Having a powerful body did indeed mean Long Chen possessed super strength, but more importantly, his defense had been enhanced to an unprecedented level. Although Xiaolang’s greatest strength was in the Nine Devils Ancestral Fire, as a Category Nine Earth-tier beast, a swipe of his claws was equal to a Ninth River Stage cultivator using his weapon to attack Long Chen. However, he could not even leave a scratch on Long Chen’s scales.0

This meant that even a regular Ninth River Stage cultivator would find it difficult to hurt Long Chen.1

Also, Long Chen could tell that Xiaolang’s attack was far from the limit.0

He took the Demon Emperor Sword out of his Universe Pouch at this point. It was an intermediate Heaven-tier divine weapon and was extremely sharp. If it could not hurt him, then Long Chen’s body was at least equivalent to an advanced Heaven-tier body tempering technique.0

The advanced Heaven-tier was the tail end of the four foundational realms. Even cultivators at the Sixth and Seventh...0