'Shit...' It thought as it saw several unstable wormholes appearing in the vicinity of Minos' fist, feeling the terrible collision about to hit it.
The instant after that thought, its face felt Minos' mighty right fist deforming it in an unnatural way while its facial bones shattered like glass.
At the same time, several wormholes attacked various parts of its head and body, destroying everything in its path as if they were powerful bombs.
Its facial flesh evaporated instantly, degraded along with its scales by the unstable space around that fist.
Without any chance of survival, that creature was exterminated by a single blow from Minos!
When his fist stopped advancing, more than half of the creature's body was gone.
Not even a sign of the powerful level 88 being from moments ago remained!
Slowly the unstable wormholes calmed down, closing as dozens of creatures in the surrounding area watched in shock as this fight was quickly over.
The right fist of Minos' Soul Avatar was covered in blood, as smoke billowed out of it from the intense friction with space in the moments before.
Minos contemplated this in much the same way as the injured bird, finding what had just happened impressive.
Minos had become stronger than he thought himself!
'I didn't think he would be crushed that easily...' He thought to himself as he looked at the remnants of that corpse, somewhat shocked at how brute the power of his Indestructible Body was.
Meanwhile, the bird near him had regained the sparkle in its eyes, widening them significantly to look at its enemy and this unlikely ally.
"How?" It asked aloud, extremely shocked by the developing situation.
The silence lasted for a few moments until Minos left his state of contemplation to say. "It was trying to kill me, so I had no choice. Even though I didn't know it, nor have anything against it, I had to eliminate that snake."
"Who are you? You stole my cultivation to strengthen yourself!" That bird said as it felt its cultivation base slowly returning to normal.
Realizing this, it answered its own question.
'Minos Stuart! You are the emperor of the Black Plain! But how? You shouldn't be so strong!' It said as it used its mental communication, even though it felt quite bad due to the injuries on its body.
Minos had already become so famous throughout the Central Continent that there were no living beings left who had not heard his name once or twice.
Even sentient vegetables knew who Minos Stuart was and his main skill: energy control.
Minos looked at the creature he had unwittingly saved its life and mentally said not to inform the other beings in the surroundings. 'Well, I'm not obligated to stay at the same level forever. I am getting stronger.'
'You talk like it's no big deal...' The bird watched him in silence for a few moments.
'I saved your life, so don't go talking about what just happened here. Can you do that for me?'
But the creature said something else to him, surprising him with its pleading tone. "Please take me with you where you are going! I'm badly hurt and won't survive even with Manacle's end.
Please help me! When I recover, I will be happy to serve you as a mount!"
"Oh?" Minos was surprised by this request, for he genuinely did not expect to gain a mount by this mere action.
"You are a majestic Dodo-Balinese, and you will still offer to become my mount?" Minos questioned him, knowing that members of this race of spiritual birds could reach the 10th stage.
The Dodo-Balinese said. "Better to subordinate myself to someone talented than to die at the hands of profiteering 'hyenas'..."
Minos observed the surroundings, where several weaker creatures were just waiting for his departure to attack this bird.
Beasts could strengthen themselves by eating and digesting the flesh of those they devoured, so when a powerful weakened being appeared, other weaker ones would use the opportunity to devour it!
This was a good way to get enough nutrients and energy for weeks or months of seclusion.
After the beating and digestion, they could raise their level and sometimes even reach new stages!
Minos thought for a while and said. "I accept you as my mount in exchange for saving your life."
Immediately upon saying that, dark energy appeared around Minos and that bird as he once again circulated his energies through his 9th technique.
As he did so, he showed the Dark Sea to everyone in the surrounding area, making every creature for hundreds of meters away from him feel absolute terror.
The Spiritual Saints nearby saw abominable silhouettes appearing near Minos, watching them as if they were warriors of death.
A level 81 Spiritual Sage nearby, waiting for everything to unfold, then felt a chill in its body and saw one of these shadows taking on a more remarkable shape.
The creature looked like a mixture of an ordinary human and a skeleton, with a truly frightening appearance.
This was particularly true for its eyes, where there were actually no eyes but rather cavities that showed the bottom of its skull to those watching it.
Gulp!
'What's that?' That level 81 beast felt that creature staring at it and almost pissed itself.
When it decided to run away, it turned around and suddenly saw that creature behind it.
"Aaagh!"
The first of the cries in the surrounding area came from that Sage beast as Minos forced a master and servant seal on that beast.
Divine Seal!
That creature felt inscriptions surging through its body as a small half-moon formed on its forehead, marking that it would henceforth be the property of the Black Plain emperor.
After a few moments, it saw Minos finishing this domination ceremony, shocked at the abilities of this human.
'He shouldn't have been able to do that before! Is that a new technique?
How fearsome! He's almost like the elves now!' This bird thought to itself, right in its thoughts, for these creatures had inspired Henricus Longus to develop this technique.
As he finished what he was doing, scaring everyone in the surroundings to the core, Minos asked that creature. "What is your name?"
"Starclaw."
"Starclaw, from now on, you will be my mount. For now, I will send you to a place for you to be taken care of."
"Uh?"
However, even with doubts, that creature would soon disappear from that area as a black vortex controlled by Minos absorbed it.
'Time to continue my journey!'
