The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2838  Hostile Planet

The surface of Eater was, for the most part, devoid of vegetation. Given the high presence of rocks on the planet's surface, several areas of it were basically yellowish or black deserts, the predominant color of the local rocks.

But there were magical forests and great waterways in this world, reachable within a days' journey from most points immediately below the planet's floating cities.

Minos and his wives didn't see anything like this at first, being in a poorer area and harder to find life as soon as they got off the elevator they used to get to the surface. Given how large the planet was, even on their levels, it would take them a while to reach any interesting area with good scenery and opportunities.

But even in a poorer, simpler area, they came across an environment extremely rich in energy and laws, enough to feel their passive cultivation skills kick in to propel them to new heights.

Obviously, they were already too strong and even in such a rich environment it would take them a long time to advance in level.

They just found it curious how their cultivations varied upwards as they flew close to the surface, following the path that should take them to the ancient territory of the 'king of beasts' in a few days.

Fortunately, there was no immediate danger in their path after reaching the surface. The arrival points on the surface were positioned precisely in ownerless and weaker territories, so normally one wouldn't face any immediate dangers upon reaching the surface.

But the group noticed that Eater wasn't easy. They had been feeling their cultivations increasing since they reached the surface, but they noticed that if they didn't have high cultivations for the 12th stage, the opposite could happen. A special phenomenon of this world, capable of devouring the powers of those who dared to go to the surface, would begin to degrade one's powers as soon as they set foot on solid ground.

Without the appropriate defenses, newcomers unprepared for the area would die before getting any chance of value!

This, however, was something that affected more low-level Supremes and high-level Sovereigns who had the courage to come there. The strongest were able to counteract the natural phenomena of the area and even take advantage of the surrounding wealth.

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On the group's 11th day in Eater, they camped near a spring, having entered the forest where they were now the day before.

Unlike Zocarro, which hardly had a real night, Eater had day and night similar to the Spirit World. The biggest difference was in the length of the days and nights there. The days lasted 22 hours, and the nights were about 15 hours.

It was now evening, and the group was around a fire created by Minos, warming themselves from the chilling cold that was freezing parts of the spring in the mountainous area where they were.

Eater's weather phenomena were so strong that even powerful cultivators like them were suffering from something as simple as cold at the moment.

Minos was the only one in the group who didn't have to worry about the temperature, given his dragon heritage and divine ability related to flames. But Abby, Gloria, and Ruth were bundled up with their best tools and still needed the support of their husband's flames to endure the current situation.

"We'll be entering the area formerly belonging to the 'king of beasts' in another three days' travel," Gloria said as she looked at the map of the region, considering their planned route there and their current position. "This should pose problems for us very soon."

The 11-day journey there had basically been about dealing with Eater's natural phenomena. They had just entered the first forest on their way, so until a few hours ago, they had only traveled through inhospitable regions, not having had the misfortune or opportunity to encounter opponents.

They didn't expect to keep up this good performance for long, however. Already close to reaching their first point of investigation, they took Gloria's warning to heart.

Minos looked at Abby and asked, "What do you think? Can we count on local Hell Lifelings?"

"I think so." She broke the good news to the group as she sensed the surroundings.

Eater was extremely low on corpses. From what Abby had seen, the natural phenomenon responsible for absorbing spiritual power from living beings most likely acted on corpses, consuming their existence. Because of this, in her opinion, they had found no corpses on their journey.

"I'm sensing something toward our target. I think we'll be able to relive some places soon," she said, being the strongest and most sensitive about death control in the group to realize this before everyone else.

Minos sighed in relief. With Hell Lifelings, things would be easier for them.

"Good. We'll rest for the next few hours and as soon as we get back on the road and you get targets, I want you to start your work." He ordered Abby, who promptly nodded in understanding. "We'll use some locals to guide us around the area and tell us about the local history."

The information they had obtained in the previous floating city was only superficial. Any deeper details were beyond their reach at the moment.

"You see nothing that will help us?" Ruth asked Minos after a moment of silence.

Given Eater's extreme natural conditions, they would need to spend the night resting, so there was nothing else for them to do for the moment.

Minos looked at his wife with her long, black hair and sighed. "Nothing revealing. My prophetic ability is a little weakened. I believe that Eater's devouring energy is limiting my powers," he said, not even able to see when Abby would bring Hell Lifelings over to their side, something he thought would happen before long, given the feeling she described.

"You'd better rest for today. I'll stand guard and wake you when daylight breaks." He instructed, not needing the same level of rest that they needed.

They obeyed him, soon lying down in sleeping bags wrapped in Minos' silver flames, not at all worried about sleeping in this dangerous place.

With Minos watching over them, the chances of anything happening were slim.

He kept an eye on the surroundings, looking for traces of opponents, in particular, from Hell and Celestials who would surely hunt him and his women down if they understood what they had.

'I don't feel anything worrying yet. But something tells me it won't last long.' Minos looked up at the sky, seeing the distant stars there. 'I hope you're close by, Divine Tail. I have a feeling it won't be long before Qhava ends her seclusion!'n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om