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

Switch places!

Song Gua, who was fighting in Xichuan City, finally found an opportunity to switch positions with his clone on the arena in Shangjing City.

At that moment, Tong Zhan's skill was about to hit Song Gua—no, it was about to kick Song Gua.

But then Song Gua grabbed the spear beside him, did a somersault and flipped himself up, holding the spear horizontally in front of his chest and pushing it forward.

Tong Zhan felt a sharp, tingling sensation in his toes, like his big toe, which had developed paronychia, had kicked the corner of a table.

"Holy crap!!!"

Tong Zhan didn't know what skill Song Gua used, but in any case, almost all the damage he kicked out was reflected back and he absorbed it all.

The main point is, it hurts!

Immediately afterwards, Song Gua swept his spear horizontally, the crescent-shaped blade of light traversing half of the arena, like a huge wave crashing in, directly pushing Tong Zhan off the stage.

Tong Zhan plopped down in front of the referee.

The two men stared at the bald man for three seconds, dumbfounded.

The referee blew the whistle to award a penalty.

"The winner is Song Gua! He advances to the semi-finals!"

Tong Zhan pointed to himself, his heart breaking with frustration.

"So, I have to compete with a bunch of losers for fifth place???"

Song Gua switched places, made a move, and left to continue fighting Shi Yang's security squad leader.

They came and went in a hurry, quite carefree indeed.

Yuwen Hao sat down in the stands with peace of mind.

"What's wrong with Lao Song? If he can beat Tong Zhan, why is he holding back?"

Xu Kai laughed.

"Boss Song probably felt that winning too quickly would make the other side lose face, so he deliberately dragged things out for a few rounds. What do you call that? High emotional intelligence."

……

Nishikawa City.

The Shi family dispatched a group of experts to support Shi Yang. Each of them used their unique skills and abilities, disregarding resource consumption, to rush to Shi Yang's rescue as quickly as possible.

But halfway there, they encountered a fog.

A thick fog with a diameter of ten kilometers.

"call--"

A pair of white bone wings, shrouded in a hazy mist, emerged from the fog.

The enormous skeletal dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky, parting the clouds and mist, blocking the way for the Shi family.

On the back of the dragon, Ghost Brother carried a two-meter-long cleaver and casually tossed out a scroll.

"Mythical Scroll: Duel World!"

This scroll came from Shi Yang's bodyguard.

Song Gua only needs to take advantage of the lulls in the battle to continuously switch positions and get the items into Gui Ge's hands.

The effect of this scroll is that, once activated, it defines an area. People within the area must fight and defeat the person who activated the scroll in order to leave the area.

Although Ghost Brother can join the battle instantly.

But his summoned creatures had no choice but to walk step by step.

Fortunately, Song Gua arranged for Gui Ge to bring his summoned creatures and wait on the only road between the Shi family and the square to intercept them.

Whether it's the law enforcement department, the special affairs bureau, or the public security department, their deployments are all routine procedures.

They won't use legendary treasures, legendary scrolls, or precious consumables brought out from the illusionary realm to travel.

The official supply depots aren't treasure troves that will automatically produce resources. To use valuable resources, you need to apply, and the approval process can take several days.

In such an emergency, it's impossible to take it out.

It seems that Brother Gui has brought trouble upon himself. The Shi family's vanguard has sent more than a dozen strong fighters. How can Brother Gui withstand their attack?

No.

Ghost Brother stood on the back of the skeletal dragon, raised his greatsword, and from the large cloud of mist behind him, his carefully prepared undead summons emerged.

"roar--"

The air was filled with the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves, accompanied by gusts of eerie wind.

Those enormous monsters, each over ten meters tall, twisted their indescribable bodies and grotesquely mutilated faces as they pounced on the Shi family experts.

The summoned creatures of a summoner are considered part of the summoner.

Therefore, if these experts from the Shi family want to leave the area designated by the Duel World, they must also eliminate all of Ghost Brother's summoned creatures.

"Who goes there! How dare they block our way?"

Brother Gui stood on the high place, looking majestic and imposing.

"The bandit Xifeng has come to test his skills!"

Without saying a word, the experts from the Shi family began their battle.

"Overestimating yourself!"

"Take down this westerly wind and go aid Shi Yang!"

"Tell the people behind to take a detour! Don't enter this duel world area. Those who come in later will also be affected by the scroll and won't be able to leave until the battle is over!"

Mythical Scroll: Duel World isn't strong enough to be considered a rule-based power.

However, forcibly breaking through this effect requires a great deal of cost and resources.

The Shi family members clearly did not expect that the scrolls they had prepared for Shi Yang would end up in the hands of bandits, so they were naturally unprepared.

The Shi family's experts were overwhelmed by Brother Gui's massive army of summoned creatures.

After the second job advancement, Ghost Brother's combat power did not change significantly, but the summoned matter changed drastically.

Now, all the monsters he transforms will automatically have their rank increased by one.

Minions will become enhanced, enhanced soldiers will become elites, and so on.

Furthermore, all undead summons are immune to physical damage to some extent.

To a certain extent, specifically, if physical damage is used to attack, they must be ground into dust to kill them.

Otherwise, if you cut off its head, it will pick it up and reattach it; if you cut off its hand, it will pick it up with its other hand and use it as a weapon—it's disgusting.

Only magical damage can effectively strike Ghost's summoned creatures.

"Isn't this West Wind only level 30?! How come his summoned creatures are so troublesome!"

"What the hell is this thing! I can't kill it no matter how I cut it!"

"Why do I feel like I'm running a hellish difficulty dungeon? Did I go to the wrong place?"

The Shi family's experts were completely bewildered by Brother Gui's summoned creatures and were unable to leave for the time being.

On the other side, the battle between the bandits and Shi Yang's bodyguards gradually turned unfavorable.

After the fused clone is attacked, the fusion time will be shortened rapidly.

Nearly half of the clones gradually broke free from the fusion.

When the clones merge, they are not wearing clothes.

After merging, the fused body wore a loose Taoist robe, so after the fusion was broken, both clones were inside the Taoist robe.

At this time, Song Gua will directly reclaim one of them.

In this way, no one would discover the secret that the Taoist robe actually contained two bandits; at most, they would only notice that the bandits' Taoist robe suddenly swelled up.

Once the fusion is broken, it cannot be fused again immediately.

To replenish this fighting force, the only option is to have Jiuwan come back and use the Balance Scale again to merge with the other clones.

The fused clone cannot be retrieved; Song Gua had already tried that before.

Forcibly reclaiming it is possible, but Song Gua would feel very uncomfortable, as if his body was about to disintegrate.

This is terrifying.

They decisively abandoned the idea of ​​recycling the fused entity.

To use a fusion body, it must be made on-site.

The strategic goal of Shi Yang's bodyguards was to protect Shi Yang and wait for reinforcements.

Therefore, they are not very aggressive, and their tactics are mostly defensive, or offensive defense.

Once the bandits retreated to a safe distance, they would not pursue them.

So far, apart from a few clones who wanted to experience what it felt like to self-destruct, no other clones have been killed.