"Congratulations, warrior. You have successfully changed to a hidden class. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Yan Ruoxue slowly withdrew her hand from Jiang Yuan's head and spoke to him softly.
"Thank you for helping me change classes. I don't need anything else."
Jiang Yuan gave a slight bow to Yan Ruoxue to express his gratitude, then turned and left.
Before leaving, Jiang Yuan sent a message to Wen Ding Cang Sheng, arranging to meet at the sect management envoy in Jinyang City.
Along the way, Jiang Yuan began studying his new hidden class. First, from the attribute panel, the Nine Spirits Summoner had high attribute enhancement bonuses, and the coefficient for converting intelligence into attack power had increased from the previous 1:10 to 1:20—effectively doubling it!
Second, this class came with two skill trees. The first was called "Five Spirit Beasts," ranked by level from low to high: Cangyuan Wolf (Level 30), Mangshan Bear (Level 45), Shahe Turtle (Level 60), Leize Bull (Level 75), and Longxu Tiger (Level 90).
The second page was more imposing, called "Four Sacred Beasts," including Xuanwu (Level 105), Baihu (Level 120), Zhuque (Level 135), and Qinglong (Level 150).
After reading the skill descriptions on the skill trees, Jiang Yuan finally understood why his hidden class was called "Nine Spirits"—five spirit beasts plus four sacred beasts made exactly nine powerful spirit beasts!
At his current level, Jiang Yuan could already learn the Level 30 and Level 45 skills, so he turned his attention to these two and checked their descriptions.
【Nine Spirits Summon: Cangyuan Wolf】 Summons a Cangyuan Wolf with 1200 HP, 500 Defense, and 300 Attack. The Cangyuan Wolf comes with the skill "Green Light Slash," dealing damage to all enemies in a fan-shaped area in front. Costs 500 Mana, lasts 60 seconds, cooldown 80 seconds.
【Nine Spirits Summon: Mangshan Bear】 Summons a Mangshan Bear, a unique beast from the Mangshan Mountain Range, with 2000 HP, 1000 Defense, and 500 Attack. The Mangshan Bear comes with the skill "Bear Spirit Roar," dealing damage to all enemies in a rectangular area in front. Costs 800 Mana, lasts 60 seconds, cooldown 120 seconds.
"Summoned beasts with built-in area attack skills? It's like getting a pillow just when you're feeling sleepy. Awesome, haha!"
Looking at the skill descriptions for the Cangyuan Wolf and Mangshan Bear, Jiang Yuan was overjoyed and immediately activated the icons for these two skills.
"Ding! Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Summon Cangyuan Wolf!"
"Ding! Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Summon Mangshan Bear!"
Two notification sounds rang out, and Jiang Yuan happily mastered the first two of the "Five Spirit Beasts" from the Nine Spirits Summoner!
Soon, Jiang Yuan arrived at the sect management envoy in Jinyang City and spotted Wen Ding Cang Sheng waiting there.
"Hey there, Brother Cangsheng!"
Fresh from his class change, Jiang Yuan was in an exceptionally good mood and greeted Wen Ding Cang Sheng from a distance.
"Haha! Brother Jiang Yuan, I've been waiting for you! Huh? You actually changed to a hidden class!"
Wen Ding Cang Sheng noticed the changed skill icon above Jiang Yuan's head and said in surprise.
"Haha, I helped Hamster Pudding snatch a River Bandit from the Aoshi Guild, and the sect token that dropped was sold to her. As for the other loot, well, consider it my service fee!"
Jiang Yuan smiled at Wen Ding Cang Sheng and explained.
"I heard from Pudding that you even sang a song for Aoshi Longhuang. I bet he almost had a stroke at the time, right? Hahaha!"
Wen Ding Cang Sheng couldn't help but grin, delighted to see Aoshi Longhuang suffer a setback at Jiang Yuan's hands.
"Here! This is a summoner skill book our guild got from a boss fight today. I have no use for it, so consider it a thank-you for selling me the first sect token!"
With that, Wen Ding Cang Sheng initiated a trade request with Jiang Yuan.
"Whoa, a legendary skill book!"
Seeing the glowing red skill book in the trade window, Jiang Yuan's face showed shock.
After completing the trade, Jiang Yuan eagerly checked the skill book's description.
【Summoner Legendary Skill Book: Rapid Cooldown】 Increases all summoned beast skill attack power by 50% and reduces cooldown time by 50%.
"Brother Cangsheng, leave tonight's sect dungeon to me. Just watch me solo it!"
After learning the skill book from Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Jiang Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said confidently.
"With your word, I'm at ease. Twenty minutes left. I'll add you to our guild first, and we'll meet at the sect grounds!"
Reassured by Jiang Yuan's promise, Wen Ding Cang Sheng sent him a guild invitation, then vanished on the spot, teleporting into the guild grounds.
"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully joined the sect Wen Ding Tian Xia!"
The notification for joining the sect rang out, and Jiang Yuan's body was enveloped in a white light. As the progress bar filled, he too teleported into the sect grounds of the Wen Ding Tian Xia guild.
"Ding! Five minutes until the sect dungeon opens. All sect members, please gather immediately at the sect grounds!"
Just as he arrived, a system prompt sounded in Jiang Yuan's ears, reminding players still leveling on the main map to hurry back to the sect for the event.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
White lights flashed across the sect grounds' plaza. Upon receiving the system notification, Wen Ding guild members, no matter where they were on the main map, all dropped what they were doing and teleported to the sect grounds.
"Brothers level 40 and above, click me to join the first group! Brothers level 30-40, join Wen Ding Ba Huang's second group! Brothers below level 30, click Wen Ding Yang Ge to join the third group!"
With less than three minutes until the sect dungeon opened, Wen Ding Cang Sheng immediately began organizing the guild members into teams.
Soon, over two hundred Wen Ding guild members, under Wen Ding Cang Sheng's direction, orderly joined their respective teams.
A large team could hold eight squads, each with five people. Jiang Yuan was assigned by Wen Ding Cang Sheng to the first squad of the first group, which included 2 priests, 1 archer, 1 assassin, and Wen Ding Cang Sheng himself—all at Level 50!
"First squad of the first group, pay attention: once the dungeon starts, give all buffs to Jiang Yuan. Priests, keep an eye on Jiang Yuan's HP. I'll help Jiang Yuan manage aggro!"
Even after assigning the teams, Wen Ding Cang Sheng wasn't fully at ease and gave specific instructions in the squad chat channel.
"Brother Cangsheng, no need for all that trouble. Just give me the buffs and watch from the back!"
Jiang Yuan said to Wen Ding Cang Sheng with a confident smile.
Just then, a notification sounded.
"The sect dungeon is about to open. Countdown begins: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5..."
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