The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"We've caught nine fat fish, it's time for us to leave."

After successfully capturing nine third-tier professionals, the four hosts of the Dark Artifacts gathered together to discuss their retreat.

The dark golden seal, resembling a monk, declared, "Compass! You have to send me back to Shiva City!"

The host of the dark cross, covered in tentacles, also declared, "I want to return to the North American Administrative Region!"

The Dark Pocket Watch pulled out its prosthetic limb, which it had created with dark energy, and then put it back in, adjusting its position.

"Oh, dear Compass, I've been staying in the area lately, so you don't need to see me off."

The Dark Compass gave a cold snort.

"You two have it all! Go your own way! I don't have that much soul power left to send one of you to Shiva City and the other to North America!"

The monk was furious.

"Since you teleported me here, you're responsible for sending me back!"

The tentacle monster was equally enraged.

"Go back to North America! How can you even say that!"

Just as the compass was about to argue with them, another sonic boom came from the sky.

Those who can fly that fast are undoubtedly strong.

"It's all your fault for nagging! Now it's not even easy for me to leave!"

Luo Tong could already see the figures in the sky. He made a decisive move, drawing upon all the remaining soul power to activate the Dark Compass once more.

He brought over the Beast King, which was half resurrected from the Yunshan City Research Institute!

Although this means the Beast King will have no chance to revive, at least it will give him a chance to escape unscathed in the current situation.

Otherwise, the four sacred artifacts would really have to fight desperately.

If they fight desperately, they have a high chance of escaping, but they will then fall into a long slumber before waking up again, having lost most of their memories.

The Dark Compass would never choose the latter method, because it has important plans to implement and cannot remain dormant.

"The Dark Artifact! So you were the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes!!"

The man appeared to be around sixty years old, with white hair at his temples, and was wearing a Zhongshan suit.

The moment he saw the Dark Artifact, he immediately changed into professional gear, and a magic orb weapon appeared in his hand.

Orbs are typically specialized weapons for summoning sequences.

The person who arrived was indeed part of the summoning sequence, and he had already begun the summoning process.

"Forbidden Spell: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!! Mythical Scroll: Forbidden Barrier!"

Start with a forbidden spell, then throw in a Mythic scroll.

The sky darkened on all sides, and the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling filled the air.

A headless ten-meter giant, a skeleton wearing a tattered hooded robe, a rusty armored man dragging a rusty sword, a giggling, grotesque little imp, a three-headed, rotting giant dog, a clown playing cards...

All sorts of strange and bizarre demons and monsters swarmed out from the enormous summoning gate, completely surrounding Heart Lake Square.

At the same time, after the mythical scroll was opened, it directly formed a huge iron cage-like barrier covering the shore of Heart Lake, with pale golden symbols flowing between the railings, completely sealing off this area.

The several dark artifacts, their soul power depleted, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What the hell is this game?"

"He is Deng Liduo, the chairman of the Jiangnan City Professionals Association, Lv86, Summoning Sequence, Third Job Advancement, Ghost Lord."

"Without the Demon Blade, in our current situation, we'd have to use our primordial soul power to break the barrier released by the Mythical Scroll! Compass, you fucking killed me!"

"Don't worry, I have a backup plan."

After Deng Liduo launched the Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts, he summoned one hundred high-level undead summons in one go.

However, instead of immediately ordering his summoned creatures to act, he called upon the Professionals' Guild and the city's defense forces.

"All combat forces, immediately assemble at Heart Lake! There are four Dark Artifacts here; prepare for a fight to the death! Mayor Luo Tong of Jiangnan City is the host of the Dark Artifacts; all his orders are null and void!"

Deng Li was eager to save lives, so he arrived at Heart Lake first.

More official support is still on its way.

Deng Liduo knew a lot about the Dark Artifacts. He knew that he could only buy time at most, and it would be very difficult to take them down on his own.

The eerie aura on Luo Tong's face subsided somewhat, and Luo Tong's own consciousness took control of his body.

"Hehe, Chairman Deng, how have you been?"

Deng Liduo snorted coldly.

"Mayor Luo, I never imagined that someone as high-ranking as you could be bewitched by a dark artifact!"

"Hahaha! Do you think I care about positions? Who cares about my own thoughts! I want to fight, not go into politics!"

"The Federation has its own system, and it's impossible for it to make an exception for you alone! The Federation has to manage the entire planet; how can it cater to everyone's thoughts? If everyone were like a baby, needing the Federation to take good care of them, this planet would have been destroyed long ago!"

"Enough with the nonsense! Deng Liduo, for the sake of our past classmates, I'm reminding you that the Dark Compass has already teleported the Beast King to the largest island in Heart Lake! If you insist on stopping us, then unfortunately, hundreds or even thousands of examinees will die in the Beast King's mouth!"

Deng Liduo's heart sank.

He looked towards the center of the lake.

At this moment, fog rolled in over the lake, obscuring everything.

"Oh, right, the bandit's live stream!"

Deng Liduo took out his phone, wanting to find out what was going on through the bandits' live stream.

What we saw was...

This live stream has been permanently banned for allegedly containing inappropriate content!

Creating a civilized online environment starts with each of us.

Deng Liduo: "..."

Luo Tong also took out his phone and looked at it, then started cursing.

"These incompetent people! They didn't impose restrictions when they should have, and they imposed them when they shouldn't have!"

Luo Tong tossed his phone aside and sneered.

"It's alright, you can take the gamble, but I can tell you that those bandits used some method to suppress the cloned mutant beasts, but they definitely can't suppress the Beast King!"

If you expect those level 20 or 30 bandits on the island to deal with the Beast King, just wait to see a lake full of corpses!

At that point, you might not be able to keep your official position either!

Deng Liduo was not worried about his official position.

His concern was whether he would fall into a trap and cause the four Dark Artifacts to escape.

The fact that they were able to capture four Dark Artifacts in one go gave them a tremendous advantage in the covert struggle between Blue Star and Dark Star.

Just then, Xu Jingsong arrived, riding a flying mount.

He was the director of the Special Affairs Bureau, so naturally he wore a life fluctuation detector on his face.

"Beep beep beep... Warning! Warning! High level of dark energy detected ahead!"

Xu Jingsong exclaimed in surprise.

"Such a strong reaction from this distance, could it be the Beast King?!"

From a distance, Deng Liduo asked, "Is it really the Beast King?"

Xu Jingsong nodded solemnly, "This reaction is unmistakable!"

"You deal with the Beast King; I'll handle these Dark Artifacts!"

Xu Jingsong glanced at the four dark-skinned figures below.

"Chairman Deng, be careful."

Deng Liduo laughed heartily.

"A professional in their sixties is at most middle-aged. My combat effectiveness hasn't been affected by age yet. You should go quickly; the children are in danger!"

"Okay! I saw the others arriving on my way here, in about five minutes at most!"

Just as Xu Jingsong was about to head to the island in the center of the Heart Lake, the Dark Golden Seal emitted a swastika symbol, which grew to a gigantic size and blocked his way like a barrier.

"Either let us go, or go rescue people. You only have two choices!"