Dual Cultivation: Beasts and Women!

Liam attacked against William's master's neck as his nails grew longer, reinforced by mana and the physical power coming from both the Shadowfiend and the Silver Winged Leopard.

A dark demon molded itself behind William's master, holding him in the position Liam wanted in order to cut his neck.

The Officer trembled at the base as he felt he had made a mistake and found himself in this counter-attack situation. But momentarily he couldn't move, being attacked without being able to defend himself.

He contorted his facial muscles as he anticipated the enemy's blow, already imagining the pain and the terrible situation he would end up in.

When Liam's sharp nails reached him, the burning in his neck was no surprise. The man finally managed to move backwards, throwing the shadow demon aside as he brought his hands to his neck.

"Worm! You'll pay for this!" He screamed as he felt pain, but he wasn't mortally wounded.

When Liam's nails touched his neck, he saw what a difference five levels could make in a deadly fight. Even though he caught his opponent off guard, Liam couldn't reach William's master's jugular, but only superficially cut the base of his opponent's neck.

But just that burn at the base of his neck was enough to make the 2-Star Officer feel how close he had come to death. His vein was now aching in a strange way, as his neck burned, with micro-droplets of blood escaping from the affected area.

If Liam had been one or two levels stronger, this man didn't know what would have happened to him.

But as his thoughts flew, he saw his enemy summoning Spirits of his own, followed by Liam's three junior Officers doing the same, ready to surround him.

"Tsk!" He didn't like the look on Liam's face. That wasn't the look of someone who knew he was going to die and was crying out for mercy, but the look of the hunter against his haste.

"You think you can beat me because of your uniform?" He expressed his hatred for the only one to blame for his failure.

Now aware that he couldn't kill Liam only through those clothes, his target was the unprotected head of his enemy.

Liam was fearful at one point when he could do nothing against William's master's move. But having survived the assassination attempt and now with Thal'Korr and the Silver Winged Leopard on his side, he wouldn't fear his opponent so much again.

"You're an idiot. You lured a beast from the end of the fourth realm against my group so that you could have your chance to attack me." He said as he revealed the enemy's plot.

"So what if I did it? Haha, I'll kill you four and return to the inner area as if nothing had happened." He advanced again, disregarding the 12 Spirits in front of him.

Next to him were 4 Spirits, 3 of them 8-Star Spirit Earth Spirits and one with 1-Star cultivation from the Spirit Sky Realm. Against the group of Spirits between the end of the second realm and the middle of the third realm, his Spirits could do a lot of damage!

Liam's group wasn't weak, but these were Officers with third realm cultivation, still far from reaching the level of someone who was about to become a First Officer, as was the case with this man attacking them.

Liam said to his staff. "Distract his Spirits for now. I have a plan."

His companions stood a little away from him and the Spirits ran at each other, with Jane providing support with her plant skills, while the other two used their Spirits more directly in combat alongside Thal'Korr and the leopard.

Meanwhile, the enemy went after Liam, letting his Spirits fight the 'children' in the area while he hunted down his target.

"Know that this is for what you did to my disciple in City Thirteen. You could have forgiven him and let him live, Liam!" He said in his attempts to reach Liam's head, using a special power capable of doubling his magical attacks.

Liam had some difficulty dodging the enemy's movements, but with his wings opening on his back, he flew around the area, dodging the barrage of attacks and watching out for the various Spirits fighting around.

"It was you who acted against me. What did you expect from me? That I'd just forgive you?" Liam grimaced at the thought of this opponent.

He understood his enemy's anger at him, but to say that he should have spared William was utter nonsense.

"Worms must accept what greater beings force upon them!" Said the enemy between his teeth, watching his Spirits practically massacre the Spirits of Liam's companions as he jumped between the trunks of that area, making his way to his target.

Liam flew to make the enemy's path difficult, seeking to exhaust his opponent before he made his next move. Meanwhile, he countered some of the 2-Star Officer's attacks, using the abilities of his Fourth Class items.

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Just as his uniform could withstand the enemy's full-power attacks, Liam's current artifacts could unleash powerful attacks, even if his mana was much lower than that of the enemy.

If he was on the same level as William's master, Liam knew he could beat this enemy easily, given his current set of artifacts. But as he was 5 levels below, a weaker cultivation realm, the situation was not so favorable for him.

'Now!' But as he moved, Liam saw that his companions were close to running out of Spirit, with only Thal'Korr and the leopard left at the moment.

He acted, launching from his space ring two puppets that made William's master widen his eyes in shock.

"Spirit Puppets!" He exclaimed at the sight of two figures similar to the ones William had sent against Liam earlier.

Liam said as his puppets summoned several Spirits, all of them from the late third realm. "Back there, William taught me an important lesson. It pays to use artifacts against your enemies. But never let your enemies survive. Today is your end Officer Warorb!"

"Liam!" The man shouted as he saw more than a dozen Spirit attacking his warriors, giving him no chance to defend himself against so many attacks capable of destroying them.

Liam didn't let the enemy get close to him as long as he let the puppets he had acquired when entering the inner area of the city destroy the enemy's three weakest Spirits.

He still had William's defective puppets with him, which he intended to repair in the future. But he hadn't yet reached the level of mastery in his profession to be capable of such a thing, so he was currently using a product of his current wealth.

The 2-Star Officer suffered having three of his Spirits destroyed simultaneously, turning pale as only his demon remained behind.

But even the 1-Star Spirit Sky Spirit wasn't doing well. Being attacked by several opponents of a power level close to his own, even if inferior, was not easy.

Thal'Korr and the leopard acted together with the artificial Spirits of the puppets, achieving Liam's goal in this fight.

Liam landed behind the enemy's demon, a mischievous grin on his face. "It wasn't my goal to go back to hunting my fellow sect members, but you forced me into this situation."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Without hesitation, he circulated his mana through the black tablet in his soul space, using {Black Art} again only after a few days since he last used it.

The enemy even tried to stop him by jumping at him, but the Spirit Puppets prevented him from succeeding in reaching Liam again.

Jane and Liam's other two subordinates watched in shock as he used the darkness of a power difficult to understand under observation to devour the enemy Spirit's spiritual quality, until it disappeared, dying right there.

Liam felt the power flow through his body, reaching Thal'Korr and the incubus, improving them subtly, but nothing significant enough for them to change. At the level of quality the two Spirits were currently at, it would take a lot of Arcane Crystals or high-quality demons for them to improve again.

Still, an improvement was an improvement. Liam shook one of his hands at his enemy, watching William's master cough up blood while sustaining a serious wound to his soul.

Now the enemy was no longer the powerful 2-Star Spirit Sky cultivator. Now he looked weaker than an 8-Star Spirit Earth cultivator!

Liam approached him like a bolt of lightning, materializing in front of the enemy and delivering the final blow of the battle.

Liam's blade pierced through the enemy's neck, finally severing not only the jugular, but half the base of the Officer's neck, until the man lost consciousness and fell face-first to the ground.

He was dead!

Silence finally overtook the forest area, momentarily with everyone staring at the corpse in silence, exhausted from the short fight, having put aside what they were doing earlier.

But then, the sound of shouting in the direction they had come from reminded them that they were running from something much worse than that enemy.

"Run!" Toby's voice reached them from afar, making the four of them pick up what had fallen in that area and continue forward.

'Fuck! I'd forgotten about the fucking monkey!'