You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 13: The Extension of the Cursed Azure

"Here it comes!"
Xia Yuan's pupils flickered as the emerald mantis flashed forward, arriving before him in the blink of an eye, its blade swinging down.
Bam!
The strike landed on Infinity.
Xia Yuan kept his hands in his pockets, speaking unhurriedly, "So you're speed-type. Really fast."
He raised a hand, and the emerald mantis seemed to sense something, vanishing with a "whoosh" sound, reappearing ten meters away, watching him warily.
Mo Shiyu huddled behind Xia Yuan, secretly observing. Seeing this, her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
Such incredible speed, truly worthy of a level 70 red-name BOSS!
She now had some understanding of Xia Yuan's skills.
Whether it was Cursed Technique Cang, Reverse Cursed Technique He, or the most powerful Void Technique Purple, none of them were particularly fast when launched.
They would be very difficult to hit a monster with such terrifying speed!
This was much more troublesome to deal with than that B-rank female warrior.
Mo Shiyu focused her attention on another skill on Xia Yuan's skill panel that hadn't been demonstrated yet - the one she was most curious about currently - Domain Expansion!
Just hearing the name sounded incredibly domineering. She wondered what kind of power it was.
Mo Shiyu guessed it was probably Xia Yuan's ultimate move!
"Xia Yuan, are you going to use Domain Expansion?"
She asked somewhat impatiently.
Xia Yuan looked back at her in surprise, "How do you know I can use that? Have you also watched Jujutsu Kaisen?"
"What Jujutsu Kaisen?" Mo Shiyu looked confused, "Spirit Tamers have skill panels for their Contracted Spirits. I naturally know what skills you have, I just don't know their effects yet."
She smiled proudly, "Let me tell you another secret - I can actually see the stats and potential of unclaimed Contracted Spirits even without contracting them."
Xia Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, "You have a system too?"
Mo Shiyu: "I don't understand what you're saying."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Blade lights flashed several times!
The mantis seized the opportunity while Xia Yuan was distracted and began attacking again, striking him several times, but again achieved nothing.
Xia Yuan tried to grab it backhanded, but it dodged away again.
He grinned, raising his palm and aiming at the distant instance BOSS.
"In this situation, Domain Expansion isn't necessary yet."
"Let me show you another advanced application of Cursed Technique Cang!"
"Guess what effect it would have if I compressed the distance and space between me and that mantis monster?"
Mo Shiyu's mind raced rapidly.
Cursed Technique Cang is gravitational force, so it must be related to gravity!
If the distance and space between both parties is compressed, the resulting effect is undoubtedly...
"Teleportation!"
Mo Shiyu suddenly understood.
The next second.
Xia Yuan disappeared from his original position, instantly appearing before the mantis BOSS, his palm violently colliding with its body!
The Blade Monarch was hit as if struck head-on by a truck. The intense impact made its body suddenly bend into a shrimp-like shape, green liquid spitting from its mouth.
"Bingo!"
"Correct!"
Taking advantage of the opponent being stunned and immobilized from the impact.
Xia Yuan raised a finger, seizing the opportunity to launch a Technique Reverse Rotation He, red light flashing!
Boom!
The mantis BOSS's entire body flew backward, crashing into tree trunks in the jade forest, breaking several in succession before finally stopping.
Its health bar of tens of thousands only dropped by one third, not completely emptied.
Xia Yuan sighed, "Quite tough indeed. As expected, power at just over ten levels is still too weak."
The mantis BOSS wasn't pierced through, only showing a crack on its emerald shell.
Mo Shiyu's small mouth opened slightly in surprise. She knew exactly how powerful He was, "Truly worthy of a level 70 red-name BOSS, it actually withstood it!"
She immediately shouted loudly, "Stupid Xia Yuan, why didn't you use the more powerful Void Technique Purple!"
The battle continued.
After getting up, the mantis BOSS didn't dare to stay longer, instead fleeing madly at its fastest speed.
The entire space was filled with its green afterimages!
"Ah..."
"I thought He's power would be enough, forgot I'm still under power restrictions..."
Xia Yuan laughed casually, then raised his hand again, "Speed is useless now!"
Bam!
Another teleportation.
Xia Yuan flashed again, his palm closing in on the mantis BOSS. But this time, the opponent actually had some warning, blocking with both arms in front, dissipating most of the impact force!
"Quite capable!"
"But not enough."
At the same time, his 190cm long leg had already lifted, kicking toward the opponent's side!
The mantis BOSS flew backward again, falling from the sky and crashing into a deep pit on the ground!
Health dropped again!
Xia Yuan's attack hadn't stopped yet. He had already made a flicking gesture toward the BOSS that had fallen to the ground, "Void Technique... Purple!"
Familiar purple light once again illuminated the entire world!
Boom!!!
This time, the mantis BOSS's body could no longer withstand the energy of Void Technique Purple, completely shattering and disintegrating!
The ground was pierced through, creating a huge crater.
The BOSS's health bar was completely emptied!
Three-star instance successfully cleared!
Light shimmered around Xia Yuan as he leveled up continuously from level 16 to 20!
He had gained one level earlier from killing small monsters.
And the system reward bar also reached 6%!
[Successfully cleared instance!]
[Contracted Spirit Xia Yuan, level increased: Lv.16→ Lv.20]
[Contracted Spirit Black Cat Spirit, level increased: Lv.35→ Lv.50]
[Obtained Mantis Heart]
[Obtained Red-name Crystal]
[Obtained Cyclone Blade]
Level-up and reward notifications kept coming.
Mo Shiyu happily collected the BOSS drops.
This run earned them over 3400 Spirit Stones - quite a bountiful harvest!
Solo clearing was so satisfying!
Probably no one in the entire Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy had higher instance clearing efficiency than them.
The two teleported back to the academy instance entrance.
Xia Yuan remained vigilant, but this time no one continued the assassination attempt.
Probably because they had learned about Xia Yuan's combat power and didn't dare to act rashly.
Other students, seeing that they had successfully cleared even a three-star instance, erupted with another wave of envious and jealous exclamations!
Comparing people really makes one furious.
Especially Jiang Li, who heard the commotion here, was grinding her teeth in anger!
She still had to bring her Skeleton General, sacrifice her charms, and find an older brother to lead the team before daring to clear beginner instances.
While others were already solo clearing three-star instances!
Spirit Stones pouring in, levels skyrocketing!
"Jiang Li?"
"What are you looking at? Hurry up, we're preparing to enter the instance."
A lecherous-looking senior student called out impatiently, "If it weren't for your looks and you being from the Jiang Family, I wouldn't want to bring a newbie like you instance clearing!"
Disgust flashed in Jiang Li's eyes, immediately replaced by a sweet smile as she went over, "Oh, brother, I'm coming!"
.........
Afterward, Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan continued clearing three-star instances.
The difficulty was just right, rewards were good, and clearing speed was fast.
They only stopped today's instance clearing after exhausting Mo Shiyu's spiritual energy - she even took some medicine - completing three three-star instance runs.
Xia Yuan carried the school beauty master who looked like a walking corpse back to the villa and threw her onto the bed.
And his level had finally reached level 25!
The system reward bar also reached... 10%!
The higher the level, the more experience points needed for leveling up, making it increasingly difficult to level.
"Xia Yuan..."
"I really can't take it anymore..."
"Mmm... no, you can't touch there..."
Mo Shiyu lay on the bed, her Spirit Tamer robe outlining her beautiful hip curves, her slender white legs slightly closed, mumbling incoherently.
Xia Yuan had black lines on his forehead.
What kind of dream was this girl having?
He threw the blanket over her, just covering her alluring body.
Night fell.
4:00 AM.
Xia Yuan, bored, had been passionately playing games in his room.
The top-tier computer was arranged by the Mo Family, since they basically granted all of Xia Yuan's requests.
One great thing about being a Contracted Spirit was that even staying up all night, you didn't feel tired at all.
Xia Yuan became more energetic the longer he played, probably because Mo Shiyu's spiritual energy was continuously recovering.
Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded outside!
The academy broadcast transmitted a teacher's urgent voice:
"Notification!"
"Chuanbei City's Huanan District is under sudden Abyss Instance attack!"
"The Great Xia Spirit Tamer Alliance is short-handed. All Spirit Tamers with Contracted Spirits above level 50, please proceed to provide support!"