Master, You're Not Enough

"What did you say?"

Mo Shiyu did not quite understand.

Xia Yuan wore a ferocious grin as he assumed the opening stance for a cursed technique.

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Blue!"

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"

"Chubby Yu, what do you think would happen if these two powers collided in an infinite overlap?"

Mo Shiyu looked utterly bewildered and answered honestly, "I don't know."

Xia Yuan smiled mysteriously. "You'll know soon enough."

The moment his words fell, a power that made everyone present break out in goosebumps began to gather and erupt!

The axe-wielding female warrior bore the brunt of it. Watching Xia Yuan's opening movements, cold sweat was already pouring down her face. She had the distinct feeling that something huge was coming!

"Berserker Armor!"

The female warrior clenched her teeth and roared.

Layers of glowing armor emerged over her body, sending her defense soaring.

She did not wait around. Raising her axe, she smashed the ground apart with one stomp and charged toward Xia Yuan at lightning speed!

"Hollow Technique..."

"Purple!"

Xia Yuan's eyes gleamed like colored glass. The instant his voice fell, he snapped his fingers, his silver hair flying wildly.

The space before him twisted and warped. A small sphere of purple energy burst from his fingertips and blasted toward the female warrior!!

The purple radiance flared brilliantly, illuminating heaven and earth and making everyone struggle to keep their eyes open.

Mo Shiyu's face went pale as the remaining spiritual power within her was drained dry. She collapsed weakly to the ground.

Seeing this, the female warrior knew she could no longer dodge. She roared and swung her axe, striking the purple sphere with a vicious blow.

The purple light contained terrifying power, leaving her unable to move even an inch.

Her axe was pierced through instantly, without the slightest resistance.

Even the Berserker Armor on her body was smoothly pierced as though it were made of tofu.

Despair filled the female warrior's face. She could neither escape nor flee, and could only watch helplessly as the tiny purple light bored a massive hole through her abdomen!

Wherever the purple light passed, nothing could stop it!

Rumble!

The ground behind the female warrior was violently carved into a deep ravine that stretched all the way to the distant mountain, punching a hollow through it!

Rocks tumbled down without end, and the earth trembled faintly.

The female warrior's eyes were wide with disbelief.

She was a level 70 Contract Spirit, yet she had been completely powerless against a level 15 SSR?!

Was the gap really that enormous?!

"Hey, hey, aren't you supposed to be a tank? You took an axe from me without a scratch, yet you're actually a damage dealer too..."

The female warrior's body began to disperse. She forced a grin and looked at Xia Yuan as though she were looking at a monster. "So this is an SSR... Truly powerful!"

With that, she completely vanished.

Once a Contract Spirit died, it could not be revived. That was different from the Game.

Mo Shiyu crouched where she was, her small mouth slightly open in shock.

Looking at the ravine and shattered mountain behind the female warrior, she finally understood Xia Yuan's earlier words. It seemed she really would have to pay some compensation...

The students and Contract Spirits watching from afar felt their minds buzzing.

That attack had completely overturned their understanding of SSRs...

"A level 15 beating a level 79... SSRs and other Contract Spirits are practically from different dimensions..."

"Abyss God is way too outrageous! And what kind of skill was that? It was insanely cool! If I had an SSR like that, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams!"

"No wonder he could clear a two-star dungeon solo. Abyss God must be an all-rounder Contract Spirit, able to take hits and deal damage."

"Did you notice? Abyss God finally showed his face. He really is ridiculously handsome, especially those blue eyes. They're so beautiful!"

"Every day, I envy School Belle Mo's luck. How did she manage to stumble upon such an incredible bargain?"

"..."

Xia Yuan frowned slightly and pulled his blindfold back down. "The power is too weak. Without my peak strength, it really isn't enough. I need to kill monsters and level up as soon as possible."

If he were level 100, the Hollow Technique: Purple he released would not have been so weak.

Mo Shiyu's mouth twitched.

That was weak?

Xia Yuan turned around and looked at the girl sprawled on the ground. "Can you get up?"

Mo Shiyu tried, then looked at him pitifully. "No. I don't have any strength left."

The spiritual power inside her had already been completely drained.

Xia Yuan laughed mercilessly. "That's all you've got? Chubby Yu, you're not enough. You need more training!"

There was nothing more humiliating than being told she was not enough by her own Contract Spirit!

Mo Shiyu puffed out her cheeks angrily, but she could not refute him at all.

For a damage monster like Xia Yuan, the amount of spiritual power she had was indeed nowhere near enough.

She had even boasted at the beginning that he could fight however he wanted...

Only then did the academy teachers arrive at the scene with their Contract Spirits.

When they saw the exaggerated ravine and the mountain that had been pierced through, their faces were filled with confusion.

What was going on?

Had someone fired a laser cannon here or something?

"Student Mo, are you all right?"

"Where is the Contract Spirit that tried to assassinate you? We heard it was a level 70 Contract Spirit!"

The teachers surveyed the surroundings vigilantly as they questioned her.

The moment they heard something had happened here, they rushed over immediately.

After all, Mo Shiyu was House Mo's favored daughter, and she had just contracted an SSR. She was one of the academy's treasures.

Mo Shiyu struggled to raise her head. "It's already over. Xia Yuan dealt with her..."

The teachers and the high-level Contract Spirits looked at one another, then at Xia Yuan, all of them finding it hard to believe.

Wait...

A level 15 SSR had altered the academy's terrain?

After learning the truth, the academy teachers fell silent.

Xia Yuan's combat power had far exceeded their imagination...

They had seen plenty in their lives and knew a fair amount about SSRs, but they had never heard of any SSR achieving such terrifying results as Xia Yuan!

At level 15, he had instantly killed a level 70 B Rank Contract Spirit!

That was far too extreme a leap in levels...

That was a B Rank Contract Spirit of no low rank!

There were differences in strength even among SSR Contract Spirits. Support-type and control-type SSRs, for example, were relatively less outrageous in combat.

Clearly, a Contract Spirit with combat power like Xia Yuan's was an offensive SSR, an absolutely powerful character from the card pool!

The teachers could not help envying Mo Shiyu's luck.

"Student Mo, this incident was a failure on the academy's part. We allowed an outside Contract Spirit Master and Contract Spirit to sneak in."

"The principal has already instructed us to investigate this thoroughly and give House Mo an explanation!"

Afterward, the academy detained all the young Contract Spirit Masters present for an investigation, letting none of them go.

Yet they still failed to uncover the real culprit behind it.

Clearly, the other party had come prepared and had already planned an escape route.

Perhaps the culprit was even one of the academy's students.

After the matter temporarily passed.

Xia Yuan carried Mo Shiyu back to the villa to rest. She no longer had enough spiritual power to continue running dungeons that day.

However, the next day, a message arrived from House Mo in Chuanbei, telling her to return to the family estate.

Mo Shiyu knew she could not avoid it, so she had no choice but to face it.

After obtaining Xia Yuan, an SSR, she had not proactively contacted or informed House Mo because she had her concerns.

Before leaving, Mo Shiyu was still somewhat uneasy. She reached out and grabbed Xia Yuan, who was dressed casually and wearing sunglasses, then lowered her eyes and asked softly.

"Xia Yuan, if a Contract Spirit Master with much stronger spiritual power wanted to contract you, would you... agree?"

Xia Yuan sensed the weight on her mind and reached out to pinch her waist.

Mo Shiyu instinctively cried out, "Ah!" Rubbing her slender waist, she glared at him in embarrassed anger. "What are you doing?!"

Xia Yuan dropped his frivolous attitude and looked at her seriously as he made his promise.

"When I was on the verge of fading away, you were the one who pulled me back."

"No matter how strong someone else's spiritual power is, you will be my only Contract Spirit Master."

"No one else is qualified!"

Mo Shiyu was deeply moved by his words. She sniffed. "Xia Yuan..."

With both hands in his pockets and his sunglasses hanging low on his nose, Xia Yuan turned back and glanced sideways at her. "Of course, your spiritual power really isn't enough. Can't you take medicine? Bring more of the kind that restores spiritual power, in case of emergencies."

Mo Shiyu felt insulted...

For a Contract Spirit Master to rely on medicine to sustain her Contract Spirit was simply too humiliating!