"Damn! They really cleaned me out completely!"
Opening the skill interface and seeing the empty skill bar, Jiang Yuan felt like crying but had no tears left.
The super-mythical passive skill [Crazy Summoned Beast] was gone, along with all the powerful auxiliary skills like [Summoned Beast Frenzy], [Summoned Beast Enhancement], and [Summoned Beast Evolution]. However, a new exclusive talent skill for the hidden Spirit Master class had appeared: [Spirit Contract].
[Spirit Contract] When an enemy's health drops below 10%, you can sign this contract with them. Once it takes effect, the enemy will permanently become the Spirit Master's spirit servant, never to betray you for life.
"As long as the enemy's health is below 10%, I can sign the contract? Even NPCs in the Celestial Realm? If that's the case, signing a contract with the Jade Emperor would let me walk all over the Celestial Realm, wouldn't it?"
Jiang Yuan stared at the description of this talent skill, his mind wandering into wild fantasies. But that's all it was—fantasy. There was no way he could ever reduce the Jade Emperor's health to 10%.
After checking out [Spirit Contract], Jiang Yuan shifted his gaze to the Spirit Master skill interface. It was completely empty, but there were six categories: Demon, Devil, Immortal, Buddha, Ghost, and God.
"Holy crap! I can even summon gods? That's insane!"
Looking at these six categories, Jiang Yuan's excitement was off the charts.
"Right, didn't I buy a Spirit Master skill book? Let me learn it and see what it does!"
Remembering the exclusive skill book he'd snagged at the trading hall earlier, Jiang Yuan quickly opened his backpack, found it, and clicked the learn button.
[Ding! Learned Spirit Master Secret Art: Six Jia and Six Ding!]
A prompt sounded, and Jiang Yuan immediately saw that under the "Immortal" category in the Spirit Master skill interface, a new skill icon marked with the character "Six" had appeared, accompanied by a chant.
"Six Ding guard my spirit, Six Jia protect my form, swiftly as the decree! Six Jia and Six Ding, appear!"
Reciting the chant, twelve golden-armored divine generals of various forms materialized beside Jiang Yuan.
"General Jiazi, Wang Wenqing, pays respects to master!" "General Jiayin, Ming Wenzhang, pays respects to master!" "General Jiachen, Meng Feiqing, pays respects to master!" "General Jiashen, Hu Wenchang, pays respects to master!" "General Jiawu, Wei Yuqing, pays respects to master!" "General Jiaxu, Zhan Zijiang, pays respects to master!" "General Dingchou, Zhao Ziren, pays respects to master!" "General Dingmao, Sima Qing, pays respects to master!" "General Dingsi, Cui Shiqing, pays respects to master!" "General Dingwei, Shi Shutong, pays respects to master!" "General Dingyou, Zang Wengong, pays respects to master!" "General Dinghai, Zhang Wentong, pays respects to master!"
Twelve voices rang out in Jiang Yuan's ears as the Six Jia and Six Ding divine generals announced their names, bowing in unison to him.
"Generals, rise quickly! Hahaha!"
Looking at the twelve lifelike divine generals before him, Jiang Yuan couldn't stop grinning, silently congratulating himself on the wise decision to switch to the hidden Spirit Master class.
Each of these twelve generals had over a hundred million health, far surpassing the Four Sacred Beasts.
Moreover, the generals Jiang Yuan summoned had no time limit—they would persist as long as he didn't dismiss them.
"Follow me!"
Jiang Yuan waved at the Six Jia and Six Ding generals and strutted toward his residence in the living area.
Along the way, countless players from the Eternal Hall guild cast envious glances at the twelve golden-armored generals trailing behind Jiang Yuan.
"This feeling of being the center of attention is amazing!"
Jiang Yuan deliberately slowed his pace, showing off in front of the Eternal Hall players.
"Oh! Master, you've become a Spirit Master! Meow!"
Back at his residence, when Beiluo Shimen saw the Six Jia and Six Ding generals behind Jiang Yuan, her eyes lit up, and she looked at him happily.
"What do you think, Beiluo? Pretty cool, right?"
Jiang Yuan glanced back at the generals and said smugly to Beiluo Shimen.
"Master, quick, sign a Spirit Contract with me!"
Beiluo Shimen hopped around excitedly and called out to Jiang Yuan.
"I can't, Beiluo. The Spirit Contract only works when your health drops below 10%!"
Jiang Yuan replied, not about to beat Beiluo Shimen himself.
"Master, you're so silly! The Spirit Contract can be initiated voluntarily!"
Beiluo Shimen rolled her eyes at Jiang Yuan, meowing softly, then a golden light shot from her body straight to Jiang Yuan's forehead.
[Ding! The spirit beast Ethereal Cloud Shadow Cat requests to sign a Spirit Contract with you. Accept?]
Sure enough, when Beiluo Shimen made the request, Jiang Yuan heard the prompt and quickly accepted.
Then, Beiluo Shimen turned into a white light and merged into Jiang Yuan's body. When he opened the skill interface, he saw the Ethereal Cloud Shadow Cat icon appear under the "Demon" category.
"Beiluo Shimen, manifest!"
Jiang Yuan silently commanded, and Beiluo Shimen reappeared before him.
"Now no one can separate us, haha!"
Jiang Yuan scooped up Beiluo Shimen, rubbing his face against her little head, his eyes welling up with emotion, nearly tearing up.
"Meow! Now I can fight alongside you, master! Let me show you what I've got!"
Beiluo Shimen was thrilled too, waving her little paw at Jiang Yuan before leaping from his arms. She raised a claw and tore through the void itself, appearing outside the house.
"Master, I'm amazing, huh! Hmph, this is my innate talent!"
Beiluo Shimen said to Jiang Yuan, then tore through the void again, this time appearing right above his head.
"Six Jia and Six Ding, conceal!"
Jiang Yuan chanted the spell, dismissing the generals, then reached up to grab Beiluo Shimen, gave her a few big kisses, and chanted again to recall her into his body.
"Time to test the Six Jia and Six Ding generals on Aoshi Longhuang!"
After successfully switching classes, Jiang Yuan's first thought was of his archrival, Aoshi Longhuang. He quickly left the living area, headed to the functional area, found the Flying Celestial Maiden, and teleported to Aoshi Longhuang's Huangji Sect.
Striding quickly into the Huangji Sect's mountain gate, Jiang Yuan shouted Aoshi Longhuang's name. Ever since he'd beaten Aoshi Longhuang to a pulp and posted about it on the forums, Aoshi Longhuang had become the biggest joke in the Dragon Kingdom gaming community, hating Jiang Yuan to the bone but unable to defeat him.
"Jiang Yuan, what are you doing here again!"
He didn't find Aoshi Longhuang, but he spotted his lackey, One Blade Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques. The guy immediately drew his weapon, eyeing Jiang Yuan warily.
"Six Ding guard my spirit, Six Jia protect my form, swiftly as the decree! Six Jia and Six Ding, appear!"
Reciting the chant to summon the generals, Jiang Yuan pointed at One Blade Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques and ordered the twelve divine generals, "Kill him!"
"At your command!"
The Six Jia and Six Ding generals replied in unison, then flashed in front of One Blade Breaks Ten Thousand Techniques. Each struck once with their blades, instantly killing him.