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

This scene attracted passersby in the square.

People started taking out their phones.

"This bald young man is Tong Zhan, the rising star of the Tong clan this year!"

"Tong Zhan has used a challenge order again? Who is he challenging this time?"

"That other young man looks familiar... I think he's been on the news. Who is he again...?"

"Song Gua! A genius with a natural 2.0 growth potential! The record holder for speedrunning twelve basic dungeons! A ruthless individual who conquered the eighteen levels of hell in the second job advancement challenge! This year's top scorer in the district's college entrance examination! A young powerhouse who broke into the top 49 on his first appearance on the rankings!"

"At this time, he should be here to register for university. Such a top rising star must have been admitted to Zhenhua University."

"I heard that Song Gua comes from an ordinary background, has no connections, and hasn't joined any faction. He's just really good at breaking dungeon records and even made it onto the Earth Ranking. He's quite an extraordinary person!"

"Tch, how could he possibly make it onto the list at such a young age without resources? There must be someone supporting Song Gua behind him, we just don't know it."

"Will Song Gua accept Tong Zhan's challenge? They are both top-ranked experts, and although there's a huge difference in their rankings, it's hard to say who will win if they really fight!"

Lin Ruqing frowned as she looked at Tong Zhan, who was landing on the ground.

"Tong Zhan, don't you know that there are regulations in Shangjing City that prohibit professionals from sparring or fighting within the city limits?"

Tong Zhan touched his bald head and chuckled.

"It's alright. As long as Song Gua and I don't kill each other, at most we'll be detained by the law enforcement team. Someone from my family will come to bail me out, and I'll bail Song Gua out with me."

Yuwen Hao said, somewhat puzzled.

"If you really want to challenge Lao Song, you can arrange a sparring match with him in the wild. Knowing you'll get detained, why are you still challenging him? What kind of behavior is that?"

Pang Liang, who was about to leave, came back and said.

"Tong Zhan's fighting spirit is well-known in Shangjing City. He is in the same year as you, but he is the rising star of the Tong family. In the past year, he has challenged all the current students and even senior students in Shangjing City without ever being defeated."

Xu Kai was startled.

"That's impressive? Brother Song, you'd better not accept his challenge."

Song Gua glanced at him.

"Have you forgotten that I'm ranked higher than him on the ranking list? I'm too cowardly to refuse the challenge."

Pang Liang said solemnly.

"You'd better back down. Being a supernova in one of the three major clans isn't just a title. Within the clan, the best resources will be given to the supernova, such as legendary equipment, legendary pets, and leadership positions in advanced rallying cores. You might not have those."

As everyone knows, the local ranking is a comprehensive points-based ranking.

This even includes points earned from ranking on other lists.

It's common knowledge that Song Gua has topped many dungeon speedrun leaderboards.

Therefore, Lin Ruqing, Pang Liang and others felt that, in terms of actual combat strength, his ranking of 49th on the Earthly Ranking might not be comparable to Tong Zhan, who relied entirely on combat strength to reach the top of the Earthly Ranking.

To put it simply, the number 49 on the Earthly Ranking of the Song Hexagram might be inaccurate.

Even without Pang Liang's reminder, Song Gua knew that the other party must be wearing top-quality gear.

Without the support of a powerful force behind him, Tong Zhan's level wouldn't be so high.

Song Gua is only level 31 now, while Tong Zhan is already level 32.

The reason my leveling up was a bit slower was because I was incubating the Magic Eye Q for the past two months; otherwise, Song Gua could have reached level 32.

The reason Song Gua rose so quickly is because it was cheated by various means.

Normal professionals wouldn't experience this situation.

Tong Zhan, as a recent graduate, was able to reach level 32, which must be because his family took him to farm creatures in the forbidden zone.

Creatures in the restricted area start at level 60, making them extremely difficult to defeat.

When the bandits were hunting for creatures in restricted areas during summer vacation, they would always prepare their positions, lines of defense, and build defensive towers and formations before luring one over to start the battle.

Even so, there were sacrifices and a large consumption of resources.

They even enlisted the help of forces from Yunshan City to finally capture it.

"Song Gua! Have you thought this through? The waiting time for the challenge order is only three minutes. If you don't choose now, it will be assumed that you've refused the challenge, and you'll just lose 10% of your ranking points for nothing!"

Tong Zhan stood not far away and shouted.

Although his friends thought it was better not to accept the challenge, Song Gua still chose to accept it.

The red light shining on Song Gua and Tong Zhan began to spread, merging towards each other and forming a circle with a diameter of two hundred meters centered on the midpoint between the two.

Tong Zhan explained.

"Looks like you've accepted the challenge, hahaha!"

As expected of the highest-ranked expert under 25 years old on the Earth Ranking!

This ring of red light has no real function. If we want to adopt the arena battle method, this ring of red light can be used as the edge of the arena. Going out of bounds means failure!

Otherwise, you can ignore it. Do you want a ring battle or a free-for-all?

Upon seeing Tong Zhan's challenge, Song Gua immediately thought of something.

Even if the world doesn't know that Song Gua is the bandit dice, Song Gua's identity is still quite famous.

Countless young people are competitive and eager to make a name for themselves by stepping on the fame of others.

Upon arriving in Shangjing City, I will be constantly harassed by these challengers.

Simply.

Today's battle has served as a direct deterrent!

This deters potential challengers from risking their own demise by challenging themselves.

This will save me some trouble during my time in Beijing.

"Freedom of war!"

"That was great! I love free-for-all combat too! So, are you ready? Time's almost up!"

Song Gua brought out the backpack.

"Click click click..."

One by one, the pieces of equipment were put on.

While Song Gua was putting on his equipment, Tong Zhan didn't make any move; he was waiting.

Song Gua concealed all equipment information and special effects with his bewilderment, making it impossible for outsiders to tell what quality or name of the equipment he was wearing, or to view the equipment information.

*Smack!*

A reddish-brown spear appeared in Song Gua's hand.

This is a level 30 weapon that he borrowed from a warrior clone by activating his Weapon Master talent.

Originally a rare quality item, it became an epic quality item in Song Gua's hands!

Tong Zhan became curious when he saw the weapon in Song Gua's hand.

"A spear specialist? What kind of class would that be? Whatever it is, it seems you really did use that record-breaking job change token to change your original Bondage class! Hahaha! Giving up that useless class was the right thing to do!"

The onlookers became increasingly excited when they saw that the two were really going to fight.

Having seen this scene many times before, they all consciously stepped back outside the red circle.

Lin Ruqing was still a little worried. "This kind of thing happened right after we arrived in the capital. It's not a good omen."

Yuwen Hao: "It's an ominous sign."

Xu Kai: "Refusing a challenge will lower my ranking, but if I were in your shoes, I'd accept the challenge and give it a try! We'll only know if we win or lose after we fight!"