The Rise of the Black Plain

A few days had passed since Minos ordered his people to move troops across the Black Plain Empire.

Due to the speed of the cultivators he sent and the beasts transporting those people or traveling to the borders, they all had arrived at their destinations by now.

Because of this, the number of confrontations between Minos' forces and the terrorist groups has recently increased, with fewer opponents fleeing after their nefarious actions.

But in this period, none of the Spiritual Saints had acted to attract the Black Plain's most outstanding experts, who were still waiting to act.

That was true for Minos and his wives but also some high-level beings in the area, such as the case of Virtus, level 66, and Gavin, level 70. But this one would only act in case of extreme necessity.

This young man had been hiding from the Saint Killing Sect for years. So he would not show himself easily when Minos' forces were getting closer every day to reaching the level needed for his long-awaited revenge.

Doing this now could bring a lot of trouble for him and the Black Plain since the Saint Killing Sect had even been investigating the northern region in search of his tracks.

Luckily he was inside the defensive dome of the Dry City core, where only authorized personnel could enter, and the arrays protected his cultivation fluctuations from being accessed by curious onlookers.

In any case, without the major local experts acting, soldiers like Eduard, beasts like Emlyn, and Minos' allies like Lorelei Stone were fighting on the outskirts of the empire.

Meanwhile, Minos was training hard with his wives, waiting for his moment to act.

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In the Spatial Kingdom...

At this moment, Minos had just finished fighting his three wives, and all four of them were highly sweaty, trying to recover the breath lost in this battle.

While breathing with his tongue out, Minos thought about his current abilities. 'Presently, I should be as strong as a level 71 peak Spiritual Saint equipped with artifacts equal to mine and has Silver-grade techniques.'

Minos currently had a medium-level grade-3 armor and sword, items left to him by Henricus Longus. He had begun using them when he reached his current level.

Such artifacts, as in the case of his sword, had unique abilities. For example, his sword could double the number of attacks for every move he made. But not only that, but each artifact was also more efficient them the ones he had used before.

Because of this, instead of using items with 45% efficiency, as he did when using those of low-level grade-3 ones, Minos now used items with 52% efficiency!

That, in practice, meant greater combat power without him even having to increase his level or spend more energy, something handy for warriors like him.

"Minos, you have become powerful." Grant, who was in the Spatial Kingdom disciplining a group of low-level soldiers from the Elite Squad, said this as he watched in the direction of the four. "You are already superior to me when I was not yet crippled."

"What are you talking about, old Grant? Of course, His Imperial Majesty is stronger than your old self. He's been stronger for a long time now..." A young soldier said, making several others laugh at the boldness of this fellow.

Minos was already famous for killing a Spiritual Saint when he was only at the beginning of the 7th stage... So how would he be now, being almost at the final part of this stage?

According to the rumors circulating in the army, Minos' black hole was already capable of devouring level 73 Spiritual Saints without difficulty. So it would not be this formerly level 70 old man who would be paired with Emperor Stuart!

Minos heard that fellow's comment and smiled but did not comment on the murmurs in the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Grant was also not bothered by his students and asked Minos as he approached him. "When will we settle that matter? I'm starting to get anxious to return to the Western Empire and relay my information to the imperial family."

Grant wanted to tell how he had been crippled in the North Sea to people of that empire. He hoped that it could alert the world to the dangerous group of beings he suspected were plotting in that area.

Of course, he also wanted revenge against those who had destroyed his spiritual cultivation and eliminated all his friends and companions on that journey.

Minos also attached a lot of importance to the subject of the North Sea. Still, he did not feel prepared to talk to a high-level imperial family like the one in that state.

The family behind the Western Empire had Demigods, individuals far above what he could handle now.

So he said. "Wait until I reach level 80, and I'll talk to them personally about it. Or I can hire someone to take you to that state and give you a chance to go sort it out."

"Level 80? What's the need for that?" Grant asked in incomprehension.

Spiritual Saints could travel relatively safely throughout the Central Continent. Thus, he could not help but wonder why Minos desired so much power before going to the Western Empire.

"Because it is the period I need to solve my current problems and have peace of mind to see my daughter grow up," Minos answered.

He already had many problems but could handle them and still had time to play with his little girl. So he wanted to wait until at least Sarah became a capable cultivator before traveling to the most dangerous places in this world.

Grant could not say anything against Minos' intention since it was pretty genuine. But he was not satisfied at all either.

"In any case, I don't see these problems having a chance to be resolved for at least five years. So, for the time being, you'd better save your expectations or go there yourself."

"What's it going to be?"

Grant did not want to leave the Black Plain for the time being since even though he could not cultivate, he could have a normal life there. He could teach young people, be respected, and still be part of a grand project.

Plus, it gave him pride to see this territory developing, even to notice the progress of his pupils that every day was getting closer to reaching his level.

So even though he missed his home state and wanted to pass on his information and experiences, Grant did not want to leave the Black Plain. Instead, he wanted Minos to go to that place and send his message...

Therefore, he could not choose the option of venturing into the dangerous Spiritual World and decided to wait a little longer for this long-awaited moment.

'Well, I'll still live quite a while, so waiting a few decades won't be the end of the world...' He sighed as he watched Minos go to the side of the three women on that combat platform within the Spatial Kingdom.

Meanwhile, many young people were still sitting on the bones of the great beast skeleton that had lived there for years, all of them somehow affected by this being.

Fortunately, this was not a problem, but an advantage, since everyone who cultivated near it understood their techniques more easily...