You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 44: The Strongest Strike, Drawing the Martial Arts Ceiling

The barrier dispersed, the light contracted, and everything turned pitch black, as if stepping into outer space.
The Unlimited Void domain shrouded both level-100 bosses.
Once the five seconds passed, the domain faded!
If 0.2 seconds implants half a year’s worth of information, then five seconds is nearly twelve and a half years of compressed information!
The two level-100 bosses froze in place, temporarily unable to launch any attacks against Xia Yuan.
Only then could Xia Yuan chant his incantation in peace.
He pushed aside the two kangaroo-like arm pouches beside him.
“Move to the back, don’t get too close to me, because what’s coming might get a little violent.”
“If you’re afraid you’ll have nightmares tonight, then close your eyes!”
Mo Shiyu and Little Black obediently hid at the rear, putting some distance between themselves and him.
Xia Yuan—rarely serious—switched into an intensely focused mode!
Mo Shiyu, seeing this, already guessed what he intended: he was going to one-shot the bosses again!
But how was that possible?
These were two red-name level-100 bosses!
Even with the Void Technique Purple, that would be extremely difficult.
She suddenly remembered Xia Yuan mentioning a 200% Void Purple, her eyes widening slightly as she murmured, “Impossible, could he get even stronger?”
Xia Yuan took a deep breath, his expression unusually earnest and solemn. He bent his body slightly, planted a horse stance, and formed his hands into a charging posture!
A vast stream of cursed energy condensed and intensified around him!
His aura soared like a rainbow!
He began to chant the incantation:
[Nine Principles]
[Polarized Light]
[Black and Declaration]
[Between Surface and Core]
With each word, the terrifying cursed energy on his body climbed ever higher!
Space itself twisted from the strain!
The pinnacle of jujutsu is subtraction: the fewer incantations and hand seals required, the faster a sorcerer can activate a technique. This skill determines a sorcerer’s true ability.
Because in real combat you must suppress the enemy quickly!
However, this Void Technique "Purple" did not omit any jujutsu steps. Under a full ritual, its power could be amplified!
The Void Techniques Xia Yuan normally unleashed were naturally not in their perfected form.
In the jujutsu world, Gojo Satoru could reach 200% Void Purple because the songstress applied a supplemental technique called “Isolated Zone,” which amplified his total cursed energy output.
That allowed him to produce a 200% Void Purple and blast off one of Sukuna’s arms!
But...
Xia Yuan wanted to try, with all his might, to see if he could produce the same 200% Void Purple that Gojo once did!
With everything prepared, Xia Yuan uttered the final decree: “Void Technique 'Purple'!”
In an instant!
Mo Shiyu’s remaining spiritual energy was sucked completely dry. She collapsed to the ground with practiced motion, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on Xia Yuan’s direction.
The big blow had arrived!
The next second.
The entire instance space trembled.
The imaginary mass produced by the overlapping repulsion and attraction forces exploded in front of Xia Yuan, annihilating and pulverizing everything in its path!
That included the two red-name level-100 bosses!
Amid the sky filled with purple light, their tens of thousands of HP dropped rapidly to zero.
Even after automatically entering phase two at full health, they plummeted back to zero at breakneck speed!
This massive attack warped space, and even passed through the instance area, affecting the whole Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy.
Everyone felt the ground tremble slightly and were stunned.
They didn’t know what had happened.
Some thought it was a minor earthquake!
After a while.
The shaking gradually subsided.
Only then did Mo Shiyu and Little Black dare to open their eyes, finding the entire boss room in tatters, collapsed to the extreme!
The Inferno Prison Lord and the Ash Queen had vanished.
Only Xia Yuan stood quietly alone.
This was his true peak output so far!
Mo Shiyu’s whole body tingled, her rosy lips slightly parted, not knowing what to say...
This Void Technique "Purple" was a completely different concept from the versions before!
A string of notifications sounded:
[Five-Star Instance Cleared!]
[Contracted Spirit Xia Yuan, Level Up: Lv.51 → Lv.54]
[Contracted Spirit Black Cat Spirit, Level Up: Lv.100 → Lv.100 (Max Level Reached)]
[Obtained Lava Core]
[Obtained Mysterious Key]
[Obtained Red-Name Heart]
[Obtained Queen’s Relic]
[Obtained...]
Mo Shiyu glanced at the time again—indeed, it was only four minutes and fifty-five seconds to clear the five-star instance.
Not even five minutes!
Xia Yuan sighed and rubbed his arm, “What a pity, no 200%, at most 150%. As expected, without support it doesn’t work.”
Cat-girl Little Black swallowed and exclaimed:
“Oh my God, God Yuan brother, 150% is already strong enough!”
“You really have both the numbers and the mechanics. If we combine, we’re absolutely invincible!”
Xia Yuan waved his hand, “This is just the beginning...”
Power is something that, in this world of Contracted Spirits, the more the better.
Only by becoming truly invincible can one live in peace.
The system reward progress jumped to 55%!
He could draw another universal skill.
Xia Yuan rubbed his hands, his heart racing.
Although now a Contracted Spirit, he couldn’t help getting excited about a gacha-like draw!
Drawing character skills from various dimensional worlds was paradise for his past-life otaku self—his juvenile spirit thrilled!
“Start the draw!”
The system’s ornate wheel spun.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations host for obtaining the Naruto world character Might Guy’s skill: Eight Gates Released Formation!]
[Note: Opening the final gate, the Gate of Death, requires the spirit tamer’s spiritual energy to be greater than or equal to 50%, otherwise the spirit tamer will explode!]
[Opening the Gate of Death will instantly drain 50% of the current spirit tamer’s spiritual energy. Do not use casually!]
After hearing this, Xia Yuan’s eyes flashed brilliantly!
He was soaring!
This time he really gained a bit of invincibility.
His martial arts were strong, but not the absolute ceiling.
Yet the Eight Gates technique is the ceiling skill of martial arts!
He had always wanted to draw this skill—never expected he actually would!
Thinking of the nearly decisive kick he almost unleashed earlier, his blood boiled with excitement.
And it only consumed 50% of Mo Shiyu’s spiritual energy—that made it totally worth it!
In the original lore it cost a life!
Mo Shiyu was collecting the instance rewards when she heard Xia Yuan’s manic laughter, his face oddly strange.
As always she checked Xia Yuan’s level, and seeing a new skill added to his panel called “Eight Gates Released Formation,” she couldn’t sit still anymore!
“Xia Yuan, what on earth is going on?”
“You learned another skill again.”
“What are that Zanpakuto and Eight Gates thing?”
Mo Shiyu’s big eyes were full of confusion. It was the first time she’d seen a Contracted Spirit upgrade and gain a brand-new skill.
Xia Yuan smiled mysteriously, hands behind his head, reverting to a lazy look as he said lightly:
“Explaining it would be way too complicated.”
“You’ll find out later!”
“I’m not your average SSR—there are plenty more skills coming, you’ll get used to it...”
Mo Shiyu was stunned; the materials in her hands fell to the ground...
Like a curious child, she clung to Xia Yuan with all sorts of questions, itching with curiosity!
Unfortunately, Xia Yuan yawned and said he wanted to go back to rest and play games...
His female internet friend, the Holy Light Knight, was still waiting for him!