Chapter 1293 - 1293: These Body Cultivators

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable carefully sensed Jiang Cheng's aura.

After confirming that there was really not a trace of immortal power, rules, or divine soul present, he finally relaxed completely.

"This time we won't compare anything."

He curled his lips into a smug smile.

"We'll just use this pure immortal body to engage in the most primal battle with you."

"I know your fate must be unbelievably high, with opportunities far beyond our imagination."

"So this time, don't expect to use weapons or dao armor, lest you pull out some special treasure again."

Everyone outside was speechless.

You are all Daoist Venerables!

With a wave of your hand, you could destroy worlds, practically omnipotent Daoist Venerables.

To annihilate one Supreme, you actually resort to the simplest hand-to-hand brawl?

Even the body tempering martial artists in the lower realm wouldn't play at such a low level, right?

However, they had to admit this combat method was quite effective.

This time, Sect Leader Jiang probably truly had no hope of winning.

Immortal power, divine soul, rules, sword dao—all were unusable. It essentially came down to who could take hits better, who was stronger, whose fist was heavier.

Across were nineteen Daoist Venerables, their immortal body strength naturally superior to Supreme.

Moreover, they held a numerical advantage.

In this hand-to-hand brawl, being outnumbered was quite fatal.

Two fists can't rival four hands.

"You really thought this through." Jiang Cheng couldn't help but marvel.

"We had to think it through."

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable wasn't as arrogant as Bai Xing Daoist Venerable.

At least outwardly, he still maintained a calm and collected demeanor.

"To deal with a monster like you, I must try to snuff out every possibility of a comeback."

While speaking, he cheerfully undressed.

This made Brother Cheng's mouth twitch.

What's this old man trying to do?

Some unpleasant images popped into his mind, giving him a chill.

And it wasn't just Silver Quan; among the eighteen Daoist Venerables behind him, four were undressing too.

"What are you trying to pull off?"

Silver Quan paused his actions, his wrinkled eyes squinting with laughter.

"By the way, just asking, are you a body cultivator?"

In the lower realm, indeed there was a distinction between body cultivators and technique cultivators.

Body cultivators focused on body refining, their physical strength vastly superior to others of the same level, adept at close combat.

But upon reaching the Immortal Realm, such specialized body cultivators became rarer.

Immortal bodies and demon bodies themselves were very strong.

Upon reaching Immortal Venerable or Immortal King, combat mainly focused on rules.

Unless they were unique groups like Mang Ye, naturally possessing divine power capable of breaking all techniques, close combat relying on the body was difficult to sustain.

However, this didn't mean a strong physique was useless.

Some immortals still maintained the habit of continuing to strengthen their body.

Unfortunately, Brother Cheng didn't have this habit.

He honestly shook his head.

"Body refining is arduous. Brother here plays with high-end immortal technique and sword dao."

The Celestial Desolation Indestructible Body is a special talent by constitution.

It does not enhance defense.

"That's really regrettable."

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable had already taken off his shirt.

Revealed to the crowd was a physique with exaggeratedly robust muscles.

Those veins wrapped around the sharply contoured black and gray skin like vines, exuding explosive power!

"Oh no, muscle devil man?"

Brother Cheng's mouth twitched again; he was somewhat shocked.

The contrast between the old man's gaunt face and those exaggerated, strong muscles was truly jarring.

"Heh heh heh, quite coincidentally, I was a body cultivator back in the day."

"Moreover, I was a genius body cultivator."

Seeing his reaction, Silver Quan Daoist Venerable rarely showed a trace of pride.

"Even after my realm improved, I still maintained the hobby of continuing body refining."

"Among Daoist Venerables, my immortal body should be considered noteworthy."

"In usual battles, this immortal body isn't much use; after all, when origin comes out, no matter how strong the immortal body is, it's still dead."

He deliberately sighed regretfully.

"But here, it should be quite handy."

He wasn't wrong.

When immortal power, divine soul, and rules were all blocked, the advantage of a strong body became apparent.

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable shook his head, looked at Sect Leader Jiang who was still properly dressed, full of sympathy.

"Even more coincidentally, I'm not the only one here who refined the body."

As soon as he finished speaking, another Daoist Venerable from the Heaven-breaking Alliance revealed his strong, elastic biceps.

"I never dreamed that my old body refining could have such a grand display today."

"Kid, I hope you can take a beating later; otherwise, squeezing you to death won't be fun."

"Alas!"

A middle-aged Daoist Venerable, pale and beardless, sighed beside him.

"I envy you body refiners; when I was weak, I wanted to refine the body but didn't have the talent and was naturally frail."

"Eventually, my clan elders figured out a way and replaced me with two sections of cloud dust golden bone from the Ancient Primordial Immortal Realm."

"Since then, I've never lost in close combat with same-level opponents…"

Everyone was speechless.

You're showing off quite exceptionally with some reverse psychology there.

The Ancient Primordial Immortal Realm houses countless great powers, some even threatening the Heavenly Dao.

The special bones from that era must be imbued with unimaginable power.

"Hahaha, Yun Jue Daoist Venerable's opportunity is truly enviable."

Yet another Daoist Venerable stepped up, complaining right off.

"I didn't have such caring clan elders; my cultivation path was full of hardships."

"Once, I carelessly consumed a piece of tree root, resulting in immense pain!"

"It caused my immortal body to continuously break down and repair for three millennia."

"Coincidentally, later I gained some insights into the Power Rule, inexplicably strengthening my immortal body several times over."

"Only then did I realize it was called the Earth-Shaking Divine Root…"

Even Silver Quan Daoist Venerable couldn't help but frown.

What on earth, are you complaining or showing off?

Everyone's flaunting skills seemed one better than another.

Earth-Shaking Divine Root, considered a top-tier treasure in the body cultivation realm, extremely rare and hard to acquire.

If refined, one could truly consider cultivating the one-strength-breaks-ten-thousand-techniques path.

Among the four, the last Daoist Venerable didn't bother with the flamboyance.

After undressing, his body squirmed.

Soon thereafter, he transformed into a bizarre form with scales all over, a python head and human body.

Those scales appeared dark green, each glimmering with a sinister light, mist drifting from the scale gaps, chillingly eerie.

"I'm naturally of Fog Poison Python bloodline, surpassing other body cultivators without refining."

Silver Quan Daoist Venerable's smile was now uncontrollable.

"Jiang Cheng, it's truly unfortunate. Despite your myriad opportunities and divine techniques, this time you're ultimately severely countered."