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

Kamijing City, Special Bureau.

Ye Chen was imprisoned in a basement built of abyssal rock.

The announcement of the appearance of a World Boss is made globally, so Ye Chen also knew that a World Boss had appeared in both Shangjing and Nanshui at the same time.

"Everyone in Nanshui City..."

Ye Chen sat alone in the corner, looking up at the faint light above.

World bosses are all at least level 60. Ye Chen knew that he might never have the chance to see those lovely people again.

Even the entire city will be erased from the map.

Ye Chen clenched his fist tightly, his nails digging into the flesh of his palm.

When Nanshui City needed me most, when the city mobilized all its resources to nurture me, when Nanshui City needed me most!

But I'm not there...

Ye Chen knew that even if he were there, he would only be adding another corpse to the pile, but even so, he wanted to fight alongside everyone.

Instead of sitting here waiting for bad news.

At this moment, outside the city of Shangjing, experts from the three major clans were rushing at full speed toward the location of the world boss.

"Hey guys! Why are you flying so fast! The world boss has so much health, even if you guys are strong, you can't kill it all by yourself!"

Those who own flying mounts undoubtedly have an advantage, being much faster than those whose mounts cannot fly, and thus taking the lead.

The several experts, who were progressing at the same pace, even started chatting.

Long Cheng's Azure Firebird was the fastest flying bird, but he deliberately kept its speed low.

He couldn't possibly go and challenge the world boss by himself; he wasn't going to do something so foolish.

The main task now is to find out who is intercepting the world boss and stop his unruly behavior.

Tong Bo, a member of the Tong family, rode a falcon, carrying Tong Zhan along with him.

Tong Zhan insisted on coming along, and Tong Bo had no choice but to comply.

Tong Zhan shouted in Long Cheng's direction.

"Senior Long Cheng! Slow down! Uncle Bo can't keep up with you! He's already using scrolls and illusion items! Why are you flying so fast? The group that intercepted the world boss can't possibly kill the boss in such a short time, can they?"

With so many experts flying around, they all burst out laughing when they heard this.

Tong Bo is about to be killed by Tong Zhanxiao.

"Keep your voice down, don't I have any dignity?"

Long Cheng indeed flew a little slower, and Tong Bo became even more embarrassed.

Behind the Azure Firebird, there is also the Dragon Pool.

Long Cheng ignored Tong Zhan and spoke to Long Tan instead.

"It's already past the New Year, and the strategy department still hasn't said when we'll be participating in the candidate competition?"

Longtan lay on the firebird's flame-like feathers, legs crossed, looking very relaxed.

"No, it seems they couldn't find a suitable illusionary realm. They finally found one, but it was already open, and a bunch of irrelevant people went in, saying it affected the fairness of the competition, so they postponed it again."

Long Cheng frowned.

"If things continue like this, I estimate that you and Gou Bi will be placed in this year's candidate competition, competing against the newcomers."

Longtan seemed indifferent.

"No problem, no problem, the more people there are, the better price I can get..."

"What?"

"Ah, no, no... Hey, Grandpa Cheng, why haven't we arrived yet? Wasn't it supposed to be twenty kilometers? At your speed, you should have arrived by now, right? By the way, where are Tong Zhan and the others? They've disappeared too?"

Long Cheng frowned slightly.

The surrounding area was still a scene of deep mountains and old forests.

But suddenly it became eerily quiet.

The horde of monsters that should have been charging forward below was nowhere to be seen.

The other third-tier experts who flew together to the world boss were also nowhere to be seen.

Looking down, I saw that the eyes of the Azure Firebird at my feet were filled with circles.

"We've fallen into an illusionary formation, and the Azure Firebird seems to have been poisoned by some kind of negative status, causing it to lose its sense of direction and keep going in circles."

"But we are clearly flying forward."

"The illusion alters the scenery you see, making you believe you are moving forward."

"It seems there really is a force intercepting the world boss. They've even prepared an illusionary formation; they're not planning to let us get close. Grandpa Cheng, quickly call the clan's formation experts to break the formation!"

Long Cheng shook his head.

"No need. If a mere formation could trap me, I would be a useless deputy clan leader."

Long Cheng's profession is an S-level Dragon Blood Sequence!

How many of these clan leaders have weak classes? Don't forget the existence of the class change gold medal.

—Besides breaking dungeon records, the job change gold medal can also be exchanged for reputation in Glory City. However, the job you get is random. But major factions have a lot of reputation reserves, so if you exchange for several, you will eventually get a good one. Therefore, top factions do not lack high-quality jobs.

Long Cheng first took out a secret treasure shaped like a lotus lantern and threw it into the sky.

The lotus lantern froze in mid-air, its petals opening to project soft pink light in all directions.

Before long, array structures and runes began to appear on the surfaces of the sky, forests, and mountains in all directions.

Then, Long Cheng took out a large bow from his backpack, casually tapped it, and cleared the negative status of the mount beneath him.

He then took a lunge position, nocked an arrow, and focused intently.

With the help of the Lotus Lantern Treasure, the surrounding illusionary array structure was completely exposed, revealing its original appearance. The runes, structures, and arrangements were all clearly visible.

It's like a programmer opening the program's backend and putting the code in front of them.

"The Arrow That Pierces Through Ignorance!"

Using his talent, Long Cheng found the flaw in the formation and shot an arrow.

Behind him, the shadow of a golden crow appeared and disappeared.

"Bang!!"

The glowing arrow shot into the sky, only to be blocked by an invisible force—the edge of the illusionary formation.

Long Cheng threw a punch, and a golden crow flew out from behind him, howling and sweeping in all directions, instantly destroying the illusionary formation.

"break!"

Longtan sat up and clapped his hands.

"Grandpa Cheng is so handsome! He's still going strong for his age!"

Long Cheng snorted coldly.

"I'm only sixty-five years old. At my level, I'm not old!"

Longtan laughed.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Just then, a global announcement was made.

[The world boss of Shangjing City has been defeated, and the siege of Shangjing City has ended!]

Long Cheng exclaimed in surprise.

"What?! Ah Qing, quick!"

The Azure Firebird had fully regained consciousness, its body transforming into a fiery meteor as it flew at full speed toward the location of the World Boss.

Longtan stared wide-eyed, unable to believe the announcement he had just seen.

"This...so fast? That can't be!"

Thanks to Tuo Longcheng breaking the illusion, the group of people who flew the fastest also escaped from Xia's illusion.

But as soon as they left the illusion, they saw this announcement, which many people found hard to accept.

Especially the children's war.

"No, it's just that I have a bad mouth..."

When the group arrived at the location where the world boss had been killed, they only saw the boss's corpse with a large hole in its stomach, slowly fading and becoming indistinct.

—After all, "The Cleric" is a game; monsters are not real living beings, and their corpses disappear on their own when they die.

The only thing left at the scene was the BOSS's corpse.

The boss's loot and the person who defeated it have all vanished without a trace!

The experts from the three major clans looked at each other in disbelief!