"Hahaha, awesome!"
Outside the newbie village, Jiang Yuan leisurely commanded a wild boar with a monstrous physique to clear out monsters, watching his experience points skyrocket.
Taking a moment to open his character panel, Jiang Yuan checked his stats.
[Character Name]: Jiang Yuan [Character Class]: Summoner (Unspecialized) [Character Level]: 17 [HP]: 550 [MP]: 700 [Magic Attack]: 10-15 [Physical Defense]: 25 [Magic Defense]: 18 [Strength]: 7 (Affects physical attack and physical defense) [Intelligence]: 7 (Affects magic attack and magic defense) [Constitution]: 7 (Affects HP and HP recovery rate) [Spirit]: 7 (Affects MP and MP recovery rate) [Agility]: 7 (Affects physical and magic crit rate) [Toughness]: 7 (Reduces physical and magic damage taken) [Attribute Enhancement]: Fire 0 Ice 0 Light 0 Dark 0 [Attribute Resistance]: Fire 0 Ice 0 Light 0 Dark 0
"Summon Wild Boar."
After checking his own stats, Jiang Yuan silently summoned a wild boar.
"If that boar hit me with its hoof, I'd probably owe it 300 lives!"
Comparing his stats to the boar's, Jiang Yuan muttered self-deprecatingly.
"Huh?"
Staring at the massive stat gap between himself and the boar, and recalling that his super-mythic passive only worked on summoned creatures, a sudden flash of inspiration hit Jiang Yuan. A bizarre development strategy popped into his head.
Leading the boar forward, he soon arrived at a somewhat eerie valley.
"Yin Wind Valley?"
Jiang Yuan glanced at his mini-map and saw that this was the only passage connecting the newbie village to the outside world.
But getting through here wasn't easy, because lurking in this valley was an incredibly powerful boss—the Zombie King!
"I wonder where that Zombie King is. Forget it, let's level up first!"
The map didn't mark the Zombie King's exact location, so Jiang Yuan had no clue where to start looking.
So, he cheerfully summoned a thousand wild boars and began gleefully mowing down the level 15-20 monsters in Yin Wind Valley.
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating a Scarecrow Ghost, gaining 200 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating a Basic Zombie, gaining 250 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating a Wandering Soul, gaining 250 experience points!"
As his level increased, the experience needed per level grew exponentially. For instance, reaching level 18 now required about 15,000 experience points.
A few minutes later, Jiang Yuan summoned his sixth wild boar. By then, a large area around him was completely cleared of monsters, and his level was about to break through to 20!
"Giddyup, let's go!"
In Yin Wind Valley, Jiang Yuan was having a blast. He ended up plopping down on the boar's back, yelling weirdly as he directed it to charge recklessly deeper into the valley.
After just over a hundred meters, Jiang Yuan noticed three or five players behind him, all sporting the "Proud World" title above their heads, looking anxious as they hurried ahead.
"Hey, where are you guys going?"
Jiang Yuan called out to a level 20 player named "Proud World Bro Ji."
But the guy completely ignored him, head down as he ran deeper into the valley.
Watching the frantic members of the "Proud World" guild, Jiang Yuan grew curious and quietly followed them from a distance. Soon, he arrived outside a hidden cave.
Jiang Yuan examined the cave entrance, which was covered in a mess of scattered vines—easy to miss if you weren't paying attention. Based on the broken ends of the vines, they'd clearly been cut by someone.
"Frontline warriors, push forward! Healers, keep the main tank alive—yeah, that guy named Proud World Xiao Xie."
"Second squad mages and archers, find your positions and don't get too close to the boss. Go all out!"
"Fallen brothers, hurry back to the newbie village to revive and run over here!"
As Jiang Yuan reached the entrance, he heard several excited shouts from inside.
"A boss... could it be...?"
Hearing the commander's orders from the Proud World guild, Jiang Yuan quickly crept into the cave in three quick steps.
As soon as he entered, a chill wind hit him, making him shiver and nearly sneeze!
Covering his nose, Jiang Yuan hid behind a rock, muttering to himself that he'd almost been caught.
Peeking out, he saw about a few dozen players, all levels 18-20, with "Proud World" above their heads.
"So it's definitely the Proud World guild!"
Jiang Yuan thought to himself.
The Proud World guild was famous in China's gaming scene. They showed up in every major online game, even fielding dedicated teams in some pro competitions.
This time, to prepare for "Myriad Realms," the guild had pulled in elites from various games, including some pro players, all aiming to become the strongest guild on this server!
"Mages, archers, don't stop—full damage! Assassins, on my count: 3, 2, 1, go! Don't let the boss regenerate!"
Right now, dozens of Proud World players, under the unified command of vice-guild leader "Proud World Xiao Kuang," were going all out against Yin Wind Valley's top boss, the Zombie King.
When Jiang Yuan spotted the commander, his eyes lit up!
"Proud World Xiao Kuang? Tsk, what a small world. This time, I'll show you what the server's strongest summoner looks like!"
Jiang Yuan quietly eyed the Zombie King, surrounded by Proud World players, and the boss's info instantly appeared in his mind.
[Zombie King] Level: 50 HP: ??? [Note: Due to the large level gap between player and boss, detailed info cannot be obtained!]
The Zombie King's health bar had only been chipped down by a tenth, but what frustrated the Proud World crew was its terrifying regeneration. Despite their numbers slowly grinding it down, one slip-up and the boss would recover half its HP.
"Look! Another boar demon appeared!"
Just as Proud World Xiao Kuang was commanding his team to attack the Zombie King with all their might, someone suddenly pointed behind the boss and screamed in shock.
Proud World Xiao Kuang looked up and saw a massive white boar, over two meters tall and packed with muscle, had appeared behind the Zombie King. He immediately yelled, "Ignore it for now! Send a warrior to pull it away. Everyone else, keep hitting the Zombie King!"
But the moment he finished speaking, something bizarre happened!
"What the hell?! Where did all these boars come from?"
Suddenly, the not-so-large cave was flooded with tens of thousands of wild boars, each the size of a small calf. Every Proud World player, including Xiao Kuang, wore expressions of utter disbelief!
"Boom!"
Ten thousand boars charged at the Zombie King simultaneously. In no time, the boss, with its 150,000 HP, couldn't withstand the relentless assault and collapsed to the ground! A dazzling pile of loot exploded across the floor!