The Rise of the Black Plain

By the time the first Spiritual Saints reached the area where everything had happened, instead of scrambling to try to contain the explosion, there was no big explosion there for them.

They even saw black flames on one side of that area appear, threatening to cause destruction. But at the same time as this was happening, the other half of the flames were swallowed up along with the debris of a building by a rotating black sphere.

Such an image was the most impressive they had ever seen, with matter disappearing into that strange thing like water down a drain.

But this was somewhat unique, as not only what was on top of the black hole was being swallowed up, but also the sides, the bottom, and every possible angle.

Because of this, in the blink of an eye, several buildings in the vicinity had disappeared, while the region of space devoid of light gradually increased in size.

"What the fuck is that?" One of the several Spiritual Saints already floating in the area asked in a highly shocked tone, feeling chills run through his body.

"I don't know." A woman replied. "I came here after sensing the beginning of a sacrifice from someone at level 70, and then I came across this."

"It looks like that thing is swallowing the Spiritual Saint's sacrifice..." Others commented similar things as I saw the sacrifice of Minos' enemy slowly disappearing as the black hole became larger.

At that instant, while this strange fight was going on, the King and the members of the Spiritual Church arrived in that area along with their troops.

"What is that?" King Vogel asked in surprise as he saw that more than an entire block in that area had already been devoured.

Several people had already died at this point, some by the black flames, but most by the overwhelming action of one of nature's most extreme forces.

"Your Majesty, we don't know for sure, but that thing swallowed the Spiritual Saint's sacrifice!" One of the Vogel family vassals who had arrived before the King's group said this.

"But I don't know if that's a good thing..." Another of them commented.

The explosion generated by the sacrifice of someone at level 70 could affect this entire city. But Minos' black hole had so far only affected one block of that area.

Hence, at first glance, this should be the best result. But for some reason, that man felt terrible about this strange thing, as if this was more threatening than the sacrifice of that Spiritual Saint.

The high-ranking members of the local Church post then realized that there was something wrong going on.

"Hey, look at that! It looks like something is about to happen!" The woman who had talked about Minos previously commented as she noticed something.

The more than 40 Spiritual Saints in the surrounding area stopped talking after hearing her and prepared to try to contain it.

"That thing is expanding!" One of the Spiritual Saints in Abe's group, who had already joined the other individuals in that place, shouted as he noticed the lightless space increasing in size very quickly.

"That thing... If we don't do something, it will keep devouring the city until there's nothing left around here!" Someone from the King's group commented as they saw more and more buildings disappearing in the area.

At the same time, thousands of people could already be seen and heard running in desperation in the streets, terrified of the situation.

The black hole could increase in size, and as it did so, more objects were left in its space of action for it to devour. But this was not done uniformly!

Because of this, several buildings in the surroundings were already collapsing as crucial parts of their structures were devoured, creating chaos in the surroundings.

And with the humans disappearing, being sucked up by that thing in front of their companions and family members, the others soon panicked, terrified.

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Save me! Save me! I'm stuck, and I can't get out!" Someone amidst the debris of one of the buildings shouted in a frightened tone, seeing the darkness of the black hole approaching him.

"Ahhhhhh!" Someone who had just noticed the problem tried to run, but after a few moments, it turned into a thread of energy following into the singularity of that thing.

After noticing the trouble in the surroundings, those Spiritual Saints realized they should do something about it.

"Let's stop it!" A level 73 man said this as he formed a spiritual energy barrier in front of him and tried to push the event horizon...

Several others heard him and thought about doing the same, but just as that man was about to start, someone shouted. "Wait!"

Unfortunately, that Church Spiritual Saint took too long to say anything, and such a man had already reached the event horizon.

When that happened, he felt a tremendous force drawing him into the singularity of that black hole, with parts of his body beginning to deform!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He cried out as he felt an unparalleled sensation, shocked that even though he had not touched anything, he had suffered from its act.

But that was not strange!

The black hole formed by Minos should already be capable of swallowing level 69 Spiritual Emperors in normal situations. But after devouring two such individuals and the sacrifice of the level 70 Spiritual Saint, such a thing had evolved considerably!

A sacrifice was not just any method that followed ordinary rules!

Such a thing burned the very soul of its user and used all the vital power of the body to generate a super explosion of proportions beyond the level of the one using it!

Because of this, what Minos' black hole had swallowed was not simply something of level 70 but something higher than that. And with the addition of all the buildings and people in that area who had suffered the same fate as Minos' three opponents, such a fusion of techniques had reached the level to affect the level 73 man!

When they saw that man's body turning into a noodle and heard his terrifying scream, almost everyone there felt afraid.

But when the King saw the soul of his subject coming out of the body, which was already very deformed at the moment, he decided to act.

"Quick, use your soul forces to pull him back!" He shouted as his avatar appeared.

As that level 73 Spiritual Saint tried to fly in his soul form out of that region of space, several avatars appeared nearby, throwing energy loops in his direction.

As they did so, it did not take long for the group of dozens of Spiritual Saints to successfully rescue that person's terrified soul.

"Hah... Hah... I thought I was going to die!" He cried out as he got rid of that situation, shocked that he had had to abandon his own body.

That was a characteristic of Spiritual Saints and above. These beings could temporarily live without a body in their soul form!

Only because of this had he been able to survive this unprecedented threat!

With that, that individual soon departed that area in search of a body to possess, leaving his remaining companions after thanking everyone who had helped him.

"Your Majesty, what shall we do now? This thing seems to be getting more powerful... I don't know if it will be safe for us to get involved with it!"

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