You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 34: Xia Yuan's Breakthrough: A Blend of Grinding and Spending Money

Inside the villa.
Freshly awake and wearing her bear pajamas, Mo Shiyu watched the viral video on the Spirit Tamer official website, clutching her head in frustration:
"It's over, it's over!"
"Those bystanders really have no fear of death, they even recorded the entire process."
"Now your skills have been exposed, and it seems like the whole world is analyzing it frame by frame!"
"During our competition, we'll definitely be targeted by those with ill intentions!"
Xia Yuan, who had been studying training materials all night, walked out of his room yawning.
Then he saw two three-dimensional bears standing there.
Plump, perky, full...
He sighed inwardly about the blessings of youth, then said casually:
"Don't worry about it."
"Let them study all they want. If I lose, then I lose..."
Mo Shiyu sat curled up on the sofa in a seiza position, glaring at him resentfully, "Listening to your words is like listening to words..."
Xia Yuan chuckled:
"I was joking. I'm the strongest, I won't lose."
Mo Shiyu looked worried:
"I'm not afraid of ordinary Contracted Spirits, but I worry about other SSRs!"
"Information asymmetry is terrifying. We don't know their abilities, while they know ours in advance. That puts us at a disadvantage before we even start fighting!"
Xia Yuan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, smiling confidently:
"In the face of absolute power, all tactics and strategies are just clown behavior."
"Besides, if they can develop a completely countering strategy just from one battle video, then they deserve credit."
He teased, "And anyway, who was it that openly declared they would take first place, drawing all that attention and making us targets?"
Mo Shiyu looked blank, stuck out her tongue, and tried to act cute to get away with it:
"Eh heh, did that happen? I don't remember anything..."
Xia Yuan: "Fatty Yu, you have to bear the consequences of your own declarations."
Mo Shiyu puffed her cheeks, thinking hard but coming up empty.
At this point, the fact that Xia Yuan's abilities were exposed and he became public enemy number one was irreversible.
All she could do now was try to get Xia Yuan to level 50 before the competition arrived, then breakthrough!
And get him a full set of spiritual energy inscriptions!
Mo Shiyu patted her cheeks, psyching herself up:
"One month left until the competition starts. Reaching level 50 should be enough!"
"Go go go, let's go!"
"Time to grind dungeons and level up!"
Xia Yuan lay sprawled on the sofa, motionless like a corpse, "Stayed up late watching videos yesterday, feeling some back pain and my head is buzzing. Calling Technician Fatty Yu, need temple massage."
Mo Shiyu's newly ignited enthusiasm was doused with cold water. She gritted her teeth, words squeezing through them, "Xia Yuan, I'm your master, not your technician!"
Xia Yuan threw a tantrum, "No massage, no going."
Mo Shiyu: "......"
If possible, she really wished the contract she formed with Xia Yuan was a slave contract!
She wanted to fiercely ride this arrogant SSR and discipline him properly, making him understand who's really in charge!
Xia Yuan: "Ten, nine, eight, seven... if you're not here by the time I count to one, I'm going gaming today. Recently found some girls online who talk really sweet..."
Mo Shiyu put away her fist and crawled over with a sweet smile, "Coming, coming, your exclusive technician Xiao Yu at your service."
Xia Yuan breathed in the refreshing fragrance, enjoying the service of her snow-white little hands, feeling extremely comfortable.
He was already determined to train Fatty Yu into this world's top massage technician!
The world's strongest!
Without equal!
......
Over this one month.
Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan went all out, grinding five-star dungeons every day!
They only stopped when Mo Shiyu, who had taken energy supplements several times, was completely drained.
During this period, probably because they had witnessed how abnormal Xia Yuan's combat power was, no more assassins dared to come after Mo Shiyu.
But Xia Yuan's levels were becoming increasingly difficult to raise.
Even when red-name bosses occasionally appeared, they didn't provide much experience.
Until two days before the National High School Spirit Tamer Competition began.
Xia Yuan's level finally reached 50, ready for breakthrough!
The system reward progress bar had improved quite well, reaching 40%!
Even Little Black, who had been riding along, had completed three breakthroughs and reached level 90!
With breakthrough imminent.
Mo Shiyu looked completely exhausted, trembling as she arrived at the academy's Breakthrough Platform supported by Xia Yuan.
Not looking was fine, but one look gave them a shock!
The breakthrough energy required for Xia Yuan's breakthrough was as high as 500,000!
When Mo Shiyu saw this number, she almost fainted from shock.
The resources she had accumulated so far through dungeon grinding and various rewards, even if she went bankrupt, could only purchase breakthrough materials worth nearly 200,000 breakthrough energy.
500,000 was outrageous!
What's more, Contracted Spirits needed three breakthroughs to reach max level.
First breakthrough at level 50.
Second breakthrough at level 75.
Third breakthrough at level 90!
Each breakthrough required more breakthrough materials!
Xia Yuan's first breakthrough already required 500,000 breakthrough energy. The subsequent ones would probably require millions, or even tens of millions?!
Mo Shiyu finally understood why SSRs were difficult to cultivate...
Their combat power was indeed strong, but cultivating them truly required much more investment!
"I don't have that many resources on hand temporarily, I can only ask my family for help..."
Mo Shiyu was quite strong-willed. Since she left home, she had intended to be self-reliant and not ask her family for a single penny.
But for Xia Yuan's breakthrough, she yielded.
Xia Yuan looked at the exhausted Mo Shiyu, as if seeing his former self.
Back when he was cultivating a game character, he had also grinded hard and spent heavily, exhausting himself.
Mo Shiyu made one phone call.
The Mo family's private car came to the academy to pick them up.
After returning to the Mo family mansion, before Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan could even speak, Mo Cheng waved his hand and prepared the remaining 300,000 breakthrough materials by the next day!
Additionally, he spent a huge amount of Spirit Stones to purchase a four-star spiritual energy inscription set from the Spirit Tamer official website!
Regarding the cultivation of Xia Yuan, this SSR, the Mo family was not stingy at all.
Even if it meant spending their entire fortune, they would help Xia Yuan reach max level!
They weren't foolish, of course.
Once Xia Yuan reached max level, what he would repay the Mo family would far exceed this amount.
A family with a level 100 SSR guarding it could join Great Xia's top-tier aristocratic families, becoming part of that small elite group at the nation's peak.
Gaining power close to being second only to one person, above ten thousand others!
The Mo family, being such a large clan, naturally had their own Breakthrough Platform.
Xia Yuan's breakthrough was watched by the entire audience.
All Mo family members came to witness the ceremony, making it an extremely grand occasion!
If Mo Shiyu hadn't firmly objected, Mo Cheng even planned to send out invitations widely, inviting other aristocratic families to witness the ceremony, mainly to show off!
The entire Mo family, from top to bottom, eagerly awaited.
Waiting for Xia Yuan's first breakthrough!