Chapter 151: Into the Danger Zone
Benton stood atop a cliff, looking over a wide valley. In the distance, a single snow-covered peak rose, ascending into the clouds. The qi signature at the top was so strong that it almost overwhelmed his spiritual sense even from miles away.
He dearly, dearly hoped that the huge source of qi wasn’t the Big Boss he had to face.
According to Su’s memories, a beast tide being caused by an entity at an equivalent realm to Nihility or higher was extremely unlikely. As in, no one had ever heard of such a high ranked beast causing one.
Of course, if such a high ranked beast attacked, it was unlikely anyone would have survived to tell the tale. Still, Benton optimistically figured that the leader was probably somewhere in the Nascent Soul realm, and that determination wasn’t just based on Su’s memories. From what Benton’s research in the Poison Claw Sect library back in Sixth Flawless Flowing City had revealed, the size of the waves launched against the village was indicative of a powerful beast but not a heaven-shattering one. Ergo, the Big Boss was probably between rank ten and rank twelve and most likely on the lower end of that range.
At worst, Benton should be fighting one full realm above his own, a feat he hoped was doable since he was much stronger than a typical peak Golden Core cultivator. If the beast were actually Nihility, though, he might as well just flee because it was unlikely he’d even be able to hit the creature, much less injure it.
Before finding the Big Boss, though, he still had to deal with the creature’s waves, starting with the ninth. There were six of the rank nine beasts making their way across the valley.
The fight should be interesting. It would be the first time that Benton faced the equivalent of a peak Golden Core cultivator, an opponent at his level.
He had a choice—wait at a higher elevation or Quickstep down to meet them?
Well, as Anakin had found out, it was impossible to defeat someone who had the high ground. After all, what did having superpowers mean compared to a slight advantage in height?
Benton chuckled.
Still, he supposed there was some benefit to the old adage. He waited, watching, until the beasts chose a path up the mountain. From that point, it was easy to see where they would need to traverse a pass, so he Quickstepped to that point to set up an ambush.
He found a nice high point and cloaked himself with his Stealth technique, his mastered Concepts ensuring not even a beast with the highest possible perception could detect him and all for the very low cost of about seven qi per minute. For that amount, he could remain cloaked for … literally forever considering his regen rate was greater than a quarter of a million per hour or about forty-seven hundred per minute. The amount required to stay stealthed was basically unnoticeable.