Pfft!
Under the horrified gazes of the demon beasts,
Xiao Chen's face paled slightly.
He could not stop himself from coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Everyone was stunned by his strength.
Little did they know,
he was just as incredulous.
He could not believe it.
He had taken only one punch from Niu Qi,
yet he was already this badly injured!
Indeed, from a certain perspective, cultivation realm cannot represent combat strength. In the past, I slaughtered opponents above my realm at will, disregarding those differences entirely because I possessed a God Physique and immense foundations. Against those whose foundations were far weaker than mine, I could slaughter all before me!
Now that I've entered the Inner Domain, every demon beast here has an astonishing bloodline and terrifying foundations. Fighting above my realm is no longer as easy as before. My Martial God Physique has yet to reach minor mastery. Compared with some peerless prodigies, my foundations still don't give me enough of an advantage. I must cultivate my Martial God Physique to minor mastery as soon as possible!
Xiao Chen murmured inwardly, gaining a deeper understanding of combat strength!
For ordinary cultivators,
cultivation realm largely equaled combat strength.
Their talent and constitutions were ordinary, their cultivation methods and secret arts were ordinary, and their fortune and opportunities were ordinary.
For monstrous prodigies,
all manner of factors influenced their combat strength!
Their bodies, bloodlines, innate aptitude, cultivation methods, secret arts, fortune, and opportunities.
Every single one
would affect their strength.
Take Niu Qi, for instance.
His bloodline and talent defied the heavens.
His cultivation methods and secret arts defied the heavens.
Add his Half-Emperor cultivation,
and dealing with Xiao Chen, whose Martial God Physique had yet to reach minor mastery and whose cultivation lagged far behind,
was as easy