With five seconds remaining, Wen Ding Cangsheng immediately roared, "Everyone, buff up!"
In an instant, a kaleidoscope of light surged toward Jiang Yuan. Every buff available from warriors, priests, assassins, and archers was piled onto him.
"Ding! Buff received: All skill attack power increased by 15%!"
"Ding! Buff received: Health recovery speed increased by 30%!"
"Ding! Buff received: Attack power increased by 5%!"
A series of chimes rang in Jiang Yuan's ears as massive, ferocious beasts began pouring through the gate, slowly advancing toward the Wen Ding guild players.
"Stay here and hold the line. I'll be back in a flash!"
Before the entire Wen Ding guild, Jiang Yuan showed off once more.
He glanced back at the guild members, then waved his hand grandly and strode forward to meet the tide of beasts.
"Summon Wild Boar!" "Soul Sacrifice!" "Summon Prairie Wolf!" "Summon Mang Mountain Bear!"
One skill after another burst from Jiang Yuan's hands. To the astonishment of everyone in Wen Ding, a thousand Prairie Wolves and a thousand Mang Mountain Bears materialized before their eyes.
"Holy crap! Where did all these summons come from?"
At that moment, every player in the Wen Ding guild shared the same bewildered thought. Other summoners could at most conjure five beasts, but this guy named Jiang Yuan had summoned two thousand at once!
"Howl!"
"Roar!"
Wolf howls and bear roars echoed in succession. Five-meter-long Prairie Wolves and three-meter-tall Mang Mountain Bears stood upright, unleashing their innate skills at the oncoming monsters.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
The Prairie Wolves raised their sharp claws, slashing out cross-shaped blades of cyan light. Wherever the blades passed, beasts were cleaved in two, their agonized cries cut short as they dropped dead.
"Roar!"
The Mang Mountain Bears, standing upright like humans, pounded their chests in fury, then opened their massive jaws to emit sound waves. The invisible waves swept over the beasts before Jiang Yuan, killing every monster in a rectangular area instantly.
"Ding! Your sect has defeated the first wave of beasts. Experience gained!"
In just a few seconds, the first wave of several dozen beasts was annihilated by Jiang Yuan's thousands of summons with overwhelming force.
Every player in the Wen Ding guild heard the system chime and instinctively checked their experience bars. They found they had each received nearly 20,000 experience points. Some guild members below level 30 even leveled up directly!
"Jiang Yuan, you're a legend!"
"Go, big shot!"
The lower-level players who had joined the game late cheered in the guild chat, spurring Jiang Yuan on after sharing in the massive experience haul.
Soon, the second wave of beasts lumbered through the stone gate with heavy steps.
"Ding! Your sect has defeated the second wave of beasts. Experience gained!"
Another chime rang out, and the Wen Ding guild players each received nearly 40,000 experience points. The stone chamber erupted in cheers.
After defeating two waves, the Prairie Wolves and Mang Mountain Bears Jiang Yuan had summoned began to fade away as their one-minute duration expired.
"Does a summoner have a limit on how many beasts they can call?"
As the third wave approached, Jiang Yuan pondered this question.
"Let me try the Wild Boar first."
Thanks to the epic skill book from Wen Ding Cangsheng, Jiang Yuan's skill cooldowns were incredibly fast. Before the first two thousand summons had even vanished, his two summoning skills were ready again, their icons glowing in his skill bar.
Soon, the howls and roars of wolves and bears reached the ears of the Wen Ding guild players. Jiang Yuan now had three to four thousand Prairie Wolves and Mang Mountain Bears around him.
"Summon Prairie Wolf!"
As Jiang Yuan attempted to use the Nine Spirit Summoner's skill, the system chimed in his ear.
"Ding! Your summon count has reached the maximum. You cannot summon more creatures!"
It seemed the limit was over ten thousand summons.
[Summon: Prairie Wolf] Level: 60 Health: 120,000 Defense: 5,000 Attack: 3,000
"Whoa! Look at that—Jiang Yuan's summoned beast has insane attack power!"
A bored guild member happened to check the stats of a nearby Prairie Wolf and found its attack power was a terrifying 3,000, higher than his own. He let out a shocked yell.
"Holy crap!"
"That's insane!"
"No way! It's true!"
A stir rippled through the crowd as many Wen Ding members moved closer to inspect Jiang Yuan's summons.
"The third wave is here! Fall back!"
Jiang Yuan shouted, stopping the curious guild members. At the same time, the third wave of beasts surged through the gate toward him.
"Thud!"
A level 40 archer from Wen Ding, too slow to retreat, was caught by a nearby beast. A claw slammed into his skull, dealing -8,953 damage. He dropped dead on the spot.
"The beasts hit too hard! Get back now!"
Seeing the damage number above the archer's head, Wen Ding Cangsheng roared in the team chat.
The other members, having witnessed the beasts' terror, scrambled to retreat, terrified of being caught and killed in the monster horde.
The sect dungeon rules stated that if a player died more than twenty times, they would be forcibly ejected. None of the Wen Ding players wanted to miss out on such generous experience rewards, so they fled like rabbits.
"Howl!"
"Roar!"
The tide of beasts was now outnumbered by Jiang Yuan's tens of thousands of summons.
In less than a minute, the third wave was completely wiped out, and the Wen Ding players each gained another 60,000 experience points.
After a two-minute lull, the fourth wave arrived. Jiang Yuan repeated his tactic, summoning Prairie Wolves and Mang Mountain Bears in a 3:2 ratio.
But after his summons repelled the fourth wave, a full five minutes passed with no sign of the fifth.
"Could it be that you killed them too fast, and the fifth wave hasn't spawned yet?"
Wen Ding Cangsheng asked, puzzled, in the team chat.
"Who knows? Let's wait and see."
Just as Jiang Yuan replied, a massive, mountain-like figure slowly came into view of all the Wen Ding guild players.