"Black Tortoise Secret Art: Flooding the Eight Wastelands!"
As Jiang Yuan silently finished his incantation, the massive sacred beast Black Tortoise in the arena finally stirred!
The thick limbs of the enormous black tortoise stomped heavily on the ground, cracking the earth as a surge of water erupted, rapidly converging into waves that rushed toward the enemy mage.
At the same time, the giant tortoise and the green serpent opened their mouths, spewing jets of water several meters thick.
In just one second, the health bar above the enemy mage's head vanished instantly, and his figure gradually faded from Jiang Yuan's sight!
"How boring! Can't even hold on that long?"
As the system notification chimed, Jiang Yuan pouted, looking displeased, and was teleported out.
Leaving the arena dimension, Jiang Yuan checked his rank. He was currently at ten segments with most of the experience bar filled—likely just one or two more matches would push him to nine segments!
He entered matchmaking again. This time, it took nearly 28 seconds before the system successfully paired him with an opponent.
The map this round was set in the Southern Arena dimension. When Jiang Yuan saw his opponent for this round, a look of pleasant surprise suddenly lit up his face!
An eight-segment Summoner!
"I actually matched with the same class!"
Jiang Yuan never expected that someone else, besides unlucky him, had drawn such a trash class as Summoner! Not only that, but he'd run into them in the arena!
As if discovering a new continent, Jiang Yuan immediately created distance, only to see the opposing Summoner doing the exact same thing!
If there were spectators, they'd notice the two moving in perfect sync, as if they'd planned it all along!
"Summon Dark Knight Sam!"
"Summon Dragon Beard Tiger!"
After both retreated, they simultaneously raised their hands and cast a summoning skill!
"Pfft!"
Seeing the opponent mirror his actions almost perfectly, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Soul Sacrifice!"
Raising his hand, he sacrificed the summoned Dragon Beard Tiger, calmly waiting for the opponent's next move.
"Summon Flame Witch Delores!"
"Summon Elf King Douglas!"
"Summon Skeleton Knight Daniel!"
"Summon Frost Witch Angelia!"
The opposing Summoner churned out summons in rapid succession, and five distinct humanoid creatures appeared around him.
Jiang Yuan, feeling playful, mimicked the opponent and summoned five beasts of his own.
With a few flashes of white light, a Wild Boar, a Prairie Wolf, a Thunder Marsh Ox, a Mang Mountain Bear, and a Dragon Beard Tiger materialized beside Jiang Yuan.
"Go!"
"Charge!"
Both Summoners in the arena waved their hands simultaneously, like generals commanding their troops, sending their minions charging at the enemy!
"Roar!"
"Howl!"
For a moment, the arena echoed with various cries as ten different types of summons collided!
Jiang Yuan's Wild Boar faced the Dark Knight, the Prairie Wolf took on the Flame Witch, the Thunder Marsh Ox clashed with the Skeleton Knight, the Mang Mountain Bear tangled with the Frost Witch, and the mightiest Dragon Beard Tiger went up against the opponent's strongest summon—Elf King Douglas!
The ten summons brawled together in a spectacular scene!
The Wild Boar bristled with spikes, its sharp tusks thrusting at the Dark Knight clad in metal armor. The Dark Knight raised its shield to block the tusks, then swung a broadsword in its other hand, slamming it down hard on the boar!
As the first summoner skill Jiang Yuan learned at level 10, the poor Wild Boar couldn't withstand many hits before letting out a pained cry and slowly dissipating into nothing.
The opponent's Dark Knight quickly disposed of Jiang Yuan's Wild Boar and turned to help the Flame Witch against the Prairie Wolf.
The Flame Witch and Prairie Wolf stood about seven or eight meters apart, trading skills. The Flame Witch waved her staff, sending basketball-sized fireballs flying at the Prairie Wolf, but they were shattered mid-flight by the cyan cross-shaped blade light the wolf emitted.
The clash between the Thunder Marsh Ox and the opponent's Skeleton Knight was a bit of an eyesore. Thanks to the ox's taunt skill, the skeletal warhorse beneath the medieval knight in bone armor reared up and actually mounted the ox's back. The Skeleton Knight's spear kept poking at the ox, and from Jiang Yuan's perspective, it looked like he'd stumbled into a different scene—a springtime animal documentary!
The most thrilling duel was between Jiang Yuan's Dragon Beard Tiger and the opponent's Elf King Douglas, a close-quarters brawl with every punch landing!
"Roar!"
The Dragon Beard Tiger leaped high, its tiger claw slamming into the Elf King's back and sending him flying. But the next second, the Elf King suddenly teleported, appearing at the tiger's side, and with an upward slash of his longsword, launched the tiger into the air, then brought the blade down with a heavy chop!
About a minute later, Jiang Yuan's and the opponent's summons expired and dissipated, leaving only the two facing each other across the arena.
The first round ended in a draw, but judging by the surviving summons, Jiang Yuan had a slight edge—the opponent had only killed one of his beasts, while he had taken out three.
Jiang Yuan crooked his finger at the opposing Summoner, as if to say, "Bring out your best moves!"
The opponent clearly understood the gesture's meaning, his expression turning serious. He took a deep breath, formed a strange hand seal, and muttered an incantation.
"Summon Minotaur King Kuruta!"
A mountain-like figure appeared before the opposing Summoner—a five-to-six-meter-tall bull-headed monster, its muscles bulging, clad in metal armor, wielding a massive axe, and glaring menacingly at Jiang Yuan!
"Roar!"
The Minotaur bellowed at the sky, slamming its axe down in front of it. Several bolts of lightning fanned out in a line, speeding toward Jiang Yuan!
"Smack!"
"Zzzt!"
Despite Jiang Yuan's desperate dodging, one bolt struck him. A crackling sound ran through his body, and an electric shock sensation made him convulse uncontrollably, looking from a distance like a zombie writhing wildly!
"Damn!"
Caught off guard by the opponent's move, Jiang Yuan got fired up and decided to unleash something the opponent had never seen before!
"Summon Dragon Beard Tiger!"
At this point, some readers might think Jiang Yuan was about to summon the mighty Black Tortoise again, but they'd be wrong!
What Jiang Yuan summoned this time was a full ten thousand Dragon Beard Tigers!