Within the sect grounds of the Dingtian Guild, Jiang Yuan was chatting cheerfully with Dingtian Cangsheng when he suddenly received a distress message from Cangshu Buding, the guild leader of Chuangshi Qingyu Guild.
"Jiang Yuan, I can't hold on much longer!"
Seeing the text in the chat box that could easily be misinterpreted, Jiang Yuan quickly replied.
"Buding, what's wrong? I just helped Dingtian Cangsheng's guild finish their sect dungeon."
"Boo hoo, save me! Our guild's sect dungeon is about to fail. Hurry up and come!"
Noticing the urgency in Cangshu Buding's tone, Jiang Yuan immediately asked Dingtian Cangsheng, "Brother Cangsheng, after joining a sect, can I leave and join another one?"
"You can, but there's a one-day cooldown. What's up? Is Buding in trouble?"
Dingtian Cangsheng quickly guessed the reason behind Cangshu Buding's message to Jiang Yuan from his question.
"Yeah, their guild's sect dungeon is about to fail. Buding is asking for my help, hoping I can assist her."
Jiang Yuan nodded.
"That's simple. I just need to form an alliance with her, and members from both our guilds can freely enter each other's sect grounds."
Dingtian Cangsheng's eyes lit up as he quickly thought of a solution.
"Great! Get on it. I'll leave the grounds first."
Jiang Yuan said to Dingtian Cangsheng, his figure gradually fading until he disappeared.
Back when they first tackled the 25-level Red Cloud Temple dungeon together, Dingtian Cangsheng and Cangshu Buding had added each other as friends. So, Dingtian Cangsheng quickly found Cangshu Buding's little hamster avatar in his friend list and sent an alliance request.
Meanwhile, inside the sect dungeon, Cangshu Buding, who was directing her guild members as they struggled to hold on, suddenly heard a notification.
"Ding! Dingtian Tianxia Sect has sent an alliance request to your sect. Do you accept?"
"Accept, accept!"
Without a second thought, Cangshu Buding quickly agreed to the alliance request from Dingtian Cangsheng.
"Ding! Successfully allied with Dingtian Tianxia Sect!"
As the notification sounded, a flash of white light appeared in the sect grounds of Chuangshi Qingyu Guild, and Jiang Yuan's figure slowly materialized.
"Buding, I've arrived at your sect grounds. How do I get into the sect dungeon?"
Earlier, in the grounds of Dingtian Tianxia Guild, Jiang Yuan had been automatically teleported into the sect dungeon as a sect member. But since the Chuangshi Qingyu Guild's sect dungeon had already started, he couldn't be teleported in midway. So, as soon as he entered the grounds, he sent a message to Cangshu Buding.
"I can use my leader privilege to pull you in. Watch for the prompt—I can only use this privilege once!"
Cangshu Buding replied almost instantly, and then Jiang Yuan heard a notification.
"Ding! The leader of Chuangshi Qingyu Sect has used their leader privilege to invite you into the sect dungeon. Do you wish to enter?"
"Enter!"
Jiang Yuan immediately agreed.
The scene before him gradually blurred, and the familiar dim stone chamber reappeared. As his vision cleared and he saw the sight before him, he couldn't help but be startled!
Inside the Chuangshi Guild's sect dungeon, dozens of corpses lay scattered haphazardly—members who had died over 20 times, forced to be teleported out upon revival!
The surviving guild members now numbered fewer than a hundred, mostly warriors. Only these tough, durable classes could withstand wave after wave of beast attacks for so long.
But the biggest reason these warriors had survived this long was Cangshu Buding, the guild leader who had switched to the hidden class of Divine Priest. With her stealth and powerful healing skills, she had single-handedly kept the thirty-plus warriors alive, even after nearly all the guild's priests had fallen.
"Boo hoo, Jiang Yuan, you're finally here!"
Having held on alone for too long and on the verge of breaking down, Cangshu Buding saw Jiang Yuan, whom she had pulled into the dungeon, and ran over excitedly, leaping into his arms and hugging him tightly!
"Uh... you and the others take a break. Leave the rest to me!"
Caught off guard by Cangshu Buding's sudden affectionate gesture, Jiang Yuan could only gently pat her back and offer a word of comfort.
"Boo hoo hoo, okay!"
Cangshu Buding wiped away her tears and obediently stood behind Jiang Yuan.
"You all take a break too. I'll handle things here."
Jiang Yuan summoned a wild boar, used "Soul Sacrifice" to offer it up, then walked to the center of the battle and spoke to the warriors struggling to hold on.
"We'll hold the aggro for you. You deal the damage."
A level 45 warrior named "Chuangshi Yongge" barely blocked a beast's claw strike before turning to Jiang Yuan and speaking with difficulty.
"No need."
Jiang Yuan said flatly, then tossed out a "Fireball," hitting the beast that Chuangshi Yongge had taunted.
-3,210,000
A damage number of over three million appeared above the beast's head. The beast attacking Chuangshi Yongge let out a pained cry and dropped dead on the spot!
"This..."
Stunned by Jiang Yuan's terrifying damage, Chuangshi Yongge felt dazed before a look of excitement broke out on his face. He signaled the other warriors to fall back!
"Summon Prairie Wolf!" "Summon Mangshan Bear!"
Jiang Yuan deftly summoned three Prairie Wolves and two Mangshan Bears, effortlessly slaughtering the dozens of beasts that had nearly wiped out the Chuangshi Guild!
"Ding! Your sect has defeated the ninth wave of beasts. Gained 100,000 experience points!"
As the familiar notification sounded, Jiang Yuan turned around to see Cangshu Buding and the remaining dozens of people glowing with level-up light. Due to the heavy losses in the Chuangshi Guild, the experience that would have been split among two hundred people was now shared by fewer than a hundred, giving each person over 600,000 experience points!
In just five or six minutes, all fifteen waves of beasts lay dead at the feet of Jiang Yuan's summoned Prairie Wolves and Mangshan Bears. Cangshu Buding and the remaining guild members shot up over a dozen levels like a rocket!
Staring at the light pillars covering several square meters on the ground, every member of Chuangshi Qingyu Guild wore a look of profound shock.
"Yuan Shen is unstoppable!" "Yuan Shen is unstoppable!"
Someone started the chant, and soon the entire sect dungeon erupted with deafening cheers!
Jiang Yuan's timely rescue saved the Chuangshi Qingyu Guild from total annihilation, and the surviving members reaped unexpectedly generous experience rewards!
"Ding! Congratulations! Your sect has successfully completed the sect dungeon in 26 minutes. Evaluation grade: SS. Rewards are being calculated!"
Thanks to Jiang Yuan's timely intervention, the Chuangshi Qingyu Guild's sect dungeon also earned two S-rank ratings, not only cutting their losses but even gaining a small profit!