The Rise of the Black Plain



"Hey, what is that? Why does it give off that horrible feeling?" A level 94 beast asked the other elders who had just awakened from their sleep and were getting out of the way of such a thing.

"I don't know. Let's observe for now."

"But to emit such a sensation, something incredible must be related to such a piece of land!"

"Maybe... Maybe that's a good thing, but it could also be a terrible fate!"

"The sea is getting strange... The old legends of the world's end may be more than legends!"

Those creatures, between levels 90 and 96, talked to each other through their beast language, each looking with interest at that sinking island.

When that island passed through the zone of darkness, those beings could finally see what was on top of it.

"A city?"

"Strange... How did a floating island with a city on top of it plummet from the sky?"

"That place is obviously abandoned. Its population couldn't prevent the rise of that land mass."

"That's interesting. There must be some high-level stuff in that place." A mollusk said, observing that place with interest.

Everyone began to slowly move toward that land mass, falling slower and slower to the ocean floor. But none of them dared to enter there without care, much less before that island stopped sinking.

On the other hand, Minos was practically being reached by that island when he realized that he would have room to escape due to its slowing speed.

But while slowly feeling relieved, he noticed something about that island that caught his attention.

'That feeling... What is that?' He frowned, feeling a sensation similar to those beasts, not recognizing such a thing even with the most relevant memories of Henricus Longus' life.

Henricus Longus had been a God and had lived more than 50,000 years before the end of his journey in the Spiritual World. However, this did not mean he knew everything in this vast world.

He knew the main races, the most powerful beings of his time, and had visited most of the islands, continents, and underwater cities at that time.

However, he had not visited all the floating islands of the Spiritual World!

Some of them were so far away from the sea's surface that they were difficult to trace, even for high-level experts. 

Not only that, being a God in the Spiritual World was merely synonymous with greatness, with having reached the peak of cultivation. It was nothing more than a title, and these beings didn't have omniscience.

Without wishing to search for such a place, it would be impossible for even a level 100 cultivator to identify it, even if he had the necessary qualities to do so!

Henricus Longus had been busy building his inheritance at the end of his life, so he hadn't scoured the Spiritual World to find every island and every civilization and go after the history of that world. What he cared about was the future, and after his calamitous prophetic vision, he only pursued the goal of preparing this world for the worst.

And with that, Minos didn't know what this island was about and couldn't help but be curious as he looked at this land mass with less hatred than earlier.

'There's something powerful here!' He exclaimed in his mind. 'I sense an oppressive spiritual fluctuation similar to those giant bones... I wonder if there is one of those giant skeletons in this place?'

He looked more closely at the lower surface of that island, noticing small areas that could not be natural, indicating that this place had been occupied before.

He looked at the small tunnels at the bottom of the island as he felt the energy of the island repelling the water around it as if a dome protected it.

Minos then decided that he would have to at least investigate this place and steered his yacht to the side just out of reach of that island, planning to park this yacht nearby and then explore this territory.

As he did this, the island finally collided with the ocean floor, causing the surrounding sand and rock to scatter, making the adjacent waters extremely murky.

The ocean floor shook as this island finally stopped moving, without breaking in half, to the surprise of many beings in the surroundings observing such a thing.

The strongest beasts that left the zone of darkness went to the vicinity of this place and saw the air bubble that separated the sea from the space of influence of this city.

After seeing the island standing still, these beings finally got a closer and clearer look at it. They realized that by the size of the buildings, such a city could be human.

The most hurried of them all then changed into its humanoid version and swam to that place, eager to unravel the area.

Most of the beasts in the surrounding area remained watching, but others decided to do the same, following the lead of the level 95 elder.

However, something happened when it tried to cross the invisible dome that kept water and air apart!

The feeling from moments ago became stronger, and while it felt like it had hit a solid wall, a thunderous sound came from within that abandoned city.

When this happened, a golden ray came from there, heading towards the being that had dared to try to enter there first.

No other sound came from the surroundings when that level 95 elder was hit, disappearing from the world a few seconds after suffering lightning punishment!

Only a God could take that and survive!

Gulp!

"That..."

"H... He's dead!"

"The elder... H... He's dead!"

Several of those who were about to attempt the same thing as that level 95 being stopped from what they were doing while feeling goosebumps all over their bodies.

'Hmmm, we can't just go in that way.' One of the first to mentally say something to the others positioned itself far away from the boundaries of the invisible 'dome.'

'But how will we investigate the area? That sensation is too powerful for us to simply ignore...'

'Yes, we must at least know what this is all about. Maybe the secrets of that place can give us what we need to move forward!'

Lightning Punishments didn't come out of nowhere. They were associated with great crimes against the Laws of Heaven and Earth and the defiance of a mortal trying to attain divinity.

It could arise from anywhere, anytime, and only a God could endure such a thing without risk.

But it only came from precious things or even unique creations of nature, which could even evade the mundane rules that everyone had to follow.

Since such lightning had broken from that city, something powerful had to be there.

A mollusk then said. "We will send some juniors from our tribes as guinea pigs. They will answer us how to get into that place and find out what is there!"

Meanwhile, Minos was finally following one of the lower tunnels of that floating island, ignorant of that elder's death...