After the Abyss Dungeon was successfully cleared, the Spirit Contract Master Alliance began to clean up the site.
Various official organizations and departments intervened, starting to search and rescue injured personnel and repair the city ruins.
Han Yue knew that Yukino had just contracted Axion, an SSR, and their Soul Contract was still unstable, making them susceptible to being targeted by other Spirit Masters with malicious intentions.
Therefore, she thoughtfully dispatched the Ice Soul Queen, who still had a bit of spiritual power, to drive Axion and Yukino back to the academy.
Axion had not expected that this swordsman Spirit, who looked like a medieval female knight, would be such a skilled and stylish driver.
With launch starts and various drifting turns, she drove extremely fast.
The unconscious Yukino swayed from side to side, and Axion had to hold her under his armpit to steady her.
“Miss Ice Cream, did your original world also have cars?”
The Ice Soul Queen rolled her eyes at him through the rearview mirror and calmly replied, “No, but how long do you think I’ve been in this world?
It’s been over ten years, so I’ve naturally adapted.
My hobby is racing.”
Axion slumped in the back seat.
Because Yukino had run out of spiritual power, he also felt listless.
“Speaking of which, I don’t think Han Yue has much spiritual power left either.
How did you manage to be so energetic after fighting the BOSS?”
The Ice Soul Queen snorted proudly:
“I am level 95 and can carry five inscriptions.
Since damage isn’t an issue, I brought an inscription set that replenishes my own spiritual power.”
“Even if my Spirit Master runs out of spiritual power, I can still fight on my own for a period of time using the spiritual power inscriptions.”
She glanced at Axion again, as if she had found something to outdo him, and explained with particular enthusiasm:
“You’re only level 38, so don’t even think about inscriptions.
You can only carry inscriptions after breaking through level 50.”
“You can only carry a complete set of 5 inscriptions after breaking through to level 90!”
Axion was not surprised at all after hearing that.
After all, those gacha games from his previous life all had them.
Like holy relics and artifacts…
He would have to wait to carry them until he broke through level 50.
What he lacked most right now was spiritual power.
It was a bit cruel to squeeze Fat Yu to death every time…
Axion took a moment to look at the system.
He could only say that it was indeed a max-level BOSS from the Abyss.
After this battle, the progress bar for the system reward had already reached 20%!
It had increased by a full 10% more than before!
Axion made up his mind.
As long as there was an opportunity, he would definitely join in on these monster instance disasters that broke out outside.
“What did that dragon-like girl Abyss BOSS mean by her last words?”
“And who were ‘they’ referring to?”
Axion was most curious about this.
It was clear that the monsters in this world’s instances might all have self-awareness.
They were not as simple as a bunch of data in a game.
The Ice Soul Queen chuckled twice:
“Who knows?”
“Maybe it was just trash talk before dying.”
Her tone grew much colder:
“However, ‘they’ in that guy’s mouth most likely refers to World-Class Wanted BOSSes.”
“Although I don’t want to admit it, they are indeed very powerful.”
This was the first time Axion had heard about World-Class Wanted BOSSes.
“How exactly are they powerful?
Is it possible that the entire Great Xia Spirit Contract Master Alliance can’t defeat them?”
The Ice Soul Queen continued:
“Only BOSSes who have accumulated millions of human lives and have never been successfully defeated can be world-wanted and challenged.”
“They are ranked by the number of people they’ve killed, with the highest even being ancient remnants, ultimate BOSSes who have taken over a hundred million lives!”
Axion’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat when he heard the number one hundred million.
“Ancient remnant BOSSes, they still haven’t been defeated to this day?”
The Ice Soul Queen took a deep breath.
Even as proud as she was, when talking about World-Class Wanted BOSSes, she seemed to lose her temper:
“Those guys are not only incredibly powerful, but they are also as cunning as old Spirits.
They can hide their BOSS titles and transform into ordinary human appearances, living hidden in human society.”
“There was a case before where an old security guard in a residential area, angered by an argument with a resident, transformed into a World-Class Wanted BOSS and killed all the residents in the entire building…”
Axion also felt a bit ashamed after hearing that.
He glanced at the pedestrians outside the car window.
If monster BOSSes were hidden among these ordinary people, it would truly be impossible to guard against them.
“But…
such rare BOSSes, killing them should yield a lot of experience and items, right…?”
Axion pondered, stroking his chin.
The Ice Soul Queen scoffed, “You really are stubborn, aren’t you?
They are not easy to deal with.
Even a top-tier SSR leading a max-level SR-tier raiding party might not be able to defeat them.”
Axion thought for a moment, “I understand World-Class Wanted BOSSes.
What about raid BOSSes?
What’s the difference between them?”
The Ice Soul Queen replied:
“There’s no essential difference, just a gap in strength.”
“You can think of raid BOSSes as the small fry under World-Class Wanted BOSSes.”
Screech—!
The Ice Soul Queen slammed on the brakes, stopping in front of the academy gate.
“Destination reached.”
Axion picked up the delicate Yukino and got out of the car.
As he was leaving, the Ice Soul Queen couldn’t help but ask:
“Hey, Axion, are you interested in joining my Spirit team, that is, becoming Han Yue’s Spirit?”
“Our Alliance can give the girl in your arms absolutely satisfactory compensation!”
Axion waved his hand at her and said lazily, “Even if you give her the position of Great Xia’s leader, she might not trade.”
The Ice Soul Queen couldn’t help but smile after hearing that, her icy demeanor melting, her smile as beautiful as a flower:
“You…
are truly arrogant.”
“As a Spirit who protects humanity, I am very happy that such a powerful SSR like you has appeared.”
“Axion, I hope that even if you encounter those World-Class Wanted BOSSes, you can still maintain this arrogant and invincible demeanor!”
Axion turned and walked towards the school gate, giving her a thumbs up.
“Definitely, after all, I’m the strongest.”
The Ice Soul Queen exclaimed:
“Also, my real name is Ice Soul.
Don’t call me by my favorite food.
That’s too strange.”
Axion’s teasing voice came from afar:
“Got it.”
“Miss Ice Cream.”
….
The next day.
News about the Abyss Dungeon disaster that descended upon the South Chuan District of Northern Sichuan City spread throughout all of Great Xia.
Number of affected people: 80,000.
Number of deaths: 1,029.
Although the Spirit Contract Master Alliance responded very quickly, almost simultaneously with the Abyss Dungeon outbreak, they dispatched both a raiding party and a defense team.
And they also succeeded in clearing it very quickly.
However, instances that suddenly erupt in the city center like this one simply cannot avoid casualties.
Especially since this Abyss Dungeon was extremely strong, a three-stage dragon BOSS, yet they still managed to keep the death toll around 1,000, which was already a historical low.
And the deeds of Yukino and Axion, witnessed by so many people, were naturally reported by various television stations:
“According to many Spirit Masters fighting on the front lines in the Alliance, a young Spirit Master named Yukino from Northern Sichuan Spirit Master Academy, along with her level 25 Spirit, made a huge contribution to the successful clearing of this Abyss Dungeon BOSS!”
“It is reported that this level 25 Spirit is precisely the SSR that recently emerged at Northern Sichuan Spirit Master Academy!”
“We hope that the new generation of Spirit Masters in Great Xia can learn from them, possessing the Spirit of not fearing danger and bravely moving forward…!”
“…”
After the news report.
Undoubtedly, Yukino and Axion became famous once again.
A level 25 Spirit daring to brave a level 50 monster-infested Abyss Dungeon, and even making a huge contribution to clearing a max-level three-stage BOSS.
This was absolutely explosive in the Great Xia Spirit Master community!
It was like a fantastical story being officially confirmed…
Reporters swarmed in.
Fortunately, the academy’s security was excellent, otherwise Yukino and Axion would not have had any peace.
Later, the Spirit Contract Master Alliance even dispatched a special commissioner, who personally came to Northern Sichuan Spirit Master Academy and awarded Yukino an honorary badge in front of all the teachers and students!
They also brought 10,000 Spirit stones as a reward for this Abyss Dungeon, as well as two top-grade materials dropped by the BOSS that she chose!
This honorary badge was no ordinary item; it was a bonus point for future promotion to a top-tier Spirit University!
With this item, even if one’s scores in the Spirit Master College Entrance Examination were poor, they could at least get into a first-class Spirit University.
The other students in the academy were incredibly envious.
This was the charm of an SSR!
As long as one could contract an SSR, it meant explosive combat power, showing off in front of others, and then rising steadily, with a bright future ahead!
The fate of a Spirit Master would be changed because of it!
Below the stage, Lili looked at the spotlighted Yukino, her teeth almost grinding to dust!
She regretted it so much that she wanted to die!
All of this should have been hers!
Axion should have been her SSR!
Yukino had stolen everything from her, making her the biggest joke in the academy!
Lili’s dark and venomous gaze flashed, and she muttered inwardly:
“Hmph…
Yukino, just be proud!”
“Anyway, you don’t have many happy days left!”
“What I can’t have, you won’t have either…!”