The Rise of the Black Plain

After Minos' words, the less exhausted of the group lifted their spirits, some returning to their true forms, others activating their avatars or changing their bodies to humanoid forms.

Hatred was in the eyes of many of the group who had either lost companions or been seriously injured by the enemy's actions.

Titus was one of the angriest, having just lost his old friend, Bella, who had tragically died while providing mental support to the group.

Bella, as well as other dead members of Minos' crew, had suffered from the remaining attacks of the enemy Protectors, but also from their space weapons.

While they had been destroyed by Minos and the strongest members of this crew, the enemy Protectors and the aliens' high-level weapons had done more damage than anyone could have imagined just by watching the main battles.

Titus had nearly died with Bella, watching his old friend go up in smoke next to him, as if her level 89 meant nothing.

Dunyxa had lost an eye and watched Bella die. She was also angry at the enemies she couldn't hurt because of their artificial, soulless existences.

But the enemies behind that grandiose barrier that was about to collapse looked like biological beings just like her. In other words, they had souls!

'Even though I've lost one of my eyes, I'm still fully capable of using my innate ability!' She thought as her eye glowed with hatred.

"Please, my friends, allow me to attack first." The Arctic Whale said as he floated ahead of the group in his humanoid form. "The enemy's defenses will soon fall, but I prefer that control of the battle be on our side. So allow me to attack first and knock the turtle shell off these bastards!

Prepare to attack after me!"

He did not wait for an answer. After he finished uttering these words, that being with the bulky body moved upwards, reaching a height of more than 2,000 meters in a single instant.

When he reached the ideal height, he transformed back into his bestial form, turning into a mountain of flesh even bigger than what was left of the enemy island.

"Look at the splendor of the whales, you damned invaders!" He shouted as he spun in the air, falling faster and faster toward the barrier beneath his being.

"Move!" The dragon roared as he saw the whale's movement, knowing that the best time to attack would be when the blue individual hit the barrier. 

Hearing the warning of this hovering creature, the less exhausted and more vengeful ones moved, circulating their energies as they surrounded what was left of the core of the enemy territory.

Minos didn't join his companions, staying with Ruth and Grant, two survivors who weren't doing too badly, though they weren't the strongest.

Grant had almost died in the previous battle. But having held out until the moment the Black Hole Bomb detonated, his situation was now stable, and his chances of dying were practically nil.

Seeing the moment when the fin of that colossal creature collided with the top of the enemy's defensive barrier, Grant closed his eyes and sighed. 'Those who crippled me have probably been killed or will die today. But the future looks too dark for me to be happy.' He clenched his fists with mixed feelings in his heart.

Meanwhile, Minos tried to absorb the free spiritual energy around him, watching the movement of his allies as he stood next to the two people supporting him.

'Let's see how powerful you aliens are.'

Crack!

At that moment, a huge crack erupted as the level 92 Arctic Whale hit the enemy's defense barrier hard, causing the many cracks in the barrier to instantly double in size.

Then, as more than half of Minos' group moved, parts of the barrier exploded as if made of glass, finally opening up space for both sides of the conflict to attack each other.

"Minos, take your punishment!" Commander Iktun shouted, flying quickly towards his main enemy as the sword in his hands caught fire, and he passed several of the first enemies in his path.

"Not so fast, green worm!" The sole survivor of the Sea Folk shouted as she appeared in front of this level 91 enemy's path.

Strong winds and columns of water formed in the environment at the will of this level 92 woman, attacking the man in armor that made him look like a smaller version of the Protectors.

At the same time, the last Phoenix of the group joined the woman, forming a sea of flames behind the back of the level 91 alien.

"You bastard! That is for what you did to us!" The burning bird shouted as Dunyxa joined him and the Sea Folk woman.

"Turn to stone, you bastard!"

Some of the strongest wanted to take action against the enemy leader since almost all of the other opponents were Sages.

Minos' other strong companions, who didn't attack the base commander, soon took action against the other demigods in the enemy group, while a minority dealt with the dozens of enemy Sages.

As much as the difference in numbers was against Minos' group, this time, they had the advantage in level.

Also, once they started fighting their opponents, they realized how weak those beings really were, even considering their armor.

Without their armor, they were practically as strong and skilled as human beings with Black-grade talents. 

But each member of Minos' crew had powers comparable to those of humans of their own level with Silver-grade or Golden-grade talents!

The armor of these creatures was powerful and could provide them with a solid defense against enemies. Still, in the hands of these low-talent beings, it was of little use to them.

"What a waste. These armors will work better on the people in my group." Minos commented as he watched Iktun withstand several attacks while counterattacking and even putting a little pressure on the three beings that were pressing him.

That might sound impressive, but it wasn't. Withstanding those three while wearing that armor was simply too little to be amazing. Minos thought if he were in Iktun's place, he could fight his entire crew on equal terms, even without using his innate ability to increase his cultivation base!

However, that man's fighting power was only a little higher than level 92, just enough to temporarily withstand the many attacks of those three creatures.

Meanwhile, the other space explorers of the Mechanic Empire suffered much more because their levels were lower, and their opponents were just as vicious as those three!

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