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

It's that familiar alleyway entrance again.

It's that familiar stomachache again.

Once again, Yuwen Hao entered the alley alone.

However, this time there was an extra Xu Kai, who was even more drunk than Yuwen Hao.

After Yuwen Hao entered the alley, Song Gua and Xu Kai waited for him at the alley entrance.

As they waited, Song Gua began counting, "One, two..."

Xu Kaizui's legs were weak, and he leaned against the wall, asking, "Brother Lao, what are you counting?"

"three."

Yuwen Hao screamed, "Ah!!!"

Song Gua pointed inside and said, "I'm counting this."

Xu Kai laughed. "Hey! How did you know he didn't bring toilet paper?"

Speechless at the drunkard, Song Gua put his hands in his pockets, walked into the alley, and complained, "This second-rate author has no other way to advance the plot, he does it like this every time."

As Song Gua walked deeper into the alley, he found Yuwen Hao holding a broken water pipe, pulling up his pants as he swung it at a man with a missing arm.

"Don't come any closer! My brother's right outside! One roar from him and the entire monster army will retreat! You think you're up to the task, kid? Do you have the strength?"

The man with the missing arm huddled in the corner, wrapped in some tattered rags, disheveled and filthy, looking extremely slovenly and wretched.

He said in an almost world-weary tone, "I just want to remind you not to urinate or defecate here. I need to sleep here."

Song Gua walked over and pressed the water pipe in Yuwen Hao's hand.

"Put your pants back on. He's obviously a homeless man. He lives here, so don't mess with him... A homeless man from class 49?"

Song Gua casually opened the information detection function and found that the other party had hidden personal information, but the level that was exposed was clearly Lv49.

This rank is considered quite high in Yunshan City; it's enough to be a cadre within a powerful local organization.

How did you get into such a mess?

The homeless man gave a bitter laugh.

"No matter how high my level is, without my right arm, what use am I, a warrior-level professional?"

Song Gua said in a very serious tone.

"You can practice left-handed swordsmanship."

The homeless man stretched out his left hand, if that hand, which only had a little finger left, could still be called a hand.

"Um... I wonder if your skill can be activated by holding the sword hilt in your mouth?"

The homeless man silently shook his head.

This is also the tragedy of professionals.

Both the data side and the biological side exist within oneself.

When the body is damaged, it may cause the data side to malfunction.

As warriors, many of the vagrant's skills involve wielding swords and knives to slash and charge into battle.

Without hands, he couldn't wield swords, and all his skills were rendered useless.

No matter how high his level is, if he's a professional who can't use skills, isn't he just a mascot?

As a combat-oriented professional, he probably doesn't have any other skills to make a living. In this world, you can't survive without money, which is why he ended up like this.

"Your wound looks fresh? Yunshan City has been quite peaceful lately, hasn't it? The major powers are all getting along well, and the smaller guilds below them are thriving. There haven't been any violent or bloody incidents, have there?"

Yunshan City is certainly peaceful.

The bandits, like gods, were suppressing the people above, while those below either worked for them or lived their own quiet lives, looking down on them.

The homeless man had probably not interacted with anyone for some time, and seeing that Song Gua was willing to chat with him, he was happy to respond.

"These injuries of mine were not in Yunshan City, but in Xichuan."

"Xichuan? That's a top-tier city. What reason did you give for getting the permit?"

"Apply to the local authorities, participate in the joint capture, and once approved, you will receive a one-way pass. The requirements are not high; you only need to reach the second job advancement level."

"Assist in arrest? Arrest what?"

"A ruthless person has emerged in Xichuan City. He has been nicknamed the 'Xichuan Madman' in the industry. I heard that he has already slaughtered several local families."

Local law enforcement has been pursuing him.

Unfortunately, this madman from Xichuan possesses a strange ability to become invisible. Once he becomes invisible, no anti-invisibility method can find him, which means that even if the law enforcement team from Xichuan dispatches a third-level master, they will still be unable to capture him.

Therefore, the Xichuan government issued a warrant for their arrest, hoping to discover special attack professions from the public that could counter stealth abilities.

Does it have anti-stealth capabilities?

Song Gua remembered that Monkey King had a natural, professionally unique skill of excellent quality called Fiery Eyes, which was a typical anti-stealth skill.

Maybe it will work?

"Is there a reward for capturing this madman from Nishikawa?"

"A set of level 60 epic equipment, enhanced to +10, consisting of a weapon, four pieces of armor, and four pieces of accessories, with the set effect being 'Freedom'."

The "逍遥" (Xiaoyao) attribute means that, in the higher-level sequence, level 30 can wear level 60 equipment!

Song Gua is somewhat tempted.

However, what I'm even more excited about is...

Nishikawa!

The Soul Cultivation Continent Illusionary Realm corresponding to the third Illusionary Realm Divine Stele in my hand is located within Xichuan!

Just a few days ago, this illusionary realm was already in operation.

Song Gua was still thinking about how to send a clone over to enter the Soul Cultivation Illusion to obtain Soul Refining Water and complete the working loop of the Dark Sacred Artifact.

Well, here comes the opportunity.

Song Gua took a stack of federal dollars from his backpack and placed it in front of the homeless man.

The homeless man was somewhat surprised.

"What are you doing...?"

Consider this your payment for telling me this information.

"You want to participate in the capture of the Madman Xichuan? I advise you not to covet this carefree outfit. You should cherish your own life, otherwise you'll end up like me, which would be a great loss."

"Is Nishikawa the Madman really that powerful?"

"He's a third-tier professional, and the skills he uses now are all very strange."

"Can you tell me how it's so weird? Normally, a skill as overpowered as invisibility should be able to be broken by the anti-invisibility treasure in the treasure chest. Otherwise, the assassin class would be too overpowered, and the game's balance would be completely lost."

The homeless man silently tucked the money into his arms.

"I didn't actually have much contact with him, only once."

At the time, we were a group of people following a local law enforcement team.

After six or seven people died, and they finally managed to surround the Madman of Xichuan, he suddenly disappeared.

At the time, some of us used secret treasures, some used legendary anti-stealth equipment skills, and some used professional skills and talents, but we still couldn't find him.

Nishikawa Kuangmo broke through the encirclement after disappearing into the shadows, and that's when I got injured.

I was lucky; the guys next to me all died on the spot.

There's something strange about this: when I was injured, I didn't seem to see any damage numbers pop up on my character.

My health bar dropped, but I feel it's because I was injured, so the health bar dropped accordingly, not because I suffered damage from the data system.

Song Gua frowned slightly.

"No damage numbers?"

"Yeah...sigh, a third-tier job advancement, with ridiculously high agility. In that split second, I wasn't really sure either."

This is very important information.

This suggests that the abilities used by Nishikawa Madman may not be those of a professional!

Is it a Dark Artifact?