The Rise of the Black Plain

It didn't take long for these seven days to pass, as the rounds of the third test of the Spiritual Tournament took place!

In the meantime, on the second day of fights, young Abby was the only acquaintance of Minos who had her battle that day. Her battle was very balanced since the difference in the strength of the young woman to that of her competitors was not so significant.

After all, she was at level 40, while most of her opponents had their cultivation between levels 37 and 39 and due to this, the battle lasted for a long time, with the winner being decided only after almost 30 minutes of intense fighting!

But despite this challenge, Abby still had an advantage over her opponents in terms of having more spiritual techniques in this Battle Royale. And as a result, she successfully managed to qualify for the final round of the competition, overcoming all the difficulties she had to face during this test!

On the third day of the battles, young Kara demonstrated the strength of having a Silver talent to everyone spectating the battle in the capital of the Cromwell Kingdom!

Just a few hours before the start of the battle, the girl had managed to advance to level 43, thus, she had a magnificent time defeating her group, winning the battle in just a remarkable 5 minutes!

In her group, no one else other than her had reached the 5th stage, so the remaining 124 participants could not pose any problem for the young ginger!

On the same day, there was also the fight of Kara's brother, Ford.

This young man had been in almost the same situation as Abby. As he was the only participant in the 5th stage, resulting in him having some advantage during the beginning of the fight.

However, he also had to face the strong resistance imposed by the other competitors, who forced him to exhaust almost all his energy to beat them!

Just like Roger, Ford has had a tough fight!

But in the end, having one extra technique against his opponents truly gave a good advantage in this round. Thus, in the end, Ford still emerged as the winner of the last fight on the third day's event.

And finally, on the fourth day of battles, it was Peter's turn to fight.

He had managed to advance to level 40 in the few days that had passed since the end of the second test, so he performed better than Maxwell during his battle.

And although there was already another level 40 competitor in his group, Peter still managed to emerge victorious, moving on to the final round of the competition!

In almost all the fights, competitors who were only at the 4th stage would form alliances to eliminate their opponents in the 5th stage.

And precisely because of this, Peter was able to succeed in passing this exam. His opponent had suffered more than he had to at the hands of these other competitors, making him the winner of the 15th group!

Following Peter's round, the Spiritual Tournament hosted the last Battle Royale of that day. And this proved to be the most impressive of all the battles so far!

In his group, young Davy had fought bravely and won!

Many who did not witness this fight had been quite taken aback by this news and couldn't believe this was true. After all, in the last few days, almost the whole city knew about the fact that Davy had lost one of his arms to Minos!

However, not only had the young man recovered from Minos' fight but he had also managed to advance to level 44!

After all, losing an arm won't affect his Silver talent in any way!

And because of this boost in his strength, even though he was fighting with just one arm, it was more than enough for Davy to advance to the final part of the competition!

And finally, on the sixth day, it was Luke's turn to fight!

He had reached level 41 just before arriving in the capital of the Cromwell Kingdom and also received a low-level grade-2 spiritual weapon from his family.

Such a level of weapons was a rarity, and he had only been the second competitor of the competition to wield a weapon of this caliber!

Other than him, only Kara had used a weapon of a similar level.

With his new weapon, Luke fought continuously for almost 15 minutes and vanquished his opponents, emerging victorious.

On the seventh day, no fight drew the spectators' attention, as today they eagerly awaited the final day of confrontations, where Minos and Troy would fight in their respective groups!

...

At that moment, eight people had just arrived at the royal palace in Central City.

They were in a room filled with people dressed in red armor, with a throne placed in the middle of the room.

This was the royal room, where the king of the Cromwell Kingdom received official visits. The eight people who were present before the king's throne right now were the representatives from the eight largest sects of the Flaming Empire.

As for the king, he was dressed in a golden suit, had long white hair, and a clean-shaven face. He stood over 2 meters tall, radiating an imposing presence!

Meanwhile, each of these eight representatives of the sects also wore armor of different colors and shapes.

And among the group of eight, two were women, while the rest were men.

However, what drew the most attention to these individuals was that each one of them had a remarkable youthful appearance, which was very different from most of the Spiritual Kings found in the northern part of the Central Continent.

Anyway, there was a reason why the Flaming Empire entrusted this competition over to these eight sects, rather than handing this task over to families, and that was why these eight youths were present here today.

In the Flaming Empire, noble families did not dominate over the regions as some houses in the north of the Central Continent did. No, that power was held by the sects.

As to why, well, it was due to the numerous limitations of families!

It would be challenging for a family to have many talented descendants at the same time. And even if there were, it would be uncertain whether they would mature enough to fulfill their responsibilities!

Thus, a long time ago, several empires of the Spiritual World witnessed the birth of the first sects.

These sects were basically the union of several families under a single power, which did not demand the defection of the members of their respective families!

However, as long as someone had talent in these organizations, that person could rise to the top, regardless if they came from a humble background!

And because of this, the sects, unlike noble families, gained the power to rule vast regions in places as influential as the Flaming Empire.

But that would not be possible for noble families in the north of the Central Continent as these families always prioritized their original members, often leaving their subordinates behind.

And this mentality of prioritizing their own members was deeply ingrained in these families, making it hard for them to change this factor.

Regardless, these eight sects held power over 8 out of 9 regions of the Flaming Empire, with each of these domains being even larger and more populous than the largest kingdom in the northern region of the Central Continent, the Kingdom of Waves!

Furthermore, each of these powers had at least one large region of high spiritual concentration in their region, providing them with abundant resources!

These eight Spiritual Kings had been sent by their respective sects to observe the final event of the Spiritual Tournament, scheduled to take place in the coming days.

The king of the Cromwell Kingdom rose from his throne and welcomed these experts from the empire with a wide smile on his face, "Welcome to my city. I hope that you will get many disciples in this edition of the Spiritual Tournament."

Although King Cromwell had higher cultivation than these envoys sent from the empire, he still had to respect each one of them. The reason behind it was not just the colossal powers behind these people, but also because everyone among them was better equipped, be it in spiritual techniques, armaments or arrays.

So it was better in King Cromwell's best interest not to irritate any of these people, who certainly would have a fair share of arrogance...

After that, they proceeded to discuss the most important details about the various events that happened during the progress of the tournament so far and about the best candidates in this edition of the tournament.

When they learned of Minos' performance, the representatives of the eight sects were astonished. Despite being at only level 39, he had fought against someone at level 43!

'This name is the same as Mrs. Maisie's son. But how could he have gotten that strong? He never received any assistance from our sect!' one of the women in the group pondered after hearing about Minos' achievements.

She was aware of Minos' presence in this tournament and his identity, as Maisie had informed her about it before she was sent to this place.

Before, she had thought that her superior had mentioned so that she would help him if something happened. However, Minos seemed to be well-prepared for someone who grew up in such an impoverished place!

She closed her eyes for a second while taking a deep breath while thinking deeply. 'I think I'll observe this boy's fight tomorrow. Maybe this king was just trying to get attention because the tournament is being held in his territory...'

...

Hours passed, and finally, the last day of the third stage of the tournament arrived, featuring the fights of Minos and Troy in their respective groups. Meanwhile, young Mona also had her fight that day, being the first in the order among the three!