"Roar!" Two thousand Sand River Turtles surged forward, their bodies glowing white as their innate skill activated, firmly taunting the魔族 Grand Commander Guma. With a 20% boost, the Sand River Turtles now had increased health and defense, yet each of Guma's strikes still managed to halve a turtle's HP! If an ordinary summoner faced Guma, within ten seconds, their summoned beasts would be wiped out, leaving them as fish on a chopping block, at his mercy! But was Jiang Yuan an ordinary summoner? Clearly not! The two thousand Sand River Turtles Jiang Yuan summoned were merely to ensure the taunt's success, keeping Guma too occupied to target Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Ding Ye, and Jiang Yuan himself. The real killing move was yet to come! "Swish!" With a wave of his hand, a full eight thousand Dragon Beard Tigers appeared around the魔族 Grand Commander Guma, sealing off every possible escape route! "Damn it!" Seeing the sudden swarm of unknown summons blocking the gap he'd barely torn open, Guma grew agitated and snarled in frustration. "Smack!" Due to the open terrain, two thousand Dragon Beard Tigers simultaneously struck Guma's body with their paws, the sound perfectly synchronized. A dense cascade of damage numbers popped up above Guma's head. Each Dragon Beard Tiger boasted 24,000 attack power. After factoring in Guma's defense reduction, this single strike from two thousand tigers directly shaved off nearly 40 million of Guma's health! "Holy crap! That's insane?" Watching Guma's health bar instantly halve, Ding Ye's eyes bulged like goose eggs as he let out an exaggerated yelp. "Demon Annihilation of the Eight Wastelands!" The魔族 Grand Commander Guma finally sensed a grave threat and dared not hold back, unleashing his ultimate trump card skill! A crimson radiance rapidly spread outward from Guma, forming a massive red fan-shaped zone that engulfed Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Ding Ye, Jiang Yuan, and Hamster Pudding. "Dodge!" Seeing the boss's skill's vast coverage, Jiang Yuan quickly shouted a warning, then rolled sideways over a dozen times to escape the red fan area. Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Jiang Yuan, and Hamster Pudding, relying on their decent movement speed, managed to evade before Guma's skill landed. But Ding Ye, with inferior gear, wasn't so lucky—the edge of Guma's "Demon Annihilation of the Eight Wastelands" grazed him, and his health bar vanished instantly! "Damn! One-shot!" Turning into a corpse, Ding Ye muttered in frustration before obediently lying still on the ground. "Resurrection Art!" Seeing a teammate fall, healer Hamster Pudding immediately cast a revival spell on Ding Ye. "Haha! I'm back on my feet!" Revived with 30% health and mana, Ding Ye stood up with a laugh. "Rejuvenation!" Hamster Pudding tossed a healing spell, fully restoring Ding Ye's HP. "Whoa! That healing power—gotta be at least 36D, right?" Though Ding Ye's gear was inferior to Wen Ding Cang Sheng's, he still had a warrior's stat bonuses, totaling 35,000 HP. Seeing Hamster Pudding top him off in one go, he exclaimed exaggeratedly, then instinctively glanced at her chest. "What are you looking at! I'll kill you!" Catching Ding Ye's gaze, Hamster Pudding blushed, raised her little fist, and threatened him fiercely. "Pudding's way more than 36D—with healing that terrifying, it's gotta be basketball-sized!" Jiang Yuan, locked in a standoff with Grand Commander Guma, chimed in to tease Hamster Pudding. To make it worse, he even gestured with his hands. "You perverts! From now on, don't expect me to heal you anymore!" Hamster Pudding's face flushed even deeper as she spat at them, issuing a "no-milk" warning. "No way! I'm sorry, okay?" Jiang Yuan was fine without a healer, but Ding Ye wasn't! Without continuous healing, he couldn't survive a single hit from Guma, so he immediately put on a pitiful face and begged. "Hmph!" Ignoring Ding Ye's pleas, Hamster Pudding wrinkled her nose and snorted coldly. As they bickered, Jiang Yuan's summons' duration expired, vanishing completely, leaving Guma's surroundings suddenly empty. "Demon Annihilation of the Eight Wastelands!" Guma seized the fleeting opportunity, unleashing the massive AoE skill again, forcing Jiang Yuan and the others to scramble and dodge to the sides. This allowed Guma to tear a hole in Jiang Yuan's carefully laid encirclement. He vaulted onto his horse and bolted toward Mount Annan. "Damn! Stop him—don't let him escape!" Regaining his footing, Jiang Yuan saw Guma trying to flee. He quickly summoned a thousand Sand River Turtles to chase and re-taunt Guma, then shouted to Wen Ding Cang Sheng and the others. But Jiang Yuan underestimated Guma's speed. The pitch-black horse beneath Guma, clad in thick black armor, seemed to run with wind at its hooves. Jiang Yuan watched helplessly as Guma neared the foot of Mount Annan. "Anyone got a speed boost buff? Hit me with one!" Seeing his prey about to slip away, Jiang Yuan turned and yelled to Hamster Pudding. "Swift Step!" Hamster Pudding nodded and cast a movement speed buff on Jiang Yuan. "I've got one too!" Wen Ding Cang Sheng added, then bestowed a buff called "Wind-Chasing Charm" on Jiang Yuan. "Giddyup!" With both speed boosts active, Jiang Yuan summoned a Dragon Beard Tiger, mounted it, and shouted. The tiger sprinted like a meteor, shooting off into the distance! Under the watchful eyes of Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Hamster Pudding, and Ding Ye, Jiang Yuan, boosted by two buffs, overtook Guma just before he reached the mountain's base, blocking his path! "Trying to run? Not so easy!" Catching up to the魔族 Grand Commander, Jiang Yuan summoned a thousand Sand River Turtles and five thousand Dragon Beard Tigers, sealing off all routes around the mountain's base. He sneered at Guma. "Human, spare my life, and I swear I'll never invade Anyang Town again!" In this assault, the魔族 had lost all two thousand of their troops to this human! Having witnessed Jiang Yuan's terrifying strength, Grand Commander Guma knew he was outmatched and spoke in a low, gravelly voice. "Those who trespass against China, though far, shall be punished!" With a single sentence, Jiang Yuan crushed Guma's last hope of escape! "I'll give you endless gold and treasures—name your price, no limit!" Guma resorted to the same tactic Jiang Yuan had seen from the Shadow Demon in Shadowmoon Valley, trying to buy his way out. But faced with Guma's bribe, Jiang Yuan resolutely shook his head! Though Jiang Yuan had a bit of greed, he knew where to draw the line on matters of principle! In the Shadowmoon Valley main quest, the Shadow Demon was just a wild monster. Though it caused trouble for Shadowmoon Village, it posed little threat to the human world of China. So Jiang Yuan accepted its "tribute" and let it go. But this魔族 Grand Commander was a different story! Jiang Yuan knew that if he let Guma go today, while Anyang Town might be safe, other parts of the greater Chinese world could fall under魔族 attack. So Guma's fate was sealed! "Rumble!" Just then, Guma heard the earth tremble behind him. Turning, he saw hundreds of human soldiers racing toward them at full speed. It was the returning Proud World Guild, making their third trip back and forth! "Hurry! The boss isn't dead yet! We still have a chance!" Leading the charge, Proud World Dragon Emperor spotted the black-armored Grand Commander Guma on his horse and excitedly called back to his guild members. "You forced me! You forced me!" Unaware that Proud World Dragon Emperor and his crew weren't allied with Jiang Yuan, Guma realized escape was impossible and suddenly roared in frenzy! "Even if I die, I'm taking you all with me!" The魔族 Grand Commander's expression turned manic. To Jiang Yuan's shock, Guma's body began swelling rapidly, like a balloon! "Haha! Finally made it—" "Boom!" Proud World Dragon Emperor, leading his three squads for the third time, finally reached Guma. Before he could finish his sentence, a deafening explosion erupted! A blast wave, centered on Guma and covering dozens of meters, swept through Jiang Yuan and everyone from Proud World in an instant! The mighty commander of a thousand魔族 troops, Grand Commander Guma, had chosen the most brutal end—self-destruction! Poor Proud World Dragon Emperor and his guild members, who'd just arrived, were instantly killed again by Guma's explosion! After dozens of seconds, the dust from the blast settled. Proud World Dragon Emperor, now a corpse for who-knows-how-many times, suddenly spotted a figure standing in the explosion's epicenter! "Damn! How is Jiang Yuan still alive?" Recognizing the figure, Proud World Dragon Emperor let out an incredulous mental shout! Guma's self-destruction dealt over a hundred thousand damage to everyone in Proud World. Lying on the ground, Proud World Dragon Emperor couldn't fathom how Jiang Yuan had survived such a terrifying attack! "Phew!" Jiang Yuan's form gradually solidified. At the moment of the explosion, he'd used the last bottle of "Divine Protection" in his inventory, entering an untargetable stealth state to dodge Guma's final blow! At the spot where Guma had self-destructed, countless beams of light appeared within a two-meter radius! "Ding! Congratulations on defeating the魔族 Grand Commander Guma. You have gained 100 million experience points!" As the system notification chimed, it officially marked the fall of the highest commander of the魔族 assault on Anyang Town—Grand Commander Guma!