You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 18: Domain Expansion

The battle was about to erupt!
The atmosphere was tense as a drawn bowstring.
In the distance, the "humanoid raptor" that resembled a cute young girl but was covered in ferocious bone blades and scale armor had its crimson vertical pupils locked firmly on their position.
"Ice Cream Lady, get your ultimate ready. I hope you can burst down the BOSS in one combo."
Xia Yuan flexed his wrists, his face still wearing that somewhat flippant smile.
But deep within those azure blue eyes, a trace of silver radiance had begun to glow.
"It's Icicle Valkyrie!"
"And my strongest attack doesn't need your doubts!"
The chilling aura around Ice Soul Queen surged violently once more!
The ice crystals condensing in the air seemed to possess life as they swirled around her, refracting the surrounding light into dazzling ice-blue halos.
She snorted coldly, "You should worry about whether your control can actually land on it! That thing is incredibly fast!"
Xia Yuan glanced down at Han Yue and the others below. He naturally couldn't unleash his full power here, as it would easily drag the others into the fray.
"Fast speed?"
"That's useless against me."
The corner of his mouth curled into a mad arc as he raised his palm, aiming it toward the humanoid raptor BOSS. "Let's go!"
The moment his words fell.
Xia Yuan's figure vanished from his original position.
"Gone?!"
Ice Soul Queen's eyes narrowed as she looked around, discovering that Xia Yuan had somehow blinked in front of the BOSS and was striking at its abdomen with his palm!
Boom!
The previous red-name BOSS had been completely caught off guard by Xia Yuan's teleportation the first time.
But this humanoid raptor wasn't so simple.
She directly tanked Xia Yuan's super-powered impact enhanced by Cursed Technique Cang's gravitational pull, with her 120,000 health bar only dropping by about 5,000, not even experiencing basic stagger!
"Roar!"
The cute raptor girl let out a vicious dragon's roar.
She was clearly shocked by Xia Yuan's distance-ignoring assault method, the massive sense of crisis making her roar as she attacked. The enormous bone blade extending from her arm tore through the air, carrying a malevolent wind that could shred everything, sweeping horizontally toward Xia Yuan's waist!
Clang!
But just like before, the bone blade was once again blocked by Infinity, stopping right in front of Xia Yuan, unable to touch him at all.
Xia Yuan flicked his fingers and instantly launched a Void Technique Purple.
Instantly, dazzling purple light erupted!
At level 28, Xia Yuan's power was considerably stronger than before.
The Void Technique Purple he unleashed, whether in scale or destructive power, was more powerful than previous versions.
The terrifying purple energy sphere, distorting and cutting through space, slammed into the raptor BOSS.
A layer of mysterious light shield suddenly lit up around her body, actually blocking most of Void Technique Purple's power!
Her health bar dropped another small segment!
But the opponent still had over 100,000 health remaining - these were just trivial amounts.
Xia Yuan had originally wanted to test how much damage he could deal to a level 100 abyss BOSS with his current output.
But clearly he had been too optimistic.
Currently only at level 28, not even one-third of his peak strength, his damage output was still far from sufficient.
Yet this scene appeared absolutely abnormal in Han Yue and the others' eyes!
A level 28 Xia Yuan could actually exchange blows with a level 100 BOSS.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed it!
Han Yue curiously asked Mo Shiyu, "He just blocked the BOSS's attack without taking any damage again. It seems he doesn't just have one overpowered skill."
Mo Shiyu nodded, roughly explaining the abilities of the Limitless Technique.
The group was once again stunned to the point of regarding him as heavenly!
The mathematical concepts of infinity and formulas materialized into reality?!
No wonder he could block the BOSS's attacks completely unscathed...
No matter how powerful Contracted Spirits and dungeon monsters were, most were just stat monsters, but this guy was definitely a mechanics monster!
Meanwhile.
Xia Yuan knew he couldn't solo it, so with one hand forming seals, he prepared for Domain Expansion.
He called out, "Ice Cream Lady!"
An ice-blue afterimage flashed like lightning, arriving behind the BOSS in the blink of an eye, slashing it down with a sword strike!
The humanoid raptor briefly entered a staggered state, its body continuously falling.
Under the buffs from three support Contracted Spirits, Ice Soul Queen's attack power and speed had climbed to their peak!
Her single sword strike contained terrifying power, also causing the BOSS to lose nearly 5,000 health!
"Here we go!"
Ice Soul Queen reluctantly grabbed Xia Yuan's arm. "I hope you're not just boasting."
Xia Yuan's azure blue eyes flickered with strange light as his lips moved slightly, uttering calm, ruthless words:
"Domain Expansion——!"
"Unlimited Void!"
Instantly, Ice Soul Queen's hair stood on end.
A nearly rule-like mandatory domain began spreading out from Xia Yuan as the center!
The spiritual energy within Mo Shiyu's body was instantly drained completely, causing her to collapse limply to the ground.
An absolutely silent spherical space suddenly descended, enveloping Xia Yuan, Ice Soul Queen, and the falling humanoid raptor!
It distorted light, forming a blurred barrier that seemed filled with thick, viscous gray substance!
Everything outside was completely swallowed by this gray space.
The scenery inside became hazy and distorted.
At the center of the domain, Xia Yuan maintained his raised hand posture.
The smile had vanished from his face, replaced by an extremely indifferent calmness. Deep within his silver eyes were endlessly rotating curse seals, like reflections of cosmic stars!
The humanoid raptor BOSS's eyes, originally filled with violent killing intent, suddenly became exceptionally clear and foolish.
Its vertical pupils violently dilated and contracted, then dilated again, flickering like faulty light bulbs!
"Wh...?!"
Within her brain filled with destruction and battle desire, an endless torrent of information was being forcibly poured in!
The perceptions, feelings, and sensations generated by life activities were being infinitely forcibly continued!
In this moment, she seemed capable of sensing everything in the entire world, like a deity!
But because her brain couldn't process these billions of useless transmissions and information bombardment, it became overloaded and crashed, only to fall into despair and stupor!
Finally, the humanoid raptor BOSS froze in place, completely motionless.
Thoroughly reduced to a living target!
Xia Yuan grinned, letting out a long breath:
"Whew... seems it worked. As expected, even dungeon BOSSes have the most basic brain consciousness."
Ice Soul Queen's nerves were tense, her face expressionless, but internally she was experiencing tidal waves of shock!
She had originally thought Xia Yuan's description of his skill was just exaggeration.
But witnessing with her own eyes the arrogant level 95 raptor BOSS becoming like a soulless doll, motionless!
Her understanding had been completely refreshed!
SSR... could actually possess such absolute rule-based power that ignored levels and targeted the very roots!
If she weren't touching Xia Yuan, then she, a max-level SR, would also become dazed and paralyzed on the spot from having massive information poured into her brain.
Becoming an unresisting living target!
Ice Soul Queen silently retracted her decision to beat him up afterward.
Outside.
Han Yue and the others stared dumbfounded at the silent gray spherical domain in the air, utterly shocked.
This level of commotion - could it really be caused by a level 28 Contracted Spirit?!
Mo Shiyu had already taken out all her spiritual energy recovery potions, continuously chugging them down.
The spiritual energy consumption of Domain Expansion far exceeded expectations!
If she hadn't prepared in advance and was frantically taking potions, she would have passed out long ago.