The Rise of the Black Plain
chapter-2734

On the 61st floor, the competition was starting to get tight. With the fall of 6 more opponents on the last few floors, Minos was getting closer and closer to fighting the main contenders.

Now, with only 27 competitors remaining, the current inheritance phase was heading towards the last individuals who would vie for the final stage of the race for a place in the Upper Realm.

Minos continued his encounters on each new floor he passed, having the chance to talk to the True Celestial behind this inheritance as he progressed in strength.

He no longer needed to meditate in order to cultivate, so his strength continued to improve, with every feature of his being gradually evolving to the next level.

When he left the room where he had done his challenge on the 61st floor, Minos had almost reached level 117, although he was still cultivating at level 115, just like his companions.

He found the hall on the 61st practically empty, being one of the first to finish his challenge on that floor. Looking around, Minos saw that, of the 40 rooms there, only 19 were showing green lights, while all the others were white, indicating that they still needed to be completed.

Eight rooms, among those glowing white, had their doors closed, while the other 13 were open, available for anyone who wanted to challenge them.

'Looks like the next floor will only have 19 competitors.' Minos thought to himself.

Every 10 floors, the number of rooms available for competitors to test their comprehension skills decreased by 10. But along with the decrease in the number of rooms came an increase in the difficulty of each of the existing challenges. With each new floor that was accessed, beating the rooms was already more difficult, but when the number of rooms decreased, the difficulty of completing them increased even more.

'We'll reach the 71st floor with almost the minimum number for this phase of the inheritance... It's not for nothing that I predicted the end of the inheritance long before the 100th floor.' Minos pondered.

With each decrease in the number of rooms they passed along the tower, more people were left behind. With the numbers falling, Minos couldn't help but sigh in relief, feeling that the time was coming for him to go home.

As for what this meant—more frequent battles and stronger opponents—he wasn't so worried. Although the battles were difficult and good at pushing everyone to their limits, he had already reached a point where, even when pushed to the extreme, he didn't lose his calm and confidence in victory.

'I'll be able to go back to Uzira soon... I hope Abby and the others haven't experienced the passage of time that I have. In any case, a single day in Uzira is more than enough for one to have problems.'

The closer he got to the end of the challenge, the more he thought about his family and his plans for Uzira. The conversations with the True Celestial made him think more about the Upper Realm, but that place was still far away.

He might still need centuries, or even millennia, to get there.

While he was thinking about this, Minos saw one of the individuals who had failed to get his badge on the 61st floor leave a room in defeat. When their eyes met, they both knew what would happen next, even if one of them couldn't see the future.

Minos said to the man, "Don't do it. Wait for another one, or you'll regret it."

But the alien who had just failed in his last attempt in the area's halls had no choice but to move on, going in search of Minos. Without an insignia, he would fail in his mission and lose everything he had, probably even his life.

If he delayed, groups of victors would band together to prevent individuals like him from collecting the insignia of others, so he needed to act while he had time alone with Minos.

"That's the worst decision for you." Minos walked forward, letting the enemy attack him from the air, while he looked uninterested.

The man attacking him, a creature capable of mimicking the powers of its targets, something Minos had always feared to encounter, came at him with a dark sword that seemed to contain the powers of the black hole.

It was impressive. Minos couldn't deny that this being's ability to imitate and transform other's skills into something unique was incredible.

But he had been through many challenges so far and knew exactly the limits of his powers. By combining his two abilities from the techniques behind the black hole, Minos made the energy of that floor his own, while the energy gathered in the enemy's attack ceased to be the alien's and fell under his control.

Without having to do much, Minos controlled the alien's spiritual essence, making it lose the form that mimicked his powers.

The enemy's black sword lost its powers, becoming an ordinary blade before reaching Minos' body.

When it touched one of Minos' shoulders, the alien felt as if he had hit the hardest stone in his path, immediately feeling his hands open as his weapon of crystallized energy shattered.

With a flick of one hand, Minos hit his enemy's right cheek with the outside of his hand.

The blow was powerful!

With a loud thud, the enemy's body slammed into one wall in the area, as he exclaimed in pain while falling to his knees on the ground.

The attack capable of killing a level 116 Supreme was not enough to kill that opponent.

'As expected from someone capable of reaching the 61st floor.'

Minos recognized how impressive the enemy was for withstanding his attack and surviving without more drastic consequences.

However, Minos' blow hadn't just been physical. While he felt a pain in his face, as if every bone in his face had been broken, the alien felt an ever stronger inner heat.

A few moments later, as a few more doors in the surrounding area were opening, his body combusted.

Silver flames consumed the weakest parts of his existence, first erasing his clothes and hair, before eating away at his flesh as if he were made of paper.

Faced with Draconic Eden's Radiance, there was not much of a cultivator with power similar to Minos' could resist such a skill.

In less than a minute, the only thing left of that opponent's body was his storage items, which quickly flew into one of Minos' hands after the creature's death.