Cursed Technique: Blue

"Junior Mo! My level 60 C Rank Rock Armor Colossus can take hits and deal damage. We're guaranteed to clear a two-star dungeon if we team up!"

"Level 50 B Rank Flame Spear Knight applying for battle! I just want to witness an SSR's glory!"

"Miss Mo, I can take you through dungeons too. Among the academy's Contract Spirits, my Silver-Armored General ranks in the top twenty!"

"Need support? Level 60 D Rank support here. I can definitely help God Yuan perform even better!"

"..."

Mo Shiyu turned them down one by one with a cold expression.

She was icy toward outsiders, completely different from how she acted in private.

Xia Yuan, however, swept an interested gaze over those so-called "high-level Contract Spirits" before suddenly snickering.

"You're this weak, yet you think you can carry me through a dungeon?"

The air instantly froze.

With that one sentence, he offended every Contract Spirit Master and Contract Spirit nearby.

Several high-level Contract Spirits, in particular, glared at him with fury, their oppressive presence palpable.

A massive Giant Race warrior carrying a broadsword narrowed his eyes. "What did you say? We're weak?!"

With a boom, he slammed the thousand-jin blade from his back onto the ground, smashing out a deep crater.

The Silver-Armored General's spear hummed like a dragon's roar as he sneered. "Heh. Kid, don't think a high rank makes you invincible. What's so great about an SSR? Who knows whether it's all just an empty reputation? After all, you only transformed from an R Card!"

Facing the angry stares of those Contract Spirits, Xia Yuan lazily stretched and responded, "My bad, my bad. I forgot that telling the truth could hurt people's pride."

Veins bulged on the Contract Spirits' foreheads.

Mo Shiyu knew Xia Yuan's tongue was poisoned. If this continued, they might get mobbed...

So she hurriedly grabbed Xia Yuan and fled the scene, heading to the two-star dungeon area.

Mo Shiyu took a deep breath and asked seriously one last time.

"Xia Yuan, are you sure you can solo a two-star dungeon? The dungeon boss inside is level 40!"

Xia Yuan put both hands in his pockets and smiled.

"Of course. Chubby Yu, you need to believe in me, because I'm the strongest!"

Mo Shiyu had actually been conservative ever since childhood. She had never liked taking risks.

But today, she was willing to take a risk with her SSR!

Mostly because it was hard for her to refuse Xia Yuan's requests...

If she refused, he would immediately act like he had given up on life and refuse to listen to her at all.

Whether he was an SSR or not, no one in all of Great Xia had probably dared to solo a two-star dungeon on their first dungeon run except the two of them...

Mo Shiyu sighed, raised her little fist, and said fiercely, "Xia Yuan, if you can't handle it and get us killed in the dungeon, I'll definitely kill you!"

Xia Yuan said, "The logic in that statement is kind of messed up, don't you think?"

Xia Yuan charged ahead, pulling Mo Shiyu into a green vortex gate.

Their figures vanished as they were instantly teleported into a random two-star dungeon.

Someone had been watching their every move.

When everyone learned that Mo Shiyu had taken an SSR to solo a two-star dungeon, the entire Chuan University campus website exploded!

"Holy shit, Miss Mo took an SSR to solo a two-star dungeon? That's insane!"

"Really?!"

"So many people saw them in the dungeon zone. It's absolutely real!"

"The boss in a two-star dungeon is level 40, and even the regular monsters average around level 20. Even if he's an SSR and starts at level 10, that's still going to be rough!"

"They've gone completely mad. Even us upperclassmen need to form teams and fight carefully in two-star dungeons, but they dare to solo one on their first dungeon run? They're reckless idiots with no brains!"

"Then again, with an SSR's strength, wouldn't it be better to just farm levels steadily?"

"..."

Jiang Li, who had spent all her Spirit Stone savings and was still taking out loans on the Spirit Contract Master Official Website to buy a Contract Spirit, became furious and miserable the moment she saw the news.

"Why is Mo Shiyu messing around with my SSR?!"

"Damn it..."

But then Jiang Li thought that if they really died in the dungeon, perhaps she could accept a lot of things more easily. She began laughing neurotically again.

"Die, die! Keep courting death!"

"If I can't have it, no one else can either!"

The scene before Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan began to shift. Space twisted, and dazzling light erupted.

When they could see clearly again, they were already inside a dim underground cavern.

The glowing blue crystals around them illuminated the path ahead.

Mo Shiyu examined the terrain and touched the surrounding rock walls. "This is a cavern-type dungeon. The space is narrow and hard to evade in. There may even be traps, so we need to proceed carefully."

Xia Yuan casually praised her. "You know quite a lot?"

Mo Shiyu proudly snorted. "We Contract Spirit Masters aren't only useful for supplying spiritual power to you Contract Spirits. We can also provide information on common monsters' weaknesses and plan tactics."

The moment she finished speaking, a dense sound of crawling echoed from deeper in the cave, making their scalps tingle.

Before long, more than a dozen giant scorpion monsters charged toward them.

They were about five meters long, their bodies formed from sharply faceted spiritual-energy crystals that reflected rainbow-colored light.

They had a pair of enormous crystal pincers and a deadly stinger covered in sharp crystals!

Their names and levels appeared above their heads: [Level 23, Crystal Ore-Eating Scorpion!]

Mo Shiyu hid behind Xia Yuan. "I know these monsters. Their shells are hard and their defense is extremely high. Their weak point is where the crystal shell segments connect. Their defense is lowest there, so attack that spot!"

Xia Yuan picked at his ear, a crazed curve appearing at the corner of his mouth. "What are you babbling about? Weak points? I can't be bothered to pinpoint them. Why not just crush them all?"

It was his first real battle, and honestly, he was excited too!

"Cursed Technique Reversal!"

"Minimum output..."

Xia Yuan raised one hand and slowly rotated it. A speck of deep blue condensed and collapsed in his palm as the airflow throughout the cavern began to howl!

A powerful force of attraction erupted from his hand!

Bzzzt—!

Blue light devoured the cavern passage, surging toward the swarm of scorpion monsters under the pull of Xia Yuan's palm. "Cursed Technique: Blue!"

Crack, crack, crack...

The scorpion monsters that touched the blue light were dragged in and compressed, forcibly kneaded into a mass of bloody pulp!

Even their incredibly durable crystal shells shattered layer by layer and were ground into powder, their health bars instantly emptied!

After one move, the entire cavern fell silent once more.

More than a dozen Crystal Ore-Eating Scorpions had all turned into Spirit Stones and fallen to the ground.

Because of the limits of Mo Shiyu's spiritual power, Xia Yuan had not used a more brutal method to kill the monsters. He had to use the most efficient and least energy-consuming approach possible.

"So these are level 20-something monsters. They don't seem capable of much resistance."

Xia Yuan slipped his hand back into his pocket and continued onward, his tone relaxed.

Mo Shiyu stared blankly at the crushed Crystal Ore-Eating Scorpions. "This... is Cursed Technique: Blue...?"

Level 20-something monsters had been like paper before that blue light!

Seeing the curious look on her face, Xia Yuan explained.

"This is one of my most common attack methods. It manifests as an attractive force centered on Cursed Technique: Blue. Its maximum output can reach negative infinity. Um... how should I explain it? It's a bit like a miniature black hole?"

Mo Shiyu was immediately stunned.

The power of that move was almost on par with other Contract Spirits' ultimate attacks, yet it was only one of his ordinary attack methods?!

And its maximum output could reach negative infinity, with that miniature black hole nonsense... wasn't that way too overpowered?!

With a skill this powerful, what need was there for tactics...