You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry? Chapter 53

The Platinum Dragon King's clear but foolish eyes became extremely focused.

It flapped its wings, soaring into the air, roaring with high-pitched dragon cries while swaying and dancing in the sky!

The sound resembled war songs from distant heavens, sorrowful and mysterious!

A heart-palpitating power began to gather as it danced gracefully!

The Platinum Dragon King suddenly stopped its dancing movements, its belly glowing with red light that continuously climbed upward, rushing straight toward its massive mouth!

It violently spat it out, and a vivid crimson fire dragon spiraled and danced out from within, carrying heat that could incinerate everything, charging all the way toward the BOSS room!

In an instant!

The entire dungeon space's tunnels were filled with blazing flames, penetrating through everything!

Yanling Candle Dragon activated!

It let out intense screams, its health bar visibly beginning to plummet rapidly!

Although it couldn't achieve an instant kill like Xia Yuan had, the speed of the health bar's descent was still extremely fast.

However, Zhou Ke suddenly collapsed directly onto the ground, coughing violently.

"Cough cough cough...!"

Seeing this, the Platinum Dragon King noticeably slowed the firepower spewing from its mouth.

The BOSS's health bar descent slowed, and it actually began dragging its burning body, step by step, walking toward them.

But under the continuous burning damage from the flames, the BOSS ultimately collapsed on the way!

The dungeon completion time finally stopped at 41 seconds!

Although it couldn't compare to Xia Yuan's monstrous 15 seconds, it had already far exceeded normal expectations, and the entire venue erupted in excitement again:

"Oh ho ho ho, that's really impressive, 41 seconds!"

"Such powerful fire, it lit up the entire four-star dungeon!"

"Although the Platinum Dragon King looks a bit silly, it's still really strong, truly worthy of being an SSR!"

"Although there's still quite a gap compared to Xia Yuan's damage output, it completely surpasses other Contracted Spirits, and this was a solo run, the efficiency is too high!"

"If Spirit Tamers had sufficient spiritual energy, just imagine how many Spirit Stones and materials they could farm in a single day!"

"But that Spirit Tamer's condition doesn't seem quite right, he feels like he can't keep up with the Platinum Dragon King's output, seriously holding it back..."

"......"

The Platinum Dragon King was so anxious that it almost spit out saliva to extinguish the remaining fire in its mouth, leaning its head over to urgently check on Zhou Ke's condition:

"Master, are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital!"

Zhou Ke supported himself on its nose, standing up weakly, saying, "Big White, why did you suddenly reduce the power? I told you, don't worry about me, maximum output, drain my spiritual energy dry!"

The Platinum Dragon King didn't argue back, just silently lowered its head to take the scolding.

It knew its master's health had never been very good, so it never dared to use spiritual energy recklessly.

The man and dragon were soon teleported back to the Tianding Venue, greeted by massive cheers!

Although they hadn't surpassed Xia Yuan's 15 seconds!

That extremely powerful Yanling Candle Dragon technique had also opened everyone's eyes, showing them what true SSR strength looked like.

In the hotel.

After watching the live broadcast, Mo Shiyu reported the Platinum Dragon King's results to Xia Yuan, who was opening his computer nearby:

"41 seconds."

"They adopted almost the same strategy as us, but it seems their damage output still isn't as strong as yours."

While making pre-battle preparations, Xia Yuan said:

"Of course, I'm the strongest."

"But that Silly Dragon's result is pretty good too."

Mo Shiyu's elegant brows slightly furrowed, "But Zhou Ke seems to be in poor health, and his spiritual energy is limited, which appears to be restricting Silly... the Platinum Dragon King's performance."

Xia Yuan glanced back at her, "Oh, so you think your spiritual energy hasn't been restricting my performance?"

Mo Shiyu's cheeks puffed up angrily as she punched his back with her fist, "I'm improving, aren't I? I've always been in a state of being drained dry by you, other Spirit Tamers don't have this kind of determination!"

Xia Yuan simply enjoyed the back pounding, putting on his headphones by himself and entering the team voice chat.

As soon as he entered, he heard the Holy Light Knight's weary complaining voice:

"Too slow, we've been waiting for you for quite a while!"

Xia Yuan said quite irritably, "Dama, you're really never satisfied, you know! Do you know that to rush back, I even speed-cleared that grand competition event!"

The Holy Light Knight casually said "Oh," "So, did you get first place? If you didn't get first place, don't call me brother, I don't have a brother like you."

Xia Yuan smiled proudly, saying matter-of-factly, "Naturally, I got first place, easily solo-cleared a four-star dungeon in 15 seconds, then came back."

Another light, pleasant female voice sounded, carrying a tone of accustomed resignation:

"Hehe, you're bragging again, you previously said you were a Contracted Spirit too, do you know what 15 seconds to clear a four-star dungeon even means?"

"Even SSR spirits of the same level might not be able to do it!"

Xia Yuan never had the habit of hiding his identity, and when chatting with this highly skilled female gaming friend, he didn't avoid anything, "Sorry to disappoint, but I actually did it. SSR is just the upper limit for Contracted Spirits in this world, but it's not my upper limit..."

He pondered for a moment, "If I had to say, I should be SSSSSSSS....R!"

The female voice on the other end burst out laughing, "Hahahahaha... get out of here! I might as well say I'm a World-Class Bounty Boss, and one carrying 1 billion human lives at that, would you believe that?"

Xia Yuan sighed, "Don't believe me then. If we met offline, I'm afraid you'd fall in love with me."

Another series of bell-like laughter rang through the headset!

But the Holy Light Knight couldn't laugh, because she knew everything Xia Yuan said was true—she had just checked...

"Dammit, Yuanzi, why are you so much stronger than me!"

"No way!"

"Hurry into the game, I need to regain my superiority complex in the game, beat you until you're completely defeated!"

The highly skilled female gaming friend commented:

"Ah, you two are just acting."

"I know you're trying to put on a show in front of me to win my favor, then develop things offline. Dama is Yuanzi's wingman, right?"

"Ah, my damn charm, just my voice alone has you two so captivated—this is my sin, I don't blame you..."

Holy Light Knight: "......"

Xia Yuan: "......"

He thought his own skin was thick enough, but apparently there are always mountains beyond mountains, people beyond people!

..........

The perspective returns to the Tianding Venue.

The competition was still proceeding in full swing.

But even when giving their all, all the contestants could only compete for third place.

No matter how they exerted themselves, they still couldn't shake the top two positions in the slightest!

In fact, the gap was enormous!

After Xia Yuan and the Platinum Dragon King's performances, the battle scenes of other Contracted Spirits instantly seemed as ordinary and common as children playing house.

Only a few SR spirits could barely display combat power that earned slight applause from the audience.

The provincial competition results were soon announced.

First place, 15 seconds.

Second place, 41 seconds.

Third place, 1 minute 51 seconds.

Fourth place, 2 minutes 31 seconds.

Fifth place, 3 minutes 21 seconds!

The five strongest college Spirit Tamers from Yun Chuan Province had been selected and would soon head to the Great Xia Imperial Capital to compete in the final showdown with monsters from across the nation!

And Xia Yuan's achievement of speed-clearing a four-star dungeon in 15 seconds also caused quite a stir in the Spirit Tamer community!

The Chuanbei Spirit Tamer Academy gained fame because of this, and the academy's ranking rose steadily!

At the same time.

In the Great Xia Imperial Capital, inside a tavern named "World Peace."

A tavern owner wearing a tailcoat was leisurely wiping glasses while watching news about the National College Spirit Tamer Competition broadcast on television.

He lowered his head and murmured to himself, "This generation of Contracted Spirits seems to have too many strong ones, need to find a way to eliminate some, otherwise the current state of world peace won't be maintainable..."