Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

Less than half an hour after the battle against the Crimson Rebels began, Liam and the last of the surviving Leopards made their way back to City Thirteen.

They had almost a full day's walk ahead of them, but the two hurried their steps to avoid potential trouble with others interested in the Silver-Winged Leopard.

The two used recovery potions to restore the mana in their bodies, but they would have to stop to use Arcane Crystals if they wanted to restore their Spirits destroyed in battle. But that was something they planned to do after a few hours of travel. For now, they were more concerned with avoiding any enemies in their vicinity.

But for the next few hours, they would have peace until they found a good place far away from where the Silver-Winged Leopard and over 15 cultivators had died.

...

In the middle of the afternoon, Liam opened his eyes in the cave where he and his fellow faction member had stopped to rest. There, he used some crystals he had got that day to speed Thal'Korr's recovery.

Fortunately, Liam was already much stronger than his Spirit, and with the good quality crystals he had gathered from the bodies of enemies and allies, he could fully restore Thal'Korr.

As he felt the Shadowfiend return to his usual state, Liam felt relief in his heart to have all of his essence back at its best.

'Thal'Korr will soon advance qualitatively.'

He judged, looking at some of the Arcane Crystals he still had with him. '

I might promote him to the Sage grade in a few days. Even if the crystals I have now aren't enough, it will be enough for me to hunt for new Spirit Masters. I'll have to go hunting for crystals soon, anyway. I'll probably meet some Spirit Masters along the way.'

He looked around the cave and saw that his faction mate was already awake and waiting for him.

But Liam wasn't in a hurry. He took his time to count up his magnificent winnings from the items of the many dead he had received today. In particular, Robert's spatial ring was stuffed with the resources of Enos and the other Spirit Masters the man had killed.

'Now I'm a rich man,'

Liam thought to himself, as he now had over 8,000 gold coins, 12,000 silver coins, at least 50 artifacts of different types, but all of them of the Third Class. He also gained a similar number of resources, such as potions, pills, pastes, and plants of the same classification. He also won over 100 copies of books, letters, several clothes, and many other things that might be of value.

He simply ignored the Second Class items, but he was sure he could earn a few thousand merit points if he sold them in City Thirteen, even at low prices.

'I will finally be able to experience the peace of being a boss in the city.'

He sighed with excitement, imagining what his days would be like without Eleanor, Enos and Myles to bother him.

He could fulfill his responsibilities one by one, live his life with his women, and enjoy the wealth he had accumulated from these two months of intense trouble in Demon Gate.

Not only that, he could start preparing for his trip to the sect's inner station and begin his preparations to flee Demon Gate!

'I will see how things go in the next two months. For now, I won't make any plans for my escape. Things in the inner ward might show me I'll need a lot more than what I think I need now.'

With these points in mind, Liam stood up and approached the exit of the cave, stopping next to his fellow faction member. "Let's move on. I want to take advantage of the approaching night so we can cross the remaining path to the city."

The 9-Star Spirit Lord didn't argue, and left the cave with Liam, eager to leave this lawless forest area behind. With all the resources he now had in his spatial ring, he could rest easy in City Thirteen until he became a 3-Star Spirit Earth cultivator. He didn't want to take any more risks!

As they made their way back to the city, it would soon be late afternoon and night would quickly set in, bringing the forest to its peak of creature activity once again.

...

Around eleven p.m., Liam and his companion were near to City Thirteen when the black-haired young man paused.

The golden hair on his body stood up.

Liam narrowed his eyes and looked at the edge of the closed forest, where one couldn't see very far. Something was close. He could sense it. Something strong and with bad intentions.

"Boss?" The man standing a bit behind Liam asked.

"Something is wrong," Minos said quietly. "I have a feeling we're going to be in trouble."

That was the Silver-Winged Leopard's advanced instinct at work, making Liam feel how close trouble was to them.

The man immediately circulated his mana. He had sensed nothing, but he wouldn't doubt someone as talented and strong as Liam.

"What do we do?"

"Get ready to fight."

As soon as Liam's words were out of his mouth, the leaves of a bush 6 meters in front of them stirred before two wooden puppets appeared.

Liam and his companion looked at the two puppets and didn't need to hear anything else to understand what was going on. They both took up fighting positions, already summoning their Spirits.

Liam, in particular, sensed that these were not just any puppets, but powerful existences, worse than any of the enemies he had faced in the last 24 hours!

He knew that if he used the Silver-Winged Leopard, he would be in a very weakened state and could not recover for a while. Nevertheless, he summoned his newest Spirit, causing Thal'Korr and the silver and gold leopards to appear from his sides.

The two puppets saw their target directly in front of them. They did the same thing that the two cultivators before them had already seen in the sect exams. They also summoned Spirits themselves, bringing out seven Spirits each!

Each of these Spirits had 4-Star power from the Spirit Earth Realm!

"Fuck! We're screwed!" the 9-Star Spirit Lord shouted, already breaking into a cold sweat.

Liam couldn't disagree with his ally. This battle before them looked like it was going to be even more complicated than anything they had faced in the past few hours!

Liam himself paled as a third creature appeared behind him, surprising not only his ally but Liam himself.

Even the demon incubus sensed the trouble they were in and appeared to fight.

"This is going to be a tough fight. Use everything you've got." The incubus spoke, glancing at the surrounding demons.

At that moment, the 14 enemy Spirits moved, while Liam and his fellow Spirit Master moved with their Spirits, both running with armor on their bodies and weapons in their hands.

It was far from an ideal situation. But that's what they could do if they didn't want to fall there so easily!