The encounter between two SSRs came to an end with Xia Yuan's crushing victory.
Nearly sixty or seventy million people—viewers in the livestreams of major news outlets and spectators at Golden City alike—witnessed this battle!
Every one of them was stunned by the strength of Xia Yuan, this new-generation SSR!
Trending topics about Xia Yuan's battle with the Lava Forgemaster had already taken over the rankings, and their popularity was still soaring.
As a result, the audience in Xia Yuan's livestream surged once more, nearly reaching a hundred million.
His popularity was no less than that of Alucas, the previous champion.
Having taken down a veteran SSR, Xia Yuan immediately checked the progress of his system reward bar.
The moment he looked, he broke into a delighted grin.
As expected of an old-timer SSR Contract Spirit!
The system reward bar had jumped straight from 75% to 80%!
A full 5% increase in progress!
Xia Yuan could barely wait to continue climbing the tower. He wanted to hunt down more powerful SSRs to raise the progress bar.
The template for his second combat-power ceiling was already beckoning to him!
"Chubby Yu, are you still not getting up?"
"Time is tight. Let's keep climbing!"
With a smile, Xia Yuan crouched down and extended a hand toward Mo Shiyu, who was still dazed.
Mo Shiyu blankly reached out, using his hand to pull herself to her feet.
But the next second, Xia Yuan slipped back into his usual annoying ways and let go. "Oops, my hand slipped..."
Splat!
Unable to steady herself, Mo Shiyu landed right back on the ground on her butt, grimacing in pain. "Xia Yuan!"
Xia Yuan laughed loudly. "Hahaha! Who told you to keep spacing out? See? You fell!"
Mo Shiyu stood up while clutching her pert backside, her