The Rise of the Black Plain

When Minos activated his 7th technique, indicating with one of his hands in the direction of a group of over 30 Spiritual Emperors in his range, they immediately started flying toward him.

At that instant, those people felt as if they had lost control of their flying ability and began to speed toward the fingers of one of Minos' hands.

"Hey! Hey! Why are you people attacking the enemy?" One of the more foolish of the opposing group shouted as he flew forward, thinking that some of his companions had rushed things.

When he and a few other high-level Spiritual Emperors did so, they fell under Minos' gravitational control, joining their previous companions.

Seeing this, Minos smiled and made those already under his control float into his surroundings, giving the opponent no chance to see what the black hole actually was.

Those people out of his reach could escape if he simply fed these 'hostages' to that region of space. So to gain more 'food,' Minos did not eliminate those opponents all at once.

Instead, he began to devour their energies while the Devouring Art worked as well as ever.

Minos was not connected to the black hole at the moment, so he could freely use his techniques and move around the area. Because of this, he was actively acting alongside his allies, ready for a battle with the enemy.

"Damn it!"

"Who is that?" Some people in the Saints Killing Sect group wondered.

As famous as Minos was, not everyone knew his appearance outside the Gray Clouds Sect, where he had a family.

But some of these people had already studied Minos' background and shouted. "That is the damned Minos Stuart!"

"What?"

"The emperor of the Black Plain?" Surprised voices spread among hundreds of people who had been requisitioned earlier by the individuals who were now part of the black hole there in the area.

On the other hand, while the enemies more or less realized the situation of this place, Minos' men were already beginning to spread out in the surroundings.

That young sect master's orders were clear. Do not let the enemies escape.

So in this situation where more people had arrived at this place, these people quickly moved in search of making more enemies join the black hole!

"Attack!"

"Entertain as many enemies as possible!!! Don't let the damned get away!"

"Ahhh! Kill!"

Realizing the strategy of the members of the Gray Clouds Sect, some of the enemy experts wanted to stay and teach these opponents a lesson. But others wanted to leave there since they did not like Minos' presence in the area.

Minos was supposed to be only a low-level Spiritual Emperor years ago. But he had worked his way to reaching the end of the 7th stage within a few years.

But not only that, everyone clearly sensed how abominable Minos' techniques were, as it was impossible to ignore their quality and uniqueness in person.

'The bastard has a complete fucking set of Golden-grade techniques!' One of the several Spiritual Saints in the vicinity noticed this.

Unfortunately, even if this information was somewhat valuable to the powers of this empire, it was no longer the kind of thing that would make Minos risk his life much. After all, Emperor Stuart was currently already fighting Spiritual Saints, had connections with mid-level Spiritual Saints, and relations with the Gray Clouds Sect.

So even Emperor Edwardstone would have difficulties that would prevent him from acting against Minos, something that made it possible for this fellow to show himself without taking significant risks.

In this situation, the enemies could only be impressed by how lucky Minos was to have those techniques. However, they also regretted he was so talented and had achieved a high mastery level of those techniques.

But to the misfortune of those who wanted to escape, Minos was focused on eliminating as many opponents as possible on this day.

Young Emperor Stuart wanted to solve the Grey Clouds Sect's problems with the Saints Killing Sect in no more than three trips to the Flaming Empire. That was because he could not keep going back and forth between that state and the Black Plain, as that would increase the risk to his domain.

On the other hand, it was his goal to finish with Abe as soon as possible. To do this, he would have to resolve the situation of his family's sect quickly, something that could be cut short by utilizing what he was doing.

Exterminate as many opponents as possible on the battlefield and nurture the black hole!

With that, seeing some individuals wanting to flee the scene, Minos flew at full speed toward them, using his techniques to hinder them.

Infinite Dream!

Invisible beams of light streamed from his eyes. They went toward the enemies as he danced in the air, turning his great sword violently.

Spatial Sword!

Giant blades formed in the air, slicing toward the heads of the strongest people there, people Minos could not kill just like that, but it could hurt those people to some degree.

Just the fact that these people had to worry was already something that bought Emperor Stuart time. So he did not hesitate to do that as he moved around the battlefield.

Indestructible Body!

He circulated more of his enemies' energies flowing from the Devouring Art into his body, feeling much stronger. Then, noticing his strength increasing, he hurled a giant stone that was in the area toward several Spiritual Emperors.

Boom!

Such a stone exploded into countless pieces as it hit a group of 20 high-level Spiritual Emperors, delaying their escape.

"Stay down!" Minos said as he waved his hands in the direction of those people, causing the gravity on them to shift and press them against the ground.

Those people had no strength to counteract this tremendous force of nature. So they just stood there, feeling the terrible pain of having their bones, muscles, and blood vessels suffering from Minos' action.

When this young man stopped paying attention to those individuals on the ground to fight with others, men from the Gray Clouds Sect were already there to hurl them toward the black hole.

At this pace, the battle continued for almost an hour, with many of the enemies ending up like those people stoned by Minos.

They were beaten until they could barely fight, and the weaker people in Minos' group appeared to end their lives.

In this confrontation, something similar happened to those who served as 'batteries' for Minos. He used them while such people had energy but discarded them without looking back once they had been depleted.

In the end, more than 80% of the enemies died this way, being devoured by the black hole in that area.

As for the rest, they died fighting, were one of the three individuals who would flee, or were part of the few individuals who had self-destructed, thinking they would 'win' that way.

Thus, Minos was victorious in his first battle as master of the Grey Clouds Sect, marking the beginning of a new era for that organization!