You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry? Chapter 76

Imperial Capital, Gold City!

The Peak Tournament of each session of the Great Xia National College Spirit Tamer Competition is almost always held within Gold City.

Gold City is situated in the heart of the Imperial Capital. It is the most luxurious, historically rich, grandest in scale, and largest-capacity major venue built in the capital.

Although the entire venue isn't literally cast from gold, the wealth expended on its construction is enough to pile up into a veritable city of gold!

Hence, it is also called Gold City!

Today is the first day of the Peak Tournament!

Inside Gold City, over a hundred thousand spectators have long since taken their seats.

The clamor of the crowd converges into a wave of heat, almost strong enough to lift the magnificent dome!

The ticket prices for the Peak Tournament live event have long since skyrocketed beyond the heavens.

Even in Spirit Stones, it would cost 1,000 pieces!

Moreover, it's a seller's market with no fixed price.

After all, the number of SSRs standing on the stage of this peak tournament is as high as nine!

This counts as the year with the most SSR Contracted Spirits in the history of the Great Xia Spirit Tamer College Competition.

In previous years' competitions, the highest was only six.

Without a doubt, this will be a feast for the eyes and a spectacle of power, enough to drive all the spectators of Great Xia wild!

The spectator seating in Gold City only holds a little over a hundred thousand people.

Yet, the audience numbers flooding into the live broadcast rooms of Great Xia's major news media outlets, from the start of the broadcast until now, have already approached nearly one billion!

Most humans in this world have no spiritual energy and cannot become Spirit Tamers.

Yet, Spirit Tamers are the main combat force for humanity against dungeon monsters and Monster Dungeon fiends.

Even ordinary commoners, in the gaps of their mundane lives, closely follow the major events of the Spirit Tamer world that are intimately tied to their survival.

Those powerful Spirit Tamers who have turned the tide and protected the common people have long since become heroes in the hearts of the populace and idols for the entire nation!

Their power to rally and their influence in the secular world are also quite significant!

In the contestant waiting area of Gold City, inside the room designated for the Yun Chuan Province team.

Mo Shiyu listened to the clamorous atmosphere from the arena, calming her little heart, taking deep breaths.

The audience for this competition is practically the entire citizenry of Great Xia.

Who wouldn't be nervous competing for the first time?!

Except for Xia Yuan...

He still maintained that same lazy appearance, an unparalleled sense of relaxation, reclining in his seat, utterly bored, and even said impatiently:

"How long is this opening ceremony going to take? It's kinda slow..."

Beside Xia Yuan, the Platinum Dragon King, shrunk to human size, trembled all over, its dragon face full of unease and tension.

When it spoke, its teeth even chattered a bit:

"B-b-b-big... bro, aren't you scared?"

"The audience we'll be facing later has over a billion people! Everyone in Great Xia will be watching us!"

Xia Yuan chuckled and said:

"What's there to be scared of?"

"Isn't a bigger audience a good thing? More people can witness my handsome and dashing figure. I'm really happy for them..."

The Platinum Dragon King's fangs clattered together in its mouth, making a "clickety-clack" sound:

"A-a-and... also, we have to compete on the same stage with so many SSRs. We're definitely going to get beaten up real bad!"

It suddenly shivered all over, looked at Xia Yuan, and pleaded, "Big bro, if you run into me, you absolutely have to go easy on me. I've been afraid of pain since I was little..."

Xia Yuan was somewhat speechless. He patted its shoulder and said earnestly:

"Silly Dragon, you must remember you are of the dragon race. You need to have the domineering aura a dragon should possess!"

The Platinum Dragon King shuddered as soon as it recalled yesterday's scene:

"Big bro, you didn't go to the banquet. Those SSRs, each one looked fierce and menacing, and their levels are super high, all in the sixties and seventies!"

"We're only in the fifties. How are we supposed to fight that..."

Zhou Ke looked at it with exasperation, interjecting from the side, "In competitions like this, it's usually third-year students who participate. They've had more time to develop than us, so naturally there's a level gap."

Xia Yuan confidently crossed his legs, "Oh? Level difference is useless against me."

Zhou Ke coughed twice and shook his head helplessly, "Ignorance breeds fearlessness..."

Xia Yuan smiled, not bothering to explain.

They'd find out soon enough whether those SSRs were strong or not.

He actually hoped those opponents would be even stronger. Beating them to death would give him more system Reward Points.

At that moment.

Inside the Gold City venue, the official Spirit Tamer Alliance commentator was shouting at the top of his lungs, his voice so passionate and booming it even reached their waiting room:

"All spectators present, and all netizens waiting in the live broadcast rooms, good morning!"

"The annual National College Spirit Tamer Competition has begun once again!"

"I know what everyone is most concerned about!"

"The Imperial Capital Peak Tournament has welcomed an unprecedented nine SSRs this time!"

"Who will the champion of this competition be?!"

"Let's wait and see!"

In an instant.

The entire venue erupted with thunderous applause and cheers like a mountain torrent and sea roar, causing the entire Gold City to tremble slightly.

This fiery atmosphere made everyone in the waiting area involuntarily tense up as well.

The official commentator had shouted so hard he started coughing violently.

After gulping down a big mouthful of water, he continued, his voice like thunder:

"The provincial capital cities participating this year total exactly twenty!"

"The representative contestants from each province are the five strongest Spirit Tamers selected through layer upon layer of elimination from countless Spirit Tamer academies within the province!"

"That is to say, a total of 100 college Spirit Tamers are competing in this Peak Tournament!"

"They are the elite among the younger generation, the pillars of the Spirit Tamer community supporting Great Xia's future!"

"These 100 young Spirit Tamers will temper their edge and shine brilliantly on this highly anticipated stage of glory, Gold City!"

Great Xia's territory is vast, originally consisting of thirty-seven provinces.

However, the arrival of dungeon monsters and Monster Dungeon fiends has eroded over ten provinces of Great Xia's territory.

Currently, the safe, habitable land for humans only consists of the remaining twenty provinces.

The loudspeakers in the Gold City venue blared with the commentator's excited, shrieking voice:

"Next, let's use our warmest applause to welcome the provincial seed contestants selected for this competition as they enter one by one!"

"First to enter, naturally, is our historically strongest team, the Imperial Capital representatives!"

Instantly, the entire venue erupted with resounding applause and continuous cheers, deafeningly loud!

The five Spirit Tamers of the Imperial Capital representative team, along with their Contracted Spirits, stepped into the Gold City arena.

Among the Contracted Spirit lineup, those three glittering golden SSR indicators were incredibly dazzling, instantly igniting the fiery atmosphere of the entire venue!

"Wooooohoooo!!!"

"Lord Alcas is so handsome, Demon Blade Princess is so beautiful too, ah I'm dead!"

"Nine SSRs, and Imperial Capital holds three of them alone!"

"And each one is fiercer than the last! Not to mention Demon Blade Princess and Nightmare Clown Mr. J, who the hell can beat last tournament's champion SSR, Eternal Night Judgment Alcas?!"

"Imperial Capital's SSRs every year are several levels higher than other provinces' SSRs. It's a natural suppression!"

"No helping it. The resources Contracted Spirits from other provinces can obtain, whether it's Monster Instances or Monster Dungeons, simply can't compare to Imperial Capital's!"

"Ten years of tournaments, seven championships for Imperial Capital. This session, it's highly likely Imperial Capital's Spirit Tamers will win again!"

"I have a feeling Alcas will achieve the unprecedented feat of a two-time champion. The vampire race is just too invincible!"

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