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

African administrative region.

Inside a black kiln.

Shi Yang opened his heavy eyelids.

He felt a sudden ache in his back and looked down to find himself sleeping on a stone bed. No wonder he felt uncomfortable.

Looking around, all I saw were earthen walls and stone walls, like a cave.

Shi Yang tensed up.

"Damn rooster-headed guy, where did he take me? Are they going to harvest my kidney?"

In this environment, if he were to have his kidneys cut open, Shi Yang knew he was doomed.

"Guards! Is anyone there?! I'm warning you, I'm the Vice Mayor of Xichuan City, Huaxia Administrative Region. I hold a high position and wield great power! I have the backing of the Shi family and a very strong background! Send me back immediately, I'm about to become mayor!"

As soon as Shi Yang called out, footsteps sounded outside.

The curtain was pulled open.

A dozen or so muscular, shirtless black men walked in.

They gave Shi Yang a friendly smile and spoke in the local language, which Shi Yang couldn't understand.

Let me translate this for you.

"Oh, my dear, don't be afraid. Come here as if you're at home."

"Hey buddy, you're getting old, but there are still plenty of people who like you."

"Don't be nervous, you'll love it here."

Shi Yang grabbed a straw mat from the side and held it in front of his chest, sensing that something was wrong.

"What are you saying? What kind of place is this? What are you doing... what are you doing???"

The group of burly black men pounced on Shi Yang.

The scene was too beautiful to look at directly.

Welcome to the Best Bros Club!

"Ah—Yamete!!"

……

The bandit headquarters.

After returning from the Shi family warehouse, the bandits immediately held an awards ceremony on the spot.

"I'm the champion! I'm the champion! Hahaha!!"

Monkey King stood at the highest point of the awards stage, holding his golden cudgel, jumping up and down excitedly, as if he wanted to tear the roof off.

Monkey King deserves the greatest credit for this operation in Xichuan City.

Intelligence gathering, deception, and luring the enemy away were several key elements that enabled the success of this operation.

As for the runner-up and third place, Song Gua awarded them to Wu Ge and Gui Ge.

Although Wu Ge is a newcomer, his move of creating a dense fog is really fun.

Without Brother Fog, Brother Ghost wouldn't have been able to enter the city, and the start of capturing Shi Yang wouldn't have been so smooth. The ability to change and control the fog at will was truly a stroke of genius.

Gui Ge single-handedly delayed the first wave of experts from the Shi family; his contribution is immense and needs no further explanation.

Finally, Song Gua also presented a special award to the cannon fodder group.

The cannon fodder group played a significant role in the several retreats.

Although the clone that self-destructed can no longer receive the prize, as long as Song Gua allows a certain clone to read the memories of the dead cannon fodder, it's no different from reviving that clone.

After receiving the award, he could easily switch back to his memories.

The cannon fodder group didn't receive any rewards from the professionals; they only received a sum of money and a vacation, which allowed them to find a city that didn't pay much attention to bandits and live a carefree life.

The rewards for the champion, runner-up, and third-place winners are enormous.

A complete set of Lv30 legendary equipment, enhanced to +7 or higher!

How come Song Gua suddenly has so many level 30 legendary equipment?

There are some legendary items in the bandits' warehouse.

However, the level distribution is chaotic, ranging from level 30 to level 60, with various level ranges.

Since most of these monsters drop from wild bosses and creatures in restricted areas, their levels are not concentrated.

The equipment given out as awards came, of course, from the Shi family's Warehouse No. 3.

This third warehouse contains a large quantity of equipment ranging from level 30 to 50, along with numerous second-job skill books and a huge amount of enhancement stones.

There's nothing else besides that.

Large families have too many resources, so they will definitely categorize them and store them in different warehouses.

This third warehouse contains basic resources for second-stage advancement and enhancement stones.

Everything that can be put into the Shi family's warehouse is a good thing.

The equipment quality is flawless from the start, reaching the highest level of legendary, but I haven't seen any divine artifacts—and divine artifacts wouldn't be kept in such an exposed warehouse.

The quality of skill books ranges from excellent at the beginning to legendary at the highest level.

Epic and legendary skill books are rare. Once obtained, they are usually given away to someone in the clan who finds them useful. Not many are kept in the warehouse.

This calamity befell the Shi family, and the bandits made a fortune from it.

Based on the current number of over a thousand bandits, if the number doesn't increase, even the cannon fodder group won't have to worry about getting equipment up to level 50.

All the officers' equipment during their second job advancement is good enough to be legendary!

Since we've snatched so many enhancement stones this time, we don't need to be stingy; we can enhance equipment of every level range.

Doing this is of great significance.

Tonight, with a change and upgrade of equipment, all eight of the bandits' current combat-oriented officers have made it onto the Earth Ranking!

Those who had already made it onto the Earthly Ranking also saw their rankings rise.

Even Song Gua replaced all his epic equipment with legendary equipment and upgraded them all to +10!

As a result, his ranking on the overall local ranking improved from 48th to 45th.

A full-body enhancement of +10 is not just about gaining enhanced attributes.

The one who enhanced the bandits' equipment was the Netherfire Enhancer codenamed Spring. After his second job advancement, Spring's profession became Netherfire Enhancement Master.

The job characteristics are similar to those at the first job change.

The reason I didn't switch to another route is because the effect of the first job change was already very useful. For the second job change, I just chose the job change route that enhances the first job change talent.

During the current spring season, the success rate of enhancement will be increased by an additional 50%. When enhancing to +7, +9, or +10, an enchantment will be randomly added to the equipment.

The enchantment affixes are randomly generated, and their quality is uncertain.

But in any case, it's still better than simply upgrading to +10, as it increases combat power more and is more effective for ranking up.

In addition to upgrading the equipment of the cadres, the main clones have also been equipped with a large number of epic gear.

The second-best player was replaced with a rare one.

The large number of skill books seized were also distributed directly to cadres and key personnel for use, or to upgrade their skills.

The bandits' skill effects also increased significantly.

The leap in overall combat strength will make the bandits significantly stronger when participating in group battles.

This will greatly benefit the resource competition situation in Jiangnan City.

When Brother Ghost leads his men to conquer territory again, the guilds in the Jiangnan city circle will be in for a big surprise.

They will deeply understand the proverb: "A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation!"

Not to mention, if the fusion ability of the Dark Balance is used, the two clones with higher combat power will become even stronger after fusion!

"Zhang Erhe..."

While the bandits were celebrating, Song Gua was investigating someone.

According to publicly available information online, he was the commander of the Third Army of the Allied Forces, which had a force of 100,000.

These 100,000 people are not ordinary people carrying firearms, but high-level combat forces who are equipped with advanced weapons and are also professionals!