Chapter 40: Seeking Benevolence, Attaining Benevolence

On the other side, Yu Qiang's battlefield.

Between heaven and earth, fierce winds howled, sand and dust swirled, and it was unusually dim.

The Profound Yin Arrow flashed by, shooting out from within the dead lion-headed ferocious beast's body, consecutively injuring three ferocious beasts of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Yu Qiang knew that at this moment the goal was not to quickly settle one of them, but to weaken them as much as possible.

He could not rely solely on himself to oppose so many Taiyi ferocious beasts, after all he was only a Taiyi Upper God at this time.

Vast white mist flowed out from the Covering Heaven Transforming Qi Gourd, enveloping the entire battlefield; the wind could not disperse it, and the sand and dust were completely hidden.

Within this white mist, the ferocious beasts could not see, could not hear, and their sense of smell failed; they could only randomly unleash divine abilities inside.

These divine abilities varied in manifestation, but most struck their own side, even dragging in outside ferocious beasts.

The white mist resembled fine snakes, drilling into the beasts' mouths and noses, continually obscuring their perception; twin snakes wandered under Yu Qiang's feet as he silently approached.

Moving between the divine abilities, he was cautious; although he had obscured their perception, he also had to worry that their randomly emitted divine abilities might accidentally strike him.

The Profound Yin Arrow struck again, taking away the remaining two heavily injured ferocious beasts of the Taiyi Upper God realm, and Yu Qiang's divine power vanished like flowing water.

The Profound Yin Arrow's effect against enemies is excellent, but it is built upon massive divine power consumption; refining the Profound Yin Arrow can unleash greater effect, yet the cost is increased divine power consumption.

Killing three Taiyi Upper God ferocious beasts in one strike was a heavy burden for him, while the remaining four Taiyi ferocious beasts had already gone mad.

Their instincts told them of the danger here, and they wanted to flee.

One of the ferocious beasts spewed black flames, continuously spraying them around; the white mist began to melt as soon as it was hit by these black flames.

This black flame is the same as the black flame rising from the ground, both accompanied by intensely toxic black smoke.

Seeing this, Yu Qiang could only avoid it; the flesh of the three ferocious beasts previously wounded by the Profound Yin Arrow had begun to mutate, with blood flowing incessantly.

One of those ferocious beasts had already begun to foam blood at the mouth, which also made them increasingly terrified and frenzied.

The ferocious beast spewing black flame resembled a horse but had four heads; it was currently the only uninjured ferocious beast.

It let out a neighing sound, and all the Taiyi ferocious beasts began to gather toward it, simultaneously spewing more black flame that spread across myriad miles, enveloping the entire battlefield.

Upon hearing this sound, an Innate Divine Saint's expression turned strange, and they frenziedly intensified their assault.

The others also followed suit, striving to block it.

Although the Innate Divine Saints pressed their attack, in the end they still allowed the beasts to converge together.

Their blood and murky qi gathered together, forming a huge protective shield that enclosed all the ferocious beasts.

"Things have become troublesome."

The speaking Innate Divine Saint had goat horns on his head, was half-human half-horse, with four hooves treading clouds as he flew through the heavens, wielding a long spear.

"There's nothing we can do, but we must try."

Another Innate Divine Saint responded with a sound.

Only to see his complexion dark yellow, behind him a dharma form appeared, the dharma form continually grew, becoming larger and larger, finally reaching a size of several million zhang.

At this moment his complexion seemed even more yellow.

Without seeing him move, the palm of the dharma form pierced through the cloud layer and slammed down upon the beast herd.

Even just the size of the palm was much larger than the ferocious beasts, and as the palm descended, one after another qi spread outward.

Transforming into countless qi swords, they pierced the shield together with the ferocious beasts and sank into the ground.

As more qi swords fell, his vital energy grew weaker.

Everyone and Yu Qiang acted as if they could not see, allowing his vital energy to weaken bit by bit until it vanished.

With the disappearance of his vital energy, the dharma form dissipated between heaven and earth.

Blood rain fell from the sky, and around it rose the mournful sound of the Dao.

The Innate Divine Saint fell, and heaven and earth grieved together.

The ferocious beasts' shield had been shattered; eight ferocious beasts died tragically on the spot, while the rest were severely wounded.

"He has left, but at least our great vengeance has been avenged."

The half-human half-horse Innate Divine Saint said.

"Yes, ever since he returned from the Dao Chang, his heart has been dead."

"His bloodline severed, his Dao companion lost his life, his Dao Chang destroyed; being able to endure until now is already his utmost effort."

Another Innate Divine Saint replied:

"However, from his words it seems he has already passed down the Dao lineage."

"That can be considered a blessing amidst misfortune."

No one spoke further; they simply killed the remaining severely wounded ferocious beasts and then silently departed.

They also did not know whether, if they saw the miserable state of their own Dao Chang, they could endure as long as he did.

Under the backlash of heaven and earth's fate, the Dao path was severed, becoming unrecognizable; all he once possessed vanished, he still had a chance to avenge, but what about himself?

The six returned to Yinglong Great Camp.

Yinglong saw they were missing one person, the atmosphere grew heavy, and he did not ask the reason, nor whether they had succeeded.

Being able to return alive already represented success.

"Thank you all, this battle was arduous; you may rest and recuperate in my great camp."

Yinglong's voice was calm, without joy or sorrow.

Yu Qiang merely refused, saying:

"We are still fine; there's no need to trouble Yinglong the Great God—let the tents remain for those who need them more."

Afterward, he bade farewell, took the remaining five, and returned to the previous place of rest.

Yinglong saw Ya Nie's attitude toward them was somewhat dissatisfied, so he reminded him with a sentence.

"The missing Dao companion is the one we previously returned the Dao Chang to; you simply hadn't seen him before because you were elsewhere."

Ya Ze heard this sentence, and his expression froze.

They immediately questioned:

"With their strength, there shouldn't be any casualties, so why is this happening?"

Ying Long did not directly explain to him, but instead asked him a question:

"If one day the dragon clan perishes, the four seas become others' fishing grounds, and only you fortunately survive, what would you do?"

Ya Nie said without thinking:

"Leave the bloodline and Dao lineage, then seek revenge, but with our dragon clan's strength, such a day is impossible."

As soon as his words fell, Ya Nie reacted.

"This place where fierce beasts gather is not far from his Dao Chang."

Ying Long smiled and explained.

Ya Nie, after hearing, silently returned to his own tent: "Yeah, if this great vengeance is avenged, what should I do then!"

After Ya Nie left, Ying Long instead fell silent for a moment before sighing:

"Fellow Daoist, how fortunate heaven and earth have been to you; you now have also attained benevolence through seeking it—may your journey be smooth."

"I just don't know if I will ever have such a day of attaining benevolence through seeking it; I'm afraid I lack that fortune."

Yu Qiang and the others were also pondering this question.

But if such an opportunity existed, I'm afraid they would all be willing to trade their lives for it.

They now dare not even imagine what they would look like when they see their own Dao Chang.

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