Chapter 236: No Rest for the Weary
Benton had sensed two Golden Core approaching the sect, so he waited for them on the road between the two towers just behind the newly installed gate. When he caught sight of them, he grinned. It was Kang Ya-Ting and an old man who was also dressed in the green robes of the Poison Claw Sect, both on flying swords. Benton quickly scanned the stranger, discovering that he was a peak Golden Core cultivator.
The two descended, landing in front of the open gate.
“Friend Kang, greetings!” Benton said, cupping his hands.
“And you as well, Friend Su. This is Yuan Yaozu.”
Benton and the new man exchanged greetings.
“I’m afraid I’m here on business, Friend Su, and the news isn’t good,” Kang Ya-Ting said. “The Jade Chameleon Sect has brought two Nascent Souls out of secluded cultivation. We believe an attack is imminent.”
Even though Benton more than half expected something like that to happen, it was still a shock for it to become a certainty. His heart pounded. “How imminent? And just two or are more expected?”
“A day or two, no more than three, and none of our sources indicate that the sect’s other two Nascent Souls are joining the fight. Neither have we detected any movement from the Swift Blizzard Sect or the Emperor’s faction.”
Benton’s heart eased some at that response. Combined with the two towers and the Grand Defensive Formation, he felt confident that he probably could handle two Nascent Souls.
Then again…
Up until the very moment that Kang Ya-Ting had announced the looming arrival of the enemy Nascent Souls, Benton had actually been quite confident in his ability to handle two at once. Now that his life and the lives of all his sect members were riding on him turning back the attack, he felt decidedly less sure.
He couldn’t help but wonder if he had enough time to drag three hundred eighty-eight members of the village over to the amphitheater and induct them, bringing the sect’s membership total to one thousand and hopefully triggering his ability to ascend to Nascent Soul.