The Rise of the Black Plain

Among all these people, some felt sorry for Leroy. After all, he was someone talented and had a good chance of entering one of the sects of the Flaming Empire.

For these people, what had happened to Leroy was a tremendous waste!

Other people didn't give a damn about it. If he couldn't survive in that forest, it meant that he wasn't prepared to survive outside it too!

However, there was someone who had a completely different thought on this subject.

That was Leroy's bodyguard, Jeff.

At this point, the man was ashen!

Seeing that Minos had hunted his young master. He still hoped that the other young man, Davy, would contribute to Minos' death...

But the reality was cruel. Not only was Minos not dead, but Davy lost an arm, and Leroy was beheaded!

'Shit! Damn you, Minos!' Jeff began to curse the young Stuart and all this young man's ancestors while feeling a chill down his spine. 'Shit, I have to get away immediately! If the Chambers family knows that the young master died because I gave him bad advice...'

Bodyguard Jeff had seen Minos' sword. So, the Chambers family would undoubtedly try to blame someone. Still, Minos was a monster that would probably go to the Flaming Empire...

That way, only the weakest link remained, the poor bodyguard Jeff...

...

Meanwhile, in the forest where the second exam of the Spiritual Tournament was taking place, Maxwell and Peter saw that the fight was over. The two then went to Minos and asked. "Minos, what do you intend to do now?"

"We will continue the exam as normal."

"And what are you going to do with this other guy?" Peter asked as he pointed at Davy's unconscious body.

"We will stay here until he wakes up. I already cut off one of his arms, so he already received the punishment for not listening to my warnings. But I am not going to let him die to some spiritual beast because he was unconscious."

"Hmm."

The two young men agreed with what Minos had said. Indeed wasn't a deadly grudge between him and Davy. The young man was just too naive and had been manipulated by Leroy.

But Minos' two teammates were alerted to Davy's case. By a stupid mistake, one of the most talented youths in the North of the Central Continent had now lost an arm, and maybe he would never recover from this event...

None of the three knew, but Davy had a Silver talent... But despite that, it would be much more difficult for him to continue in the Spiritual Tournament after losing his arm.

First, he would lose a significant fighting proficiency. Second, he might not be able to participate in the third test of the competition!

That way, Davy might as well not be able to reach level 70 during his life, which would give him very little chance of recovering his lost limb!

...

Time passed quickly, and an entire day had passed since Leroy's death.

At that point, they had only two more days to finish the exam when they could finally return to the capital of the Cromwell Kingdom.

In the meantime, Minos and the other two young men had stayed at this place, close to the lake where the fight had taken place. The two young men helped Davy with first aid, helping him recover from the previous battle.

And after several hours, Davy was finally awake while he was fragile and pale. After waking up, he quickly took several spiritual pills to recover the damage he had suffered and the energy expenditure during that fight.

After a while in that place, Minos finally decided to leave. He had already stayed longer than he wanted in this place, and he didn't care what happened to Davy after that.

However, as he moved, Davy leaned over where he was lying and suddenly asked in a hoarse voice. "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"No. You are not my enemy."

"No? And why did you cut my arm?" He asked as he gnashed his teeth in anger.

Minos then laughed but did not answer Davy's question. He had cut Davy's arm because this man was defending Leroy, getting in the way of the attacks launched by the young Stuart!

Minos then asked. "Let me ask you something. What had that guy promised to you? You seemed very committed to helping him..."

Davy then said with a complicated look on his face. "Leroy said that you had two low-level grade-2 weapons."

Davy wanted to combine the useful with the pleasant. He had been raised in one of those families that 'preach for justice,' so he had an intrusive personality that made him try to solve the problems of others...

With that, Davy wanted to teach Minos a lesson and still earn a high-level reward for it...

"Hmm, I figured he would say something like that." Minos said as he had an expressionless face. "I know it makes no difference to say that now, but even if I had two weapons of this level, unfortunately, I don't have, Leroy never saw anything but my sword."

"That..."

"I say goodbye now. Be careful in the future. If you don't mature quickly, sooner or later, the next one who manipulates you may end up leading you to death..." Minos said that before moving on, quickly disappearing from Davy's sight.

At the same time, Davy tried to remember everything that had happened. If what Minos said was true, the person who had put him in this situation was Leroy the entire time...

'Fuck!'

...

Time passed, and it was finally time for the second exam of the Spiritual Tournament to end!

In front of the big screens that broadcast the recent events to the population in Capital City, thousands of people were waiting for the competitors to return.

These people were very excited since, in 3 days from today, the next test would begin!

That was one of the most awaited exams by the population that had come to accompany this competition. In addition to wars, there were no other occasions when someone could watch a fight in the Battle Royale format!

Such fights were very popular in competitions like this and made the blood of thousands of people boil!

And not only that, due to a large number of participants, there were 32 Battle Royale fights, which took place in 8 straight days!

That way, these people could expect this incredible event 32 times in just over a week. That was one of the best entertainments for much of the population who had come to the Cromwell Kingdom!

After all, what fan would not like to be able to follow something he likes the longest?

After those eight days, the remaining competitors would have a week of rest until the last part of the competition starts.

In this last exam, there would be 32 fights in total, which would also happen in 8 straight days, in which the final ranking would be defined!

...

Meanwhile, in the forest of the second exam, all of the remaining contestants suddenly felt the space around them float. At the same time, a great deal of spiritual energy enveloped them.

Zum!

The competitors' places suddenly started to glow when the space around the participants vibrated quickly, teleporting them all back to the square from which they had come.

Upon reappearing in that place, many people began to look at each other and smile, while even larger groups had disappointed eyes on their faces.

Many people have seen their friends or temporary allies die within that forest for spiritual beasts of the most varied types. And even those who did not go through this bad experience, several of them had not been able to kill three beasts of at least the 4th stage!

With that, even if they had survived, the competition ended here for many of them.

It was not long before several examiners came to the groups of competitors to collect the necessary evidence to ensure who had passed the test or not.

...

Sometime later, all the contestants had already been called. Still, of the thousands of contestants, only about 4,000 of them had managed to fulfill the requirement of the second test.

Among the competitors who had moved on to the next phase, in addition to Minos and the young people who allied with him during this period, there were also others known.

To begin with, the young Troy had passed the exam effortlessly, while others like Luke, Abby, Mona teamed up with others within their strength range and were able to pass the exam without much difficulty.

The young Davy had also met the minimum requirement, as he had already obtained the beasts before the fight with Minos. And in fact, all those competitors above level 40, who survived, had made it through.

After all, it was not difficult for someone in the 5th stage of cultivation to deal with a 4th stage spiritual beast!

And just after securing their places in the next part of the exam, the contestants finally returned to their groups.

Then they found out what had happened during these seven days that had passed!