediately intervene, but until then, he wouldn\'t help.
Suddenly, he noticed something that made his eyes widen. Due to the darkness in the Nihilith realm, he couldn\'t clearly see, even as a first-stage martial artist. Now, as he went a little closer to Lu Zhen and focused on him, he could finally see Lu Zhen\'s condition.
The bulky body of Lu Zhen was nowhere to be found, replaced by a malnourished body. The wounds on his body were healing at an astonishing speed, making even first-stage martial artists pale in comparison. Another thing he noticed was that the cuts on Lu Zhen\'s body, caused by the environment, were becoming smaller and smaller as time passed, even though his body continued to move back and forth.
"Hmm, ancient martial artist physiques are truly terrifying, and with these abilities Lu Zhen talked about, where he could use this environment to strengthen his ancient martial physique," Lu Ming paused, as if comprehending the monstrosity of Lu Zhen. "He will probably surpass me soon," he thought with a bitter expression.
He still had more to climb in his martial path; he had just reached the middle tier of first-stage martial artists. First-stage martial artists were divided into four tiers: beginning, middle, high, and peak tiers. Unlike the other martial realms lower than first-stage martial artists, the gap in a small tier was terrifying.
Look at him, for example. Just breaking through the middle tier of the first-stage martial realm, he could fight three beginning-tier first-stage martial artists. That, too, was humbling himself.
After all, he was also a human, and humans are inherently evil. Although logically he could be happy, jealousy crept into his mind, an envy of the terrifying talent of Lu Zhen. If he could have that talent, he would probably not be wasting his time in this small town, almost isolated from the outside world.
However, that didn\'t mean they were weaker than outside forces. From his knowledge, nobody outside had surpassed the first-stage martial realm. In fact, the Lu family\'s power itself was comparable to a second-tier force in the outside world. The first-tier force in the external realm was equivalent to the entirety of Phoenix City combined with the four major families.
"Too bad there will soon be only three major families," Lu Ming shook his head when he thought of this. Although he didn\'t really want to destroy the Xia family, he had to. If he gave them the chance to coordinate, they would undoubtedly team up with each other to fight the Lu family, which was absolutely unacceptable. To maintain the Lu family\'s dominance, he had decisively hidden his power.
Only after injuring the Xia family ancestor did he reveal his true strength, making the bastard wary of the others, rendering an alliance between the three families impossible.
Suddenly, he heard a terrifying sound that jolted him back to reality, and he looked at Lu Zhen.
His eyes widened when he saw the fully recovered Lu Zhen, who stood up like a tall tower. Lu Zhen\'s ragged clothes revealed compact muscles that exuded a sense of power with just a glance. Even though Lu Zhen was suppressing his aura, him standing still gave one a sense of intimidation.
Although he seemed to have become a lot leaner, and his height appeared to have decreased, with clear signs of malnourishment, as if Lu Zhen hadn\'t eaten for years.
"Ancestor, can we return to the Lu family now?"
"Oh… alright."
Lu Ming faintly saw a vision of Lu Zhen, domineeringly standing alone while countless people prayed for him, which caused him to be distracted.
Ignoring his distracted state and without giving Lu Zhen a chance to speak, he erected a barrier around Lu Zhen. Instantly, the prickling feeling went away as Lu Zhen finally calmed down, his expression now blank.
Lu Zhen looked at the prompt in front of him with some excitement; however, he was still relatively calm.
[Your body has become condensed]
[Your divine physique has levelled up from level 4 to level 5]
His body was filled with vitality and power; even though it looked malnourished, he felt invincible. Power coursed inside his body, filling him with exhilaration.
"System, What level has my physique reached?"
[According to the database host, your physique has reached the power of a middle-tier second-stage martial artist.]
Lu Zhen nodded his head as he expected, considering the data ratio.
Reaching the divine physique level one meant that he was in the third-stage martial realm, and he broke through to the second-stage martial realm when he levelled up his attribute from divine physique level three to level four so according to the threshold he will reach the peak of second-stage martial realm through his body once he reached level seven in his divine physique.
"Good, you seem to have made a breakthrough, Lu Zhen."
"Thank you, Ancestor. I will train here again after my body recovers."
"Very well, I will give you the meat of a second-stage martial beast for you to recover." Ancestor Lu nodded with a satisfied expression as they travelled in the Nihilith dimension.
Lu Zhen\'s eyes lit up when he heard about a second-stage martial beast. The most he had eaten was the meat of a third-stage peak martial realm beast, and that too during a difficult time.
Lu Ming made a swiping motion with his hand, and instantly, the portal opened, revealing a bright light outside. Since the darkness in this place was very high, Lu Zhen could only see the light in the distance while being enshrouded in darkness.