You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry?-Chapter 7: Cursed Azure

"Mo Shiyu! My level 60 C-rank 'Rock Armor Colossus' can tank and deal damage—we'll definitely clear the two-star dungeon together!"
"B-rank level 50 'Flame Lance Knight' requesting to join! I just want to witness the glory of an SSR!"
"School belle Mo, I can also take you through dungeons. My Silver Armor General ranks in the top twenty for contracted spirit strength in the academy!"
"Need support? D-rank level 60 support here, guaranteed to make Lord Yuan perform even stronger!"
"......"
Mo Shiyu coldly rejected them one by one.
When facing outsiders, she was as cold as ice, completely different from her private self.
Xia Yuan, however, scanned those so-called "high-level contracted spirits" with great interest and suddenly chuckled:
"You're all so weak—where do you get the confidence to take me through dungeons?"
The air instantly froze solid.
With one sentence, he had offended all the spirit tamers and contracted spirits nearby.
Several high-level contracted spirits in particular glared over with furious expressions, radiating intense pressure.
A giant warrior carrying a massive broadsword narrowed his eyes slightly, "What did you say? We're weak?!"
He slammed his thousand-pound sword onto the ground with a thunderous crash, creating a deep crater.
The Silver Armor General's spear hummed with a dragon's roar as he sneered coldly, "Heh, kid, don't think high rank means invincibility. What's so great about SSR? Who knows if it's just an empty reputation, especially since you're just transformed from an R-card!"
Facing the furious glares of these contracted spirits, Xia Yuan lazily stretched and replied, "My bad, my bad. I forgot that telling the truth can hurt people's self-esteem too."
Veins bulged on the foreheads of all the contracted spirits.
Mo Shiyu knew Xia Yuan's mouth was dipped in poison. If this continued, they might get jumped by the whole crowd...
So she quickly pulled Xia Yuan away from the scene and arrived at the two-star dungeon location.
Mo Shiyu took a deep breath and made one final serious confirmation:
"Xia Yuan, are you sure you can solo this two-star dungeon? The dungeon boss here is level 40!"
Xia Yuan stuffed his hands in his pockets and smiled:
"Of course, Fatty Yu. You have to believe me, because I'm the strongest!"
Mo Shiyu had actually always been conservative since childhood, never willing to take risks.
But today, she was willing to take one risk with her SSR!
Mainly because it was hard for her to refuse Xia Yuan's demands...
If she refused, he would just adopt a slacker attitude and completely disobey her.
Whether he was SSR or not, being the first to enter a dungeon and daring to solo a two-star one—they were probably the only ones in all of Great Xia who would do this...
Mo Shiyu sighed, raised her little fists, and said fiercely, "Xia Yuan, if you can't do it and we die in this dungeon, I'll definitely kill you!"
Xia Yuan: "The way you say that... doesn't the logic seem pretty messed up to you?"
Xia Yuan took the lead, pulling Mo Shiyu as they stepped into a green swirling vortex gate.
Their figures disappeared, instantly teleported into a random two-star dungeon.
Someone had been watching their every word and action all along.
When everyone learned that Mo Shiyu had taken her SSR to solo a two-star dungeon, it instantly exploded across Chuan University's campus website!
"Holy crap, School Belle Mo took her SSR to solo a two-star dungeon! That's insane!"
"Really?!"
"So many people saw it at the dungeon area—it's definitely true!"
"The boss in two-star dungeons is level 40, and the average mobs are around level 20! Even if he's SSR with an initial level of 10, it's gonna be rough!"
"They're truly crazy. Even we upperclassmen need to team up and proceed carefully in two-star dungeons. For them to dare solo on their first dungeon run—they're genuine reckless fools with no brains!"
"Speaking of which, with SSR strength right there, wouldn't it be better to steadily level up?"
"......"
Jiang Li, who had spent all her spirit stone reserves and even took out loans on the spirit tamer website to select contracted spirits, saw this news and felt both furious and miserable:
"What is that Mo Shiyu doing, messing around with my SSR like that!"
"Damn it..."
But then Jiang Li reconsidered—if they actually died in the dungeon, she might be able to accept many things. So she started laughing neurotically:
"Die, die, just go ahead and get yourselves killed!"
"If I can't have it, nobody else should either!"
.........
The scene before Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan began to shift, space distorting, light blazing.
When their vision cleared again, they found themselves in a dark underground cavern.
Blue crystals glowing around them illuminated the path ahead.
Mo Shiyu surveyed the terrain, touching the surrounding rock walls, "A cavern-type dungeon. The area is narrow, hard to dodge in, and there might even be traps. We need to be careful."
Xia Yuan casually praised, "You know this much?"
Mo Shiyu hummed proudly, "We spirit tamers aren't just here to provide spiritual energy for you contracted spirits. We can also provide weaknesses of common monsters and tactical planning."
As soon as she finished speaking, dense crawling sounds echoed from ahead in the cavern, making their scalps crawl.
Soon after, over a dozen giant scorpion monsters charged toward them.
They were about 5 meters long, their bodies composed of angular spiritual energy crystals that reflected rainbow-colored light.
They had a pair of huge crystal pincers and a deadly tail stinger covered in sharp crystals!
Above their heads displayed their level and name: [Level 23, Crystal Ore-Devouring Scorpion!]
Mo Shiyu hid behind Xia Yuan, "I remember these monsters. They have extremely hard shells and high defense. Their weakness is the joints between their crystal shells—that's where their defense is lowest. Attack there!"
Xia Yuan picked at his ear, a trace of madness curling at the corner of his mouth, "What are you babbling about? Weak points? I can't really gauge those precisely. Wouldn't it be better to just crush them all completely?"
To be honest, he was pretty excited about his first real battle too!
"Technique Forward Rotation!"
"Minimum output..."
Xia Yuan raised one hand, rotating it slightly, his palm collapsing and condensing a point of dark blue. The air currents in the entire cavern began to howl!
A powerful attractive force erupted from his hand!
Bzzz—!
Blue light devoured the cavern passage, following the guidance of Xia Yuan's palm as it swept toward the scorpion monster group ahead, "Cang!"
Crack crack crack...
The scorpion monsters that came into contact with the blue light were pulled and compressed, forcibly kneaded into bloody pulp!
Even their incredibly defensive crystal shells shattered layer by layer, ground into powder, their health bars instantly emptied!
After that one move, the entire cavern fell silent again.
All dozen-plus Crystal Ore-Devouring Scorpions had turned into spirit stones, dropping to the ground.
Due to Mo Shiyu's spiritual energy limitations, Xia Yuan hadn't used a more brutal method to kill the monsters. He needed to adopt the most efficient, most energy-conserving approach possible.
"So these are level 20-ish monsters. They don't seem to have much resistance."
Xia Yuan stuffed his hand back into his pocket and continued forward, his tone relaxed.
Mo Shiyu stared dumbfounded at the crushed Crystal Ore-Devouring Scorpions, "This... is the Cursed Technique Cang...?"
Level 20-ish monsters were like paper in front of that blue light!
Seeing her investigative expression, Xia Yuan explained:
"This is one of my most common attack methods. It manifests as an attractive force centered on Cang, with maximum output reaching negative infinity. Hmm... how should I explain it to you? It's kind of like a miniature black hole?"
Mo Shiyu was completely stunned after hearing this.
The killing power of this move was almost comparable to other contracted spirits' ultimate skills, and it was just a common attack method?!
And maximum output reaching negative infinity, miniature black hole—that was just too overpowered!
With such a powerful skill, who even needed tactics...