Entering the range of Minos' techniques, Ruth felt a slight sense of suppression, but that was all. Even if she used only half of her usual strength, she couldn't ignore some of her cultivation's own capabilities.
As a result, Ruth could ignore most of the adverse effects that Minos' techniques did on her!
'Shit! The Devouring Art is hardly affecting her!' Minos reflected, feeling the amount of spiritual energy that his support technique was returning to him.
He concluded that it was hardly worthwhile to activate this technique since its energy expenditure alone consumed almost everything it absorbed!
And at the same time, while Ruth was moving to attack Minos, she was also a little surprised. Even if it was not significant, her still spiritual power was gradually decreasing.
But it was still nothing to make her retreat. With the current absorption rate, even if she stayed here all day, without even counterattacking, she still wouldn't have her spiritual energy depleted by Minos' technique.
Ruth could also sense that her speed was being subtly reduced. That shocked her even more since her technique was a Silver-grade one, and even if she were not using all her strength, she would still have a perfect energy conversion!
'This technique that is reducing my speed is excellent. It is unquestionably superior to my movement technique.' Ruth thought about it when she approached to attack Minos.
At the same time, as she was throwing a punch at Minos' chest, the young Stuart made a smooth movement with his sword, attacking his opponent's shoulder with the sword.
Minos had no intention of countering Ruth's attack technique since he was confident in his defense. So, the only way he could beat the beautiful young woman would be to force her to run out.
Swooish!
Pow!
The sword's blade ran towards Ruth's shoulder while a fist-shaped cluster of energy flew towards Minos' chest.
Upon understanding what Minos was trying to do, Ruth smiled in satisfaction and used her movement technique to deflect her opponent's attack successfully.
Poof!
At the same time, Minos was hit hard by Ruth's attack when a hollow sound was heard. The defense of him almost entirely absorbed the attack!
Minos then took a few steps back while keeping his balance and not falling. 'Ahh, damn it, she's fast!'
Meanwhile, Ruth smiled at him and said provocatively. "What? Can't take it anymore?"
"Haha, how can I not take it anymore?" He said as he started to breathe irregularly. "You can come. I can still last a long time."
It wasn't long before the two were exchanging blows, with Ruth constantly dodging Minos' sword attacks and him having to endure her blows while gradually depleting his spiritual energy.
Pow!
...
Ruth sent out the last of her attacks when Minos was no longer able to counterattack, using all that was left just to defend himself.
At that point, he was already wholly sweaty and a little pale, while his breathing was very irregular.
"Ahh!"
He finally let out the first cry of pain from the fight when he was thrown more than 10 meters. The battle had lasted a total of 4 minutes, and Ruth had entirely suppressed Minos during almost the entire match.
The beautiful young woman was practically in the same condition she was when she began the fight, with not a drop of sweat on her beautiful milky skin and her clothes as clean as before.
For Minos, on the other hand, there were some tears in his clothes, while there were some bloodstains here and there. Even using only half of his usual strength, Ruth's punches were still strong enough to ignore Minos' defense!
By his count, he managed to absorb only about 90% of Ruth's attack at the beginning of his defense fight. With that, the damage was accumulated, and his defense started to lose efficiency with the constant consumption of spiritual energy, leading to the miserable situation that Minos was in now.
Upon seeing Minos being thrown yet again by her attack, Ruth ran towards him and said. "Well, your spiritual energy is almost depleted. So, let's stop this for today. Start cultivating. I'll keep an eye on you." She sweetly said while checking Minos' condition.
Minos had no significant injuries, only a few abrasions and great spiritual exhaustion caused by the continuous receiving of blows.
It was not long before the young Stuart sat down in a meditative position and cultivated some low-grade spiritual crystals. And at the same time, Ruth took some apples out of her spatial ring and started watching the surroundings while she ate and recovered the little energy she had spent in this fight.
...
Two hours later, Minos had fully recovered and was already wearing a different set of clothes. He had used his spiritual energy to clean himself and was now lying on a rock, not far from where he and Ruth had recently fight.
Minos then looked at the sky while he was still lying on his back on the rock and said in a low voice. "It looks like it will be a long time before I can defeat you."
"Haha, it's good that you know that. You must not forget how I beat you." She said as she laughed happily. She was sitting while waiting for Minos, a few feet from him.
"Was I beaten?" Upon hearing this, Minos frowned in denial and then stood up. He went over to her, saying. "We will not remember this that way. For me, it was more like a test of endurance. Saying that I was beaten is not right here..."
"Eh? But I will remember it that way." Ruth said with a mischievous smile on her face.
"That's right?" Minos moved closer to her and then bent down and pulled Ruth by one of her arms until they were embraced.
The two looked at each other for a moment when Ruth's face quickly blushed, and the two began to kiss in the middle of this forest.
"Mmmm!"
Strong Ruth, momentarily, looked like a fragile young woman who had fallen into the clutches of a predator. Her body trembled when a soft object slowly entered her mouth, enveloping her tongue and massaging it in several ways.
At the same time, Minos took the opportunity to touch Ruth's beautiful curves, stimulating several sensitive parts of the beautiful young woman's body. They then leaned against a tree and remained kissing pleasantly for a few minutes.
"Mmmm!"
The sounds of kisses could be heard in the air while Minos had his stick as hard as a rock, and Ruth felt some strange feelings on her body.
She could raise her temperature while her face was flushed and her heart was beating fast. The private parts were considerably more sensitive at that point, and her 'little sister' seemed to be getting more and more oiled.
Minos then parted his lips from Ruth's beautiful pink lips while continuing to gently suck the young girl's ear lobe, making her feel goosebumps.
At this point, Ruth finally looked into Minos' face with cloudy eyes as she felt extremely excited. But she wanted to be strong. She still didn't think she was ready to give her first time, so once again, she had interrupted her own desire.
She also didn't want this to happen in the middle of a forest!
Sensing this, Minos also stopped his movements slowly, respecting the girl's desire.
He was also not against waiting, by the way, as they would still spend a few months together.
He wanted to try and make the sexual tension of the two reach a high level. With that, what he would achieve with Ruth would be even better than his experience with Elena.
With that, he had good expectations for what would happen in the future with him and the beautiful young Ruth. 'Hehe, let's see how long you will hold on. When the time comes, the feeling repressed for weeks will be explosive, giving us an even better pleasure than regular occasions.' He thought with satisfaction while looking at Ruth with a burning desire.
Shortly after that, Minos and Ruth climbed up on the great white eagle, which was watching them only a dozen meters away.
"Come on, let's travel for a few more hours before we stop to rest in the next city." Ruth said with a smile on her face.
"Hmm."
With that, it didn't take long, and the young couple took off from this piece of the forest where they had stopped to do their training section.
...
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Cromwell Kingdom, a group of 4 people, two of whom were middle-aged men, appeared to be escorting the other two, a young man and a lady who looked to be no more than 18-years-old.
"Young master, it looks like they found Warrior-grade medicine in the Peak of the Fog." One of the men said as he looked at the two youths in front of him.