Chapter 244: Sinking into the Black
Benton grew more lightheaded by the moment. Black crept into the edges of his sight. He felt himself sink into it. His wound was something no mortal could withstand. He was dying, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Those thoughts triggered a rebellion in his mind. Not the dying part. He’d done that before, and as an old man, it was to be expected. There was no choice but to shuffle off this mortal coil.
No. Wait. Mortal? He wasn’t a mortal.
Was he? He’d been one on Earth, but he was no longer on Earth?
Right. He was a cultivator now.
The other part of his thoughts that seemed wrong was that there was nothing he could do about dying. He wasn’t just a cultivator; he was a cultivator with a Healing technique.
With a thought, he triggered it, and a wash of warmth swept over the mess of tangled flesh where his shoulder used to be, relieving some of the pain.
But he was low on qi. Very low. Not enough left to Heal him.
Spirit coins. His ring.
With another thought, he had a stack of them appear in his mouth, where they quickly dissolved. One hundred thousand qi. Good. He used all of it for Healing. Same for the next stack and the next and the next.
The healing jogged his memory. A pill. Yes. Also in his ring.
He withdrew a Major Healing Pill and consumed it. Its effects combined with his Healing technique to at least double the rate of recovery.