Chapter 247 - Chastened
Benton laid in the dirt, suffering through the pain and ignominy of having his legs seared off. As he seethed, he waited for the Major Healing Pill he’d just consumed, his third in a short period, to finish working.
He was not happy with the fight against the Jade Chameleon Nascent Souls. He was well enough pleased that he stood victorious—or would stand victorious once his legs healed anyway—but he’d come way too close to dying. Multiple times.
One thought kept running through his mind—what would happen to the kids if he died?
The answer was nothing pleasant. If they were lucky, they’d suffer a quick death. And that just was not okay.
He was angry. Some of his ire was directed at the enemy cultivators who had attacked him and his sect. Most of it, however, was directed firmly at himself.
When he’d come to this world, the System had given him tremendous power. Cheats. He’d mostly breezed through obstacles. The only setback he’d suffered was Ye Zan’s death. Which had caused him to increase his power even more, enough to conquer over a dozen opponents similar in realm to him at once. Additionally, he’d defeating the cyclops, a creature that was the equivalent of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Those experiences had made him believe that he was unbeatable. Not true. Not true at all.
The fact was that he’d gotten cocky. Overconfident.
Nascent Souls were much tougher than he’d expected. Their attacks weren’t exactly easy to deal with, but it wasn’t their offense that really stymied him. It was their Aura. Even with all his advantages, the penalty against his qi attacks was simply too high, making everything he shot at them underwhelming. The entire experience had left him chastened.
He absolutely would not risk another attack while he was still in the Golden Core realm. Advancement had just become his number one priority, and he was metaphorically kicking himself for not having done so before his enemies arrived.
Of course, he would have literally kicked himself, but he couldn’t because he had no legs! Just another reminder of how stupid he’d been.
Luckily, between the pill and his Healing technique, it didn’t take too long for him to be fully restored. He got up, brushed himself off, and took stock of the situation.