The Rise of the Black Plain

After leaving that mansion in the center of the Yellow City, it wasn't long before the group riding Celeste's spiritual beast left that town behind, traveling through the darkness of the night.

They had said goodbye to Norman's team shortly after Minos made the payment to this man. And in doing that, that old spiritual judge had been a little surprised by the reaction of these three.

But thinking of their collective strength, Norman soon understood why they dared to travel at night. And in a way, that had given this man even more certainty that Minos came from a 'strange' place in the northern part of the Central Continent.

'This young man's organization is probably in the Endless Snow Mountain Range. Otherwise, he wouldn't rush back…' Norman had thought of that the moment Minos' group had left that spot.

He knew this northern region of the Central Continent very well, in particular those organizations that lived in seclusion in this area. Such powers might be considered a great unknown to the vast majority of the standard population in these areas, but that was not the same for an old man with so many centuries of experience...

Norman might not know all of the reclusive local powers, but he knew most of them, and he knew how powerful and wealthy they could be!

'Ahh, I wonder if the Ice Saber Sect knows him, this is the largest secluded organization in the Endless Snow Mountain Range…' Norman had pondered that before finally dropping the subject and starting to rest.

'Oh, forget it, even if they do know, they can't do anything to help me find out about it, since…'

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Sometime later, Minos and the two women had traveled a few hundred kilometers from the Yellow City, finally leaving the Kingdom of the Waves and returning to the Black Plain.

But unfortunately for them, young Stuart's territory wasn't small, and they still had a full day ahead of them, considering the occasional stops they needed to make.

And that was what this group was doing right now, amidst the dead-lands of this micro-region.

Celeste's beast was drinking water at this time as it regained its energy and absorbed the power from the food it had just eaten.

On the other hand, the three humans in that place were separated from each other, watching over that terrain.

It was the middle of the night, but none of them were too tired to sleep, and they could certainly handle it until the end of this trip, which was supposed to happen in less than 24 hours. And as they had all cultivated before leaving the Yellow City, these three had nothing else to do at this point but wait for that beast.

Mirya then scratched her hair as she closed her eyes for a moment and told Celeste. "It's a shame you're with that little boy. Otherwise, we could..."

In the middle of this woman's sentence, Minos suddenly commented solemnly to the two. "Someone is watching us!"

After hearing this, the two women were surprised by this, but neither of them asked unnecessary questions. Instead, they promptly stopped their casual conversation and began to pay even more attention to their surroundings.

'I'm not feeling anything... Could it be that Minos was wrong?' Mirya wondered, unable to feel any spiritual fluctuations other than their own.

At the same time, Celeste was having similar thoughts to Mirya's, as she was also failing to notice anything. However, unlike that woman with green hair, Neal's lover had concerns that made her attitude a little more careful...

"Is it that miserable assassin?" She thought about it as she glanced in Minos' direction and saw how serious he was.

Minos naturally didn't have a better spiritual sense than these women, as he hadn't reached the 6th stage. However, unlike his two companions, this young man had a deep understanding of the space laws, considering his level.

After all, the Spatial Sword was based on that law...

Consequently, any spatial fluctuations in this young man's surroundings would be felt by him much more quickly than others would.

'This person must not be weak to be able to generate these spatial fluctuations...' He thought about it as he looked carefully at the directions from which he was feeling such things.

'But this person is certainly not above the 6th stage of cultivation, or I wouldn't have realized such a thing before Mirya and Celeste...'

That was within his limitations. He could tell someone was watching them before those two women precisely because of his understanding of the space laws. But such a thing would have no meaning if the difference in cultivation between the enemy and Minos' side was too significant.

In this case, Minos would have been the last to notice, as these women's spiritual sense could reach a wider area than this young man's!

And that had provided important information for this young ruler of the Black Plain.

Minos then quickly pulled out his medium-level grade-2 sword from his spatial ring and prepared to activate his techniques. At the same time, after seeing this, those two women also prepared to do the same.

...

'It looks like someone in this group also uses a technique, with influence on space...' A man dressed in black thought to himself as he watched Minos and Mirya.

'But even if one of you noticed me, it won't make any difference. After all, you two are very weak, hehehe.'

He then turned his attention to Celeste's mature body, with a glint in his eyes as he put the tip of his tongue out of his mouth and slowly licked his lips.

'I was hired to kill you, so it doesn't matter what I do before that, right? Hahahaha...'

...

In that tense situation, where none of the three knew where the enemy was or when or how he would attack, the two women and Minos were already sweating.

They were not afraid of dying here, as very few people were capable of killing them in one attack in this part of the Central Continent. However, depending on the level of this invisible enemy, one of them could still be seriously injured if attacked in a vulnerable moment!

Hence, these people were a little nervous because they didn't know more about the enemy that was watching them.

'Damn it! Come on, come on!' Mirya complained in her mind as she watched the part of the land in front of her.

But while she wished that this would happen soon and finally that tension would go away, she could feel a strange force moving quickly towards Celeste!

Zum!

"What is this?" Mirya glanced in Celeste's direction as she felt a shiver down her spine from the force that was being emanated from that enemy.

At the same time, Celeste was even more scared than Mirya, as she had finally recognized the person responsible for this situation. 'Shit, it's you!'

As she had previously thought, the person watching them was the assassin hired by her former husband, a killer from the Scourge of the Devil!

When they understood the enemy's strength or identity, a blow powerful enough to injure a level 54 person was sent toward Celeste's neck. That was where the sensitive organ responsible for spiritual cultivation was located!

This enemy wanted to cripple her in one blow!

"Hehehe, after crippling you and killing these two, we're both going to have fun, Celeste Parkinson."

Zum!

Clang!

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