You Ditched an R-Rank, Now That I’m an SSR, You Wanna Cry? Chapter 86

"Oh oh oh oh!"

"Black Lotus has displayed superhuman combat power that transcends her rank! Her slashes are falling like rain, dazzling and bewildering!"

"Unfortunately, she simply cannot break through God Yuan's limitless defense!"

Commentator Ziyue continued to passionately narrate the battle situation.

Xia Yuan gripped the blade, his azure blue eyes staring at the dark-skinned spicy girl before him. "You shouldn't be limited to just this, right? If you have any other moves, use them quickly. I'm losing patience soon."

Black Lotus laughed, though the laughter carried a hint of self-mockery and despair. "Your defense is just too unreasonable. So, it's fundamentally impossible to break through on a physical level?"

Xia Yuan flicked the blade away, looking down at her with oppressive pressure.

"You think my invincibility relies entirely on this bug-like defense, so you feel it's unfair?"

Black Lotus neither confirmed nor denied it.

Even if she trained and cultivated diligently, there was nothing she could do against a mechanics monster.

Xia Yuan flashed to a position behind her, his low, magnetic voice ghostly echoing from her back once more.

"Alright then. From now on, I won't defend."

"If you can land even a single cut on me, I'll consider it my loss!"

Black Lotus hadn't detected when Xia Yuan appeared behind her. She violently swung her scimitars toward her back.

But Xia Yuan's figure had already blinked to a spot over ten meters directly in front of her. He looked at her leisurely and said slowly,

"Eight Gates Released Formation."

"The Seventh Gate, Gate of Shock, open!"

"If you can withstand a single punch from me, I'll also consider it your win."

Blue steam erupted into the sky with a mighty roar.

Black Lotus instantly felt her hair stand on end. An immense sense of crisis enveloped her heart, as if the moment this person before her moved, she would die!

A battle living next door to death!

This made her even more excited. This was how she had always lived:

"First Awakening!"

Boom!

Black Lotus no longer dared to hold back. Her aura suddenly began to surge, and a faint, shimmering light emanated from her athletic physique!

"Second Awakening!"

The light on her body grew even more intense.

"Third Awakening!"

In an instant, her body became covered in strange patterns, like tattoos, spreading all over.

Even her originally neat short hair grew into waist-length long hair!

Commentator Ziyue was stunned.

"Th... Third Awakening!"

"Black Lotus has actually reached the state of a Third Awakening!"

"How much effort must she have put in, how many times must she have danced on the brink of death, to achieve such a miracle!"

Mo Shiyu was also somewhat surprised.

Contracted Spirit Awakening was not easy!

It wasn't like Contracted Spirit breakthroughs, which had clear conditions to meet.

Contracted Spirit Awakening required being on the verge of death, in a desperate situation, and the spirit itself had to possess absolute talent and potential to seize that slim chance for awakening on the edge of death!

The vast majority of Contracted Spirits, even on the brink of death, simply could not complete an awakening. What awaited them was only death and dissipation.

A First Awakening was already very rare.

Let alone a Third Awakening!

No wonder she could reach the fifteenth floor relying on a B-rank level 100 stat panel!

It seemed she had some substance.

However, this bit of substance was still far too insufficient in Xia Yuan's eyes.

Whoosh!

Black Lotus's figure turned into an afterimage, her speed reaching the extreme, transforming into dozens of clones that simultaneously attacked Xia Yuan.

Yet Xia Yuan's speed was even faster than hers!

The physical enhancement from the Eight Gates Released Formation, combined with Cang's teleportation, made his movements ghostly.

Black Lotus's clones merely pounced on an afterimage bubble he left behind.

Meanwhile, Xia Yuan easily caught up to Black Lotus's true body.

And this was without him using the Glint-Glint Fruit's abilities...

Because against Black Lotus, this speed was already enough!

On the arena.

A silver and a black streak of light intertwined and chased each other.

The spectators couldn't even see clearly; their eyes couldn't keep up with their moving speed.

"How can this be?!"

No matter how Black Lotus struggled or leaped, even as the muscles in her legs neared collapse and blood seeped out, she couldn't catch up to Xia Yuan!

Her twin blades couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes!

Xia Yuan was even quite relaxed. While dodging her slashes, he could still taunt her.

"Not fast enough yet. At this speed, you won't shake me off!"

Black Lotus never expected that even in her specialized field of speed, the opponent had managed to suppress her!

"Alright."

"It's time to end this. Stop running around."

"I'm already bored!"

Xia Yuan caught up to Black Lotus again, grinned at her, and threw a punch approaching the speed of light.

In her panic, Black Lotus crossed her twin scimitars to block!

A thunderous boom!

Golden lightning flashed once more!

Under Black Lotus's incredulous gaze, the two scimitars in her hands directly snapped.

A force as immense as a falling meteor smashed into her chest!

"Pfft!"

Black Lotus flew back like a kite with its string cut, crashing violently into the tall tower wall at the edge of the arena, creating a large hole!

The dust settled.

Black Lotus was no longer in human shape. Her body was severely injured and began to slowly dissipate.

Yet she still tried to struggle and crawl out.

"I... can still fight..."

Black Lotus's hands unconsciously reached towards Xia Yuan's blurry figure.

On the verge of disappearing, she still showed not a hint of fear. Instead, she roared with full fighting spirit.

"Xia Yuan... I remember you!"

"One day, I will break through your defense and carve a wound on your body!"

Xia Yuan smiled. He couldn't help but admire this valiant B-rank Contracted Spirit and gave her a thumbs-up. "Alright. Your name is Black Lotus, right? I'll be waiting for your challenge."

Hearing this, Black Lotus's steps faltered.

She never expected that her name, as a weakling, could be remembered by a supreme powerhouse like Xia Yuan.

She let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.

Afterwards, her body completely vanished, returning to the Contracted Spirit Space.

After a long while.

Commentator Ziyue's voice finally rang out.

"The winner is decided!"

"An unquestionable, crushing victory for God Yuan. Yet this B-rank Contracted Spirit, Black Lotus, also displayed astonishing combat power, deserving our warm applause and cheers for her!"

"Even facing an invincible Great Demon King, she still maintained a soaring fighting spirit. Truly admirable!"

"After all, among the Contracted Spirits who have fought God Yuan, most are left with fear, despair, or deep psychological scars, let alone having the desire to challenge him again!"

Viewers in the live stream also started posting comments.

"Black Lotus is a real woman! Admirable, admirable. Beaten so miserably by God Yuan, and she still didn't despair?!"

"A Third Awakening Contracted Spirit... It's hard to imagine how many life-or-death battles she's been through?!"

"Black Lotus is indeed the biggest dark horse of this Peak Tournament, a classic example of the lower rank overcoming the higher. If she had encountered other SSR spirits, she might have really had a back-and-forth fight. It's just a pity she ran into the Great Demon King..."

"A female Contracted Spirit who broke the shackles of rank. Too insane!"

"God Yuan doesn't know the slightest bit about being gentle with the fairer sex. But then again, facing such an opponent, showing no mercy is the greatest respect!"

"......"

Xia Yuan and Mo Shiyu, with their fifteen consecutive victories, continued straight through to the sixteenth floor!

At the same time.

At the Gold City ticket checkpoint, the place was in complete disarray.

The Holy Light Knight's Holy Light Armor was already shattered beyond recognition, revealing large patches of snow-white skin, her body covered in wounds.

Although in her usual daily life state, she was the petite Holy Light Loli.

In her knight state, she was a big sister with long legs and a slender waist.

The Lord of the Undead patted the dust off his pink suit, glanced at his watch, and said slowly,

"There's still time."

"Miss, I can still play with you a little longer..."