The Rise of the Black Plain

Artaud listened to Minos while he was already in his dragon form, showing an aura similar to the one he had shown before sacrificing his Flashdrain parasite days ago.

Now he couldn't overcome his cultivation as he had before, but against Minos, without the same allies as before, he ignored his opponent's comment as he continued to assassinate his target.

Artaud didn't want Minos to suffer. As much as it would please him, all he wanted was for his enemy to end as quickly as possible.

He didn't even care who delivered the final blow. As long as Minos was killed today, everything would be perfect.

So, attacking with his hands already shaped like deadly weapons, his wings flapping as he flew downwards, he used his first variation of the divine skill against Minos, ignoring the level 112 corpses lying around.

As he slashed at Minos' body with three quick and precise movements, blades formed in the air around Artaud's target.

Blade Dance!

Minos felt the attacks, capable of injuring even level 114 Sovereigns, flying towards his body, but he wasn't afraid. As he poured his energy into the Hydras Amulet, an hourglass formed around him.

In a single instant, Minos' body became invisible, before disappearing from where he was in time to escape the attacks that even he could barely defend against.

"Look out!" One of the mercenaries in the area shouted as he saw his opponent appear behind the weakest of the three level 114 mercenaries.

Unfortunately for these men, Minos had already seen this battle and knew the abilities of each of them, who to attack first, and the weaknesses of their targets.

With his Bright Eyes vibrating with energy, he pierced the enemy's back with his Divine Sword, which he had quickly formed with the help of Temporal Sands.

As he pierced the enemy's back with his weapon, blue flames engulfed the body of the level 114 enemy, while strong winds arose in the surroundings, forming blades toward the alien's body.

"Wretch!" the alien shouted, but before he knew it, Minos had already moved away from him as his body began to paralyze, a world of swords forming around him.

Weakened by Minos' deadly and dangerous attack, this powerful opponent completely lost focus on his enemy as his life hung by a thread.

"Shit! He's even more dangerous than you said! What the hell is going on, Artaud?" One of the two men shouted as he sensed Minos' terrifying speed, but also an offensive capacity that could not be explained by his level alone.

Meanwhile, the level 112 corpses stood in the same place they had appeared, black rings around their bodies as they cultivated the energy around them to help their leader.

Artaud saw Minos move up behind one of the other two Sovereigns he had hired, his eyes narrowing tightly as his expression was the worst he could manage.

'It can't be...' He felt a shiver run down his spine as he moved toward Minos, opening his mouth to unleash the dragon's roar, sending a shockwave in the direction of his target.

A new glow appeared around Minos' neck as his body disappeared again, passing through Artaud's shockwave and continuing on its way to his opponent.

Minos felt pain, but only at a level that was acceptable enough to keep him from losing focus on the fight or his fighting condition.

A golden dragon formed around Minos, attacking the magnificent body of the alien in his path, who, if eliminated, would not be mortally dangerous to him in today's battle.

'The limit of the Hydra Tribe Amulet is level 114. Still, this artifact can help me defeat these four as long as I have enough energy...' Minos secretly looked in the direction of the corpses cultivating in their place.

But when a massive black hole formed in front of Minos as he fought against this second level 114 enemy, the third mercenary in the area realized where all of Minos' power came from.

"Shit! We have to destroy these corpses, then he won't have enough energy to activate the device on his neck!" The mercenary said as he stopped looking at Minos and moved against the six level 112 corpses.

Artaud clenched his fists, finally realizing Minos was using the artifact that had once belonged to him, but that he had never been able to use before.

"How did he do that?" He wondered as he used his last move to raise his physical features, making the dragon silhouette covering him even more corporeal.

His anger made him reach an even higher level than before the sacrifice of the Flashdrain parasite, so he used ascending dragon against Minos while looking at him in absolute horror.

"Minos! I don't know how you used the Hydras Amulet, but I will remove the truth from your corpse, no matter what it takes!" This Armhands General attacked with his gigantic dragon tail, ignoring how Minos had killed the second level 114 cultivator with the black hole.

At the same time, the last mercenary in battle condition attacked the six corpses, realizing too late that Minos was using the seal around the corpses as a battery in the battle.

When he reached the six corpses, he managed to prevent Minos from absorbing any more energy from them, but he suffered a decisive counterattack!

As the corpses flew around wildly, their bodies were half destroyed and their essence was condensed, causing a strange energy to vibrate from the core of each of them.

"This..."

Noticing the sacrifice of six level 112 Sovereigns, he could only raise his defenses before powerful explosions shook the very fabric of space, creating strong winds and destruction over tens of square kilometers of area in this part of the Lost Soul Trail.

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Minos' black hole also condensed into a single point of energy, exploding a second later in a counterattack on Artaud, quickly joining the explosions from the sacrifices of those six.

Minos moved away from the area as he felt his energy drain away, grimacing as he saw his enemy narrowly escape the worst of it.

"Tsk! Looks like that won't be enough." He paused before preparing to return. "But I won't let you escape this time!"