# 1435
Chapter 1436: The Whereabouts of Great Xia's Divine Beasts
As Laifu bit through the throat of the last severely wounded giant rat, silence finally returned to the battlefield.
Lin Qiye waved away his summoning magic and glanced at the small golden dragon on his wrist, which had grown noticeably dimmer than before. This alone demonstrated just how terrifying the spiritual power consumption of a top-tier Forbidden Curse was... Based on the remaining National Luck remaining, Lin Qiye estimated he could only activate three or four more Forbidden Curses at most before the small golden dragon would completely vanish.
When Huo Qubing had originally gifted them this National Luck, his intention was that the fortune within would be enough for them to fight freely without worrying about consumption for two days and two nights. But he never could have imagined that just one Forbidden Curse from Lin Qiye would consume such an enormous amount of fortune.
"Seven Nights!"
The White Tiger, Fang Mo, had already reverted to her human form and quickly walked over to Lin Qiye and the others, speaking excitedly, "Seven Nights, so you all are here too..."
Lin Qiye smiled. "We just happened to pass through. After cleaning up this wave of the beast horde, we'll be heading to the front lines right away."
While the two were talking, other Night Watch members had also rushed over, their gazes toward the [Nightfall] squad filled with reverence.
"Commander Lin, how is the situation on the front lines?" Li Zhenzhen asked curiously.
"...Not good."
Fang Mo fell silent for a moment before speaking on her own initiative, "Seven Nights, actually, we can go to the front lines too... I've already broken through to the 'Sea' realm."
"Count me in too, I've reached 'Sea' realm as well." Li Zhenzhen raised her hand, her expression extremely solemn.
Several other Night Watch members spoke up one after another, their eyes all firm and unwavering.
Lin Qiye swept his gaze across everyone and shook his head with a smile, "It hasn't gotten that serious yet. If that day truly comes, we'll naturally call you over... Until then, even if the heavens fall, our group will hold them up."
Fang Mo and the others heard these words and sighed dejectedly.
"Although we've dealt with this wave of the beast horde, to prevent any contingencies, you should still follow Commander Zuo's orders and temporarily hold positions in Jiangcheng City and the surrounding cities. Just assign one or two people from each squad to guard their own cities." Lin Qiye thought for a moment before saying.
"Yes."
The Night Watch members gathered around dispersed. An Qingyu dragged one giant rat corpse with one hand while dragging a scorched Yaksha with the other, walking over slowly.
"Speaking of which, I've always had a question... Where exactly did the Indian Temple of Heaven get so many Divine Beasts?" Cao Yuan asked, puzzled. "Not only could they hold back a war pass defended by numerous Human Apex and Night Watch members, but they also broke through the blockade and charged directly into Great Xia's territory?"
"These aren't Divine Beasts in the true sense of the word. They should have been artificially bred and raised." An Qingyu threw the two corpses onto the ground and said seriously,
"In Indian mythology, although there are quite a few Divine Beasts, they're about the same as in Great Xia – they appear individually. There's no such thing as an entire species or clan... If I had to guess, the gods of the Temple of Heaven hybridized the Divine Beasts, accelerated their reproduction, and used a massive amount of time to create these chimeric monsters. While they possess god-realm strength, they can't truly be considered orthodox 'Divine Beasts.'"
Lin Qiye's mind instantly recalled the black crocodile they had encountered at the Island, which had also appeared in clan formations.
"Hybridizing their own Divine Beasts... They went to such lengths just to attack Great Xia?" Jiang Er frowned slightly. "Didn't they say... Brahma is a benevolent god?"
"In the legends, Brahma was indeed dominated by benevolence a hundred years ago. Now... who's to say?" Baili Pangpang shrugged.
Everyone fell silent for a moment, then sighed deeply.
"Then what about our Great Xia's Divine Beasts?"
"...You want Great Xia to hybridize our Divine Beasts too? We're not that insane, right?" Baili Pangpang's expression was bizarre.
"No, I mean we don't seem to have seen much of Great Xia's Divine Beasts?" Jiang Er thought for a moment. "So far, I think we've only seen the Howling Celestial Dog, Bai Ze, the White Tiger... Where have all the other Divine Beasts gone?"
"That's a more complicated question." Baili Pangpang paused. "Let me put it this way – Great Xia's Divine Beasts can basically be divided into two categories. The first type are the benevolent beasts that followed the Heavenly Court, like the Howling Celestial Dog, Bai Ze, the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, and so on. The second type are the legendary great fiendish beasts.
The existence of fiendish beasts itself was a disaster. As early as a few hundred years ago, they were hunted nearly to extinction. Even those that survived fled from Great Xia's territory.
As for the benevolent beasts, most of them entered the cycle of reincarnation along with the Gods of Great Xia during the great calamity a hundred years ago. However, since they didn't possess divine格 or laws, after entering reincarnation, except for some more powerful existences, the rest likely reincarnated into other creatures and can't sense the Heavenly Court's summons.
As for where those more powerful Divine Beasts have gone... I'm not very clear either."
"This... perhaps I know."
Everyone turned to look at Lin Qiye. The latter gazed into the distance at Fang Mo and the others as they gradually departed, then slowly spoke,
"Before the Gods of Great Xia restored the Heavenly Court, the Twelve Golden Immortals selected twelve agents from Cangnan, using divine artifacts and Divine Beasts as hubs to allow both to coexist within a single body, making them into agents of Great Xia's Golden Immortals... Fang Mo came from there."
"You mean Divine Beasts like the Azure Dragon, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise might all exist like Fang Mo, within some Golden Immortal agent?" Cao Yuan said in shock. "Then where exactly are they?"
"They're within a temporal cave dwelling established by Yu Ding True Immortal, but at present their ages are too young and their strength won't be much greater than Fang Mo's. Even if they were released, they wouldn't have a decisive impact on the war situation." Lin Qiye sighed deeply. "One could say that their existence itself is the fire seed the Great Xia gods prepared for their own continuation..."
"I see." An Qingyu nodded. "If, one day, these eleven Golden Immortal agents were to emerge... It must be quite a spectacular sight."
"Maybe. The priority now is still the divine war on the front lines." Cao Yuan spoke solemnly. "We should head to the front lines quickly."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Just as they were about to set off, Lin Qiye suddenly spoke:
"Wait!"
The others' movements halted as they turned to look questioningly.
They saw Lin Qiye gazing at the terrifying deep pit burned out by the [Yanyan覆天术], deep in thought:
"Actually, I just had a thought in my mind just now... An extremely bold idea."