You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 24: Xia Yuan's Cheerleading Squad: Something's Wrong

"Go! Go!"
Xia Yuan had become a cheerleader, waving and shouting from the sidelines.
Mo Shiyu looked utterly speechless.
Without a doubt, Xia Yuan's shamelessness was as overpowered as his skills...
She could barely keep her composure.
Su Hang and Su Yun didn't mind at all though - they never expected a level 38 contracted spirit to be useful from the start.
"Titan, finish this quickly, don't waste time!"
Su Yun commanded like a queen.
The Armored Titan Beast let out an earth-shaking roar toward the center dungeon monsters:
"ROAR!!!"
Just the wind generated by its roar forced the two elite monsters back several steps.
The Titan took heavy steps forward and charged toward them!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It crashed forward, and the shield-wielding undead elite monster stepped up, raising its giant shield to block at the front.
"Immovable Fortress!"
Boom!
The two sides collided, and the 'Immovable Fortress' was directly sent flying, crashing against the transparent air wall barrier and losing a quarter of its health bar!
"Ohhh ohhh!"
"Brother Titan is so awesome, I really like him!"
Xia Yuan cheered loudly in a high-pitched voice from the side.
Even Su Hang nearby shuddered with disgust and said to Mo Shiyu with sympathy, "Classmate Mo, your contracted spirit... is really quite the character..."
Mo Shiyu showed an embarrassed smile while internally cringing hard.
After getting close, the Titan lowered its body and aimed the dark cannon barrel on its back at the Netherworld Monarch and Spear Guardian!
Boom!
An annihilation cannon shot out, instantly filling the entire area with smoke.
The Netherworld Monarch and Spear Guardian dodged, but not completely, losing some health.
They charged out from the smoke, attacking the Titan from left and right.
Mysterious inscriptions lit up around the Titan's body, and facing their attacks, it showed no fear at all, directly tanking them.
Even against the level 80 BOSS and level 70 elite monster's attacks, it remained completely unmoving - a true "Immovable Fortress"!
Seeing those inscriptions, Mo Shiyu was slightly surprised:
"Three-star defense set?!"
Su Yun nodded, "That's right, I equipped Titan with a defense set, planning to build it as a frontline tank."
Xia Yuan put his hands in his pockets and laughed:
"Who said this big guy isn't good? I think he's super cool!"
Seeing the lion hadn't moved for a while, he loudly chirped:
"Lion cowboy, what are you doing? Hurry up and attack!"
Blade God frowned deeply, drew his blade and charged forward, "Shut up!"
His blade flashed, and he began fighting with the Spear Guardian.
Long blade and spear clashed intensely, sparks flying everywhere.
Blade God's martial skill level was clearly superior, not only deflecting the opponent's attacks but also dealing damage from time to time.
"Opening!"
"Lion Overlord Slash!"
Blade God slashed out a spatial rift that instantly wiped out a quarter of the Spear Guardian's health bar.
Xia Yuan yelled again:
"Ohhh ohhh!"
"Brother Lion's slash was so cool, keep it up!"
The shield undead that had been sent flying rejoined the battle.
A five-way melee began, three versus two, with intense back-and-forth combat!
However, it was clear that the dungeon monsters' health bars were continuously decreasing while the contracted spirits' side barely took any damage.
The battle outcome was already decided.
Twenty minutes later.
The level 80 BOSS unleashed its final burst, slashing out overwhelming ghostly flames that forced both the Titan Beast and Blade God back, finally taking some damage.
But this was its final stand.
After struggling for a bit, the Titan Beast and Blade God attacked again, completely emptying the BOSS's health bar!
Four-star dungeon successfully cleared!
It must be said, both the Titan Beast and Blade God were quite strong contracted spirits.
Otherwise, they really couldn't have cleared it.
Besides being a cheerleader, Xia Yuan was also evaluating the four-star dungeon monsters' combat power.
Hmm...
Experience increased by about a quarter.
The system reward bar also moved up just a tiny bit.
As free loot, this was already pretty good.
Dungeon rewards began to distribute.
The dense Inscription Divine Tree above began growing branches, splitting into three that pointed toward Mo Shiyu, Su Hang, and Su Yun respectively.
All three obtained three different colored inscriptions of various types.
After checking and discussing, they took what they needed and exchanged among themselves.
Su Yun took defense inscriptions.
Su Hang took attack and speed inscriptions.
And Mo Shiyu naturally wanted inscriptions that could enhance support effects.
But among these nine inscriptions, only one was like that.
She could only take a spiritual energy inscription and an attack inscription instead.
Even among the same type of inscriptions, there were differences in set names.
So, assembling a complete set that met requirements was still quite difficult.
"Let's continue..."
"Let's use up my three instance party opportunities first."
Su Yun spoke up.
Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan naturally had no objections - free loot was just too good!
They temporarily exited the dungeon and re-entered.
On the way, Blade God proudly smiled at Xia Yuan, boasting:
"So? Your Blade Brother is still strong, right!"
"Meeting us is your lucky break, we'll take you for two more free runs!"
Xia Yuan held back his laughter, putting on an extremely admiring underling act, flattering:
"As expected of Brother Blade!"
"So strong!"
"Watching you, little brother here was completely dazzled! The combat power you displayed feels like it's from a completely different dimension than mine!"
The lion contracted spirit was instantly coaxed into hearty laughter, patting his shoulder encouragingly:
"Don't worry, keep leveling up, someday you'll become a powerful contracted spirit like me!"
They entered again.
The scene changed once more - this time it wasn't the deep ancient forest ruins, but ruins at the center of a sea-surrounded area.
The only thing unchanged was the miraculous Inscription Divine Tree above the ruins!
Everyone chatted and laughed as they entered the ruins again.
Dungeon monsters appeared once more.
Instantly, they all stopped laughing.
Because this time's BOSS was a bit different...
A deep blue humanoid monster BOSS, accompanied by five different types of sea monster subordinates, emerged from the void.
Su Yun, Su Hang, and Blade God's expressions immediately froze.
The mark above that humanoid monster BOSS's head was actually red!
[Level 90, Deep Sea King, red-name BOSS!]
And the sea monster subordinates guarding his sides all reached level 80!
[Level 80, Squid King, elite monster!]
[Level 80, Shark King, elite monster!]
[Level 80, Lobster King, elite monster!]
[Level 80, Turtle King, elite monster!]
[Level 80, Jellyfish King, elite monster!]
These monsters' names didn't look impressive, even a bit silly.
But the aura and pressure radiating from them were completely incomparable to the previous round's monsters!
The Deep Sea King had a massive build, far surpassing humans, with bulging muscles all over filled with explosive power!
His body was covered in smooth, wet skin resembling fish, all in the deep blue of the ocean.
His head was both human-like and fish-like.
His facial features were clearly visible but carried distinct fish characteristics.
The Deep Sea King wore an extremely human-like comical smile, looking at Su Yun and the others while showing sharp teeth:
"Well, well, well..."
"This time there are actually two beautiful human women, I'm really lucky!"
Their expressions instantly darkened, gradually becoming serious.
Besides being 10 levels higher, red-name BOSSes were generally much stronger than regular BOSSes.
Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan remained calm, having seen more powerful abyss BOSSes and fought several red-names already.
But the other two were quite nervous.
Su Hang swallowed hard, "Holy crap, five level 80 elite monsters and one level 90 red-name BOSS, this is completely unwinnable. Everyone get your teleport crystals ready, let's give up this opportunity..."
Su Yun's face was sweating, but encountering a red-name BOSS for the first time, she still wanted to try:
"Don't rush, let's fight and see."
"Keep teleport crystals in hand, if the situation turns bad, retreat immediately!"
Blade God gripped his long blade tightly, though under immense pressure, he still grinned:
"Running away directly really doesn't suit Brother Blade's style!"
"What if this Deep Sea King BOSS is just another flashy show like last round?"