"Um, he helped a little," she said reluctantly.Ever since she moved into Iris's mansion, Leon ignored her, so he definitely did not help at all with her training.Luckily, she hid under the bed earlier that day and overheard half of the content of the Mysterious Maiden Method, which helped her breakthrough to the next power level, so it could be considered Leon's way of helping her."What do you, a little?" George questioned, sensing from the look on Ruth's face that Leon lazed around, which was a blatant betrayal to all the hard work George put in to protect him."Well, he did help me get to the Intermediate Supreme State." Ruth sighed. She could only give Leon the credit of what the Mysterious Maiden Method achieved to stop George from blaming Leon."What? He helped you get to the Intermediate Supreme State?! Seriously?!" Shocked, he jumped onto his feet."Yeah! If you don't believe me, I can release my true energy now," Ruth said, before releasing her true energy."How's thi
"The two of you're a perfect match! If you can marry him and pull him into this family, the Collins would thrive under your leadership!" George said excitedly.During the sales drive organized by Cynthion Group, he proposed to marry Ruth to Leon and only tried to test Leon at the time. However, not only was Leon a skilled alchemist, he was also an extremely talented martial artist who was capable of helping others with breakthroughs as well.At that very moment, George truly wanted Leon to be a part of the Collins."Grandpa, can you stop playing the matchmaker? I'm not at all interested in Leon. Besides, he is Iris Young's boyfriend. I'm the eldest unwed daughter of the Collins, and you're asking me to steal someone's boyfriend? No way!" Ruth retorted."Well, I guess you're right. It's too immoral to do so and the Collins haven't fallen that far!" George agreed reluctantly.Though Leon was a genius, so was Ruth. If she managed to obtain the Power Method from Leon, she would be mor
Ruth felt as though her head started to hurt."You don't understand! Despite how many women there are, I only want Iris. That's love! You haven't fallen in love before and you won't understand!" Anson said gloomily."Alright, stop acting all love-sick in front of me! I don't have time for this!" She rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave."Don't go!" Anson immediately dragged her back and said, "I heard everything Grandpa said to you, Ruth. I think what he said makes sense. You and Leon are a perfect match! Why don't you date him so that I can be together with Iris? Isn't that the perfect plan?""What?! You call that perfect?! Are you being serious right now?!" She widened her eyes in disbelief, not expecting her own brother to sell her off in order to pursue Iris.Dating was not like grocery shopping when one could pick what they wanted, so she was furious that Anson even proposed such an idea."Ruth, I know that I'm out of line here but I'm begging you. Please help meQ This
She giggled, a beautiful smile blossoming on her face."Karma? Have you gone mad or something? What are you talking about?" He continued to gape at her."You're the crazy one! You bullied me yesterday, knowing that you're more powerful than me. Did you forget about it? Now the tables have turned and it's time for me to get my revenge!" She grinned mischievously."What? Wh- What are you going to do?" He paled, realizing that Ruth held a grudge over what happened the day before."What do you think? You scared me when you proposed to kill me yesterday! I'm going to torture you today or I won't be able to let this go!" She gritted out as she cracked her knuckles."You're going to torture me? I'm sick in bed and you want to do that to an ill person?" He questioned helplessly, all the while reminding himself internally not to cross a woman."I can spare you! I'll give you one chance to give me the other half of the Mysterious Maiden Method, and I'll let you live!" She smirked smugly.
"Don't even think about it! Do whatever you want to me. I can't call myself a man if I budge!" He said.After all that Ruth did for him, he considered if he should give her the other half of the Mysterious Maiden Method, but was worried that she would tell George and the Collins about it, which might lead him, Iris and Louisa into danger.In order to secure their safety, he ultimately decided not to give the other half of the Mysterious Maiden Method to Ruth.Since Ruth did not reach the Overlord State, half of the Mysterious Maiden Method would be enough to help with her training.Once he became more powerful and was capable of protecting himself, he would reconsider if he wanted to give her the other half."Why you! Damn it!" frustrated that he would not budge, she said, "fine. If you won't give it to me, I'll look for it myself!"She stood up and walked over to the hanging rack to grab Leon's jacket.She took the time to go through Leon's room in the afternoon the day before
Most importantly, if Ruth took the Dragon Pill and found out about what it was for, it would expose his secret and he had to prevent it from happening."Poisonous? As if! Judging from how nervous you are, this has to be something good! Don't try to scare me!" She retorted."Why you! Fine. Take one, then! The purple pills are made with crushed scorpions, centipedes and the gall bladders of snakes. One pill will get you to the Advanced Supreme State!" He said calmly."What?!" She gasped in fear.Women usually feared insects and snakes, and she was instantly disgusted by the pills once she learnt the ingredients."If you don't believe me, you can take one! I assure you that it'll work right away!" He continued to encourage her."Like I'm going to believe you!" She snorted and put the Dragon Pills back hastily.The more reluctant Leon was in letting her take the pills, the more she wanted to take them; and since Leon seemed to be trying to get her to take them, she decided against i
The Mysterious Maiden Method was an Absolute Method that was compatible with the woman's body; since Ruth was a genius in martial arts to begin with, her progress was improved instantly with the help of the premium Energy Nurturing Pill.After allowing the energy to circulate within her, her power was immediately reinforced and strengthened."I won't bother to fight a woman over a premium Energy Nurturing Pill. It's nothing," Leon muttered to himself, feeling frustrated that he lost a premium Energy Nurturing Pill all of a sudden."What a powerful pill!" Sensing the power of the premium Energy Nurturing Pill, she was stunned and turned to gape at Leon. "You're a sly man, Leon Wolf. You kept the best Energy Nurturing Pills for yourself and sold the first-grade Energy Nurturing Pills instead!""Isn't that normal? What's so weird about keeping the best for myself?" He rolled his eyes and stared at her like she was the stupidest person he ever met."Well," Ruth was instantly rendered
"You're not too bad after all!" Leon sighed a breath of relief, only to tense again when Ruth picked up the flask containing the Pure Energy Pills."The Pure Energy Pills? Those work like wonders!" Her eyes lit up when she saw the pills.She knew how rare they were because it cost her grandfather a small fortune to obtain one.Surprised by the discovery that Leon was in possession of multiple Pure Energy Pills, she felt as though she won the lottery.Leon's heart sank at the grin on her face.He saved ten Pure Energy Pills to himself and since he gave three to Vincent, he thought that he only had seven left. It was not until later on that he remembered he traded the Sharp siblings with two Pure Energy Pills in exchange for the Fairy Fruit.He no longer had enough supply of the pills and the ones he had were reserved for him, Iris and Louisa, not for Ruth."I'm warning you, Ruth. The making of the Pure Energy Pills is extremely difficult and I only have five pills left. If you da