A Divine Presence Realm powerhouse was high-level military strength in every sense, within any faction in The Present World.
In a small country, they would be a pillar of the state. In regional powers such as Zhuang and Yong, they would be either marquises or ministers, wielding military power if not political power.
And in a great power like the Great Xia Empire, which had once hoped to challenge for hegemony, none who could be granted a marquisate would be an ordinary Divine Presence cultivator!
Take Zhou Xiong, son of Zhou Ying. He too was a veteran Divine Presence Realm cultivator, yet he could not claim the title of marquis—though of course, he had his father's ducal title to inherit. Had he not died, his future prospects would not have been measured merely by his current strength.
Shang Yanhu, the Marquis of Northern Village, who had once wreaked havoc in the capital of Li Kingdom and earned a name for savage bravery, was more powerful than Zhou Xiong in every sense.
The moment he appeared, he smashed Chongxuan Sheng's enormous Law of Heaven and Earth body down from the sky, saving the Scarlet Blood Ghost Bat of the Touch family.
As the Soldier Sha shook, an unknown number of Victory Camp soldiers were killed or wounded.
Not only had Chongxuan Sheng failed to react to that punch—even Jiang Wang had failed to catch it!
Too fast, too heavy, and too abrupt!
The Scarlet Blood Ghost Bat, its wings broken and eyes narrowed, was still screeching in midair.
The battle had already undergone an earth-shaking reversal.
That cold, hard fist seemed to remain lodged in sight, but Shang Yanhu had already vanished.
In that abrupt, awkward fashion, he closed in on Chongxuan Sheng—
Clang!
A streak of sword light rose like