The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2781  First Domain in Hell

Minos watched the black, red, and orange flames of Astrirun's sacrifice burn away even the laws and energy available in the affected space, erasing everything from existence in that given space.

All the undead, whether they were Minos' minions or Astrirun himself, were degraded until nothing was left. The Hell Guardians disappeared too, along with a part of the ground where Minos' enemy had fallen severely wounded.

But even though the effects of the sacrifice were incredible, soon afterwards the gravitational pressure of the area and strange spatial cracks appeared stronger, consuming all the essence behind that destruction.

The flames were swallowed up by the glowing cracks in the surrounding space, quickly ridding the surroundings of the negative influence of the sacrifice.

But amid the special phenomenon unfolding in front of Minos, he watched open-mouthed as the Hell Guardians rose from the ground where they had fallen, each one of them, whether they were his subordinates or the now free beings to be dominated, rose as if they were truly immortal essences.

Even the undead consumed by the flames rose again from the dark floor of the area, their bodies quickly taking on the same forms as before.

"I had read about it, but I hadn't doubted it... It really is true that infernal creatures are immortal as long as they're in Hell!" Minos muttered under his breath.

After a moment of appreciating one of the many hellish phenomena he had heard or read about in recent months. But he didn't stay still for long.

As soon as the spatial cracks in the area disappeared and the area's gravitational pressure returned to normal, he opened his arms and black blades appeared, quickly slashing his wrists.

"Soul Bleed!" He began the ritual of defiance to take command of the area, attracting the attention of all the undead and guardians not connected to him in the area.

In the middle of his ritual, he felt something reach his feet and run through his body like a snake, but he did nothing to stop it. He let the black liquid moving through the area enter his body through the cuts he made in his fists.

The black liquid penetrated his flesh and made its way to the crown strongly connected to his skull.

Minos felt the world around him grow darker, but he also felt strangely connected to the surrounding area. This made him open his eyes wide and express the surprise of someone seeing, for the first time, the real face of Hell.

What had seemed like an empty place with only a few undead and guardians moments ago turned out to be a vast reservoir of souls, with countless creatures coming and going through the area.

Most of these souls were moving around erratically, without showing any intelligence or special abilities. But some of them, the most particularly frightening ones, were staring in Minos' direction with furious looks on their deformed faces.

If Minos hadn't already known what he was going to go through when he started the Soul Bleed, he would have been startled and vocalized his shock.

But even though he had expected to be faced with this frightening reality, he still paled as he saw the strongest and most monstrous free spirits in that area moving against him.

Along with the sight of what Hell was really like, he felt something powerful connect with him, something different from the hellish darkness, like a bright light of hope in the midst of malicious chaos.

At the bottom of that area, Minos felt a huge white wheel flash towards him, making him feel the power of the first Reincarnation Wheel coming under his control.

'Is that what the Reincarnation Wheel looks like?' He felt an ethereal entity fall on his shoulders, making him feel good, with a warmth and a comforting power.

The idea of using it against those spirits glaring at him as they approached him came to mind, and he skillfully activated his powers.

The Reincarnation Wheel in that area tripled in size, and then a suction force appeared against the many spirits in the surrounding area.

Minos had heard how his job would be to cleanse all the spirits in the area he challenged and how this would be hard work, capable of drying up his soul and leaving him on the brink of death. But as he began this process, he couldn't help but be struck by how quickly the spirits, even the strongest ones trying to possess him, were rapidly losing their speed. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Meanwhile, a surreal amount of souls had been sucked into the Reincarnation Wheel, turning them into tiny beams of light that disappeared into the depths of the Reincarnation Wheel, while energy and laws were left behind.

'The Reincarnation Wheel really is incredible. It purifies the soul, returns it to its universal destiny, and recycles the energy and laws of those souls. This first stays in Hell, but eventually escapes into the universe along with the new souls through the constant repetition of the process happening now.'

Minos felt an undeniable pleasure as he fulfilled the challenge of the area, not feeling in any way in danger, as the Hell books said.

By doing the Soul Bleed, one would make it possible for free souls in Hell to try to possess them and take their place!

But as long as one had the ability to take the Reincarnation Wheel of the area under challenge to the maximum of its function, even if there were risks in the process, overcoming the challenge was entirely possible.

But Minos achieved this much earlier than anyone would have thought possible.

In less than 20 minutes using the Reincarnation Wheel, he had almost the entire space of the castle area formerly belonging to Astrirun cleared, completely under his control.

The guardians and undead formerly belonging to the individual who sacrificed himself earlier slowly kneeled in Minos' presence, as he felt his powers increasing and his spirit body changing.

As internal transformations took place in his body, he felt the reincarnation process drawing to a close for the souls of the challenge and couldn't help but ask.

'Do you know anything about my wife, Isabella?' He looked at that fantastic phenomenon, which was now connected to him.

Pulling out a strand of red hair that he had kept from Isabella along with other things from the woman, he let the Reincarnation Wheel sense the remnant of this past existence.

A moment later, Minos saw his answer, as the Reincarnation Wheel formed a hologram that looked 90% like Isabella.

Minos' eyes opened wide as he felt the feeling transmitted by the Reincarnation Wheel.