The Rise of the Black Plain

The moment they heard the robot's warning, the strongest of the group turned their attention to the level 111 Sovereign who had just stopped a few hundred meters away from them, while watching them in silence for a moment.

Seeing Kendrick Stuart standing there, and immediately realizing that this was the God of Gates, this observer paused for a moment to assess the situation.

'Kendrick Stuart has infiltrated our planet? How did he do that? No, it doesn't matter now. He's right in front of me. I should kill him first!' He thought while secretly preparing to move.

'Apho is nearby. As soon as I start fighting here, he'll notice me and know what's going on. Kendrick has just used his divine power, so he must be weak to use his power to escape far away... Hmm, he might escape my grasp, so I'd better make sure our forces know about it before I attack.' He activated a communication device so that his superior at headquarters could hear what he was about to say.

"Kendrick Stuart, who knew you'd come to The Blossom World?" He asked aloud as everyone in Kendrick's group became deeply worried, their auras rising as they surrounded him in a defensive position.

"Senior, what do you want?" Abby stepped forward, trying to negotiate.

She knew that on the surface, these natives would pretend to be interested in Kendrick's power. But the best thing for them was to eliminate this young man with extreme powers who had no positive ties to the forces of The Blossom World.

In the meantime, she had to try to negotiate and buy time!

'Minos is on his way here. We need to buy as much time as possible before we face the local forces.' Gloria said in mental communication with her group.

'We feel father is coming, but will he get here in time?' Hollie asked.

'Remember, your father has a divine power that can control time. He won't take as long as we think to reach us,' Ruth said to the entire group, but especially to the children of Minos there.

The local level 111 native laughed when he saw the reaction of this group. "I'm the one asking you, Abby. Their behavior seems rather aggressive to me... I am just trying to bring young Kendrick over to our side. Do you have to act like this?"

"Is that all you really want?" Abby asked, her fists clenched and her heart pounding. Meanwhile, a voice rang in one of the level 111 Sovereign's ears. "Kill Kendrick Stuart. The rest can be ignored." Hearing the voice of his superior, a smile appeared on this guy's face, confirming what he had to do and that he would now be sure that his forces would send reinforcements to pursue Kendrick even if this young human managed to escape.

Then this guy raised his powers and did not hesitate to attack in Kendrick's direction!

Sensing this, everyone in the group moved to offer resistance to the opponent, with the three weakest taking care of preparing to leave while the strongest used their divine or innate abilities.

Kendrick immediately used the remaining power he had to create a new portal, which, of course, couldn't get them off this planet after he finished using his ability.

His ability was very good, but it was extremely energy consuming. When he went from one world to another, he would spend a few hours without being able to use his ability again. But if he went from one place to another within the same world, he could use his power again, but on a much smaller scale.

Thinking that his group wouldn't be able to withstand this level 111 individual for long, since he wasn't even the only one around, Kendrick decided to completely exhaust himself and try the only option for them.

Run!

Gloria used her divine ability, Mercury World, and formed a sphere of mercury around their group, something extremely dense and difficult to overcome even for those stronger than her.

Callie worked with Gloria to cast a layer of ice around the mercury sphere, while Vico caused several mana roots to emerge from the ground outside the area protected by the two women.

Ruth linked her innate regenerative power to all eleven of her companions as her soul avatar grew and took up a defensive position in front of the group.

"Quickly! Get to Kendrick's gate!" Ruth shouted as she threw everything she had into her defense to hold off the powerful attack of the enemy moving against them. Even though she didn't have the highest cultivation level there, she was the one with the most powerful body among Minos' companions because of her innate regenerative abilities.

The robot and Minos' two daughters entered Kendrick's new portal, followed by Grisdi, who didn't have her cultivation sealed anymore, but cooperated for fear of being killed by The Blossom World's forces.

By the time half of the group had passed through Kendrick's portal, the level 111 Sovereign's attack had destroyed the various defenses and counterattacks of the group.

"Tsk! Useless! That's not enough to stop me!" He commented in a superior tone as he faced Ruth's Soul Avatar, surprised that this woman could hold out longer than the others.

"Oh?" The look on this being's face changed as he realized that even though Ruth did not have much power, she could defend herself very well, even against him.

"It looks like you're telling me to kill you first." He said to Ruth at the same time his ally realized what was going on, leaving the place where Kendrick's group had arrived to reach the area of the current clash.

"You will regret those words." Ruth's voice rang in his ear, just before he realized that one of his enemies had deceived him.

Suddenly, Ruth's soul avatar disappeared, revealing a tree in its place as Kendrick's portal finished closing.

"Tsk! They've escaped! It looks like one of them has a great illusion-type divine ability." The other level 111 commented as he stopped next to his ally.

"Never mind. I threw one of my parasitic insects at that native girl from The Enchanted Realm. Let's follow my little ones to them!" The alien said, missing the attack, as several tiny insects appeared from his hands and flew toward where Kendrick's group had gone.