The Rise of the Black Plain

Suddenly Elena and Eduard appeared in the same place from where Minos had teleported earlier, in the innermost area of that large crater.

Upon appearing there, the two quickly saw the damage caused by the explosion generated by the sacrifice of a level 54 Spiritual King, which was making them feel shivers of fear on their skin!

Such destruction was truly horrifying to the point of surprising even people at the 6th stage who were well aware of the capabilities of people in that cultivation range.

"Unbelievable! Did those two women truly survive?" Elena asked in doubt as she looked around that place, which was still with a lot of smoke and dust in the air, something that reduced the visibility there.

"It's certainly terrible..." Eduard commented in a low voice after swallowing his saliva and observing the surroundings. "Let's see. I think I've already identified the two and the beast that was traveling with Mr. Minos' group."

"OK."

Immediately after these words were said, the two moved towards those two women in two distinct places near the outer sides of that large crater.

The two women were much further away from that assassin at the time of the sacrifice, so they had managed to get farther away from the focus of the explosion than young Stuart.

In terms of distance to the crater's focus, Mirya was the shortest distance away, while Celeste and her beast were somewhat further away from that point.

No wonder, after all, both Celeste's beast and herself had clear advantages in terms of position and individual speed over Mirya. Consequently, at that crucial moment, Viola's mother had fallen behind a little...

It didn't take long for each of those two to approach one of those human bodies. They couldn't handle one at a time, as it was in the Black Plain's interest that both survive.

On the other hand, unfortunately for Celeste's beast, it wasn't the priority here... It could only hope its master and Mirya weren't in a life-and-death situation, so Eduard or Elena decided to help it.

Otherwise, its situation could be dire!

Anyway, when Elena saw Mirya's body, this young woman felt an even more intense shiver, realizing how injured this woman was.

Mirya looked extremely miserable, practically naked, with more than half of her body burned to the point where her skin didn't look human. In addition, her face was full of red blisters. At the same time, small bloodstream ran continuously from her face, which at the moment were unrecognizable!

But Elena could see Mirya's eyes, which were open but had no 'light.' It was as if her soul had left this body behind, empty. And such a lifeless look was a scary thing to see in this young blonde's opinion.

"Is she not dead?" Elena questioned herself once more as she began to probe more deeply into Mirya's body.

Viola's mother could be at level 52. Yet, the truth was that she was much weaker defensively than Elena herself, as she hadn't yet received the Black Plain Army opportunities.

Hence, Mirya had no Silver-grade techniques to use in that moment of despair. On the contrary, she had to try to flee the area under the influence of that explosion and, at the same time, defend herself with techniques of only Blue-grade!

Then, the result had been no surprise. With a combat proficiency only slightly better than Elena's newly promoted to level 50, Mirya had suffered from the previous explosion.

Such a thing could usually deal mortal damage to even stronger enemies than the one who initiated the sacrifice. So, for someone as weak as this woman, it had affected her tremendously.

However, Mirya was lucky, because of her previous distance from that assassin, she had avoided the worst and had successfully survived with her spiritual cultivation intact!

And Elena readily sensed it, at the same time that she had felt that woman's heart beat strangely. 'She will survive...'

'But it will be a tragedy for someone of her beauty to accept her new reality…' Elena sighed in pity as she considered what she would do in Mirya's place.

Elena didn't know if or when Mirya could fully recover from it. Still, it was undeniable that no one would be able to resolve such a situation overnight. At the very least, this woman lying in that crater would take many months to fix this!

After that, Elena promptly put some pills in that woman's mouth while using her spiritual energy to induce the effects of such things. After that, Mirya's life was no longer at risk. However, she still urgently needed the help of a doctor, so this young woman was doing what she could as quickly as possible.

'Maybe Dillian can resolve this…' Elena thought about it for a moment when she finally looked ahead and saw that Eduard was doing the same as her.

There, Celeste was in a position similar to Mirya's. However, that woman's appearance was much better than Viola's mother's, to the point that her physical characteristics had not changed so much that she was unrecognizable.

In fact, there were burns on almost every part of her body. Still, these were low-complexity injuries, things Eduard was sure would be resolved with the help of Dillian or a grade-2 poison master.

Aside from the burns, Celeste appeared to be exhausted, but her internal organ condition didn't look too bad. She had only a few minor internal injuries, with almost no significant complications that required high-level treatment.

But even in this situation, Eduard still had put some pills in that woman's mouth and made her take them. Such a thing could prevent some future issues, such as vitality loss.

Such a thing was a widespread consequence of injuries not adequately treated at the right time. That is because a cultivator's body would naturally have its regeneration factor, which would try to self-repair as long as the individual was alive.

But this self-repair might not be as good as you might think, especially in the case of a person who had a severe injury and didn't treat it appropriately. After all, an incorrect recovery could lead to chronic problems!

For all that, Eduard had not taken Celeste's situation lightly.

...

Some time passed, and finally, Eduard had finished doing Celeste's primary treatment. Meanwhile, Elena was still at Mirya's side, as this woman's situation was much more complex than that other's.

And realizing this, Eduard promptly took this opportunity to approach the location where the beast of Celeste was.

'It's a shame. It's dead...' He muttered in a low voice, feeling the absence of heartbeat in that great beast and also the fact that its soul had dissipated.

Celeste's beast had been the one that had managed to get farthest away from the explosion. However, as it was only at level 42, it had not resisted the power of those black flames, having died instantly the moment it was affected.

The result of that had been its massive body, having been burned by over 60%!

Finally, after mourning the loss of this beast, Eduard collected the remainder of its corpse so he could give it to Celeste when she woke up. Then he walked to the center of that crater, where a spatial ring was waiting to be collected...

'Let's see if he left anything of value behind...'

...

Time passed, and soon Eduard and Elena left that place, carrying the two unconscious women to the Dry City.

They didn't have any mounts to help them, but if they moved at their full speeds, they would still get to that place in less than three days!