You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 20: A World-Class Bounty Boss with a Billion-Dollar Debt

After the successful conquest of the Abyss Instance.
The Spirit Tamer Alliance began cleaning up the scene.
Various official organizations and departments intervened, starting search and rescue for the injured and repairing the city ruins.
Han Yue knew that Mo Shiyu had just contracted Xia Yuan, the SSR, and their soul contract was still unstable, making them easy targets for other Spirit Tamers with ulterior motives.
So she thoughtfully dispatched the Ice Soul Queen, who still retained some spiritual energy, to drive Xia Yuan and Mo Shiyu back to the academy.
Xia Yuan never expected that this sword-wielding Contracted Spirit, who looked like a medieval female knight, would be so skilled and stylish behind the wheel.
Launch control starts combined with various drifting maneuvers, she drove at extremely high speeds.
The sleeping Mo Shiyu was tossed around, so Xia Yuan had to tuck her under his arm to stabilize her, "Miss Ice Cream, did your original world have cars too?"
The Ice Soul Queen gave him a glare through the rearview mirror and calmly replied, "No, but how long do you think I've been in this world? Over ten years now, so of course I've adapted. My usual hobby is racing."
Xia Yuan slumped in the back seat, feeling listless because Mo Shiyu had exhausted all her spiritual energy, "Speaking of which, I saw that Han Yue probably didn't have much spiritual energy left either. How come you're still so energetic after fighting the BOSS?"
The Ice Soul Queen snorted proudly:
"I'm level 95 and can carry five inscriptions. Since I don't lack damage, I equipped an inscription set that replenishes my own spiritual energy."
"Even if my Spirit Tamer runs out of spiritual energy, I can still fight independently for a while using my energy inscriptions."
She glanced at Xia Yuan again, as if she'd found something she could best him at, explaining with particular enthusiasm:
"You're only level 38, so don't even think about inscriptions yet. You can only carry inscriptions after breaking through level 50."
"And you need to break through level 90 to carry a complete set of 5 inscriptions!"
Xia Yuan wasn't surprised at all after hearing this.
After all, those gacha games from his previous life had similar systems.
Like artifacts and relic equipment...
He'd have to wait until after breaking through level 50 to carry them. What he needed most right now was spiritual energy.
Squeezing Fatty Yu dry every time was getting a bit cruel...
Xia Yuan took a moment to check his system.
He could only say it was worthy of being a max-level Abyss BOSS.
After this battle, the system's reward progress bar had reached 20%!
A full 10% increase from before!
Xia Yuan made up his mind.
Whenever there was an opportunity, he would definitely get involved in these monster instance disasters that erupted outside.
"What did that dragon-girl Abyss BOSS mean by her final words?"
"And who were 'they' referring to?"
This was what Xia Yuan was most curious about.
Clearly, the monsters in this world's instances might actually have autonomous consciousness.
They weren't just simple game data.
The Ice Soul Queen chuckled twice:
"Who knows?"
"Maybe she was just talking tough before dying."
Her tone cooled considerably:
"But the 'they' she mentioned most likely refers to the World-Class Bounty Bosses."
"Though I hate to admit it, they're truly powerful."
This was Xia Yuan's first time hearing about World-Class Bounty Bosses, "How powerful exactly? Could it be that the entire Great Xia Spirit Tamer Alliance can't conquer them?"
The Ice Soul Queen continued:
"Only bosses who have accumulated a debt of millions of human lives and have never been successfully conquered can be world-bountied and targeted for conquest."
"They're ranked by their kill counts, with the highest being ancient remnants that have accumulated over a hundred million human lives - the ultimate bosses!"
When Xia Yuan heard the number one hundred million, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat, "Ancient remnant bosses haven't been conquered until now?"
The Ice Soul Queen took a deep breath. Even someone as proud as her seemed to lose her edge when discussing World-Class Bounty Bosses:
"Those guys aren't just unimaginably powerful, they're all like they've gained sentience. They can hide their boss markers and transform into ordinary humans, concealing themselves within human society to live."
"There was one case before where an elderly security guard in a residential complex got into an argument with residents, couldn't take the anger, transformed into a World-Class Bounty Boss, and killed all the residents in the entire building..."
Xia Yuan felt somewhat embarrassed after hearing this. He glanced at the pedestrians outside the car window.
If monster bosses were hiding among these ordinary people, it would be truly impossible to guard against.
"But... such rare bosses, killing them should give lots of experience and items, right..."
Xia Yuan pondered while stroking his chin.
The Ice Soul Queen scoffed, "You really are stubborn, aren't you? They're not easy to deal with. Even top-tier SSR leading max-level SR rank raid teams might not be able to defeat them."
Xia Yuan thought for a moment, "I understand World-Class Bounty Bosses now. What about raid bosses then? What's the difference?"
The Ice Soul Queen replied:
"There's no essential difference, just a gap in strength."
"You can think of raid bosses as the minions under World-Class Bounty Bosses."
Screech—!
The Ice Soul Queen slammed on the brakes, stopping right at the academy entrance, "We've arrived at our destination."
Xia Yuan picked up the bonelessly soft Mo Shiyu and got out of the car to leave.
As he was leaving, the Ice Soul Queen couldn't help but ask:
"Hey, Xia Yuan, are you interested in joining my Contracted Spirit team, meaning becoming Han Yue's Contracted Spirit?"
"Our alliance can give the girl in your arms absolutely satisfactory compensation!"
Xia Yuan waved his hand at her, speaking in a lazy tone, "Even if you gave her all of Great Xia, she probably wouldn't trade."
After hearing this, the Ice Soul Queen couldn't help but laugh, her icy demeanor melting away, smiling like a blooming flower:
"You... really are arrogant."
"As a Contracted Spirit who protects humanity, I'm very happy to see an SSR as powerful as you appear."
"Xia Yuan, I hope that even if you encounter those World-Class Bounty Bosses, you can still maintain this invincibly arrogant attitude of yours!"
Xia Yuan turned and walked toward the school gate, giving her a thumbs up, "No problem, after all, I am the strongest."
The Ice Soul Queen called out:
"And my real name is Ice Soul, don't address me using my favorite food, that's too weird."
Xia Yuan's teasing voice came from afar:
"Got it."
"Miss Ice Cream."
..........
The next day.
News about the Abyss Instance disaster that descended upon Huanan District of Chuanbei City resounded throughout all of Great Xia.
Affected population: 80,000 people.
Death toll: 1,029 people.
Although the Spirit Tamer Alliance responded quickly, dispatching raid teams and defense teams almost simultaneously with the Abyss Instance eruption.
And they successfully conquered it quickly too.
But for instances that suddenly erupt in city centers like this, casualties are unavoidable.
Especially since this Abyss Instance was extremely high intensity. Keeping the death toll around 1,000 people for a three-phase dragon-type BOSS could be considered a historical low.
And the deeds of Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan, witnessed by so many people, were naturally broadcasted by major television stations:
"According to many Spirit Tamers from the Alliance who fought on the front lines, a young Spirit Tamer named Mo Shiyu from Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy, along with her level 25 Contracted Spirit, made tremendous contributions to conquering this Abyss Instance BOSS!"
"It's ed that this level 25 Contracted Spirit is the SSR that recently emerged at Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy!"
"We hope the new generation of Spirit Tamers in Great Xia can learn from them, possessing the fighting spirit to fear no danger and bravely move forward......!"
"......"
After the news broadcast.
Without a doubt, Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan became famous once again.
A level 25 Contracted Spirit daring to charge into a level 50 Abyss Instance crawling with monsters, and even making huge contributions to conquering a max-level three-phase BOSS.
This was absolutely explosive within Great Xia's Spirit Tamer circles!
Equivalent to an unbelievable fairy tale being officially confirmed...
ers swarmed in.
Fortunately, the academy's security was solid, otherwise Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan wouldn't have had any peace.
Later, the Spirit Tamer Alliance even dispatched a special envoy who personally came to Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy and, in front of all the teachers and students, presented Mo Shiyu with an honor badge!
They also brought the 10,000 Spirit Stones reward from this Abyss Instance, plus two premium materials dropped by the BOSS that she could choose!
The honor badge was no ordinary thing—it was a bonus for future admission to top Spirit Tamer universities!
With this thing, even if your scores were terrible in the Spirit Tamer college entrance exams, you could at least get into a first-rate Spirit Tamer university.
The other students in the academy were beyond envious.
This was the charm of an SSR!
As long as you could contract an SSR, it meant explosive combat power, showing off in front of others, then smooth sailing to success with a bright future ahead!
A Spirit Tamer's destiny would change because of this!
Below the stage, Jiang Li watched the center-of-attention Mo Shiyu, grinding her teeth so hard they nearly cracked!
She regretted it so much she wanted to die!
All of this should have been hers!
Xia Yuan should have been her SSR!
It was Mo Shiyu who stole everything from her, making her the biggest joke in the academy!
A dark, venomous glint flashed in Jiang Li's eyes as she muttered to herself:
"Hmph... Mo Shiyu, just keep being proud!"
"Anyway, you won't have many happy days left!"
"If I can't have it, then you won't either...!"