The Rise of the Black Plain
Chapter 94 - 94: Fighting at the Peak of the Fog

At the same time, Minos and Tristram were also on the verge of facing each other, while Ruth and young Tristram's bodyguard were already engaged in an intense battle.

Fists of Pain!

Instant Steps!

Ruth unleashed both of her main techniques as she charged toward Tristram's bodyguard. Her only objective was to swiftly end this fight to prevent the other 5th-stage cultivators in the vicinity from trying to do anything against Minos or gang up against him.

Upon sensing the speed and strength of this girl approaching him, the bodyguard immediately frowned, activating his defense technique to its fullest extent.

This young woman was attacking him with such a formidable force that he turned a little pale just by feeling the power of the technique that was about to hit him!

Iron Body!

Boom!

...

Meanwhile, Minos had also activated all three of his techniques and was heading toward young Tristram.

Devouring Art!

Indestructible Body!

Spatial Sword!

Minos' body was immediately fortified while a black ring started to rotate above him just a few meters above the ground.

Upon sensing this, Tristram's body was almost entirely overwhelmed by Minos' attack technique, leaving the once-arrogant young man feeling trapped at a dead end.

'Shit! What's happening? Why am I feeling so heavy?' he pondered, trying to move.

However, he could do nothing but only move at a pace comparable to that of a turtle.

After all, Minos was already at level 37. And with his innate ability that increases the energy in his body, he possessed a spiritual strength that was equivalent to a level 38 cultivator!

Consequently, the Spatial Sword technique proved highly effective against enemies with such low disparity in cultivation, as was the case of Tristram.

Being merely at level 39, he was quite vulnerable to almost all of Minos' techniques!

...

Witnessing the events happening right before them, all the 13 onlookers of the fight couldn't help but feel goosebumps of fear all over their bodies. Even the bodyguards were deeply shocked.

The power that Minos was exhibiting was too terrifying for someone at his level. According to them, the young Stuart was almost as strong as a level 44 cultivator!

And even if these bodyguards had surpassed Minos in strength, these masters could be easily killed by this young man in just a fraction of a second!

Thus, even if they managed to evade Minos' companion, they would still have to face punishments far worse than the loss of their families if any one of these youths were to die!

As for the other eight youngsters at level 39, they were all scared and, at the same time, relieved that they hadn't launched any attack against Minos. That decision may as well have saved their lives!

'What a monster! No wonder he was so arrogant earlier. He was not bragging, but rather giving us a chance to avoid feeling this terror!' the most reasonable young man in the group silently contemplated to himself.

...

At the same time, the mysterious man who was hovering over the scene frowned firmly and muttered under his breath, "The power of these techniques and the spiritual energy of Minos… These three techniques are definitely of Golden-grade!"

'How did he achieve this?' he wondered in utter shock. Even the force behind him possessed only one of these treasures, but an ordinary young man like Minos had three of these!

'And considering his speed of cultivation, it seems that his cultivation technique is also of the same caliber!' he mused, having a bewildered look on his face.

...

Finally, young Tristram mustered all of the spiritual power he had and activated his defense technique. He knew that if he did nothing, it would certainly result in his death!

Iron Body!

Tristram employed the same technique as his bodyguard, which caused his skin color to change from a fair complexion to a silvery metallic appearance.

In response, Minos simply made a small gesture using his sword, which sent four blades toward various parts of Tristram's body.

One was aimed at the young man's neck, another at the belly, and the remaining two targeted each of the young master's arms.

Minos' intention was clear. He wanted to mow down Tristram's life at once!

'In your next life, don't be too hasty!' Minos silently mused to himself. It was not worth talking anything to him, the young man before him was just too terrified even to pay any attention to some words...

Swooish!

Swooish!

The sound of blades slicing through the air reverberated as Minos' attacks quickly closed toward young Tristram.

Bash!

In less than a second after Minos' movement, four chunks of flesh fell to the ground where Tristram just stood. The young man didn't even have the time to feel any pain before his arms and head were suddenly severed from his body!

If anyone paid attention to Tristram's eyes, they would have seen that he had not noticed this was his end. Although the young man had a terrified look, there still lingered a glimmer of hope in his mind, as he had yet to receive the blow.

However, the disparity in strength was just too big.

Despite using all of his energy on his defense, Tristram was only merely 6% stronger than Minos in just spiritual power. Furthermore, he was using a Black-grade defense technique that provided only 70% efficiency!

Minos, on the other hand, used a Golden-grade attack that boasted a 200 percent efficiency. This meant that even if the young Stuart had used only half of his spiritual energy, it would have been enough to kill Tristram in a single strike!

But that wasn't all. The low-level grade-2 sword also amplified Minos' attack power, resulting in this tragic ending for Tristram.

'Oh my! That arrogant boy didn't even get a chance to realize what had happened!' A young woman observed, her face turned ghastly pale.

Before, she had thought of attacking Minos, but after witnessing this, she had been instilled with such fear in her heart that the only thing she wanted to do at this point was to leave as far as she could.

'I would have died for a Warrior-grade herb!' Some among them thought, gradually moving away from the scene.

...

In the midst of this chaos, Tristram's bodyguard didn't even have time to worry about his young master's safety. At this moment, he had his chest completely sunk as Ruth had slammed his chest causing it to cave in, and then smashed his head on the ground!

Pow!

Ruth delivered her last punch causing that man's head to shatter like a watermelon, splattering his brains all over the place!

Those remaining bodyguards in the vicinity once again trembled with fear upon witnessing this gruesome scene. Each of them was weaker than the man with the crushed head, so they knew that if they were in his place, then the fight would have lasted for even less time!

'What a diabolical duo! Where did such devils come from?' pondered one of the guards as he cautiously distanced himself away from that place along with his young mistress.

'No wonder they could manage to harvest the Warrior-grade herb!' some of them contemplated it carefully.

In fact, these two had the right to do whatever they wanted in this place. There was nothing to hinder them from getting what they desired, given their abilities!

Seeing that Ruth had finished her fight as well, Minos smiled at her and then looked at the other 13 people who had subtly retreated from their previous positions.

He then addressed them politely, "I think these friends are going to leave me with that herb, won't you?"

Upon hearing this, they all had the same thought in their minds. 'As if we have any other choice!'

After a brief moment of silence, the sensible young man stepped forward, trying to hide the shock in his voice as he spoke, "There is no need for you to say such a thing. Since you managed to harvest the herb, of course, you are the only one who has the right to own it! We were merely spectators!"

"That's right! We didn't want that person to get the herb, so we were waiting to deal with him! But since you intervened, we didn't have the chance to." Another person added firmly.

"I feel the same. Now that this matter has been resolved, I shall bid everyone farewell!" a young woman declared before turning and hurrying to get out of this place.

There was no need to risk irritating someone like Minos!

And even though it was nice to befriend someone of this caliber, they couldn't simply ignore that he had just brutally killed someone right before their eyes!

There would be chances that they could form contacts at a more peaceful time in the future!

"Count me in too. I hope to see you at the Spiritual Tournament. I'm certain that you will be the winner," added another young man before leaving the area as well.

Seeing this, Minos smiled inwardly as he watched the mass retreat of his competitors. 'Hmm, this is for the best. I don't want to waste time killing so many people just for so little...'

A few more seconds had passed, and all 13 people had left the site of the bloody battle. Minos then glanced at Ruth and then approached in her direction to descend from this place together and continue their journey.

However, just as they were making their way, an elderly man suddenly appeared in front of them!

This man looked very strange, though he looked like an old man and had his beard and hair turned white, his skin was extremely smooth and was without any blemishes.

It seemed that this person had a minimal amount of toxins in his body, which gave him a youthful appearance despite his old age.

The elderly were also dressed in a golden robe, and if anyone made a closer inspection, they would notice that his feet were not touching the ground!