The Rise of the Black Plain

'So I can transfer the forces of one person to others within the limit of about 400 meters away from me...' He realized with whom he could make this 'exchange' and perceived the distance limit for such a thing to work.

At the same time, Minos noted that he could simultaneously replicate what had happened with dozens of people at the level of those two. Still, he could do it with individuals stronger than himself as well. But then, for that, he could simultaneously do a much smaller number of power transfers.

Realizing the basics of his new feature, he smiled in satisfaction.

With that, he immediately began to pay attention to his increase in total power. Previously he had been totally focused on using that massive energy released by the spiritual medicine from before to evolve his Physique while increasing his cultivation stage. So he had not paid attention to how his characteristics had increased.

But now that he had finished doing that, Emperor Stuart began to analyze his gains after that anomaly.

'My vitality has doubled once again, and now I can cultivate for longer per day. I don't need to sleep or eat anymore...' He thought as he counted his gains. 'With my current strength, even without my spiritual techniques, I am already as strong as a level 60 being.'

"Hmm, now I'm probably faster and tougher than beasts below the 7th stage of cultivation." He muttered as he smiled.

In fact, at the present moment, if he wanted to travel on foot, Minos could run for longer and at a higher speed than beasts below the 6th stage.

This even without using his movement technique!

Although he did not need this, such an ability was important to him since everyday things would become even easier if he could do this. For example, he would get less tired at work, be able to spend more time with his family, recover faster from injuries, train more, etc.

The advantages of having a strong body were many since most of the cultivator's life did not involve life-and-death fights but those everyday situations.

After feeling the basics about his body, Minos stood up from where he was standing and used his spiritual energy to destroy all the toxins. At the same time, he was looking from one side to the other, seeing that those people were holding on tightly while taking advantage of this opportunity.

But even though the smell of that place had become terrible, it did not take long for those soldiers to forget about it. With their advances, something similar to what had happened to Minos was happening to some of them...

"They won't be long..." Minos muttered as he watched Alina, who had now reached level 62!

With this breakthrough, this woman crucial to the Black Plain Army's weapons and artifact development could already disintegrate low-level grade-3 artifacts. And through this, she could give Minos' forces essential resources to produce medium-level grade-3 items.

On the other hand, Minos looked in Regina's direction and saw this poison master managing to overcome her current bottleneck and reach level 67, achieving medium-level grade-3 classification!

'Hmm, very good. Everyone is managing to make the best of the opportunity.'

Minos then waited in that cultivation room until those hundreds of people finally absorbed all the Saint-grade medicine energy.

The amount of energy was tremendous, and even with the number of people there, it lasted almost an hour after his advancements ended.

Since Minos had already finished his advance, most of the people there earlier to watch him had already left. After all, although there was a possibility that they would gain something by watching Minos' advancement, the same was not valid for the advancements of those individuals.

On the other hand, some people had made gains from watching Minos' advancement, so they were eager to cultivate or train their techniques!

Thus, when the last of those individuals finished their advance, there were hardly any people outside that cultivation room.

With that, some rushed towards the army library, where part of them could learn one more spiritual technique that could significantly increase their powers.

Anyway, everyone thanked Emperor Stuart before they left that place.

Then Minos left and went to where his family and some elders of the Gray Clouds Sect were waiting for him outside that room, intending to go train on his property.

In such a place, Minos intended to start learning his new technique and experience how his old techniques had improved after the recent improvements.

He had not done this in the last few minutes so as not to disturb his people in that cultivation room from before. But, on the other hand, that room had been specially made for that circumstance. If he had opened the doors there, the medicine energy could have spread to the entire Dry City...

That would not be interesting for the army and the emperor, so he had patiently waited for his men to finish their advances!

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"How are you feeling?" Ruth asked beside Gloria and Abby as they walked toward the imperial palace.

Oswald, Patience, Maisie, two elders from the Gray Clouds Sect, and a dozen imperial guards were accompanying them. At the same time, people in the streets of that central area of Dry City were waving at them.

Everyone there could sense Minos' advancement to the 8th stage, so they were very excited, and several expressed this in their cries of support.

Minos ignored this and said. "I feel complete. I can now manipulate the forces of those in my surroundings, and my own ability to increase energy has increased greatly."

"I estimate that my total strength is already similar to that of an ordinary person near the latter part of the 8th stage."

His innate ability was one of the main culprits for this increase in power. And as such, this man was confident in saying those words.

However, he would save it for later to make more precise statements when he tested his skills in fights and training, something that could give him evidence that he was right.

Anyway, after saying that, making the elders there look at him with admiration and respect, with his family smiling in satisfaction, he entered the imperial palace and went to the training area.

'First, I will test my techniques...' He thought as he walked towards the fighting stage of his residence.

At the same time, his spectators sat at one of the farthest points from Minos to watch him without hindering him.

'Now Minos should be able to fully suppress high-level Spiritual Saints...'

'Hmmm, I don't need to worry about my family or sect anymore. He can replace me just fine!' Oswald thought expectantly to see Minos' improvements.

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