A Peak First-rank Martial Artist

Wu Biao was absolutely fuming. He felt like a dog being led around in circles by Su Chen.

No matter how much he burned through his qi and blood or increased his speed, he just couldn't catch up with Su Chen!

Su Chen had definitely tempered his Lower Limb Bones!

So this was the benefit of tempering the Lower Limb Bones?

He could run like crazy!

Bastard! Stop running if you've got the guts!

Half an hour later.

Wu Biao had run out of qi and blood and could no longer keep chasing.

The moment he stopped, Su Chen came right over and threw several punches. With no qi and blood left, Wu Biao couldn't withstand them at all and was beaten straight to his knees!

Wu Dongyang was dumbfounded!

"Ahhh! Second Uncle! Second Uncle!"

"How is this possible?!"

"This can't be real!"

"How could this happen? Second Uncle is an Intermediate First-rank Martial Artist, yet he was defeated by a Beginner First-rank Martial Artist!"

"Impossible!"

"I don't believe it!"

Su Youyu jumped three feet into the air with joy, then hurried over and gazed at Su Chen with adoration. "Brother, you're incredible!"

"That was amazing!"

"Super fierce!"

"You're ridiculously awesome!"

"Dongyang Martial Arts School really doesn't have anyone who can beat you~~"

Lying beaten on the ground, Wu Biao couldn't understand how he'd ended up getting thrashed by a martial artist whose level was lower than his own!

He hadn't even managed to touch the hem of Su Chen's clothes!

It was utterly humiliating!

Just then, a system notification sounded in Su Chen's mind.

"Congratulations, host, on making your choice. You have been rewarded with a Martial Arts Upgrade Card."

"Would you like to activate this card, host?"

"Activate!"

As soon as the activation notification sounded, Su Chen felt his qi and blood surge throughout his body, leaving him warm all over.

Even his bones were evolving.

About a minute passed.

He could clearly feel his level rising!

His Lower Limb Bones also felt stronger!

He opened his character profile.

Character: Su Chen

Martial Arts Level: Peak First-rank Martial Artist

Tempering: Lower Limb Bones (90% complete)

Cultivation Method: None

A Peak First-rank Martial Artist. This felt great!

Looking at Wu Biao, who'd been beaten to the ground, Su Chen felt he could completely crush him now!

Wu Biao's eyes suddenly flew wide open as he stared at Su Chen in disbelief, his lips trembling. "You!"

"You actually broke through and advanced!"

"And you didn't just reach the Intermediate level!"

"You're at the peak?!"

"You're a Peak First-rank Martial Artist now!"

He was so shocked he went completely blank!

Not only had he failed to restore Dongyang Martial Arts School's reputation, he'd even become the stepping stone for Su Chen's breakthrough!!!

He'd lost face in every possible way!

Hearing his second uncle, Wu Dongyang stared in terror. "What? He broke through to Peak First-rank Martial Artist?!"

Run!

Run!!!

His mind held only one frenzied thought: run!

But would Su Chen let him get away?

Wu Dongyang had only just turned around, without even taking a step, when Su Chen caught him and kicked him over beside Wu Biao.

Uncle and nephew lay sprawled on the ground together.

The head of Dongyang Martial Arts School, Wu Dongyang's father, Wu Zhenwu, had been hurrying over to help. But when he heard his son's words and sensed the Peak First-rank aura radiating from Su Chen, he immediately changed his tune like a face-changing opera performer. He slowed his steps, reined in all his anger, and approached Su Chen with a gentle expression.

"Hello, young man. I'm the head of Dongyang Martial Arts School. My son and younger brother were being far too unruly and offended you. I'd like to apologize to you on their behalf."

"Dad!" Wu Dongyang had thought his father had come to avenge them.

He'd been so happy, but he hadn't expected his father to say something like that!

He had no intention of helping them get revenge at all!

"Brat, this is no place for you to speak! Shut your mouth!" Wu Zhenwu snorted.

Wu Dongyang immediately fell silent.

But he wasn't convinced!

His father was a Second-rank Martial Artist!

He was the strongest person in Dongyang Martial Arts School!

Why should he be afraid of a mere Peak First-rank Martial Artist like Su Chen??!

He could crush Su Chen with ease!

Wu Biao felt the same way as Wu Dongyang!

He couldn't understand why his older brother was acting like this either!

Su Chen looked at Wu Zhenwu, and the system had already told him the man's martial arts level.

He was a Beginner Second-rank Martial Artist!

Su Chen wasn't someone who went looking for fights. Since Wu Zhenwu had taken the initiative to apologize, he said coolly, "An apology is fine, but if you think one sentence is enough to put everything that happened behind us, then your apology isn't sincere enough."

"Hey, you're going too far! My dad already apologized to you. What more do you want? Do you think my dad can't beat you? Don't push your luck! My dad's a Second-rank Martial Artist! He could beat the crap out of a—" Wu Dongyang hadn't finished speaking when

Wu Zhenwu sealed his mouth shut with tape.

Then Wu Zhenwu turned to Su Chen with an apologetic smile. "Young man, I'm sorry. I failed to raise my son properly. This brat does nothing but spew filth. I understand what you mean."

As he spoke, Wu Zhenwu took a bank card from his pocket and held it out to Su Chen. "This is an anonymous bank card with one million yuan on it. It's a small token of our apology for the trouble Dongyang Martial Arts School caused you. Please accept it."

The system spoke in Su Chen's mind: "Scan complete. This is indeed an anonymous bank card, and it contains one million yuan."

"Once the host receives this card, the system can transfer the money to the host's bank account through legitimate channels. No one will know that the money went into the host's name."

Having a system really was great!

It even took care of little things like this for him.

Since someone was giving him money, and Wu Dongyang and Wu Biao really had caused him considerable trouble and wasted quite a bit of his time,

accepting the one million was perfectly reasonable.

He took the card and said coolly, "I'll accept this card, but..."

Su Chen turned his gaze toward Su Youyu beside him.

Wu Zhenwu immediately caught on. "Don't worry. I'll make sure my brat doesn't bother your girlfriends again."

"If he dares, I'll throw him into the Outer Regions to feed the wolves!"

Wu Dongyang's face turned deathly pale, and his pants were soaked.

He knew his father always kept his word!

The Outer Regions were utterly unsafe. Danger lurked everywhere!

Some people went to sleep at night and were found dead the next morning—or had vanished without a trace. No one even knew how they'd died or disappeared!

Compared to the Imperial Capital, the Outer Regions were practically a living hell!

Only people with nowhere else to turn, or ambitious people seeking to build a powerful faction, would go fight in the Outer Regions!

He never wanted to go there in his life!

Su Chen nodded.

Wu Zhenwu felt a weight lift from his heart. Smiling, he said, "Well then, young man, I won't disturb you any longer. I'll take my brat and younger brother home to face the family's punishment."

"Mm."

Wu Zhenwu grabbed one of them in each hand as if they were chicks, then hurried off with long strides.

Only after they returned to the Wu family ancestral hall did Wu Dongyang tear the tape off his mouth. Confused and afraid, he asked, "Dad! I don't understand. Why did you bow your head to that man?!"

"He's just a Peak First-rank Martial Artist. He's no match for you, Dad!"

"Why give him so much respect?"

"Now look what happened. Our martial arts school has lost all its face!"