Handsome, cool, and invincible

"Spirit Tamer Barrier?!"

"Am I seeing things? Doesn't a Contract Spirit Master need over ten thousand spiritual power to learn that ability?"

"Whatever. We still can't let our guard down. Attack together, break the barrier, and finish her off!"

The three assassin Contract Spirits were all surprised that Mo Shiyu, a high school student, had over ten thousand spiritual power and had learned Spirit Tamer Barrier!

Without wasting any more words, they began attacking Mo Shiyu's barrier.

Witch chanted spells at high speed. Magic circles lit up one after another, and all kinds of shock waves slammed into the barrier.

Crimson-Gold Dragonman opened his enormous mouth and unleashed a terrifying blast of dragon breath.

Multi-Armed War Machine transformed his four arms into cannons and bombarded it relentlessly.

Visible cracks began forming in Mo Shiyu's barrier. They multiplied until it was on the verge of shattering!

Watching the barrier gradually crack, Xiao Hei paced in frantic circles. "What do we do? What do we do? My attacks are weak! I'm just a little support! Boohoo!"

Mo Shiyu felt strangely calm, a spiritual artifact already prepared in her hand to keep defending.

She couldn't die yet!

If she died, she wouldn't be able to keep growing stronger alongside Xia Yuan...

If she died, she wouldn't be able to avenge her parents either...

She had been targeted by assassins again and again.

Anger rose in Mo Shiyu's heart. Even a cornered rabbit would bite!

In her cool, enchanting voice, she immediately began cursing them out:

"You bastards!"

"Xia Yuan is my SSR! Nobody's taking him away from me!"

"If I find out who hired you to kill me, I'll kill his whole family! Aaaaaah!"

Even Xiao Hei jumped in fright, clutching both hands to the head in despair.

"We're doomed, we're doomed! Master has gone crazy!"

A familiar, cheeky laugh rang out:

"Pfft... hahaha!"

"I never knew Chubby Yu had such a fierce side. You've really opened my eyes!"

Xia Yuan descended from above and landed in front of her.

All three assassin Contract Spirits' attacks struck him. Under his Limitless Technique, they scattered to either side as though they had hit an invisible screen.

At the sight of that familiar, slender figure, Mo Shiyu's nose stung, and tears spilled uncontrollably from her eyes.

"Xia Yuan... you're finally back!" she said, her voice thick with tears.

She had only been shouting to give herself courage.

In truth, she was terrified of dying...

Xiao Hei let out a long sigh of relief, then planted both hands on the hips and declared boldly, "You're finished!"

Witch, Dragonman, and War Machine all paled in shock, unable to understand why Xia Yuan was here!

"Impossible!"

"How did you get back here? I teleported you away!"

"Witch, did your teleportation fail?!"

The three stared in disbelief. Seeing all their attacks blocked, they stopped for the moment.

Witch protested loudly:

"Impossible!"

"My teleportation magic couldn't have failed! He must have used some kind of trick!"

"But the destination was over a thousand kilometers away, several cities from here! How on earth did he get back?!"

Xia Yuan exhaled white mist, panting heavily. He turned to the tearful, aggrieved Mo Shiyu and smiled at her.

"Nice work..."

"That's my master. You held out for so long!"

Only then did Mo Shiyu notice that Xia Yuan was already gasping with exhaustion. This was the first time she had ever seen him looking tired.

Rushing all the way back must have been far from easy.

"Xia Yuan, are you okay?"

Xia Yuan waved a hand. "What could happen to me? I just accidentally crashed into a few buildings and hit a few snags while figuring out which direction you were in."

With Limitless Technique protecting him, he couldn't be injured.

The long-distance teleportation derived from the jujutsu Cursed Technique: Blue required precise coordinates.

His coordinates for the area around Chongyang City's station hadn't been very accurate, however, so he had adjusted several times along the way and pushed Blue to its limit. That was why he was a little tired.

Listening to Xia Yuan and Mo Shiyu, the three assassin Contract Spirits were bewildered.

Witch sounded incredulous:

"Crashed through a few buildings?"

"Did you actually fly back here?"

Even if he had flown, that was far too fast!

It hadn't even been two minutes!

Xia Yuan turned his murderous azure gaze on them and said slowly:

"I don't explain things to dead people."

Crimson-Gold Dragonman snorted.

"I don't know how you got back, but do you really think a level 45 like you can stop three high-level A Rank Contract Spirits?"

Mo Shiyu instinctively reached out her small hand and caught Xia Yuan's arm. "Are you going to use Domain Expansion?"

Xia Yuan glanced around. The fierce battle had kept most people from coming too close.

But some reckless rubberneckers were still standing quite near, even filming the scene with their phones.

"No. The range is hard to control."

Xia Yuan cracked his knuckles and flashed a wicked grin. "I've got plenty of anger to vent. They'll do nicely."

Multi-Armed War Machine retracted his four cannons, turning them back into iron fists. "Ranged attacks don't seem to hit him. Let's try close combat and finish this quickly. It'll be trouble if the city defense Contract Spirits arrive."

Witch said, "Remember, don't kill him. That's what the client ordered."

The moment she finished speaking, Xia Yuan teleported beside her. Grinning, he leaned toward her ear and said:

"Why do you think your client wanted you to teleport me away first?"

Witch's pupils contracted, then dilated. "Trap magic, activate! Flame Devourer!"

Xia Yuan lowered his azure eyes and saw a red magic circle lighting up beneath his feet.

A towering blaze erupted skyward, engulfing him completely.

Watching Xia Yuan vanish into the flames, Witch laughed smugly.

"Boy, I know any Contract Spirit the client wants must be high rank, but you're underestimating us A Rank Contract Spirits!"

Yet a hand with well-defined knuckles reached out of the flames, seized her by the throat, and lifted her off the ground.

Then Witch and the other two assassins witnessed an astonishing sight!

Xia Yuan stepped out of the raging fire completely unscathed. "Woman, you're the one underestimating me!"

Witch struggled violently. Magical power swirled around her, forming a ring of magic circles.

"Chantless Magic!"

"Lightfall!"

Beams of white light bombarded Xia Yuan, but they were like raindrops falling into the sea, stirring not a ripple.

Xia Yuan remained utterly unmoved. Showing her no mercy, he flung her away with a backhanded motion, then followed up with a blast of Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.

The immense repulsive force crushed Witch against a pillar at the station, folding her body like a shrimp and blasting a deep crater into it!

She spat out a huge mouthful of blood, a gaping hole torn through her abdomen.

With her fragile defenses, she couldn't possibly endure a blow like that.

Her body immediately began to dissipate!

Crimson-Gold Dragonman and Multi-Armed War Machine stood frozen at the terrifying sight!

Xia Yuan had attacked in the blink of an eye. They hadn't even had time to rescue her!

How could a level 45 possess such terrifying power?!

An A Rank, level 81 Witch hadn't been able to resist him at all. He had killed her as easily as crushing a chick?!

"It's like Witch's attacks couldn't even touch him!"

"Damn it, what kind of defensive skill does he have?"

All their earlier arrogance vanished. Looking at Witch's gruesome death, the two assassin Contract Spirits felt chilled to the bone.

They could accept defeat. They could even accept death.

But not dying without even understanding why!

The A Rank Witch was indeed powerful. She still had plenty of devastating spells she hadn't used.

Unfortunately, against Xia Yuan, she had no opportunity to deal any damage at all.

Even if she had unleashed them, they would only have looked spectacular. They still couldn't have broken through Limitless Technique's defense.

Xia Yuan turned, his cold azure gaze settling on the remaining two.

"Next."

Mo Shiyu and Xiao Hei stared, stunned.

Xia Yuan usually seemed lazy, carefree, and irreverent, but once he got serious in a fight, he was handsome, cool, and invincible!