You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry? Chapter 82
As Xia Yuan finished speaking, his figure flashed and vanished from the spot.
Seeing this, The Molten Forgemaster was inwardly shocked. He immediately shielded his Spirit Tamer, instinctively thinking Xia Yuan was about to do unto him as he had done unto others!
However, Xia Yuan's body, wreathed in blue steam, appeared right in front of him instead. He grinned at the Forgemaster.
"Relax, I won't actively attack your Spirit Tamer before I kill you!"
Otherwise, how would he get the system's reward points?!
Xia Yuan clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and the light in his Six Eyes swirled. In a short time, he performed a series of extremely precise power manipulations!
His fist lit up with a golden flash. Without using any flashy skills, he simply and directly threw a punch straight at The Molten Forgemaster's face!
This seemingly ordinary punch had far too many buffs stacked on it.
Cursed energy wrapping!
The martial arts enhancement from the Gate of Shock, the seventh gate of the Eight Gates Released Formation under the effects of the Reverse Cursed Technique!
Plus, adding the ability of the Glint-Glint Fruit, launching the punch in a photonized form!
And on top of that, the luck-based extra of a Black Flash!
For most people, it would be incredibly difficult to fuse all these different powers together without error.
But Xia Yuan had the Six Eyes!
His precision in manipulating power allowed him to do it!
BOOM!!!
The might of this single punch seemed like it could pierce through the void!
Under the convergence of all these forces, it transformed into golden lightning!
Extremely fast!
Extremely powerful!
The mere recoil from it caused the titanium alloy floor beneath Xia Yuan's feet to dent into a large crater.
The Molten Forgemaster's hair stood on end instantly. His combat intuition told him that if this punch landed squarely, the outcome would likely be dire!
He subconsciously raised the divine artifact Axe of Devour floating beside him to block.
BANG!!!
A deafening roar echoed through the arena!
The terrifying fist wind stirred up a shockwave. With a *whoosh*, The Molten Forgemaster was sent flying uncontrollably backwards, crashing violently into the wall of the Contracted Spirit Arena tower!
The divine artifact axe in his hand was directly shattered, broken in two by Xia Yuan's single punch.
Bathing in the golden lightning, his silver hair flying, Xia Yuan felt the power of the punch and nodded in satisfaction.
"As expected, combining various abilities creates a strange chemical reaction..."
He was practically a super chimera.
Just fusing the abilities he currently had resulted in such power.
What would happen later, with more and more abilities, plus templates from various power ceilings?
Xia Yuan couldn't help but feel anticipation.
He even thought he was getting a bit perverse himself...
Cheating feels good in the moment, and cheating all the time feels good all the time!
Commentator Ziyue gasped, letting out an extremely excited scream.
"Oh my god!"
"A punch of golden lightning!"
"What kind of power is this again, it's too fierce!"
"A seemingly plain and simple punch, yet it shattered The Molten Forgemaster's divine artifact!"
"Incredible!"
"Terrifyingly so!"
"What about The Molten Forgemaster? Can he still stand? Has he been KO'd?!"
The viewers in the live stream were also going wild with excitement.
"God Yuan's punch was so cool! It produced golden lightning, what skill is that?!"
"I originally thought the higher-level Molten Forgemaster would have the upper hand over God Yuan, but who knew the tables would turn. Now it's God Yuan beating down on The Molten Forgemaster!"
"Smashing a divine artifact bare-handed is way too overpowered. God Yuan is the most badass man I've ever seen throwing punches!"
"Dominant, arrogant, invincible, handsome... this SSR Contracted Spirit is just too perfect!"
"Say no more, I'm already captivated. I'm going to buy tons of God Yuan's merchandise. Organizers, remember to make posters and wallpapers from this fight!"
"..."
Mo Shiyu and Little Black were also quite shocked.
They knew Xia Yuan was invincible, but they didn't expect he was still constantly growing!
Little Black said tremulously,
"Master, Xia Yuan is practically a god of war. I feel like he hasn't even been using his full strength until now, he's just been playing around!"
Mo Shiyu looked at Xia Yuan's tall back, filled with pleasant surprise, yet also feeling immense pressure!
"I know..."
It was her spiritual energy that was limiting Xia Yuan!
Although her spiritual energy growth was fast now, for Xia Yuan, who consumed spiritual energy like a bottomless pit, it still wasn't enough.
This was the first time Mo Shiyu felt she was completely unworthy of Xia Yuan, even unqualified to stand by his side.
A huge sense of inferiority welled up in her heart...
Up to this point in the match, her spiritual energy had already been depleted by twenty-five percent...
Mo Shiyu forcefully slapped her own cheeks, her fair skin turning red from the impact. Her beautiful eyes filled with determination as she tightly gripped the spiritual energy potion in her hand.
She needed to intensify her spiritual energy cultivation!
Just exhausting herself daily wasn't enough anymore; she needed special training!
The aftershocks dissipated.
The Molten Forgemaster's body was deeply embedded in the tower wall, pressed into a human-shaped indentation.
"Molten Forgemaster!"
"Are you alright?!"
His Spirit Tamer called out anxiously.
He could hardly believe that his SSR, who had been nearly invincible all the way, could be beaten so badly by someone else's single punch!
Even though they were both SSR, it felt like he was being suppressed by a whole tier!
Moreover, the opponent clearly still looked completely at ease, not even fully serious!
"Cough, cough..."
The Molten Forgemaster suddenly snapped back to awareness, coughing violently a few times as he pulled himself out from the tower wall, covered in blood.
He looked at his divine artifact axe, shattered into two pieces, his face full of heartache.
Xia Yuan's power had exceeded his expectations.
"Forgemaster, do you want to surrender?!"
"No!"
The Molten Forgemaster stood up with a fierce look in his eyes, picking up his last two divine artifacts!
In his left hand, the divine artifact Sword of End!
In his right hand, the divine artifact Halberd of Rakshasa!
As an SSR, he had his own dignity.
Having already lost two divine artifacts, surrendering without returning the favor with a big move of his own would be too pathetic.
Seeing this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
"Old man, aren't you afraid your last two weapons will break too?"
Suppressing the anger and agitation in his heart, The Molten Forgemaster replied,
"Of course I'm afraid. But since they're bound to break sooner or later, they should at least display their proper power!"
"Consider it a worthy shattering!"
He stomped his foot, causing the hammer on the ground to bounce up. At the same time, he tossed the two divine artifacts in his hands and began to temper them with the hammer!
BANG!
Instantly, the two divine artifacts became covered in molten-rock-like cracks, releasing an extremely terrifying wave of power!
The Molten Forgemaster set the hammer down again and caught the two artifacts.
"Tempering Secret Art!"
"Utmost Use of the Object!"
He shouted towards Xia Yuan,
"The next attack will release all the power and potential stored within these two divine artifacts of mine."
"Afterwards, they will disintegrate on their own."
"Xia Yuan, do you dare to face my ultimate move head-on without using your Limitless defense?!"
The Molten Forgemaster didn't dare gamble that his secret art could break through Xia Yuan's heaven-defying Limitless defense mechanism.
His only way to defeat Xia Yuan was to blast Mo Shiyu to death.
However, Xia Yuan would definitely defend his weak point at all costs.
As long as he stood in front of his Spirit Tamer, The Molten Forgemaster had no chance of winning.
Rather than that, it was better to have an ultimate move showdown. Even if he lost, he'd lose spectacularly!
Xia Yuan's gaze shifted to the hammer at The Molten Forgemaster's feet. He pointed at it with a smile. "Old man, you're looking down on me. Your most powerful weapon is actually that hammer, right? Why not use it for your 'Utmost Use of the Object'?"
The Molten Forgemaster was stunned.
This guy actually saw through it?
He hurriedly stored the hammer back into his alchemical space.
That hammer was practically his rice bowl!
Unless it was a life-or-death situation, he definitely wouldn't release all its power at once!
Besides, even if he lost this match, he still had to continue fighting in the matches below. He couldn't just blow his entire fortune on one fight and end his tournament run...
"You rascal!"
"Are you trying to smash my rice bowl?"
The Molten Forgemaster was furious. "Just say whether you dare or not!"
Xia Yuan lazily twisted his waist, grinning widely.
"Fine."
"I just so happen to have a newly developed move I haven't tried yet..."
"But old man, I won't use my ultimate move on you. Using a cannon to blast a mosquito isn't cost-effective for me..."
A vein throbbed on The Molten Forgemaster's forehead. As an SSR, this was the first time he had ever been looked down upon by another Contracted Spirit!
"Hmph! I hope you don't regret it!"