Could it be that I am the cruel villain?-Chapter 823 - 471: All of You, Come at Me Together

"Night? So that's what it is..."

He immediately understood the identity of the two people in front of him.

His eyes changed slightly, looking at them with an expression full of caution. He could confidently say that when facing any cultivator here, he could securely have the upper hand. If no one interfered, he even dared to say he could directly put most of them to death.

Only the two demons in front of him made an ominous, even dangerous premonition rise in his heart.

The Demon Clan is very special, so special that it's hard to describe them with words. There's a saying that realm does not equate to strength, and this saying was originally not meant to describe Liu Tangxi, but rather specifically to describe the young of the Demon Clan, because crossing realms is a very easy thing for them.

Let's put it this way, if an ordinary person can contend with a Nascent Soul expert with Core Formation stage strength, it is a rather rare occurrence. Even someone as strong as Cen Yueyue, during the Middle Grade Core Formation realm, was fought to a miserable standstill by Wu Mingsheng at the Nascent Soul Stage.

They were chased for seven hundred miles, nearly martyred together as a couple.

But is Wu Mingsheng considered strong?

He isn't.

He doesn't even have a decent magic treasure, only the family heirloom Paper Folding Spirit. The only slightly valuable treasure on him is no more than High Grade Xuan level, with the Demolishing Demon Frost Palm barely counting as a high-level skill at Lower Grade Earth Rank, but that thing is still a remnant scroll, actually having a power likely not even reaching High Grade Xuan Rank.

But even with such a standard, he nearly tormented the two of them to death.

If you were to use numbers to illustrate the gap between the Core Formation Stage and Nascent Soul Stage, not considering magic treasures and special attributes, Low Grade Core Formation is about 1, Middle Grade then 2, High Grade 3, with Nascent Soul budding in the Dantian being Peak of Core Formation, considered 4.

Thus, Nascent Soul Stage is at least 10, and even the most ordinary Nascent Soul Stage is 10. If it's the child of a wealthy family or someone with incredible fortune, then this number multiplies exponentially upwards, making it very difficult to defeat unless taken by surprise or if the opponent is already injured.

This is the disparity. It can be said that reaching the Nascent Soul Stage from Core Formation is one of the most critical watersheds in the journey of immortal cultivation.

Of course, the outstanding disciples currently in the sect cannot be divided by one, two, three, four. For example, those like Cen Yueyue and Qingluan are certainly at levels very close to 10, while Ying Ling and Jiang Feng are slightly less.

However.

In front of the Demon Clan, three can equal ten, because the young of the Demon Clan, whether in cultivation techniques or Daoist skills, are almost uncontested at the same realm, possessing frighteningly strong physiques as well. They have flesh bodies with unimaginable strength.

In the same realm, they can take two direct Daoist strikes and still be lively, their physiques comparable to Body Cultivators seeking extremes of physical strength, with unimaginably tough divine souls, equivalent to having top-tier cultivation techniques, yet being hexagonal warriors proficient in Dao, Body, and Soul.

Such individuals are nearly invincible under any same realm, not only capable of transcending a small realm but also possibly a large realm, simply because they have no weaknesses.

Even if their realm is inferior, the Demon Clan can still rely on their extremely strong physical bodies to withstand attacks, wearing down the opponent's energy, or rely on their divine soul to crush the opposition. After all, the majority of cultivators are usually proficient in one aspect only, which is why the Cultivation World today distinguishes between Body Cultivators, Daoist Cultivators, and Soul Cultivators.

So is it feasible to cultivate all three simultaneously?

Feasible.

Jiang Feng is a great example, following a path somewhat similar to the Demon Clan, cultivating Dao, Body, and Soul simultaneously, leaving no weak points and excelling in martial arts and skills. Plus, he possesses his senior sister's unique skills, along with various magic treasures and Daoist skills, enabling him to operate with ease even against Nascent Soul Stage masters.

When facing cultivators of the same realm, he can win effortlessly.

Cen Yueyue and Qingluan belong to a similar category that can cross realms to fight against others, but their approach is different from Jiang Feng's, akin to the bathtub effect. Jiang Feng's choice is to ensure the long board is sufficiently prominent while not leaving any short boards.

This ensures when facing enemies, there's always a way to achieve an unexpected victory, always an advantage stronger than others, using one's strengths to infinitely expand and attack the opponent's weak spots, a very clever strategic method.

However, Cen Yueyue's approach is the simplest and crudest, which is to make the long board infinitely long.

Others may be unevenly matched, but Cen Yueyue piles up the long board twice, five times, or even ten times longer than peers of the same realm!

She sacrifices all defense, stamina, and energy points, putting all attributes into attack power—either you die, or I do. This is why she can cross realms, and even in a frontal confrontation with someone in the Nascent Soul Stage, they'd likely meet their demise if touched by Li Fire, though her weaknesses are glaring.

The problem arises when facing opponents who avoid direct confrontation, opt for twists and turns, detours, and tricks, launching mental attacks with illusions. When she encounters such styles, she'll find herself unable to exert her strength effectively, her punches feeling futile, rendering her strengths useless.

Point at, Yu Rou.

The fierce battle with Yan Yurou perfectly illustrated this, where even after exerting all her abilities, she could only rely on her superior cultivation realm to endure. In the end, she still couldn't outlast, ending in a draw, at best gaining a slight upper hand—a scenario unimaginable for others.