The Rise of the Black Plain
Chapter 83 - 83: Was I Beaten?

After entering the range of Minos' technique, Ruth felt a slight sense of suppression, but that was all. Even if she was using only half of her usual strength, she couldn't disregard some of her own cultivation capabilities.

As a result, Ruth was able to ignore most of the adverse effects carried out on her by Minos' techniques!

'Shit! The Devouring Art is barely affecting her!' Minos reflected, sensing the meager amount of spiritual energy his support technique was returning to him.

He concluded that activating this technique was hardly worthwhile since its energy expenditure alone consumed almost everything it absorbed!

Meanwhile, as Ruth moved to attack Minos, she was also a little surprised. Even if it was not much significant, she could feel her still spiritual power was gradually being drained away.

However, it was still not enough to make her retreat. With the current absorption rate, even if she were to stay here all day without counterattacking, her spiritual energy would still not be completely depleted by Minos' strange technique.

Ruth could also sense a subtle reduction in her speed, this left her shocked even more since her technique was a Silver-grade one, and despite not using all her strength, she should still have a perfect energy conversion!

'This technique of his is excellent. It's unquestionably superior to my own movement technique,' Ruth pondered as she approached to attack Minos.

Simultaneously, as she threw a punch at Minos' chest, the young Stuart made a smooth movement with his sword, aiming to attack his opponent's shoulder with it.

Minos had no intention of countering Ruth's attack technique since he was confident in his defense. Thus, the only way he could beat the beautiful young woman would be to wear her down.

Swooish!

Pow!

The sword's blade was aimed at Ruth's shoulder while a fist-shaped energy cluster flew toward Minos' chest.

Upon understanding what Minos was trying to do, Ruth smiled in satisfaction and used her movement technique to nimbly deflect her opponent's attack successfully.

Poof!

At the same time, Minos was hit hard by Ruth's attack on his chest, followed by a muffled sound. His defense had almost entirely absorbed the attack!

He then took a few steps back while trying to keep his balance and avoid falling. 'Ahh, damn it, she's fast!'

Meanwhile, Ruth smiled provocatively at him and teased, "What's wrong? Can't take it anymore?"

"Haha, how can I not take it anymore?" Minos laughed while his breathing started to get irregular. "You can come. I can still hold on for a bit longer."

It wasn't long before the two were engaged in exchanging blows, with Ruth constantly dodging Minos' sword attacks while the young Stuart had to endure her blows while gradually depleting his spiritual energy.

Pow!

...

Ruth sent out the last of her attacks, and that was when Minos could no longer counterattack and used all that was left in him just to defend.

At that point, he was already drenched in sweat his face had also turned a little pale, and his breathing was very irregular.

"Ahh!"

He finally let out the first cry of pain as he was thrown more than 10 meters away. The battle lasted a total of 4 minutes, and Ruth completely dominated Minos for almost the entire match.

The beautiful young woman practically remained in the same pristine condition she was before she began the fight, with not even a single drop of sweat on her milky skin and her clothes just as clean as before without even a tiny wrinkle on them.

On the other hand, Minos' clothes had some tears on them, along with some bloodstains here and there. Even with using just half of her usual strength, Ruth's punches were still strong enough to ignore Minos' defense!

By his estimation, Minos had only managed to absorb about 90% of Ruth's initial attacks during his defensive phase. With that, the damage continued to accumulate, and his defense started to gradually lose efficiency along with the constant consumption of spiritual energy, leading to the miserable situation that the young Stuart was in right now.

Upon seeing Minos being yet again thrown by her attack, Ruth ran towards him and said, "Well, your spiritual energy is almost depleted. So, let's stop this for today. Focus on cultivating. I'll keep an eye on you." She said sweetly while checking his condition.

Minos had no significant injuries, only a few abrasions, and great spiritual exhaustion caused after continuously receiving her blows.

Before long, the young Stuart sat down in a meditative position and cultivated some with some low-grade spiritual crystals. Meanwhile, Ruth took out some apples from her spatial ring and started gazing at the surroundings while munching on them and recovering the little energy she had expended in this fight.

...

Two hours later, Minos had fully recovered and was now wearing a different set of clothes. He had used his spiritual energy to clean himself and was currently lying on a rock not far from where the duo had recently fought.

While looking up at the sky as he lay on his back, Minos muttered, "It looks like it will be a long time before I can defeat you."

"Haha, it's good that you realized that. You must not forget how I beat you," she replied as she laughed happily while sitting a few feet away from him, waiting.

"Was I beaten?" Upon hearing this, Minos frowned in denial and then stood up. He approached her and said, "We will not remember this that way. For me, it felt more like a test of endurance. Saying that I was beaten would not be right here..."

"Eh? But that is how I will remember it," Ruth said mischievously with a playful smile.

"Is that so?" Minos moved closer to her before bending down to pull Ruth by one of her arms until they were embracing each other.

The two locked eyes for a moment, and Ruth's face quickly flushed red before they began to kiss in the middle of the forest.

"Mmmm!"

The usually strong Ruth currently looked like a fragile young woman who had fallen into the clutches of a veil predator. Her body trembled as she noticed a soft object was slowly entering her mouth after parting her lips open, and then it started enveloping her tongue and nimbly massaging it in several ways.

At the same time, Minos took the opportunity to grasp onto Ruth's beautiful curves, stimulating the several sensitive regions of the beautiful young woman's body. The two then leaned against a tree while continuing to kiss pleasantly for a few minutes while engrossed in their activity.

"Mmmm!"

The sounds of kisses and muffled moans could be heard in the surrounding, and at the same time, Minos had his rod turned as hard as a rock, and Ruth also felt some strange feelings on her body.

She could feel the rise in her body temperature while her face was flushed and her heart was beating rapidly. The private parts would get more sensitive at such an instance, and her 'little sister' seemed to be getting more and more lubricated.

Minos then parted his lips from the beautiful woman's soft and succulent pink lips while continuing to gently suck onto her earlobe, making all the fine hair on her body straighten up and cause her to tremble uncontrollably.

At this moment, Ruth finally gazed at Minos' face with misty eyes while feeling extremely excited. However, she wanted to be strong. She still didn't believe that she was prepared to give her first time yet, so once again, she suppressed her own desire.

Moreover, she didn't wish this to happen in the middle of a forest!

Sensing this, Minos also gradually ceased his movements, respecting Ruth's wish.

He was also not against waiting, knowing that they were still going to spend a few months together.

He wanted to try and make the sexual tension between them reach a high level. By doing so, he believed that his experience with Ruth would be even better than his experience with Elena.

With these thoughts in mind, he held high expectations for what might happen in the future between him and beautiful Ruth. 'Hehe, let's see how long you will hold on. When the time comes, the feelings repressed for weeks will turn explosive, giving us an even better pleasure than on regular occasions,' he thought with satisfaction, his gaze burning with desire as he looked at Ruth.

Shortly after, Minos and Ruth climbed up on the great white eagle, which had been watching them from just a dozen meters.

"Come on, let's travel for a few more hours before we stop to rest in the next city," Ruth said with a simple smile on her face.

"Hmm."

With that, it didn't take long before the young couple took off from the forest clearing where they had stopped for 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 two youths- a young man and a lady who seemed no older than eighteen.

"Young master, it seems they have found Warrior-grade medicine in the Peak of Fog," one of the men informed, gazing at the two youths before him.